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}}</ref> [[Colin Salmon]] in "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead",<ref name="DEP" /> Lesley Sharp, Lindsey Coulson, and David Troughton ([[Second Doctor]] [[Patrick Troughton]]'s son) in "Midnight",<ref name="DEP" /> and Chipo Chung, who previously appeared as Chantho in "[[Utopia (Doctor Who)|Utopia]]", in a different role in "Turn Left".<ref name="DEP" /> Evolutionary biologist [[Richard Dawkins]] will appear in one episode.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/russell-t-davies-return-of-the-tea-time-lord-805255.html|title=Russell T Davies: Return of the (tea) Time Lord|first=Cole|last=Moreton|date=[[2008-04-06]]|accessdate=2008-04-06|publisher=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> For the remaining two episodes, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' commented that the episode's cast is being kept secret,<ref name="30reasons" /> while ''[[Radio Times]]'' commented there were "too many to name".<ref name="DEP">{{cite journal |year=2008 |month=April |title=The Definitive Episode Guide|first=Russell|last=T Davies|authorlink=Russell T Davies|journal=[[Radio Times]] |issue=5-11 April 2008 |pages=pp 18-20 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=[[BBC]] }}</ref> A press-only trailer for the series showed [[Penelope Wilton]] reprising her role as [[Harriet Jones]], and the main antagonist of the series |
}}</ref> [[Colin Salmon]] in "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead",<ref name="DEP" /> Lesley Sharp, Lindsey Coulson, and David Troughton ([[Second Doctor]] [[Patrick Troughton]]'s son) in "Midnight",<ref name="DEP" /> and Chipo Chung, who previously appeared as Chantho in "[[Utopia (Doctor Who)|Utopia]]", in a different role in "Turn Left".<ref name="DEP" /> Evolutionary biologist [[Richard Dawkins]] will appear in one episode.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/russell-t-davies-return-of-the-tea-time-lord-805255.html|title=Russell T Davies: Return of the (tea) Time Lord|first=Cole|last=Moreton|date=[[2008-04-06]]|accessdate=2008-04-06|publisher=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> For the remaining two episodes, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' commented that the episode's cast is being kept secret,<ref name="30reasons" /> while ''[[Radio Times]]'' commented there were "too many to name".<ref name="DEP">{{cite journal |year=2008 |month=April |title=The Definitive Episode Guide|first=Russell|last=T Davies|authorlink=Russell T Davies|journal=[[Radio Times]] |issue=5-11 April 2008 |pages=pp 18-20 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=[[BBC]] }}</ref> A press-only trailer for the series showed [[Penelope Wilton]] reprising her role as [[Harriet Jones]], and the main antagonist of the series being half-Dalek, half-humanoid.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7320000/newsid_7325700/7325783.stm|title=Old friends return to Doctor Who|publisher=[[BBC]]|work=[[CBBC]] [[Newsround]]|last=Mzimba|first=Lizo|authorlink=Lizo Mzimba|date=[[2008-04-02]]|accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref> |
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| Doctor Who series 4 | |
|---|---|
| Series 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC |
| Original release | Christmas special: 25 December 2007 Regular series: 5 April 2008 – Summer 2008 |
| Series chronology | |
The fourth series of British science fiction series Doctor Who began on 25 December 2007 with the Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned". Following the special, a regular series of thirteen episodes will be aired, starting with "Partners in Crime" on 5 April 2008.
