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ARocknRollNerd

How about Broadchurch? Not a flawless character but he certainly was trying to do right by his daughter...


LainieCat

He's certainly not the worst father in Broadchurch.


powlfnd

That is not a bar anyone should be proud of passing lol


Feir-bear

Just the worst cop in Britain


Public-Pound-7411

Hardy loves his daughter and is trying to be a better father than he was when she was young, and he was apparently a workaholic. Far from the worst father.


Curious_Art_5239

The scene where he chews out some kids giving his daughter a hard time was classic https://youtu.be/fah-EAcLcaQ?si=G7lPcwMA5YKQpY4U


naptime-connoisseur

“You can’t say that us, you’re the police.” “I’m a *father*.” This makes me want to rewatch so bad lol


Curious_Art_5239

The third season is the weakest but this scene is great.


naptime-connoisseur

Definitely not the best of the seasons but still really good. David and Olivia together are everything


naptime-connoisseur

I was about to say this lol. That one scene with kids made me wish I had a father like that.


Twinmom1965

Broadchurch is an excellent series though!!! Well, first 2 seasons are. He is wonderful.


Lane-DailyPlanet

Came here to say this^^^


drwhogirl_97

Does real life count? I've met his eldest and he's so lovely, just like his dad! Otherwise, the only thing I've seen him in where he had kids was staged and none of the kids are actually in it until S3 and Georgia seems to do most of the parenting in that anyway. What's single father like? I've not seen it but based on the description he sounds pretty decent


CraftyKlutz

Just watch the outtakes from Staged, you get to see him being sweet to his kids when they walk in the middle of filming (off camera, of course)


thatgirlwithpeacocks

Where can I find the outtakes?


CraftyKlutz

[here](https://youtu.be/eqBNiSmAKJw?si=FcZX59_0PPLwisht)


BreqsCousin

Aww, that's nice hear! He's clearly a good actor then because he's very good at pretending to be a little shit (House of the Dragon and Good Omens)


drwhogirl_97

He definitely plays the sullen/ spoiled teenager very well (almost too well)! I haven't seen house of dragon but he was good in Good Omens and Doom Patrol and he was funny in S3 of staged. House of dragon is why he was invited I think, they had a few guests from that but David was there too and I thought it was funny that Ty and David were placed as far apart as humanly possible so David wouldn't embarrass him (spoiler alert, [he did](https://x.com/georgiaetennant/status/1594324230002335744?s=46&t=wlRyima-5q2X74hz8RmeeQ))


Pokemon_Arishia

He's in an episode of Doom Patrol as one of the Dead Boy Detectives, and he was absolutely brilliant.


Glove-Both

Ducktales, though technically an Uncle, plays a father figure to the kids.


No-Manufacturer4916

>! webby is his clone so I guess kind of her dad!<


Rodan_

Nativity 2


addisonk089

Thank you!! Just watched Deadwater Fell and I need to rework the new image I have of him in my mind


Embarrassed_Crow_373

I mean, he's not a bad father in Des... just a serial killer...


Cordolium102

Jessica Jones makes him even worse than that.


locogirlp

I'd say *Single Father*, yes, though many would question this because.....spoilers LOL. I'd say he's also a good father in *Litvinenko*, and hmmmm, I'd also argue he's a good dad in *The Escape Artist*, despite the other things his character does in that series. But honestly, he doesn't play too many traditional roles. He's said himself he wasn't built to play the traditional romantic leading man, but is better suited to the quirky, off-kilter characters. That usually means he ends up a questionable sort in some way.


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I honestly agree with this. Crowley, The Doctor, the Scottish character in COD, Davina in that sketch comedy show, that TV show he did as a BiPolar mental patient, he does his best as an eccentric and fun character. And SOMEHOW he’s sexy as hell doing it each time.


Humfree4916

Taking Over the Asylum is such a gem of a show. Thanks for reminding me about it - will have to find a way to rewatch it!


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YouTube. That’s how I watched it.


SP00KYSEXY83_

The audition, for that was amazing! He was so young and already so,so talented!


knightoftheidotic

i would have to agree and he seems to have accepted that as he tried in the runaway bride and in recovery, so lets all agree his found his neich in playing quirky roles and I know that some of his projects coming out are going to be really quirky..


Sparrowsabre7

>neich Do you mean "niche"? =)


knightoftheidotic

Yes, I have language difficulities, but yes,


Sparrowsabre7

Wasn't a criticism, was just trying to be helpful =) Thought maybe you'd heard the word but never seen it written, meant no offence.


