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Campfire

Main character(s):

Donna Noble

Featuring:

Tenth Doctor

Key crew

Director:

Richard Senior

Producer:

Red Bee Media

Release details

Premiere network:

BBC One

Release date:

22 March 2008 (teasers)
28 March 2008 (video)

Format:

Promotional video

*Doctor Who* series adverts
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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

to be added

Plot

to be added

Cast

DWMSE 20 revealed the following credits:

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

to be added

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]