It's Christmas, David! (David Books [Shannon])

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The Scottish actor, 52, left the show in 2010 after five years. He decided to depart the role when Russell T Davies stepped down as the show's producer. He was tempted to stay on one more year with new producer Steven Moffat, but ultimately decided it was time to move on. Read more BBC Doctor Who's David Tennant's co-star wife and 'sliding doors' health battle When will Ncuti Gatwa take over from David Tennant? Dr Christmas explained that he had been a Consultant in Tayside since 2006 working in a Nationally funded, supra-specialist Advanced Interventions Service (AIS). With the main focus of the unit’s work being on treatment-refractory depression and OCD, he began with a few statistics relating to each condition. Episode 1 - The first Doctor Who special starts on BBC One at 6.30pm and is an hour long. The episode is called 'The Star Beast' and sees the return of Catherine Tate as Donna Noble - and answers to her memory being wiped by the Doctor who warned her family that if she ever remembered him, she would die. The episode synopsis reads: "The Doctor is caught in a fight to the death as a spaceship crash-lands in London. But as the battle wreaks havoc, destiny is converging on the Doctor’s old friend, Donna." That's what I said upon finding this on the shelf in my local library. I love that. When something you would have anticipated the arrival of, had you known it was about to exist, is just There one day. Hurrah!

Earlier this year the 43-year-old boxer generated plenty of attention for appearing to couple up with not only girlfriend Sian Osborne, 30, but former The Saturday’s singer Una Healy, 42. But of course David is only making a brief return and a new Doctor will officially be taking over the Tardis, played by Ncuti Gatwa. But when exactly will viewers first get to meet their new Doctor? Episode 3 - The final special - 'The Giggle' - will air on BBC One on December 9. The episode synopsis reads: "The giggle of a mysterious puppet is driving the human race insane. When the Doctor discovers the return of the terrifying Toymaker, he faces a fight he can never win."A service of carols, hymns and readings, live from the candlelit Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Dr Christmas then moved on to say more about the work of the AIS in Ninewells Hospital which was established with central Scottish Government funding in 2006. Much strategic emphasis has been put on differentiating between the intended quaternary level status of this unit, with the requirement to fill tertiary level need, there being no tertiary level psychiatry services anywhere in Scotland. This means that the majority of the work involves assessing referrals direct from secondary care. It was noted that referral requires no extra expenditure from referring health board to this specialist unit with its top-sliced central funding.

The modern renaissance of winemaking on the slopes of the active volcano Mt Etna has produced some of the most exciting and distinctive red wines anywhere. Fragrant, tomato-tangy, subtly smoky, this is a brilliant introduction to the style, as well being a perfect turkey accompaniment. Dr Christmas then moved on to describe several newer brain stimulation therapies for depression, concluding that none is close to coming into routine clinical usage at present. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is another approach that has been the subject of short-term studies with low numbers of patients and hence not robustly evaluated. Although there is little evidence of benefit, tDCS equipment is available for general sale on the internet with claims that it improves performance in computer gaming. The vineyards of Bergerac don’t quite fall under the geographic rubric of Bordeaux, but their wines, made from the same group of grape varieties, share many similarities, while generally coming in at a significant discount. That’s certainly the case with this clever bit of sourcing by Tesco, with its refreshing, curranty crunch. I’m A Celebrity hosts Ant and Dec have admitted they might be in hot water for a cheeky joke (Picture: ITV)But about the book... I know David isn't for everyone. I know some find it garish, but I'm not one of those people. I might develop a staring problem looking at this book because David Small is SO. DAMN. GOOD. The expressions are perfect and funny, as usual, and his painting achieves a feeling of texture I've truly never gotten from any other picture book. References to earlier books (running down the street with nothing but a winter hat and boots on, for example) make a person "HA" outloud. And those snowman pajamas... I want a pair. Made from super-concentrated grapes that have been harvested late in the year while they are frozen on the vine, Eiswein is a rare and, in the right hands, magical sweet wine. In this case, it comes with a gorgeously silken texture and pin-sharp, crystalline tropical-fruit flavours to sip on its own or with the cheese board. Ant has been married to Anne-Marie Corbett since 2021, while Dec tied the knot with Ali Astall in 2015 and they have two children together. You know it's time to think about putting up the decorations when you hear Chris Rea's Driving Home For Christmas. So it was for me as I took in the sights, sounds and aromas of Llandudno Christmas Extravaganza.

Episode 2 - The second special will be airing on December 2 and is called 'Wild Blue Yonder'. The episode synopsis reads: "The Tardis takes the Doctor and Donna to the furthest edge of adventure. To escape, they must face the most desperate fight of their lives, with the fate of the universe at stake." Dr Christmas summed up by saying that for depression there is little new; ketamine is interesting but currently too short-lived to be useful. Possibly the use of psychedelic agents will be a future area for research. Most developmental work is in neuro-stimulation but there are few really useful outcomes of this to date. For OCD, the best advice is to use existing drugs better and, where tolerated, in higher doses. DBS may be better for OCD than depression but this is not yet substantiated. Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) has been recommended by some for some time for refractory epilepsy and more recently tried for refractory depression. A generator is surgically implanted with an output lead surrounding the vagus nerve. The generator can be transcutaneously reprogrammed. A simpler approach, recognising that the vagus innervates part of the external auditory canal could potentially allow tVNS to be used less invasively. While this treatment may have some potential there is currently no compelling evidence of efficacy.

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Riesling divides opinion no matter its age, but the kerosene/carraway seed aromas that the variety takes on as it gets older are very much in the Marmite category. There’s no escaping them here but, when set alongside the intense lime (juice and skin), they make for an absolutely mouthwatering partner for fish.

As the classic wines of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or have become ever more expensive, the vineyards of the Mâcon in the south of the region have become an increasingly welcome friend to fans of classic Burgundian chardonnay. This pristine, pure, luminously incisive style is an effortlessly stylish choice for the Christmas table. A new work has been commissioned for the Christmas Eve service every year since 1983, and this year Cheryl Frances-Hoad has written ‘The Cradle’, a setting of an English translation by Robert Graves of an anonymous seventeenth century Austrian text. It is believed David Tennant will regenerate into Ncuti Gatwa during the third special, as it has already been confirmed that Ncuti will be appearing in his first full episode for the Christmas Day special. The actor's first series will then start properly in 2024. To get to return to something that meant so much 15 years ago, and was such a huge part of my life, was something I never really imagined was likely," David said. "To be the Doctor again, what a treat!"I mooched about Madoc Street and Trinity Square to see what was on offer. Families were keeping warm after booking heated "igloos" in the grounds of Holy Trinity Church, Walking in the Air was emanating from a simulator ride and there was waft of alcohol from a mulled wine stall.