Series 4 (Doctor Who)



Series 4 of Doctor Who, occasionally known as Season 30 for clarity between it and Season 4, started on the 5th April 2008.

David Tennant stayed on as the Tenth Doctor, and Catherine Tate reprised her role as Donna Noble, following her one off in the The Runaway Bride.

They were be joined by Freema Agyeman, returning as companion Martha Jones for five episodes of the series, which started with The Sontaran Stratagem after her three episode spell with Torchwood. Jack Harkness crossed over from Torchwood for a second time later in the series. Billie Piper returned as Rose Tyler for a three episode stint starting with Turn Left, but also made cameo appearances in Partners in Crime, The Poison Sky and Midnight.

Series 4 featured several milestones. It is the Thirtieth ever broadcast season of Doctor Who, and features the 750th broadcast episode, which is The Stolen Earth, the 50th new series episode, The Unicorn and the Wasp, and the 200th broadcast story of Doctor Who, Silence in the Library.

On the 1st of February 2008, BBC and Carlton Screen Advertising released a brand new trailer for Series 4. It went on TV and Online on Saturday the 22nd of March. The brand new theme tune, premiered in Voyage of the Damned was featured from the start of Series 4. Russell T. Davies stated that 6 planets were to be mentioned in Series 4 these are: Midnight, Ood Sphere, Messaline, Shan Shen, Pyrovillia and the Lost Moon of Poosh. All of the Planets the were stated have all been featured and the names and places were used before the series finale.

Confirmation


 * Series 5 will not be seen until 2010; in the interim several special episodes have been announced for broadcast in 2009.
 * After this series, Julie Gardner will no longer be the Executive Producer.
 * Catherine Tate will be leaving in Journey's End. She has also confirmed she will not appear in the 4 specials in 2009.
 * After this series and the 4 specials in 2009 Russell T. Davis will be succeeded by Steven Moffat as head writer.

Specials

 * Time Crash
 * Voyage of the Damned

Episodes

 * Partners in Crime
 * The Fires of Pompeii
 * Planet of the Ood
 * The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
 * The Doctor's Daughter
 * The Unicorn and the Wasp
 * Silence In The Library / Forest of the Dead
 * Midnight
 * Turn Left/ The Stolen Earth / Journey's End

Primary Cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant (All episodes)
 * Donna Noble - Catherine Tate (from Partners in Crime)
 * Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins ('' Voyage Of The Damned, Partners in Crime, The Sontaran Stratagem - The Poison Sky, Turn Left-Journey's End")
 * Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline King (''Partners in Crime, The Sontaran Stratagem - The Poison Sky, Turn Left-Journey's End")
 * Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman (The Sontaran Stratagem - The Doctor's Daughter, The Stolen Earth - Journey's End)
 * Rose Tyler - Billie Piper (Partners in Crime (Cameo), The Poison Sky (Cameo), Midnight (Cameo), Turn Left - Journey's End)
 * Jack Harkness - John Barrowman (The Stolen Earth - Journey's End)
 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen (The Stolen Earth - Journey's End)

Secondary Cast

 * Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke (Journey's End)
 * Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri (Journey's End)
 * Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles (The Stolen Earth - Journey's End)
 * Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd (The Stolen Earth - Journey's End)
 * Luke Smith - Tommy Knight (The Stolen Earth - Journey's End)

Novels

 * Ghosts of India
 * Shining Darkness
 * The Doctor Trap
 * Beautiful Chaos
 * The Eyeless