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Season 4 (Doctor Who 2023)

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Revision as of 04:38, 24 December 2023 by 119.111.220.93 (talk)
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You may wish to consult Series 17 for other, similarly-named pages.

Series 17 was a series of Doctor Who produced by BBC in collaboration with Sony's Bad Wolf and Disney Branded Television for streaming on Disney+.

Overview

Early announcements

On 28 September 2023, during the Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration concert to mark the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who, Russell T Davies joked about having plans for a "series 4" that there weren't room for in "series 3".[1]

On 1 November, Davies revealed in SFX magazine that he was already planning his "season 3" now, and that there are plans for a "season 4" to come.[2]

Promotion

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Broadcast

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Cast

And Dan Starkey As Strax
With David Tennant As The Doctor

Recurring

Guest

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The New Crew

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Casting

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound


South Africa crew
General production staff

Art department

 Camera and lighting department
 Costume

Hair and make-up

Sound

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.
          

Though not credited in any way, Mat Irvine did help considerably with the operation of K9 for this episode. In the DVD commentary, Phil Collinson acknowledges Irvine as the "operator of the original K9 prop", as seen in the very last scene of the episode, and admitting that the original prop had been stored in Irvine's garage and was found especially for this scene.  This episode marked a big change in the make-up department, with Barbara Southcott becoming the more-or-less permanent make-up designer on the show. Also, Millennium Effects became "Millennium FX" with this episode, and have been credited thus since.  Guido Cerasuolo's actual credit is "Line Producer Italy".  Ernie Vincze's surname is misspelled as "Vince" in the credits as originally transmitted.  This was the first episode of the BBC Wales series to have two credited script editors. Oddly, Emma Freud was credited at the end of the roll, suggesting she was considered more "senior" than Brian Minchin.  As on The Vampires of Venice, Patrick Schweitzer was double-credited as both producer and line producer.  This episode marked the Doctor Who debut of production designer Michael Pickwoad, the BBC Wales debut of costume designer Barbara Kidd, and the first time that something like twenty team members had been credited for their work on Doctor Who. It was the biggest sea change of behind-the-scenes personnel in BBC Wales history, much bigger, in fact, than the changes that had occurred with The Eleventh Hour. 

In CON: Charlie McDonnell - Runner, Jay Harley — then credited under their deadname — was described as a runner, and even depicted as delivering tea to cast and crew. However, they're credited here as an "assistant director", albeit lower than the 3rd AD, which does still essentially mean that they were a runner. 

This is the first episode of the BBC Wales series in which the title "Script Editor" is not used.  This story had no direct Visual Effects credit, which means that it unusually didn't credit The Mill. Instead, the roll credited many more workers from The Mill than usual, and even changed Will Cohen's normal title to the grander, "Executive Visual FX Producer".  Rhys Jones is credited as a "Prop Chargehand" rather than a "Props Chargehand".  No Ood actually appear in this episode, but they receive a creator credit.  Jay Harley was credited under their deadname as assistant director.  • The Tenth Planet was written by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis •  Note: Standby art director Ifan Lewis was erroneously credited as "Ifan Lewis Lewis"


Uncredited crew

Production

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Crew

Producers

Russell T Davies made his "explosive return" to Doctor Who in the 60th anniversary and "series beyond".[28]

Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter also returned from the 60th specials as executive producers and were joined by Joel Collins.[29]

Returning from the 60th specials were also Vicki Delow, Chris May and Ellen Marsh.[29]

Phil Sims continued as the production designer and Scott Handcock as the script editor.[29]


Director

Dylan Holmes Williams directed the first filming block[29] along with director of photography Sam Care,[30] which consisted of episodes 4 and 5.[31]

Mark Tonderai directed the second filming block[32][30] along with DOP Miroslaw Baszak,[33] which consisted of the festive special.[31] Gareth Tandy was first assistant director.[33]

Julie Anne Robinson directed the third filming block[33] along with DOP Tobias Datum,[34] consisting of episodes 3[35] and 1.[36]

Ben Chessell directed the fourth filming block[34] along with DOP Jamie Cairney,[36] which consisted of episodes 2[37] and 6.[36]

Jamie Donoughue directed the fifth filming block along with DOP Chas Bain, which consisted of episodes 7[38] and 8.[37]

Writers

Russell T Davies wrote the episodes 4 and 7.[39][40]

Pre-production

On 12 August, The Hollywood Reporter stated that the series would begin filming in November.[41]

On 10 November it was revealed in Doctor Who Magazine #584 that pre-production on the series began on 26 September.[29]

Filming

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Television stories

Festive special

Episode
Number		 Title Writer Director Notes

Regular series

Episode
Number		 Title Writer Director Notes

Episode notes

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Aliens and enemies

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Rumours

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Adaptations and merchandising

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Stories set during the season

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/russell-t-davies-doctor-who-4-seasons-newsupdate/
  2. ↑ https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/russell-t-davies-reveals-plans-for-a-third-and-fourth-new-series-of-doctor-who
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named church
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named doctorwho.tv
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Albion
  6. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Kate
  7. ↑ https://twitter.com/doctorwhopn/status/1613989515458379776?s=46&t=iJJYHyDk9ODzIV-ZsQ192g
  8. ↑ https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/doctor-who-series-14-jack-forsyth-noble-joins-cast
  9. ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/DoctorWhoPN/status/1623080357175123968/photo/1
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/doctorwhopn/status/1633769603309662209?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/ruther2/status/1638216020513923079?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/ruther2/status/1638216486497001472?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-season-14-new-cast-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2owl-v5J0a-lODtr6keUzwHPLZD6ObkdJDYL2zTwfZEOz1juWMQv1V2vk
  14. ↑ https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/jinkx-monsoon-joins-cast-doctor-who-series
  15. ↑ https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/doctor-who-hits-another-high-note-as-jonathan-groff-joins
  16. ↑ https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/indira-varma-joins-doctor-who-as-the-duchess?fbclid=IwAR22C_k8LJW_ClWZXpZupMoPqhujXIUnltbvVgyIMh1Dg7K5bADAijLftaQ
  17. ↑ https://twitter.com/doctorwhopn/status/1668626929031979011?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  18. ↑ https://twitter.com/doctorwhopn/status/1668620134053994496?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DWM594
  20. ↑ https://bbc.in/42IH1NC
  21. ↑ https://twitter.com/ruther2/status/1673610881916186625?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 3oct
  23. ↑ https://twitter.com/doctorwhopn/status/1693709516011966856?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  24. ↑ https://twitter.com/ruther2/status/1680296473928278016?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  25. ↑ https://twitter.com/ruther2/status/1693699537641034094?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  26. ↑ https://twitter.com/doctorwhopn/status/1717604096612376787?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  27. ↑ Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014: Last Christmas. Milk VFX. Retrieved on 18 October 2018.
  28. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named RTD
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/doctor-who-series-14-production-and-crew-updates
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DWM586
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Jan16
  32. ↑ https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/doctor-who-series-14-returning-director-discovered
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DWM587
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DWM588
  35. ↑ https://nerdgazm.net/exclusive-doctor-who-series-14-block-three-episodes-leaked/
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 https://nerdgazm.net/exclusive-doctor-who-series-14-block-four-ep-uncovered/
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DWM590
  38. ↑ https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/millie-gibson-and-ncuti-gatwa-film-doctor-who-at-cardiff-city-hall
  39. ↑ https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a43321792/doctor-who-russell-t-davies-greatest-things/
  40. ↑ https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/doctor-who-series-14-latest-production-news
  41. ↑ https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/ncuti-gatwa-to-begin-filming-his-doctor-who-series-in-november
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