{"id":957,"date":"2025-05-14T02:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2025-05-14T02:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:13:28","slug":"georgia-tennant-pokes-fun-at-husband-david-as-they-celebrate-17th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Tennant pokes fun at husband David as they celebrate 17th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-10wlkbs-0\" data-component=\"SupportNSCNative\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<aside class=\"sc-hez36s-0 cGmNxG\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-1 iqSitv\">\n<h3 data-testid=\"support-nsc-title\" class=\"sc-hez36s-2 dlmCG\">Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-8 igdyzJ\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-13 cPkZJS\">\n<div class=\"sc-aja53j-0 fGzMFb sc-hez36s-16 fJelbS\">\n<div class=\"sc-aja53j-6 fiXggt\">\n<div data-testid=\"dropdown-with-gradient-collapsed-content-container\" class=\"sc-aja53j-5 eSVQSf\">\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"dropdown-with-gradient-collapsed-content\" class=\"sc-aja53j-4 cDGSNR\">\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"support-nsc-collapsed-content-tablet\" class=\"sc-hez36s-7 kxbAkl\">\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 kGYWZt\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 kGYWZt\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 kGYWZt\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sc-1uza6dc-1 eXohla\">Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"sc-aja53j-1 hHATii sc-aja53j-7 jikgMc\"><span data-testid=\"dropdown-with-gradient-dropdown-tablet\" class=\"sc-aja53j-3 gFogGN\"><span data-action-type=\"Read more\" class=\"sc-aja53j-2 frlkrE\">Read more<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 gggykT sc-culv3z-0 jLhHRc sc-a5wy94-0 lbKISR\"><use href=\"#ee6613da15642019\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Georgia Tennant has marked 17 years with her actor husband David with a sweet Instagram post \u2013 but couldn\u2019t resist the opportunity to poke fun at him, too. <\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old shared a series of photos of her and the <em>Doctor Who <\/em>star, 54, alongside snaps of him looking after their children, on her social media account to celebrate 17 years since they became a couple. <\/p>\n<p>Although she praised the <em>Broadchurch <\/em>actor as \u201ckind, funny and relentlessly generous\u201d, the <em>Staged <\/em>star also noted that her husband remains \u201cBafta-less\u201d, after recently losing out to Lennie James in the best actor category at the ceremony on Sunday night (11 May). <\/p>\n<p>David was nominated for his role as the power-hungry villain Lord Baddingham in <em>Rivals<\/em>, the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper\u2019s novel. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeventeen years since we became us,\u201d Georgia captioned her post. \u201cI am so relieved I get to do it all with you. My kind, funny, relentlessly generous, Bafta-less love. You are it x.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple\u2019s celebrity pals shared congratulatory messages, with the pair\u2019s <em>Staged <\/em>co-star Anna Lundberg, who is married to David\u2019s <em>Good Omens <\/em>co-star Michael Sheen, writing: \u201cYou guys xx.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJjjlV1inld\/embed\/captioned\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"sc-1qbn810-1 fUzPfh\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Actor Cush Jumbo, who recently appeared alongside David in the West End production of <em>Macbeth<\/em>, described the pair as \u201cCOUPLE. GOALS. PERIOD\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>David and Georgia met on the set of <em>Doctor Who <\/em>in 2008, when they co-starred in the episode \u201cThe Doctor\u2019s Daughter\u201d in the fourth series. <\/p>\n<p>Georgia, whose father Peter Davison played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor from 1981 to 1984, played the role of Jenny, the Doctor\u2019s doctor who has been created using an extract of his DNA. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 hCNBSR sc-482ou5-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 hXrpsW\">\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-0 ljPhTn\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/05\/14\/8\/56\/GettyImages-2148612696.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/05\/14\/8\/56\/GettyImages-2148612696.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.the-independent.com\/2025\/05\/14\/8\/56\/GettyImages-2148612696.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The couple first met on the set of \u2018Doctor Who\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 QHifS\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 kBlcBC kIlksO\">The couple first met on the set of \u2018Doctor Who\u2019<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 hAhJPR\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Getty Images For SOLT<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The couple married in 2011, with David adopting Ty, Georgia\u2019s son from a previous relationship, in the same year. <\/p>\n<p>They are also parents to 14-year-old Olive, 12-year-old Wilfred, nine-year-old Doris and five-year-old Birdie. <\/p>\n<p>In a 2020 interview on <em>That Gaby Roslin Podcast<\/em>, David revealed that he initially thought that their relationship was \u201cunlikely\u201d to last because of the 13-year age gap between them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we were an unlikely life partnership, I suppose,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a bit of an age gap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also admitted that it felt \u201ca bit stupid\u201d to be marrying the daughter of a previous Doctor, telling Roslin: \u201cBecause <em>Doctor Who <\/em>had run through my life like a stick of rock, to end up marrying the daughter of one of the Doctors, it all felt a bit stupid\u2026 That wasn\u2019t really likely to happen. So there were a lot of things against it.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Georgia Tennant has marked 17 years with her actor husband David with a sweet Instagram post \u2013 but couldn\u2019t resist the opportunity to poke fun at him, too. The 40-year-old shared a series of photos of her and the Doctor Who star, 54, alongside snaps of him looking after their children, on her social media account to celebrate 17 years since they became a couple. Although she praised the Broadchurch actor as \u201ckind, funny and relentlessly generous\u201d, the Staged star also noted that her husband remains \u201cBafta-less\u201d, after recently losing out to Lennie James in the best actor category at the ceremony on Sunday night (11 May). David was nominated for his role as the power-hungry villain Lord Baddingham in Rivals, the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper\u2019s novel. \u201cSeventeen years since we became us,\u201d Georgia captioned her post. \u201cI am so relieved I get to do it all with you. My kind, funny, relentlessly generous, Bafta-less love. You are it x.\u201d The couple\u2019s celebrity pals shared congratulatory messages, with the pair\u2019s Staged &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}