Doctor Who: The Unicorn And The Wasp
The 747th episode of Doctor Who (the 49th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Felicity Kendall guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The Doctor’s Daughter
The 746th episode of Doctor Who (the 48th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Guest star Georgia Moffett really is the Doctor’s daughter (namely, the daughter of former series star Peter Davison).
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Doctor Who: The Poison Sky
The 745th episode of Doctor Who (the 47th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Freema Agyeman, Bernard Cribbins and Christopher Ryan (The Young Ones) guest star in the first appearance of the Sontarans in Doctor Who since 1985. This is the second half of a two-part story.
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Doctor Who: The Sontaran Strategem
The 744th episode of Doctor Who (the 46th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Freema Agyeman, Bernard Cribbins and Christopher Ryan (The Young Ones) guest star in the first appearance of the Sontarans in Doctor Who since 1985. This is the first half of a two-part story.
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Doctor Who: Planet Of The Ood
The 743rd episode of Doctor Who (the 45th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Tim McInnery (Blackadder) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The Fire Of Pompeii
The 742nd episode of Doctor Who (the 44th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Peter Capaldi and Tracey Childs guest star, and future series star Karen Gillan makes an appearance (though not in the later role of Amy Pond).
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Doctor Who: Partners In Crime
The 741st episode of Doctor Who (the 43rd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Kicking off the fourth season of the revived series, this episode brings back Catherine Tate’s character from The Runaway Bride (2006’s Christmas special episode) as the Doctor’s new companion. The season’s running theme – the return of Rose – is also introduced in this episode with a cameo appearance by Billie Piper, though fan sites have already reported her presence at location filming.
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Sarah Jane Adventures action figures
British toymaker Character Options releases a wave of three action figure double-packs from the Doctor Who spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures. Made in scale with the company’s popular range of Doctor Who toys, the spinoff characters do not sell well enough to justify the manufacture of a second series of figures.
Doctor Who Voyage Of The Damned set
British toymaker Character Options releases a boxed set of action figures based on characters from the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas episode, Voyage Of The Damned.
Doctor Who: Voyage Of The Damned
The 740th episode of Doctor Who (the 42nd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. This Christmas-themed episode guest stars pop star Kylie Minogue and Russell Tovey (Being Human), with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo by Bernard Cribbins in his first appearance as Wilfred Mott (later revealed to be Donna Noble’s grandfather). At over 70 minutes, this is the longest Doctor Who special since the revival of the series.
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Doctor Who: Time Crash
As part of its annual Children In Need telethon, BBC1 airs a Doctor Who “mini-episode”, Time Crash, starring David Tennant and Peter Davison. This is the first guest appearance of one of the classic series Doctors in the new series, which gets both the short and the charity a great deal of publicity. Ironically, the short is directed by Graeme Harper, who also directed Davison’s final regular episode in the role in 1984 – so Davison’s final Doctor Who director remains unchanged.
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SJA: Warriors Of Kudlak, Part 1
CBBC premieres The Sarah Jane Adventures‘ sixth episode, the first half of a two-part storyline.
SJA: Eye Of The Gorgon, Part 2
CBBC premieres The Sarah Jane Adventures‘ fifth episode, the second half of a two-part storyline.
SJA: Eye Of The Gorgon, Part 1
CBBC premieres The Sarah Jane Adventures‘ fourth episode, the first half of a two-part storyline.
SJA: Revenge Of The Slitheen
Capitalizing on the popularity of Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 in a recent Doctor Who episode, CBBC premieres The Sarah Jane Adventures‘ second episode and third episode. The Slitheen, a recurring enemy in Doctor Who, return for the series relaunch, which also adds Daniel Anthony as new series regular Clyde Langer.
Even Time Lords need a break
Hoping to stem endless press speculation, the BBC announces that Doctor Who will be taking a rest for much of 2009, with four specials keeping the series on the schedule rather than a full season. Fueling much of the speculation is the Royal Shakespeare Company’s announcement that David Tennant has been cast in an extended engagement as Hamlet, a production which will be mounted throughout 2009. The BBC reassures fans that Tennant will continue in the role, and that a full season will be seen again in 2010.
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Doctor Who: Last Of The Time Lords
The 739th episode of Doctor Who (the 41st since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Guest starring John Barrowman and John Simm (Life On Mars), this is the final part of a three-part season finale reintroducing the Master, the Doctor’s rival Time Lord from the classic series. Freema Agyeman departs the TARDIS as Martha in this episode, returning as a recurring character the following season.
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Doctor Who: The Sound Of Drums
The 738th episode of Doctor Who (the 40th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Guest starring John Barrowman and John Simm (Life On Mars), this is the second part of a three-part season finale reintroducing the Master, the Doctor’s rival Time Lord from the classic series. This episode offers the first glimpse of the Time Lords – in full classic series regalia – since the beginning of the new Doctor Who series.
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Doctor Who: Utopia
The 737th episode of Doctor Who (the 39th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Guest starring John Barrowman and Sir Derek Jacobi, this is the first part of a three-part season finale reintroducing the Master, the Doctor’s rival Time Lord from the classic series.
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Doctor Who: Blink
The 736th episode of Doctor Who (the 38th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Though it is this season’s “Doctor lite” story – featuring minimal appearances from David Tennant and Freema Agyeman – Blink proves to be hugely popular, thanks in no small part to the most popular enemy that the new series has produced to date, the Weeping Angels, making their first appearance here. Blink goes on to win a Hugo Award.
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Doctor Who: The Family Of Blood
The 735th episode of Doctor Who (the 37th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. This is the conclusion of a two-part story, and is based upon a popular 1995 Doctor Who novel of the same name by Paul Cornell.
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Doctor Who: Human Nature
The 734th episode of Doctor Who (the 36th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. This is the first half of a two-part story, and is based upon a popular 1995 Doctor Who novel of the same name by Paul Cornell.
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Doctor Who: 42
The 733rd episode of Doctor Who (the 35th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1.
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Doctor Who: The Lazarus Experiment
The 732nd episode of Doctor Who (the 34th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: Evolution Of The Daleks
The 731st episode of Doctor Who (the 33rd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Hugh Quarshie (Star Wars Episode I) and Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) guest star. This is the second part of a two-part story.
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Doctor Who: Daleks In Manhattan
The 730th episode of Doctor Who (the 32nd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Hugh Quarshie (Star Wars Episode I) and Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) guest star. This is the first part of a two-part story.
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Doctor Who: Gridlock
The 729th episode of Doctor Who (the 31st since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Ardal O’Hanlon and Georgine Anderson (Century Falls) guest star.
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Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Code
The 728th episode of Doctor Who (the 30th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Dean Lennox Kelly guest stars.
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Doctor Who: Smith And Jones
The 727th episode of Doctor Who (the 29th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Freeman Agyeman, having played a very small guest role in the previous season’s finale, is introduced as new TARDIS traveler Martha Jones. This episode introduces the Judoon, a rhinoceros-like intergalactic police force which recurs in many future episodes.
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SJA: Invasion Of The Bane
Capitalizing on the popularity of Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 in a recent Doctor Who episode, CBBC premieres The Sarah Jane Adventures‘ first episode. Though popular with the target audience, a full series doesn’t appear until the fall, after some reworking of the series concept.