Production
Information regarding the production of several episodes was announced in issue 385 of Doctor Who Magazine,[1] and subsequent issues announced more details. The episode titles of episodes 1 and 4 were revealed in issue 390 of DWM, as well as a hidden one, which was revealed in the subsequent issue to be "Midnight".[2] Susie Liggat will be producing five episodes (Blocks 2, 5 and 7), as she did in Series 3 with "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood". Phil Collinson will receive an executive producer credit for these episodes.[1][3]
Writers for the regular series were gradually announced alongside episode announcements. Gareth Roberts, Stephen Greenhorn, James Moran and Keith Temple will each write one episode. Moran co-wrote the 2006 horror film Severance, while Temple has written episodes of Byker Grove and Casualty. Helen Raynor and Steven Moffat will write two episodes each, and head writer Russell T. Davies will write five episodes.[4] Doctor Who Magazine paired the episodes with their writers and directors. The episode written by Temple, "Planet of the Ood", will feature the Ood - who previously appeared in Series 2 two-parter, "The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit" - on their home planet.[5] The name of Roberts' episode had initially been revealed via an acronym as "TUATW",[6] and was later revealed as "The Unicorn and the Wasp".[2] Tom MacRae had written an episode for this series, but this was replaced after Russell T. Davies decided that it was too close in tone to "The Unicorn and the Wasp".[7] All of the episode titles were revealed in the 5 April 2008 issue of the Radio Times, except the title of the twelfth, which is "being kept secret as it gives away too much."[8] The article also identified the title of episode 9 as "River's Run", as did the press release for the subsequent issue of Doctor Who Magazine, but this was changed a few days afterwards to "Forest of the Dead".
| Block | Episodes | Director | Writers | Producer | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Voyage of the Dammed" | James Strong | Russell T. Davies | Phil Collinson | 4.X |
| 2 | "Planet of the Ood"[9] "The Unicorn and the Wasp"[2] |
Graeme Harper | Keith Temple Gareth Roberts |
Susie Liggat | 4.3 4.7[4] |
| 3 | "The Fires of Pompeii"[10][11][12] | Colin Teague | James Moran[13] | Phil Collinson | 4.2[14][11] |
| 4 | "Partners in Crime"[15] | James Strong[13] | Russell T. Davies[16] | Phil Collinson | 4.1 |
| 5 | "The Sontaran Stratagem"[17] "The Poison Sky"[8] |
Douglas Mackinnon[18] | Helen Raynor[19] | Susie Liggat[18] | 4.4 4.5[19] |
| 6 | "The Doctor's Daughter"[8] "Midnight"[2] |
Alice Troughton[19] | Stephen Greenhorn Russell T. Davies[11] |
Phil Collinson | 4.6 4.10[17][15] |
| 7 | "Turn Left"[8][19] | Graeme Harper[19] | Russell T. Davies[19] | Susie Liggat[3] | 4.11 [4] |
| 8 | "Silence in the Library"[20] "Forest of the Dead"[21] |
Euros Lyn[2] | Steven Moffat[2] | Phil Collinson | 4.8 4.9 |
| 9 | TBA "Journey's End"[8] |
Graeme Harper | Russell T. Davies | Phil Collinson | 4.12 4.13 |
On February 1, 2008, the BBC announced that in a partnership with Carlton Screen Advertising a 90-second film trailer of the fourth series would be shown in cinemas across Britain "before the most anticipated new releases".[22] The trailer was aired on TV on 22 March 2008,[23] and three trailers featuring the Ood, Sontarans, and Daleks premièred on the BBC's YouTube channel immediately after.[24][25][26]
Casting
Main characters
The fourth series marks David Tennant's third series in the lead role, "the Doctor". The fourth series also features four companions. In the Christmas special, Australian actress and singer Kylie Minogue starred as Astrid Peth, who perished before the end of the episode. The companions in the regular series have all been in the lead companion role previously: the primary role, Donna Noble, who was introduced in "The Runaway Bride", will be played by Catherine Tate for all thirteen episodes.[27] Freema Agyeman, who portrayed the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in series three, will return for "The Sontaran Strategem", "The Poison Sky", "The Doctor's Daughter", and two episodes in the finale.[28][29] Billie Piper, who portrayed Rose Tyler from the first episode of the new series to the finale of the second series will appear at several points in the series, including "Partners in Crime" & "Turn Left".[30][31] John Barrowman and Elisabeth Sladen, who portrayed previous companions Jack Harkness and Sarah Jane Smith respectively, have also confirmed their appearances in the fourth series.[32][33]
