Series 3 (Doctor Who)

thumb|300px|right|A trailer for Series 3: For the 1965-66 season of the original series, see Season 3. Series 3 of Doctor Who (sometimes called Season 29) ran between March 2007 and July 2007 and starred David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and introduced Freema Agyeman as his companion Martha Jones. The main cast was expanded to include John Barrowman as Jack Harkness in the final three episodes of the series. Catherine Tate appeared as Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special, The Runaway Bride, which was filmed as part of the Series 3 block and featured on the Series 3 DVD. Despite this, The Runaway Bride is a special episode and not considered to be a part of Series 3 by the Episode Guide on the official website.

Overview
This new series introduced Martha Jones (played by Freema Agyeman) as the Doctor's new companion. This series also introduced a new logo design, which was first shown in "The Runaway Bride." The logo continued throughout Series 4. A new costume was also designed for the Doctor, a blue suit, alongside the brown suit. The main storyline for this series was focused on "Harold Saxon", an alias for the Master.

Primary cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman

Secondary cast

 * Jack Harkness - John Barrowman (re-introduction in Utopia, departure in Last of the Time Lords)
 * Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
 * Tish Jones - Gugu Mbatha-Raw
 * Leo Jones - Reggie Yates
 * Clive Jones - Trevor Laird
 * The Master - John Simm

Guest cast

 * Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
 * Florence Finnegan - Anne Reid
 * William Shakespeare - Dean Lennox Kelly
 * Thomas Kincade Brannigan - Ardal O'Hanlon
 * Face of Boe - Struan Rodger (Voice)
 * Richard Lazarus - Mark Gatiss
 * Joan Redfern - Jessica Hynes
 * Sally Sparrow - Carey Mulligan
 * Professor Yana - Derek Jacobi
 * Lucy Saxon - Alexandra Moen

Novels

 * Sting of the Zygons
 * The Last Dodo
 * Wooden Heart
 * Made of Steel
 * Wetworld
 * Forever Autumn
 * Sick Building
 * Peacemaker
 * Wishing Well
 * The Pirate Loop
 * Revenge of the Judoon
 * The Many Hands
 * Snowglobe 7
 * Martha in the Mirror
 * The Story of Martha

Awards
This series won a 2008 Saturn Award in the category of "Best International Series", following its transmission on the American Sci Fi Channel.