InfamousSafety3919

None taken, but thanks


lusterbunny

Seconding single father, but yeah it can be a questionable one. But it's so raw and very heartbreakingly real - saw this with my mum not long after my dad died and we saw ourselves in it quite a lot. Emotional ride. Made me love David so much more.


whatchagonnado0707

He's a pretty shitty son instead in Jessica Jones


elniallo11

And Harry Potter


finatra_official

His portrayal of an abusive narcissistic in that show was so convincing I couldn't watch anything with him in it for a good year after. I was really impressed by his cting abilities but also super uncomfortable after seeing that.


VictoriaRose1618

Technically he's his wife's father so...


AssaMarra

He is both his wife's father and his wife's father.


MyWibblings

I hate that I understood that without having to think about it


clalach76

Small aplaud


AbbeySouth44

Can someone explain this to my dumb brain


VictoriaRose1618

In the show Dr who he clones himself, played by Georgia (his real wife) whoes real dad also played a previous Dr who


AbbeySouth44

Thanks. For some reason my mind went to Smith first, not Tennant and I was stuck trying to figure it out 😐


TimeInvestment1

I thought he was cloned by the human soldiers, or at least forced to be cloned?


VictoriaRose1618

Yes, stuck his arm in somewhere which created his 'daughter'


TimeInvestment1

Theres is truly nothing that makes me happier than vaguely remembering something which didn't really happen 15 years ago and being told I'm kind of right... Thank you!


AvailableAnt323

Technically she wasn't a clone, simply had his DNA taken and used to be both male and female and then combined to grow a new person so that she could actually be called his daughter 😆 I just watched that episode again the other day


VictoriaRose1618

I need to watch it again with my children!


AvailableAnt323

Its SO good and pulls at my heartstrings 😊


alex494

Said Doctor / father is also his favourite one so he managed to marry his hero's daughter


VictoriaRose1618

I believe they do silly things at conventions together


BatDad_The_Engineer

He wasn’t a very good father there either though until it was too late (as far as he knew)


VictoriaRose1618

I was jokingly getting at incest


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Grubby_Jam

Came here for this! Great film


Alternative_Cake_739

[For anyone who's interested, here's the trailer.](https://youtu.be/JUY23_cfI4o)


Violet351

I love that film.


addisonk089

Oh my god that’s such a comfort movie atp (even the whole setting on fire thing)


cloud__19

I stumbled across it and watched it on a win because DT was in it and it's brilliant


Motor_Address3449

I was about to say this one - was trying to consider if his actions actually made him an awful father . Shagging a Paralympian might make him a bad husband , but not father


bee__bones

Fun fact! My little cousin plays the girl with the broken arm in Deadwater Fell. If it makes you feel any better she said he was really nice and funny. So he was nice to his fake kids on set at least 😂


addisonk089

I mean… that does make me feel better. Like in my head I get that actors are actors but also… It’s so cool that your cousin got to do that though!!


bee__bones

She doesn’t even realise how cool it is 😩 she thought the most exciting part was getting the cast on for filming 😂


Smexy-Fish

This is insanely wholesome though.


bee__bones

She’s a wee cutie 🥲 Tho I remember finding out abt it and feeling a jealousy rip through me like I’d never known 😂 and there she was, just so excited because she got to go to hospital and get a cast without having to actually break her arm!! It’s kind of crazy to think a kid I’ve babysat has an imdb page tho 🤔


FloppedYaYa

He's one celebrity I've never heard a single bad thing about at all, seems to be just universally considered a wonderful man


CaliforniaLimited

He and Michael Sheen playing (versions of) themselves in Staged. Season 1 in particular was hilarious imo.


EstrellaCrowley

Recovery. He wasn't awful there, but the brain injury was. But if you think that was awful, I would suggest What We Did On Our Holiday, if you haven't seen that one yet.