Guest stars
The fourth series features a large amount of guest stars. Executive producer Russell T Davies made the casting bigger, with more high-profile stars such as Kylie Minogue (Astrid Peth in "Voyage of the Damned"), Alex Kingston (River Song in "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead"), Sarah Lancashire (Miss Foster in "Partners in Crime"), and Phil Davis and Peter Capaldi (Lucius and Caecillus in "The Fires of Pompeii").[34]
Additional prolific guest stars include Bernard Cribbins and Jacqueline King as Donna's relatives Wilfred Mott and Sylvia Noble, playing recurring roles throughout the series, Sasha Behar in "The Fires of Pompeii",[35] Tim McInnerny in "Planet of the Ood", [35]Christopher Ryan as a Sontaran general, General Staal,[35] in "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky", Georgia Moffett, daughter of Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison, as the eponymous character Jenny and Nigel Terry in "The Doctor's Daughter",[35] Felicity Kendal as Lady Eddison and Fenella Woolgar as Agatha Christie in "The Unicorn and the Wasp",[35][36] Colin Salmon in "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead",[35] Lesley Sharp, Lindsey Coulson, and David Troughton (Second Doctor Patrick Troughton's son) in "Midnight",[35] and Chipo Chung, who previously appeared as Chantho in "Utopia", in a different role in "Turn Left".[35] Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins will appear in one episode.[37] For the remaining two episodes, Doctor Who Magazine commented that the episode's cast is being kept secret,[36] while Radio Times commented there were "too many to name".[35] A press-only trailer for the series showed Penelope Wilton reprising her role as Harriet Jones, and the main antagonist of the series being half-Dalek, half-humanoid.[38]
Episodes
| Story number | # | Title | Director | Writer | Viewers (in millions) | AI | Original air date | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | Special | "Voyage of the Damned" | James Strong | Russell T Davies | 13.31[39] | 86[40] | 25 December 2007 | 4.X |
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The Doctor finds himself on an interstellar replica of the famous ocean liner Titanic orbiting present-day Earth, shortly before the ship collides with meteors and begins to fall to Earth. The Doctor teams up with one-off companion Astrid Peth (Kylie Minogue) and several passengers to rescue the ship while fending off the Heavenly Host. | ||||||||
| 193 | 1 | "Partners in Crime" | James Strong | Russell T Davies | TBA | 88[41] | 5 April 2008 | 4.1 |
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The Doctor and previous companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) meet while separately investigating Adipose Industries. Together, they attempt to stop businesswoman Miss Foster (Sarah Lancashire) from killing thousands of people in London during the birth of the Adipose, short white aliens made from body fat. | ||||||||
| 194 | 2 | "The Fires of Pompeii[8]" | Colin Teague | James Moran | TBA | TBA | 12 April 2008 | 4.2 |
| 195 | 3 | "Planet of the Ood[8]" | Graeme Harper | Keith Temple | TBA | TBA | 19 April 2008 | 4.3 |
| 196a | 4 | "The Sontaran Stratagem[8]" | Douglas Mackinnon | Helen Raynor | TBA | TBA | 26 April 2008 | 4.4 |
| 196b | 5 | "The Poison Sky[8]" | Douglas Mackinnon | Helen Raynor | TBA | TBA | 3 May 2008 | 4.5 |
| 197 | 6 | "The Doctor's Daughter[8]" | Alice Troughton | Stephen Greenhorn | TBA | TBA | TBA | 4.6 |
| 198 | 7 | "The Unicorn and the Wasp[8]" | Douglas Mackinnon | Gareth Roberts | TBA | TBA | TBA | 4.7 |
| 199a | 8 | "Silence in the Library[8]" | Euros Lyn | Steven Moffat | TBA | TBA | TBA | 4.8 |
| 199b | 9 | "Forest of the Dead[21]" | Euros Lyn | Steven Moffat | TBA | TBA | TBA | 4.9 |
| 200 | 10 | "Midnight[8]" | Alice Troughton | Russell T Davies | TBA | TBA | TBA | 4.10 |
| 201 | 11 | "Turn Left[8]" | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | TBA | TBA | TBA | 4.11 |
| 202a | 12 | To be announced | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | TBA | TBA | TBA | 4.12 |
| 202b | 13 | "Journey's End[8]" | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | TBA | TBA | TBA | 4.13 |
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