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 is staying on as the Tenth Doctor, and Catherine Tate reprised her role as Donna Noble. They will be joined again by Freema Agyeman, returning as companion Martha Jones for five episodes of the series after a brief spell with Torchwood. Jack Harkness will also return to the show later in the series.

The BBC have also confirmed that the Sontarans will appear in a two part story, which will feature the return of Martha. Christopher Ryan will appear as General Staal, the Sontaran leader. Another Sontaran has been named as Commander Storr.

Billie Piper has been confirmed to return as Rose Tyler in episode 11. How she escapes the parallel universe has not been stated. She will appear for three episodes, but it has not been clarified if she will stay on for 2009. Sarah Jane Smith has also been confirmed for the final story, making this series the first in the new series to feature 5 companions.

Doctor Who Magazine has confirmed one of the episode titles as Planet of the Ood, written by Keith Temple and according to the BBC Doctor Who website are set to meet Agatha Christie in episode 7, and go to Rome on the night before Pompeii is destroyed by Vesuvius in The Fires of Pompeii. More episode names have been confirmed: The Sontaran Strategem, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Midnight and Partners in Crime. The Unicorn and the Wasp will feature the wasp-like Vespivorms and a Pyrovile will appear in the Pompeii episode. The Ood will return in Planet of the Ood.

Series 4 will feature several milestones. It is the Thirtieth broadcast season of Doctor Who, and will feature the 750th broadcast episode (episode 12), the 50th new series episode (episode 7), and the 200th broadcast story of Doctor Who (The eighth story of the season).

On the 1st of February, 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.

Acording to Russell T. Davies 6 planets will be mentioned in Series 4 these are: Midnight, Ood Sphere, Messaline, Shan Shen, Pyrovillia and The Lost Moon of Poosh.

There is no specific arc word or phrase but there are small hints to the finale in each episode and they could be anything from words and phrases to individuals, planets or species.

Specials

 * Time Crash - Children in Need Special
 * Voyage of the Damned - Christmas Special

Episodes

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

Confirmed Cast

 * David Tennant as The Doctor
 * Catherine Tate as Donna Noble
 * Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones
 * Billie Piper as Rose Tyler
 * John Barrowman as Jack Harkness
 * Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith
 * Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred Mott
 * Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble
 * Fernella Woolgar as Agatha Christie
 * Sarah Lancashire as Miss Foster
 * Christopher Ryan as General Staal
 * John Leeson as K-9
 * Alex Kingston as River Song
 * Georgia Moffett as Jenny
 * Devon Anderson as Danny Lewis

Confirmation

 * A report in the Sun on 15/03/08 and pictures of the set of the finale that were leaked onto Youtube confirmed that the Daleks will appear in the final few episodes. These pictures also showed Rose on the streets of london carrying what looked like Jake's gun from Doomsday.
 * It has been confirmed that Daleks will feature in the finale enslaving the humans.
 * A newscast report on Billie Piper's return to DOCTOR WHO as Rose Tyler for the finale of Series 4 has reported, that Series 5 will not be seen until 2010.
 * In an Interview Russell T. Davies said the Medusa Cascade would return and play a major part in Series 4.

Novels

 * Ghosts of India
 * Shining Darkness
 * The Doctor Trap