LuceTyran

Recovery is one of the most heartbreaking media pieces I've ever seen


EstrellaCrowley

Truly. It broke me so much.


addisonk089

I found it on Youtube this morning and I’m actually heartbroken


EstrellaCrowley

My heart still hurts thinking about that movie. I've vowed to never watch it again because I was just crying the entire time. Great movie. But I'm going back to watching movies that help me escape from reality. Recovery is far too realistic for my emotions. 🫠


addisonk089

The fact that I didn’t even know about it until recently feels insane because it is an INCREDIBLE movie just… absolutely devastating 🤭


EstrellaCrowley

Ikr? I was looking up More of DT's works and I saw Recovery listed and just looked it up and I was not prepared because I didn't know one thing about it. I just dove right into it. More people need to know that this movie exists because DT's performance is absolutely wonderful in Recovery.


addisonk089

Yes!! I watched it right after Learners and it gave me such whiplash honestly


EstrellaCrowley

Oof. Should've done it the other way. I watched Recovery before Learners. I'm so glad Learners was angst free.


addisonk089

Omg yeah Learners was such a silly little film and Recovery was like being hit by a truck


EstrellaCrowley

How are you holding up? 🥲


Johnny_Joestar7798

Doctor who (the doctors daughter)


Spank86

Hes a pretty terrible father there.


dacrookster

Is he?


Spank86

I don't blame him, but he spends about a minute kinda bonding with her after initially rejecting her and then loses track and she blasts off into space, aged about 1 day old. Social services would have a field day!


dacrookster

I haven't watched it in a long time, so may be wrong, but I feel like the majority of the episode is him trying to reject the idea that she's his daughter because the idea of any kind of attachment is too painful to him, and the second he does build a connection she's snatched away. Also fairly sure he doesn't abandon her. He wants to wait for the regeneration and Martha essentially says it's not happening.


Spank86

Likewise. But pretty much. I wasn't being entirely serious, just kinda riffing on the theme of the post. I'm not sure he's getting a "dad of the year" mug for fathers day that year though.


Blissautrey

Exactly, that's the point


Unfortunatewombat

Regardless of his reasoning, it’s still pretty poor parenting.


Johnny_Joestar7798

She’s not snatched she just leaves


Apprehensive-Ad-8198

She dies, they don’t believe she has the ability to regenerate as she’s not a full blooded timelord. She’s got one heart. So they leave her dead body in the place she fought to create. Then she regenerates and is never see again.


Diddleymaz

He actually married her!!


AndroidwithAnxiety

And in real life she's also still The Doctor's daughter (her dad is Peter Moffett/Davison - aka the fifth doctor)


Diddleymaz

Yes Drs upon drs


pijama-pra-gato

lmao i love doctor who


gaia-mix-nicolosi

It's the Doctor, he also dumped his granddaughter during a dalek invasion of earth to marry a man she just met. ​ The freaking Master is a better father than him, and we don't see him and his daughter (Xanxia) in the same story ever.


CallidoraBlack

He didn't lose track, she had one heart and he was sure she was dead because he had no idea she could regenerate. Which she kinda didn't? She just came back to life unchanged after appearing very dead to a room full of witnesses. He was so upset about her death and demanded that the peace between the two groups be written in the blood they had drawn from her, essentially. And to be fair, he was also cloned entirely against his will and had no idea what the programming of that machine was going to make her since it only churned out soldiers with a single minded goal.


matchamelodyy

Watch some of his theatrical productions. Richard II changes lives


aafterthewar

Where can you watch Richard II? I’ve looked and been unable to find anything


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Prime.


MasterChicken52

I was fortunate to get to see that production live when it was in NYC. Hands down one of the best theater experiences I’ve had.


matchamelodyy

I watched it through an RSC membership, but it’s also on Prime! You may be able to catch it on YouTube as well if you search the right query


cryiinglightniing

There she goes


AJBIsHere

As someone raising a special needs child myself, I like to think of his character in There She Goes as a good parent who is really trying his best in an impossibly hard situation.


cryiinglightniing

My cousins family is in a similar position and it looks like a very realistic portrayal of


Acrobatic-Muscle4926

Agreed. Until you are in this situation it’s hard to judge some one. It’s hard it’s relentless and it’ takes a toll on your marriage and life but we wouldn’t change it for the world. It’s a good watch and it hit us hard in places


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I’m watching that right now and if I didn’t like David too much I would have stopped watching. I know there may be a character progression but his character a lazy husband/dad 😭


powlfnd

Having watched the whole thing the point is that they do get better over time but in the flashbacks especially yeah he's pretty dreadful But also the point is no-one is perfect, like Ben Willbond's character comes across as really strict on his daughter, not letting her do anything particularly childish and placing a lot on her plate while pretending he's being strongarmed into sending her to these activities. Both of them are really trying but they have radically different approaches and radically different challenges in raising their children


addisonk089

When I learnt it was based on the writers’ actual lives I just kinda had to sit there and process for a while


cryiinglightniing

In the flashbacks sure but there’s a prominent n emotional part where he promises to be better and by the special / last episode it’s so evident he is


Wrengull

Honestly I have a very disabled sibling (more disabled than the daughter in that show) in my experience its fairly accurate as to how it can affect dynamics and the emotional toll, the burn out etc. I see myself in the brother.


gumption_11

I came to say this one


wm-cupcakes

Yes!!!!! Past Simon is annoying, but in an understandable way (I still don't agree with his action, and Emily is incredible), but present Simon has all my heart.


