Doctor Who: Series 4 - Episode guide
Doctor Who returns to BBC One for a fourth series on Saturday 5th April 2008 at 6.20pm, starring David Tennant as The Doctor and Catherine Tate as runaway bride Donna. Take a sneak peak at what lies ahead for The Doctor and Donna in Series Four.
Episode 1: Partners In Crime
Saturday 5th April 2008
Donna Noble is determined to find the Doctor again – even if it means braving the villainous Miss Foster and her hordes of sinister Adipose, as Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama returns for a fourth series. But when the alien threat escalates out of control, can Donna find her Time Lord before the march of the Adipose begins?
Sarah Lancashire guest stars as Miss Foster.
Episode 2: The Fires Of Pompeii
Saturday 12th April 2008
The Doctor and Donna travel back into ancient history, in tonight's episode of Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama. When they arrive in 79AD, however, they discover psychic powers and beasts of stone running riot in the streets of old Pompeii. The time-travellers face their greatest challenge yet – can established history be changed, or must the Doctor let everyone die?
Peter Capaldi, Phil Davis and Tracey Childs guest star.
Episode 3: Planet Of The Ood
Saturday 19th April 2008
The Doctor takes Donna to her first alien world - but the Ood-Sphere reveals some terrible truths about the human race.
Tim McInnerny, Ayesha Dharker, Adrian Rawlins and Roger Griffiths guest star.
Episode 4: The Sontaran Stratagem
Saturday 26th April 2008
Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy lies in wait. With the mysterious ATMOS devices spreading across the world, Donna discovers that even her own family is not safe from the alien threat – but is it too late to save them?
Freema Agyeman and Christopher Ryan guest star.
Episode 5: The Poison Sky
Saturday 3rd May 2008
The Sontarans activate their masterplan and begin to choke the whole of planet Earth, as Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama continues. UNIT is left defenceless, with a traitor in their ranks. And as interplanetary war edges closer, the Doctor has to fight to keep both Martha and Donna alive – but will he have to make the ultimate sacrifice?
Freema Agyeman and Christopher Ryan guest star.
Episode 6: The Doctor's Daughter
Saturday 10th May 2008
The Doctor meets the most important woman of his life on the distant planet Messaline, in the middle of an endless war, as Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama continues. But as General Cobb threatens genocide, and Martha is kidnapped by the Hath, the Doctor faces an even greater battle – can he find peace with his own child?
Freema Agyeman and Georgia Moffett guest star.
Episode 7: The Unicorn And The Wasp
Saturday 17th May 2008
In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 10 days. Was it amnesia? A nervous breakdown? Or a Giant Alien Wasp? As Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama continues, the Doctor and Donna join forces with the world's most famous crime novelist to encounter a body in the library, poisoned cocktails and a Vespiform seeking revenge.
Felicity Kendal and Fenella Woolgar guest star.
Episode 8: Silence In The Library
Saturday 24th May 2008
One hundred years ago, the universe's greatest library was sealed off, leaving only one warning: "Count the shadows". But now, the shadows are moving again. As Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama continues, the Doctor and Donna must uncover the terrible truth behind the Nodes and the horrifying Data Ghost, to find the library's secret.
Alex Kingston, Colin Salmon and Steve Pemberton guest star.
Episode 9: Forest Of The Dead
Episode 10: Midnight
Episode 11: Turn Left
Episode 12: (TBA)
Episode 13: Journey's End
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