Campfire[1] was a promotional video advertising the fourth series of Doctor Who and the return of Donna Noble as a companion, who was last seen in The Runaway Bride.
Prior to the video's release three 10-second teasers, each focusing on a different monster, began airing from 22 March 2008. The monsters featured were the Ood, the Sontarans and the Daleks.
On 22 June 2008, a fourth teaser focusing on the Supreme Dalek began airing to publicise The Stolen Earth.
Synopsis[]
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Plot[]
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Cast[]
DWMSE 20 revealed the following credits:
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- Ood - Jon Davey
- Sontaran - Alan Glet
- Dalek operator - Colin Newman
- Voice-over - Jo Butler
Crew[]
DWMSE 20 revealed the following credits:
- Director - Richard Senior
- Creative Head - Matt Scarff
- Creative director - James Spence
- Executive producers - Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner
- Marketing - Georgina Pickard, Anna Skelton
- Production manager - Nadia Malik
- Production co-ordinator - Shelley Bradley
- Team Assistant - Jo Holloway
- 1st assistant director - Nick Britz
- 2nd assistant director - Jennie Fava
- Floor Runner - Tom Evans
- Director of photography - Clive Norman
- Camera assistant - Gary Dawes
- Gaffer - Peter Chester
- Sound recordist - John Thomas
- Costume designer - Louise Page
- Make-up - Barbara Southcott, Steven Smith
- Prosthetics - Millennium FX
- Prosthetics technician - Pete Hawkins
- Special effects - Any Effects
- Special effects supervisor - Paul Kelly
- Editor - Nial Brown
- Visual effects - Nial Brown
- Sound design - Raja Sehgal
Worldbuilding[]
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Notes[]
A screenshot
- There were two versions of the trailer, a 40-second full length one and a 20-second "cut-down" one.
- This trailer featured a narrative and new material of Catherine Tate and David Tennant in character.
- The music used in the main trailer was "All the Strange, Strange Creatures".
- The music used in the teasers was "Accelerometer" by Mel Wesson, Bruce Fowler, Steve Kofsky and Hans Zimmer.[2]
- Elements from these trailers were used for the normal BBC One episode trailers throughout Series 4 and the 2008-10 Specials.
- The trailers were shot in High Definition.[3]
- The trailers were recorded at Upper Boat Studios on Wednesday 12 March 2008.[3]
Gallery[]
BBC One logo
Doctor Who logo
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Ood teaser
Sontaran teaser
Dalek teaser
Supreme Dalek teaser
Continuity[]
- Visions of Donna's adventures include the Ood, (TV: Planet of the Ood) the Sontarans (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem) and the Daleks. (TV: The Stolen Earth)
Home video releases[]
- The complete set of promotional videos were included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD box set released on 17 November 2008.
Footnotes[]
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/S4_00?episode=S4_00&character=&action=videostream&playlist=/doctorwho/playlists/s4_01/video/s4_01_trl_03.xml&video=1&date=&summary=The%20%27Campfire%27%20trailer.&info=&info2=&info3=&tag_file_id=s4_01_trl_03
- ↑ From the album Directors Cuts: Rises DCD028.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 DWMSE 20