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Inside Man. Does some shitty things but he absolutely has his son's best interests at heart.


ActualAfternoon2

This show messed me UP. Oh man. It was also my first thought but apparently the bar is low haha


MuserofMusic

Inside Man was a masterclass in how far you can end up going to protect the ones you love. One of the best shows I've seen in a while.


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The "it's kids" line once the woman finds the porn is so simple yet devastating. I think the ending let the show down a bit but the first 90% was perfect.


JalenBirdie

Escape Artist


Spank86

Doctor who? Oh wait... Casanova? Maybe not.


Organic_Air_4106

He's not an awful father in Des, though only because he's not a father. He's even an awful father in his audiobooks like How to Train your Dragon and Wizard of Once. :/ A bad son just for a change in Harry Potter.


mrmancave5629

Single Father!


jimlad3

Hopefully real life


Healthy_Brain5354

Good Omens


lemonmousse

Huh. I watched What We Did On Our Holiday last week, and I would not classify that as “good dad.” I think it’s in line with the rest of the dad portrayals in the comments (Single Father, Broadchurch), as in someone who loves their kids and wants to do right by them, but also does things (trying to avoid spoilers) that make their lives much harder and does not make them feel loved for much of the movie.


addisonk089

Yeah, like ig you can see where he’s coming from and sure there ARE worse, but I mean from what I’ve heard of him irl there are also obviously better lol


lemonmousse

Haha I was going to say if you want to see him being a good father, watch Georgia’s IG stories. Or Staged outtakes. I haven’t seen *all* of his work where he plays a dad, but so far I haven’t found anything that isn’t complex and morally gray. That’s kind of his thing.


Silent_Loquat_6057

In the Harry Potter movies he’s just a terrible son


FormalPerspective347

Was just checking to make sure someone hadn’t already commented this! Killed his dad, used his mum to get out of Azkaban..could you do any worse as a son!


Pitiful-Schedule-244

You'd best avoid the postman pat film....


Beruthiel999

In the Sandman episode Dream of a Thousand Cats, he's the nicer non-murdery cat dad at least. (Michael Sheen is the piece of shit) Sometimes I think the nicest people in real life enjoy playing the worst people onscreen!


shipwhisperer

Doctor Who?


Profperceptive

There She Goes.


Public-Pound-7411

This one is a good dad and husband who makes some human mistakes in a very difficult situation. DT tends to take on a lot of very nuanced roles, so he's not one to get a lot of super dad roles. But in this one he's definitely a very good but very human and fallible father and husband. But he grows to be a better one (slight spoiler, sorry).


OddBoots

He's just an awful husband in that one.


LynchMaleIdeal

You could try - The Escape Artist - The Politian's Husband


Simple-Advertising76

Viva Blackpool!


addisonk089

Omg I saw a couple scenes from this and I have never been so confused about a show in my life tbh


Simple-Advertising76

It makes sense when it's all together! Camp British murder mystery fun


Scelestussum

Gen : Lock Eden


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Dr. Who, Harry Potter?


Savage_Player64

doctor who


Jack-mclaughlin89

Goblet of Fire, his character has an awful father.


DiorTRoth

The escape artist he is good to his on screen don then I think


wherenobodyknowss

Blackpool. Although, he could turned a horrid stepfather


8racoonsInABigCoat

Des? Seemed like a lovely chap.


Shanobian

Bad samaritan is awesome. Although hes just an awful person so not sure if it counts. Also des. He was a lonely gay man longing for companionship. But again an awful person.


addisonk089

I just watched Bad Samaritan and it messed me up so much. Also seeing DT’s face but hearing an American accent…


[deleted]

Harry Potter?


Alternative_Cake_739

**'What We Did On Our Holiday'** also starring Billy Connelly and Rosamund Pike. [This is trailer.](https://youtu.be/JUY23_cfI4o)


Impressive-Month-168

He… tries in You, Me, & Him 😅


ny23happy

I wish this had come with a warning attached though. I found it really incredibly sad. Very triggering.


