Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)

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Series 4 of Doctor Who, occasionally known as Season 30 for clarity between it and Season 4, started on the 5th April 2008.

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.


They were be joined by Freema Agyeman, returning as companion Martha Jones for five episodes of the series, which started with The Sontaran Stratagem after 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, but also made cameo appearances in Partners in Crime, The Poison Sky and Midnight.

Series 4 featured several milestones. It is the Thirtieth ever broadcast season of Doctor Who, and features the 750th broadcast episode, which is The Stolen Earth, the 50th new series episode, The Unicorn and the Wasp, and the 200th broadcast story of Doctor Who, Silence in the Library.

On the 1st of February 2008, BBC and Carlton Screen Advertising released a brand new trailer for Series 4. It went on TV and Online on Saturday the 22nd of March. The brand new theme tune, premiered in Voyage of the Damned was featured from the start of Series 4. Russell T. Davies stated that 6 planets were to be mentioned in Series 4 these are: Midnight, Ood Sphere, Messaline, Shan Shen, Pyrovillia and the Lost Moon of Poosh . All of the Planets the were stated have all been featured and the names and places were used before the series finale.

Confirmation

  • Series 5 will not be seen until 2010.
  • After this series, Julie Gardner will no longer be the Executive Producer.
  • Catherine Tate will be leaving in Journey's End. She has also confirmed she will not appear in the 4 specials in 2009.
  • After this series and the 4 specials in 2009 Russell T. Davis will be succeeded by Steven Moffat as head writer.

Television stories

Specials

Episodes

The Cast

Primary Cast

Secondary Cast

Novels

Two of the Series 4 Books



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