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The lowdown: The Comedy Relief charity organisation was founded in 1985, and has held the Red Nose Day telethon every two years since 1988. Each telethon features celebrity guests and spoofs of popular TV shows - these include Rowan Atkinson and others playing the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death in 1999. The 16 March 2007 Red Nose Day telethon featured Catherine Tate in a number of sketches, including one featuring her as school student Lauren Cooper, best known for the catchphrase "Am I bovvered?". In the Comic Relief sketch, the students have a new teacher in the form of Mr Logan (David Tennant, complete with Scottish accent), who is teaching them Shakespeare and being hassled by Lauren, who comments on his resemblance to a certain Time Lord. He soon loses patience with the unruly student, quickly whips out the sonic screwdriver and turns her into an action figure of Rose Tyler. It is a brief but entertaining sketch, and full marks to both Tate and Tennant for agreeing to take part in such a worthy cause. Trivia:
Comic Relief now has a presence in many countries, including Australia,
although Red Nose Day down
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