David Tennant uncovers his Highland roots! 

"How macabre!" *proceeds to jump into the ditch and pick up a skull with bare hands* I love this man 😂❤

I adore listening to him speak with his Scottish accent.

Is it just me or is it David Tennant adorable?

When he’s interviewed you can hear his Scottish accent. But when he’s Scotland, oh boy does it come out stronger..

I love how he describes the weather as being 'Scottish' 👏

The irony of the highland clearances is the people evicted went to Australia and became sheep farmers and sold the wool to the UK at a cheaper rate and put their old landlords who evicted them out of business.

“There’s people’s heeds” that made me laugh so much

Oh so he’s just literally The Doctor. The way he just unhesitatingly picked up the skull 😂

His accent goes extra Scottish when he's talking to another Scot!

So cute how excited he got when he discovered his ancestor in the book at the church.

It may be only me, but I keep wanting David Tennant to do another Highlander movie/series after seeing him here.

David Tennant is always such a delight!

So handsome, his family must have been beautiful.

He listens and he understands. He is truly humble.

Helpfull hint of the day: When someone went missing anywhere. A notice was posted at every church. In the spring, along with the rains, came the disembodied heads/skulls that would roll to the lowest point in the valley, They were often collected by children playing. If the family of the missing person, didn't recognize the skull's or it's smile. The Skull would be kept at the church, and used as bookends, or door stops. The old expression, Heads will Roll. Comes from a failed mission, or hunt.

It seems strange after finding skulls during renovations they were simply left open and unprotected. I guess the remote location helps, but you’d think there would be some investigation into their origin / timeframe. I just love the stories revealed in these programs. Simply fascinating. 👍👍👍

I love how his accent changes when around other Scottish people! Mine changes when im in the pub in my village back to the local accent 😂

Back in the 1960s my brother trained as a dentist and he had to have a skull. It was beautiful and had little brass catches. It sat on our television (one of those great big ones) and we called him Fred and was part of our family. Back then, there was a lot of talk about donating your bodies to science and it didn’t seem odd at all.

David Tennant is an amazing actor. I of course loved his Doctor. But I just discovered “Good Omens” recently. He was phenomenal in that as well!

‘Have I just drunk out of a stream that lots of sheep have peed in, is that what you’re telling me?’ ‘Yes’ ‘Nice!’

I loved hearing David's natural voice. I just ❤ the Scottish brouge.

You were probably holding the skull of a priest, it wasn't as unusual as you think for priests to be buried inside their church near (or under) the Altar. At one time. And if you think that sounds weird, just imagine how weird they'd think we all are for how we live today. I just knew David Tennant would turn out to be 'the highlander' of the clan Macleod. Just look at his face, he has the right look for the role.

So he's related to Connor and Duncan MacLeod - why am I not surprised? We knew the Doctor was immortal!

Such a boy with that skull. He's adorable.

I love how he picks up a real human skull and is not one bit disturbed by it lmao

this is so interesting! as someone from scotland, i’ve been meaning to go up and visit the highlands again, it’s so beautiful! this video was lovely truly :)

I'm interested in seeing the rest of this story.

he is a unique person no matter what anyone says he is, because you can only trace back so far simples.

My goodness. I've been a fan of Tennant for some years, but this is a little happy shock. I have MacKinnon and McCloud ancestors I believe from Mull via PEI. This is the most information I've ever gotten about that part of my ancestry :-)

Beautiful

I love his story.

Interesting history and landscape. Don't know why people got in such a twist about a bone.

This is great!

Honestly, I wouldn’t mind having David Tennant pickup my skull if it was me. I’d be standing there as ghost along with all the other ghosts going: “ha! would you look at that, the handsome gangly lad chose my skull over yours!” and all the other ghosts would be super jealous of me. Mind, I’m Danish so I’m not quite sure why I would be buried in Scotland, but maybe I went over there to settle or something.

The best Dr. As far as I’m concerned

I love how David holds the skull, like he's making eye contact with it

Love him in good omens

Ah David. Ya disappointed me. I expected "alas, poor Urich. I knew him, Horatio." LOL love watching stories like this.

I did read the book on the clearances...tough read.

That skull before David touched it 💀 That skull after David touched it 😳

Seems like such a Doctor thing (to me) to just jump in and touch things and be so casual about it. 😂 The unbridled excitement of discovering something.

It's weird hearing David tenant speak in his native tongue after watching him in doctor who speak with an English accent

I could listen to David talk all day.his accent is delicious ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

There's people's heads fantastic

I honestly expected David to go: I should buy that house as revenge.

I so want to go there and find where my families lived. I know one ended up in PEI Canada, great, great parents. They had alot of children and one of their,daughters had 13 kids. The farm life never left them. So need to find out more on that,side. But,all is gone now and the history too. As a kid, who didn't think about, that stuff until it was to late to ask questions. My Nana had so many stories of her family . I wish I remembered some of them. Go up to Heaven ,sit down with all. Ask questions of long ago.

😂😂😂 He’s a riot!

So with the clearances the indigenous people were shipped to other countries and became the Sottish diaspora. My Ross and McCulloch ancestors left because of problems with the English. And then they served in the American Revolutionary War.

1:23 David's voice LOL

Och, aye! My cousin David and Ive been to Mull.

