John Landis is turning Dr. Hot Who and Shaun of the Dead into grave robbers. David Tennant and Simon Pegg will now have more in common than one too many letters in their last names.  John Landis is set to direct them  in the starring roles of a dark period-comedy called “Burke and Hare.”

The movie is based on a true story about famous graverobbers, Burke And Hare, and follows the exploits of two men (Pegg as Burke, Tennant as Hare) as they fall into the highly profitable business of providing cadavers for the medical fraternity in 19th Century Edinburgh, which was the center of medical learning of the day, and was always short of bodies–bodies Burke and Hare often helped expedite into becoming cadavers.

Since reality dictates we have to be patient for some sort of clip or preview, here’s a Tennant fix after the jump to keep you edified.

Graham Norton Show episode featuring David Tennant.

There’ll be one last chance to see David Tennant as a Time Lord, it seems.  Tennant is slated to appear with all the other Doctors Who, even the dead ones, in a special, 15 minute short to help the BBC’s Children in Need charity fundraiser.  The mini-episode will air in the UK during the first episode starring Matt Smith, the 11th Doctor. No word on if this special will make it to the U.S.–I mean, without being uploaded to youtube…

This will be a historical moment for Dr. Who fans, as it will the first time all of the doctors will appear in the same episode.  As for Tennant fans, it will delay them missing him as Dr. Who for a few more months.