10 Things Everyone Always Gets Wrong About Modern Doctor Who

10. David Tennant Was SHOCKED To See Billie Piper In The Stolen Earth

At the end of The Stolen Earth, after a series of big meetings between characters from across the NuWhoniverse in what is almost definitely the best crossover event ever put to screen (yes Marvel fans, I said what I said), we get to the big one: the reunion of the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, which had been heavily teased throughout Series 4.

David Tennant's performance in this scene was so great, that word quickly spread within the fanbase that he didn't know Billie Piper would be on set, which made his reaction completely genuine. Over the years this has become an oft-touted "fact" about the episode, but as you probably guessed from the title of this list, that is simply not the case at all.

It goes without saying that TV production is a long process of call sheets, scheduling, rehearsals, script readthroughs, and blocking. You can actually see a lot of the behind-the-scenes on this in the Doctor Who Confidential episode for The Stolen Earth.

And then there's the fact that this exterior sequence was actually shot after a lot of the other Doctor/Rose material in the story, including the Doctor's regeneration cliffhanger, and all the companions piloting the TARDIS in Journey's End. So the idea that Tennant would turn around on that street and be shocked to see Piper standing before him is utterly ludicrous.

Basically, David Tennant is just a bloody good actor!