He may be one of Britain's most celebrated actors, with an extensive career spanning Shakespeare to TV police dramas, but David Tennant knew his life changed the moment he landed the starring role in Doctor Who.
"The first line of your obituary is written there and then," he says with a wry smile.
Tennant was the 10th Time Lord, occupying the Tardis from 2005 to 2010, and was always conscious of the huge responsibility that came with the part.
Looking back, he answers the question everyone asks: what was it like?
"It is life-changing," he said.
"People feel strongly towards the Doctor, even people who are not fans of it necessarily.
"People sort of take ownership over you, in a very lovely way."
Tennant spoke to News Breakfast from his home in London, where he has spent much of the coronavirus lockdown of the last five months engaging in his latest passion — podcasting.
"David Tennant Does A Podcast With..." has proved to be a phenomenal hit, with more than 10 million downloads of its first season.
Listeners have lapped up Tennant's intimate and entertaining chats with A-list guests including The Crown star Olivia Colman, actress Whoopi Goldberg, Mad Men's John Hamm, talk show host James Corden, and comedian Tina Fey.
Season two launched this week and climbs even more stratospheric celebrity heights, as the actor talks to (among many others) acting royalty Dame Judi Dench, The Handmaid's Tale star Elisabeth Moss, Succession's Brian Cox, and Schitt's Creek's Dan Levy.
Tennant modestly jokes about calling in favours from old friends.
He says doing a podcast was a steep learning curve, and very much "a journey into the unknown".
Yet the actor has been on the other side of the microphone enough times to know how not to do an interview.
"So, I think, hopefully, I can know the areas that people are going to feel comfortable in.
"So, hopefully, that allows the conversation to be relaxed, for people not to feel like they are having to guard their privacy or worry about saying the wrong things or slipping up."
It's clear Tennant's friendship with some of his subjects puts them immediately at ease.
His conversation with Broadchurch co-star Olivia Colman is littered with shared stories about the far from glamorous life on TV sets, and the perils of red carpets.
Veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen talks candidly about the trauma of coming out in his late forties.
The current Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, opens up about the pressures of playing one of most revered roles in TV history, as one only really can when sitting across from a fellow Time Lord.
In the first interview of season two, The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons gets emotional as he reveals why he was so desperate to quit the award-winning American sitcom after 12 years.
"I was exhausted," Parsons said.
"I was really upset about, more than anything, one of our dogs was getting really at the end of his life around then."
Tennant says he was almost giddy when he recorded his season two conversation with Australian musician and comedian, Tim Minchin.
"Well, someone like Tim Minchin I've been a huge fan of for years," he said.
"And now of course he plays enormous stadiums and writes blockbuster musicals. So, talking to him is a thrill, an absolute thrill."
The coming round of interviews will sound a little bit different than the first set.
Coronavirus has forced all the podcast chats online, but Tennant says this will strike a chord with anybody who has grappled with a Skype or Zoom session this year.
"With the way we've had to record it this time, it's a lot of people going, 'I don't know if I've put that right? Can you hear this? Is this working? Are we connected?'
"Which I think we can all identify with a little bit."
The pandemic has also brought Tennant's acting work to a halt.
He was shooting a TV series in South Africa, and a West End play he was about to star in has been postponed until next year.
He has since taken up a new role, that of remote learning supervisor for three of his children, who have been at home since their schools shut.
Tennant freely admits it has been a character-forming experience.
"'I've always had a lot of respect for teachers, obviously, but it brings out the worst in me and my children."
"We do not interact well. I will be very glad to see the children returned to school, let's put it that way."
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