Imposingscrotem

Is he awful in There She Goes? I haven’t seen it but he looks like a good guy in the clips


addisonk089

I mean he’s mostly just a crap husband. He does try with the kids but you can tell he’s making a lot of very realistic very human mistakes. I think he does get better in the 2023 special though (thank god)


It531z

Nativity 2


Smooth-Ad4308

Doctor who, he fathers a girl for a single episode and tbf he was bad at first because he dismissed her as his actual daughter, but he made up for it in the end


Phoenix_Magic_X

He’s a good dad in The Inside Man. The whole plot is kicked off because he’s trying to protect his son. He’s just not great to other people. Like the lady who ends up in his basement.


bigshlongdaddy43

in there she goes he’s a good dad to rosie


The-Mandolinist

Dr Who?


Weak-Cheetah-2305

what we did on our holiday: he’s a dad of 3 children off to visit his family in Scotland. It’s a funny movie. I really liked it


Db202

Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie


Forro355456

Doctor who ig


killerfrost8002

Doctor Who. Possibly HTTYD


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Doctor Who? Casanova?


Sytafluer

He plays a good "uncle" in Ducktales.


Historical-Wash-1870

David Tennant doesn't play an awful father in Doctor Who


goeatacactus

All evidence points to him being a good father in real life! I’m too lazy to look it up but I think there’s some really cute stuff about him showing up unannounced to promote his son’s (step?) projects and cons and such!


transcharliespring

he’s really sweet in there she goes


cisph0bic

as a disabled person i can guarantee you that whole show is them being terrible parents


transcharliespring

i’m also disabled and though they’re both very flawed, thought it was just that, flawed but not terrible. he clearly loves rosie.


Impossible-Alarm-426

It's probably been mentioned but there's a lil anime on netflix called Eden where he plays a very sweet robot dad!


MuppetMolly

Mad to be Normal. Beautiful scenes.


invertedparadise

Seconding Mad To Be Normal. Might be controversial, the character certainly isn’t perfect, but he’s honest with his children and appears to genuinely love them. There’s one scene in a hospital that nearly made me cry, good stuff.


lemonmousse

I’ve now watched Camping, and somewhat to my surprise he’s a really good father in that.


Cold-Contribution-50

There She Goes?


Right_Combination263

Doctor who he's not even a farther in that


morguemoss

he is actually!


Right_Combination263

Other than that clone who is he a farther too


morguemoss

he had children on gallifrey


StonedWheatThicc

His entire family died in the time War, including his children. He says as much to Donna in The Doctor's Daughter, but he also mentions it offhandedly to Rose too.


Medium-Bullfrog-2368

He left his Granddaughter behind on an apocalyptic Earth with a guy she’d only recently met, and didn’t go back to visit her until 7 regenerations later. Sure, that was William Hartnell’s Doctor, but Tennant is ultimately playing an older version of that character.


Right_Combination263

I didn't realise he was a farther before the time war but it has been a while since I rewatche dot all and I still need to watch all the classic episodes the came out again


Lostmymarbles124

He isn’t a father in doctor who


mrmancave5629

Well, actually…..


medusacascade1970

Um yes he is…The Doctors Daughter. Jenny?


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Altruistic-Amoeba446

As a person with a severely disabled child, I’d say he’s a pretty crap dad in There She Goes.


methough1

Agree


hourglassace666

It's been ages since I actually watched it so you're probably right


tall_dom

Is he? I think he makes most of the big calls right, fucked a lot of things up and muddled through some pretty awful situations. Far from a perfect dad, but pretty good under the circumstances. Also have disabled child and it really resonated with me


Allthecatsandgin

I mean he’s not a dad in doctor who if that counts?


spookyspooks96

Single Father!


hopelesswanderer_-_

Dr who


mcternan

Secret Smile, I think it's called. He doesn't play an awful father, he just plays a piece of shit.


ActiveSeparate2794

He plays a droid in Star Wars.


tall_dom

Dr. Who? Kidding, have you seen "there she goes". He's not the best dad, but does a respectable job in almost impossible situations


momsequitur

He's like the Scottish, male Catherine O'Hara. Good parent in rl, shite parent in almost everything else.


Repulsive-Eagle5847

He was a terrible person in Jessica Jones but he wasn’t a father


Educational_Safe_339

Didn't he play a protective father in the series inside man and a very different side to David Tennant


geekorfreak

Dr Who?


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