Series 4 (Doctor Who)



Series 4 of Doctor Who 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.

This series featured several (former) companions returning; Freema Agyeman, returned as Martha Jones for five episodes of the series, which began with The Sontaran Stratagem following 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, all three returned in The Stolen Earth along with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. These were further joined by Noel Clarke and Camille Coduri in Journey's End.

Series 4 featured several milestones. It is the 30th ever broadcast season of Doctor Who, and features the 750th broadcast episode, which was The Stolen Earth, the 50th new series episode, The Unicorn and the Wasp, and the 200th broadcast story of Doctor Who, Midnight.

Series 4 marked the last full season to be produced by Russell T. Davies, Phil Collinson and Julie Gardner. Collinson left following Journey's End, and Davies and Gardner have announced they will depart following production of a series of specials planned for 2008-2009 in lieu of a regular season. When the show resumes weekly broadcast in 2010, Steven Moffat will be its producer.

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

Mini-episode

 * Music of the Spheres
 * Note: although broadcast after the series finale, Music of the Spheres was produced during Series 4, and is unlikely to be counted as part of the 2008-2009 "gap season" of specials.

Primary Cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Donna Noble - Catherine Tate

Secondary Cast

 * Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
 * Sylvia Noble - Jacqueline King
 * Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
 * Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
 * Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
 * River Song- Alex Kingston

Guest Cast

 * Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Astrid Peth - Kylie Minogue
 * Jenny - Georgia Moffett
 * Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
 * Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
 * Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
 * Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
 * Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
 * Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
 * Harriet Jones - Penelope Wilton

Novels

 * Ghosts of India
 * Shining Darkness
 * The Doctor Trap
 * Beautiful Chaos
 * The Eyeless (however this book may end up occurring during the timeframe of the pre-Series 5 specials)
 * Judgement of the Judoon
 * The Slitheen Excursion
 * Prisoner of the Daleks