Doctor Who: Season 4

2008 · 13 episodes · ★ 8.0

Series 4

What Season 4 of Doctor Who

Season four opens with Donna Noble, played by Catherine Tate, determined to find the Tenth Doctor. Together they travel through time and space aboard the TARDIS. They visit Pompeii in the year 79, where the volcano threatens everyone, and a Ood planet where the red eyes show up again. Then Earth faces an even greater threat: the ATMOS gas, manufactured by the Sontarans, kills people across different time zones. Martha Jones, now a doctor with UNIT, asks the Doctor for help investigating it. Rose Tyler appears in cameos, and a repeated phrase links episodes and very different characters throughout the season.

13episodes

Apr 5, 2008premiered

Jul 5, 2008latest episode

10.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Partners in Crime
Apr 5, 2008 · 51 min · ★ 7.3
During an alien emergency in London, a woman called Donna Noble must search for an old friend who can save the day - a man named the Doctor. But can even the Doctor halt the plans of the mysterious Miss Foster?
Directing: James Strong · Writing: Russell T Davies · Starring: Billie Piper, Sue Kelvin, Jonathan Stratt, Martin Ball
4x02 The Fires of Pompeii
Apr 12, 2008 · 51 min · ★ 7.7
The Doctor takes Donna back to Pompeii, on the day of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and is faced with a great moral dilemma. Should they warn the residents of the impending disaster, or let history take its natural course?
Directing: Colin Teague · Writing: James Moran · Starring: Tracey Childs, Sasha Behar, Victoria Wicks, Francois Pandolfo
4x03 Planet of the Ood
Apr 19, 2008 · 46 min · ★ 7.9
The Doctor and Donna find themselves on an icy planet known as the Ood-Sphere. There they discover what drove the Ood to be a servant race.
Directing: Graeme Harper · Writing: Keith Temple · Starring: Roger Griffiths, Tim McInnerny, Ayesha Dharker, Paul Clayton
4x04 The Sontaran Stratagem (1)
Apr 26, 2008 · 47 min · ★ 7.4
Aided by the Rattigan Academy, the Sontarans establish a covert base at the mysterious ATMOS Factory. Can the Doctor stop the Sontarans from unleashing a potent terror that will bring the world to its knees?
Directing: Douglas Mackinnon · Writing: Helen Raynor · Starring: Freema Agyeman, Christopher Ryan, Ryan Sampson, Christian Cooke
4x05 The Poison Sky (2)
May 3, 2008 · 47 min · ★ 7.4
The Sontarans continue their evil plot and begin to "choke" the Earth. The Doctor and Donna, now teamed with Martha have to stop them! Can they save Earth before it's too late?
Directing: Douglas Mackinnon · Writing: Helen Raynor · Starring: Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Christopher Ryan, Ryan Sampson
4x06 The Doctor's Daughter
May 10, 2008 · 48 min · ★ 7.1
The Doctor lands on the remote planet Messaline as an age-old war rages and the threat of genocide looms. When Martha is kidnapped by the Hath, the Doctor is distracted by "the most important woman in his life."
Directing: Alice Troughton · Writing: Stephen Greenhorn · Starring: Freema Agyeman, Olalekan Lawal Jr., Akin Gazi, Joe Dempsie
4x07 The Unicorn and the Wasp
May 17, 2008 · 47 min · ★ 7.0
The Doctor and Donna's meet Agatha Christie at a manor owned buy Lady Eddison. When Agatha Christie goes missing and a body turns up in the library the adventure turns into a pulp sci-fiction murder mystery, with a murder, a jewel thief, and a wasp alien. Can they solve the mystery?
Directing: Graeme Harper · Writing: Gareth Roberts · Starring: Ian Barritt, Fenella Woolgar, David Quilter, Christopher Benjamin
4x08 Silence in the Library (1)
May 31, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 9.1
The Doctor and Donna land in a frightening position in the far future. While investigating a derelict library, the duo come face to face with the disembodied mind of a little girl, an archaeological team led by a woman from the Doctor's future, and swarms of flesh-eating creatures that are seen only as shadows.
Directing: Euros Lyn · Writing: Steven Moffat · Starring: Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Colin Salmon, Talulah Riley
4x09 Forest of the Dead (2)
Jun 7, 2008 · 48 min · ★ 9.2
As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song.
Directing: Euros Lyn · Writing: Steven Moffat · Starring: Steve Pemberton, Colin Salmon, Talulah Riley, Alex Midwood
4x10 Midnight
Jun 14, 2008 · 46 min · ★ 8.5
While visiting Midnight, a beautiful and luxurious planet full of lavish and high-tech cities, a terrifying problem arises that leaves The Doctor powerless.
Directing: Alice Troughton · Writing: Russell T Davies · Starring: Tony Bluto, Daniel Ryan, Colin Morgan, Ayesha Antoine
4x11 Turn Left
Jun 21, 2008 · 52 min · ★ 8.3
Whilst attending a carnival on the Chino-planet of Shan Shen, Donna is cajoled into having her fortune read, where her past is carefully examined. With the Doctor missing, Donna must work with Rose, a traveller from a parallel universe, to prevent darkness encompassing the whole of the universe.
Directing: Graeme Harper · Writing: Russell T Davies · Starring: Billie Piper, Jason Mohammad, Chipo Chung, Joseph Long
4x12 The Stolen Earth (1)
Jun 28, 2008 · 48 min · ★ 8.3
The Earth has been moved, and it's a race against time as Donna and the Doctor try to find it before the Daleks destroy everything; they head for the Shadow Proclamation and the Medusa Cascade. Meanwhile on Earth a veritable bevy of ex-companions join together to contact the Doctor and take down the Daleks. Can Captain Jack, Sarah-Jane, Martha Jones and Rose find the Doctor in time...
Directing: Graeme Harper · Writing: Russell T Davies · Starring: Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Elisabeth Sladen, Michael Brandon
4x13 Journey's End (2) Season Finale
Jul 5, 2008 · 66 min · ★ 8.4
The Earth has been overwhelmed and the universe faces dominion by the resurgent forces of a terrifying and limitless empire led by one of The Doctor's greatest enemies. Aiding the Time Lord in a final battle are several of his closest allies and companions, but for one of them, a price will be paid...
Directing: Graeme Harper · Writing: Russell T Davies · Starring: Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Elisabeth Sladen, Alexander Armstrong