Campfire (TV story)
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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.
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.
Trailer gallery
BBC One logo
Doctor Who logo
Ood teaser
Sontaran teaser
Dalek teaser
Supreme Dalek teaser
Cast
DWMSE 20 revealed the following credits:
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- Ood - Jon Davey
- Sontaran - Alan Glet
- Dalek operator - Colin Newman
- Voice-over - Jo Butler
Crew
No crew were credited for this trailer.
Uncredited 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
Other series 4 trailers
There were also other non-narrative clip based trailers advertising the fourth series.
A 90 second trailer began being screened in cinemas from 1 February 2008, it used graphic elements created for the Christmas Special trailers, and the music used was "All the Strange, Strange Creatures". It featured clips from Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Midnight, and Turn Left. After an exclusive cinema-only run the trailer began airing on television from 22 March 2008.[1]
A one minute mid-series trailer began airing from 24 May 2008, to make up for the Eurovision delay to episode 8. It used the Series 4 graphic elements, and the music was "Hellstorm" by Klaus Badelt.[2] It featured clips from Silence in the Library-The Stolen Earth.
The graphic elements created for the Series 4 trailers continued to be used for the 2009 Specials.
BBC One logo
Advertising Voyage of the Damned.
Advertising Voyage of the Damned.
Coming Soon
Advertising The Stolen Earth.
Advertising Journey's End.
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.[3]
- Elements from these trailers were used for the normal BBC One episode trailers throughout Series 4 and the 2009 specials.
- The trailers were shot in High Definition.[4]
- The trailers were recorded at Upper Boat Studios on Wednesday 12 March 2008.[4]
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.
