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The '''2009 Specials''' will be broadcast between the end of Series 4 and the beginning of Series 5.  Five specials will be broadcast at various points in 2008-2009. Of the five specials, one has been scheduled for Christmas 2008, one for Easter 2009, and one for Christmas 2009, leaving the other two unscheduled. These five specials will be overseen by Davies and Julie Gardner, but traditional line producer, Phil Collinson will not be returning for them. All will reportedly star [[David Tennant]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/09/03/48471.shtml Official website's 2007 bulletin about Series 5]</ref>


==Christmas 2008==
The 2008 Christmas Special is titled [[The Next Doctor]][http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/09_september/23/who.shtml].  The [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybus Cybermen]] are known to be returning.  Also, actors [[Dirvla Kirwan]] and [[David Morrissey]] are involved, as is a probable setting of Victorian England. ''Setting confirmed as Christmas Eve 1851 by a trailer shown at a San Diego Comic Convention in 2008. The trailer also showed what appeared to be a [[Dalek]] at one point.''<ref name=Gardner/>


Series 4 of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' started on the [[5th April]] [[2008]].
==2009 specials==


[[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]].  
===Series numbering===
Although it was initially thought that the "interval" season of specials might come to be known as Series 5, or Series 4.5, however at present it appears that the BBC will not be assigning a series "number" to the specials, much as the previous Christmas specials and mini-episodes do not technically belong to any particular season.


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]]''.
===Writers===
[[Russell T Davies]] is solely writing only the Christmas 2008 special and two others, but will co-write the others.<ref name=Gardner>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/11/nosplit/bvtvwho11.xml ''Daily Telegraph'' interview with Julie Gardner] 11 July 2008.</ref> One of the specials will be co-written by [[Gareth Roberts]], and one will be co-written by [[Phil Ford]].<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a115043/doctor-who-specials-writers-announced.html? Rawson-Jones, Ben.  "'Doctor Who' specials writers announced".] digitalspy.co.uk.  25 July 2008.  ''reporting on news originally broken in [[DWM Issue 398|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #398]].</ref>  These particular specials will be historic in that they will be the first two episodes of the [[BBC Wales]] production of ''Doctor Who'' to formally credit a co-writer.  With the inclusion of Ford, 2009 will mark the fifth straight year that ''Doctor Who'' has included at least one new writer for the show, and make Ford the only writer other than RTD himself to write for ''Torchwood'', ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' and ''Doctor Who''.


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 (TV story)|Midnight]]''.
===Rumours===
 
*''The Sun''[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1673189.ece] newspaper in the UK has reported [[Paul McGann]] is to make an appearance as the [[Eighth Doctor]] in an episode.
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.
:''On September 12, the BBC quashed the story of the McGann casting. A spokeswoman is quoted as saying: "There is no truth to the story at all."'' [[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a130094/bbc-refutes-mcgann-dr-who-return-story.html|See Story]]
 
==Television stories==
 
===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 (TV story)|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.''
 
==The Cast==
===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==
[[Image:2_books.JPG|thumb|left|Two of the Series 4 Books]]
*[[Ghosts of India]]
*[[Shining Darkness]]
*[[The Doctor Trap]]
*[[Beautiful Chaos]]
*[[The Eyeless]] (however this book may end up occurring during the timeframe of the [[2009 Specials (Doctor Who)|2009 Specials]])
*[[Judgement of the Judoon]]
*[[The Slitheen Excursion]]
*[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]
 
==External Links==
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/ BBC website page for series 4]
 
{{Series 4}}


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==References==
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[[Category: Seasons]]

Revision as of 17:17, 25 September 2008

The 2009 Specials will be broadcast between the end of Series 4 and the beginning of Series 5. Five specials will be broadcast at various points in 2008-2009. Of the five specials, one has been scheduled for Christmas 2008, one for Easter 2009, and one for Christmas 2009, leaving the other two unscheduled. These five specials will be overseen by Davies and Julie Gardner, but traditional line producer, Phil Collinson will not be returning for them. All will reportedly star David Tennant.[1]

Christmas 2008

The 2008 Christmas Special is titled The Next Doctor[1]. The Cybus Cybermen are known to be returning. Also, actors Dirvla Kirwan and David Morrissey are involved, as is a probable setting of Victorian England. Setting confirmed as Christmas Eve 1851 by a trailer shown at a San Diego Comic Convention in 2008. The trailer also showed what appeared to be a Dalek at one point.[2]

2009 specials

Series numbering

Although it was initially thought that the "interval" season of specials might come to be known as Series 5, or Series 4.5, however at present it appears that the BBC will not be assigning a series "number" to the specials, much as the previous Christmas specials and mini-episodes do not technically belong to any particular season.

Writers

Russell T Davies is solely writing only the Christmas 2008 special and two others, but will co-write the others.[2] One of the specials will be co-written by Gareth Roberts, and one will be co-written by Phil Ford.[3] These particular specials will be historic in that they will be the first two episodes of the BBC Wales production of Doctor Who to formally credit a co-writer. With the inclusion of Ford, 2009 will mark the fifth straight year that Doctor Who has included at least one new writer for the show, and make Ford the only writer other than RTD himself to write for Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Doctor Who.

Rumours

On September 12, the BBC quashed the story of the McGann casting. A spokeswoman is quoted as saying: "There is no truth to the story at all." [Story]
Previous season:
Series 4 		Next season:
Series 5

References

  1. ↑ Official website's 2007 bulletin about Series 5
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Daily Telegraph interview with Julie Gardner 11 July 2008.
  3. ↑ Rawson-Jones, Ben. "'Doctor Who' specials writers announced". digitalspy.co.uk. 25 July 2008. reporting on news originally broken in Doctor Who Magazine #398.
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