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Revision as of 19:04, 5 March 2008

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Series 4 of Doctor Who, occasionally known as season 30 for clarity between it and season 4, will run in spring 2008.

David Tennant is staying on as the Tenth Doctor, and Catherine Tate will reprise her role as Donna Noble, who will attempt to track down the Doctor during an alien invasion. 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. 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).

Television stories

Confirmed Cast

Rumours

  • It is widly believed Davros will return for the finale.
  • Many also belive the Daleks will battle the Sontarans in the finale.
  • According to the unofficial Sylvestor McCoy website, Davros will return for a three-part finale that features the parallel world collapsing with Rose, Mickey, Jackie, and Pete coming to Earth along with the Daleks and Cybermen, who will fight each other and possibly the Sontarans. Sarah Jane and Captain Jack will also supposedly appear
  • The unofficial Sylvestor McCoy also states that the episodes leading up to the finale will be the Time War, and rumors say that the Eighth Doctor will appear as David Tenant is on leave.
  • Supposedly one episode will feature the Doctor's daughter, who has been cloned by his DNA, played by the actual daughter of Peter Davison, who according to the official Doctor Who site has been confirmed to guest-star for the duration of the series.
  • A movie will supposedly be released featuring the Daleks, Sontarans, Cyberemen, Carrionites, and every other villain from the new series. The movie will center on Rose trying to find the Doctor after the present starts falling apart and time is supposedly ready to destruct from the Doctor's past actions and interferences in history.
  • Supposedly, the final episode will feature the Doctor regenerating, though the only rumors as to who will take Tenant's place say that the Doctor will regenerate into a woman, which is almost entirely impossible.

Novels

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