Why are y'all so pressed about a skull lmao. It's not that he killed that person or something, that person probably died over a century ago. It really isn't that deep

Haha I love Meg! 💙💙

Am I wrong or when David did his brilliant Hamlet he was holding a skull donated posthumously (you know what I mean) by an extraordinary character? Must look up. Happened upon this when I woke up what a lovely thoughtful way to begin the day. My late husband's mum was from the Isle of Skye an extraordinary place and of course David Tennant incontrovertably one of the good guys. Best wishes to all!

The Clearances were horrendous

My McAlisters were from the Isle of Mull,Tarbert they went to County Antrim, Northern Ireland

This dude is funny. I hope he didnt get sick.😮

One of my colleagues is a McLeod from the Maritimes who is a very proud Scotsman. He celebrates Tartan Day every year and gives us a piece of tartan in memory. However he is also Catholic not Presbyterian.

Europe has such a long history, It's not unusual to find bones in and around churches.

I'd love doing my own research as well some day

His father was Moderator of the Church of Scotland Sister a Teacher in Paisley Brother in Oxford a big wig in the Mudic industry Interesting family !

Most Scotsmen are curious about their surroundings and wanting to know if they are related. I would do that.. Wish we knew where all of our clan was located. Isle of Harris and Lewis is the main spot.

“Let’s go shelter in the house.” And then all that’s remains is a few feet of walls 😂

I'm sure by that time he picked up the Skull there were already a lot of other People picking up the Skull. If you as an owner of this Building would find something like that you would not keep quit, would you? They probably called police and other officials for this topic to get clear out of it. And as it looks for me this state of construction must be like that for some time now. That on the other hand must have got talked about in this area to many people and awoke some interest in it for some archeologists who probably already touched the Skulls (and even more) long before David did this. You people who blame him for touching some Skulls probably never experienced something like finding old graves, have you? In Europe, parts of Africa and Asia every new Construction has a possibility to find old graveyards or even randomly whole villages hidden beyond layers of earth, mud and who knows, what else. And many skills got touched and moved with no content. To touch and move Skulls does not mean to show no respect. And at least he put it back in the end without harm. /rant

I would like to do this and walk in the foot steps of my ancestors cause I'm half Scottish 😊

I am one of ten children so the comment about ten being a big big family made me laugh a lot🤣🤣

Never seen someone so chilled about touching a human skull

"Alas, poor Yorick..."

Oops! There goes historical skull records! 😅😂😅

They burnt the high roof away that’s why building a wee bit low !where did that lovely family go!😮

My grandmother was a MacLoud and my grandfather was a MacDonald.

My ancestors are Macleods as well. Highlanders.

David grabs a skull **Hamlet moment intensifies**

I swear one of my friends is a distant relative of this guy, they look almost identical

Sad😢.

Me: ah good old doctor who Hears the name mcloud me: their can be only one!!!

Alas poor Vinnie!

🤔 was wondering where linus sebastian got his idea for his look 🤣

David McLeod from the clan McLeod? That is explains a lot 😂

Alas poor Yorick!

A thought he was gonnae start wi Alas, poor Yorick, a nu him well!

How long till we see a tie in combining the 10th Doctor to Duncan McCloud of the Highlander?

"She spent a lot of time being pregnant." Don't talk about Georgia like that. XD

So...he's a McCloud of the clan McCloud? There can be only one?

He has highland Ancestry and Karen Gillan is from Inverness

Look out, it's Duncan McLeod from the clan McLeod. Shout out if you know.

so he is a MCloud a Highlander like the film?

I think David's trying to recreate that large family 😂 only five more to go, I think?

The way ancestral lands were just given to English nobles was horrible... though I know it was just a fact of life that the stronger conquering group took whatever. It would be nice if they had a program now where those that want to return to their family land.

So is DT one of my relies? If he's a Macleod

A properly trained Shakespearean actor would never pass a chance to hold a skull in his hand.

My ancestors we victims of the highland clearances in Sutherland.

To the narrator: the Scots do not call their Celtic language "gaylic", Gaelic is pronounced "Gallic". (Strictly speaking, the Irish don't call their language "gaylic" either, they've given up on getting Sassenachs to pronounce the name correctly and just call it Irish.)

Not the only Scottish house with bodies buried under it.

Can you stop putting the middle bits at the beginning? This could not be more frustrating.

Humans can be so cruel ! To burn those people ‘s homes so they would not come back . All because the lord wanted more money .

Doctor... You might want to put the skull back and get your Sonic Screwdriver out!!

10 is a big family? Not for that time. My own grandmother had 11, and those are the ones that survived through child birth. She had her children in Canada in the 30’s/40’s. My maternal great grandmother was the same way.

"bring tardis"

My MacGillivray Great Great grandmother was part of the clearances in 1849 from Iona....she was nine. She came with her parents Donald and Anne (MacDonald) and siblings to Canada. Donald took up the offer of 200 acres of land if he cleared it. Instead he got special permission to build a saw mill and use the timber on his land to supply lumber to the other homesteaders....he ended up being wealthy. Donald's youngest brother Malcolm went to Australia. Donald and Malcolm's parents died of exposure the first winter after the clearances and the other six siblings who remained behind died as paupers.

HEY, MCCLOUD, GETTAFFA MY EWE