Campfire (TV story)
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.
Donna: There are things waiting in the darkness. Creatures of metal, fire and blood. But he's out there burning through time; facing a thousand dangers across the stars and never giving up. He looks like a man but he's a legend, and his name is The Doctor. He'll come back to save us and this time I'm gonna be ready. Then, just like that... (poof) we'll be gone.
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Advertising The Stolen Earth.
Advertising Journey's End.
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The graphic elements created for the Series 4 trailers continued to be used for the 2009 Specials.
Advertising Planet of the Dead.
Advertising The Waters of Mars.
Advertising The End of Time.
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 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 & Hans Zimmer, Album: Directors Cuts: Outros DCD047
- Elements from these trailers were used for the normal BBC One episode trailers throughout Series 4 and the 2009 specials.
- The trailers were recorded in HD at Upper Boat Studios on Wednesday 12 March 2008.[1]
Home video releases
- The complete set of teasers and trailers were included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD box set released on 17 November 2008.