100%

glaube naechste WM wird in Deutschland tatsaechlich xD

well deserved!

I think on the vast majority of days in winter, it doesn't snow...

I'd be forever grateful!

He did not say that?? I can't believe he actually said that?! OMG

Ahhhh, that makes sense! And yes, 100%

Wait. WHAT - are you sure?

Especially since point 5 is the longest on his list. And he was literally working with other Doctor Who fans on _Doctor Who_. So he could have mentioned so many people from the dw production. But instead he chose an actor from a different show...

Published on January 6th 2005, so probably written in early December RTD posted an article on the 17 things he has learned.

And maybe I am clowning about this but I cannot imagine RTD mentioning David Tennant like that if he hadn't been secretly cast already...

On February 3rd 2005 (published on March 3rd), RTD wrote that they "haven't got a single episode [of Casanova] ready yet" and that he spend part of his day in the edit of Casanova.

Okay, so I am currently reading the new issue of DWM and because of the 20th anniversary of NuWho, they compiled all the production letters of RTD from 2004/2005 which were published in DWM at the time.

And there are a couple of hints:

Oh, yess!

So, we're now somewhere between late November 2004 and early (?) February 2005, with December 2004 or January 2005 being more likely...

So, I assume he was asked sometimes between late November 2004 (at the very earliest) and mid March 2005 (before the show started transmitting).

Ah, thank you! Yeah, I think so as well...

So David said that he watched the first episode and a rough cut of the sixth episode (Dalek) that evening. According to the wiki page, the shooting of Dalek was mostly finished by November 3rd with pick-up shots through-out November.