Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)
- For the 1965-66 season of the original series, see Season 3.
Series 3 of Doctor Who (sometimes called Season 29) ran between March 2007 and July 2007 and starred David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and introduced Freema Agyeman as his companion Martha Jones. Catherine Tate appeared as Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special, The Runaway Bride, which was filmed as part of the Series 3 block and featured on the Series 3 DVD. Despite this, The Runaway Bride is a special episode and not considered to be a part of Series 3 by the Episode Guide on the official website.
Overview
This new series introduced Martha Jones (played by Freema Agyeman), as the Doctor's new companion. This series introduced also a new logo design, which was first shown in Series 3 Episode 1: The Runaway Bride, which starred Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, the Doctor's one off companion for the episode, who was soon to return in Series 4 as a full time comapnion. The logo then continued throughout the rest of Series 3 from Epsiode 2 (Smith and Jones) to Episode 14 (Last of the Timelords), and stretched into Series 4. A new costume was also designed for the Doctor, a blue suit, alongside the brown suit. The main storyline for this series was focused on the "Mr Saxon", an alias for the Master.
Another storyline was the Doctor having to deal with the emotional aftermath of losing Rose, and the impact this has on Martha as the Doctor's companion. The adventures in this series take the Doctor to Chiswick, and having to save the fiesty bride from the Empress of the Racnoss. Then he goes undercover in a hospital, where he meets the brilliant Martha Jones, and saves the Royal Hope Hospital from the Judoon. Then the duo find trouble in 1599, where witches are at work. They return to New New York, where they find that the entire city has become a trap. Then in 1930, they have to deal with Daleks and Pig Slaves alike. Next, having to deal with the Dalek Sec Hybrid and his army of human Daleks. Then, Martha returns home to fight off the evil Lazarus. The Sun is angry, as the Doctor and Martha try to save the remaining members of a cargo ship from the burning sun. Scarecrows haunt the streets of 1913 in our heroes next adventure. Then, the Family of Blood try to capture the Timelord for their own, with Martha as protecter. Martha and the Doctor get trapped in 1969, where the Weeping Angels wait. Jack's Back! as the trio get trapped at the end of the universe. The Master has become Prime Minister of Great Britain, in the next adventure. Finally, the world is enslaved by the Master, and only Martha Jones can stop him.
Television Stories
Christmas Special
| # | Title | Writer | Notes |
| N/A | The Runaway Bride | Russell T. Davies |
Regular Season
| # | Title | Writer | Notes |
| 1 | Smith and Jones | Russell T. Davies | First appearance of Martha Jones and the Judoon |
| 2 | The Shakespeare Code | Gareth Roberts | |
| 3 | Gridlock | Russell T. Davies | Reintroduction of the Macra |
| 4 | Pt. 1: Daleks in Manhattan Pt. 2: Evolution of the Daleks |
Helen Raynor | |
| 5 | The Lazarus Experiment | Stephen Greenhorn | |
| 6 | 42 | Chris Chibnall | |
| 7 | Pt. 1: Human Nature Pt. 2: The Family of Blood |
Paul Cornell | |
| 8 | Blink | Steven Moffat | |
| 9 | Pt. 1: Utopia Pt. 2: The Sound of Drums Pt. 3: Last of the Time Lords |
Russell T. Davies | Reintroduction of the Master, and of Jack Harkness to Doctor Who. Final regular appearance of Martha Jones |
Animated Special
| # | Title | Writer | Notes |
| NA | The Infinite Quest | Alan Barnes | Shown originally in 13 parts (aprox 3:30 each) on Totally Doctor Who, later rebroadcast as a 45 minute episode |
Cast
Primary Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
- Jack Harkness - John Barrowman (re-introduction in Utopia, departure in Last of the Time Lords)
Secondary Cast
- Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
- Tish Jones - Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Leo Jones - Reggie Yates
- Clive Jones - Trevor Laird
Guests Cast
- The Master - John Simm
- Professor Yana - Derek Jacobi
- Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
- Florence Finnegan - Anne Reid
- William Shakespeare - Dean Lennox Kelly
- Thomas Kincade Brannigan - Ardal O'Hanlon
- Face of Boe - Struan Rodger (Voice)
- Richard Lazarus - Mark Gatiss
- Joan Redfern - Jessica Hynes
- Sally Sparrow - Carey Mulligan
- Lucy Saxon - Alexandra Moen
Novels
- Sting of the Zygons
- The Last Dodo
- Wooden Heart
- Made of Steel
- Wetworld
- Forever Autumn
- Sick Building
- Peacemaker
- Wishing Well
- The Pirate Loop
- Revenge of the Judoon
- The Many Hands
- Snowglobe 7
- Martha in the Mirror
- The Story of Martha
