Campfire (TV story)

Campfire
Type:	Narrative trailer
Release date:	28 March 2008

The Series 4: Campfire trailer was a narrative trailer 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 trailers 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.

Trailer gallery

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  BBC One logo

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  There are things...

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  ...waiting in the darkness.

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  Creatures...

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  of metal,

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  fire...

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  and blood.

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  But he's out there...

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  ...burning through time;

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  facing...

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  a thousand dangers...

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  ...across the stars...

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  ...and never giving up.

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  He looks like a man...

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  ...but he's a legend,

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  and his name...

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  ...is The Doctor.

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  He'll come back to save us...

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  ...and this time I'm gonna be ready.

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  Then, just like that...

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  (poof) ...we'll be gone.

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  Doctor Who logo

Teaser gallery

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  Ood teaser

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  Sontaran teaser

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  Dalek teaser

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  Supreme Dalek teaser

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Notes

• 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. Another story to use this element would be the fiftieth anniversary trailer.
• The trailer featured new material of Catherine Tate and David Tennant in character.

Home video releases

• The complete set of teasers and trailers was released on Series 4 DVD boxset in November 2008.