DW - Season Four Trailer (Spoiler)

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2008-03-28 07:34pm

Johonebesus wrote:Thank you. Was that the Master reflected in the Dalek's lens?

It's not Simm Master. It looks more like Tanith (from SG-1) to me.

Robin · Post by **Robin** » 2008-03-29 04:46am

Johonebesus wrote:Thank you. Was that the Master reflected in the Dalek's lens?

Errm, looks like David Tennant to me.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2008-03-29 06:28am

YT

Someone clearly went to the nBSG school of "Make It Dark and Gritteh"

Big Orange · Post by **Big Orange** » 2008-04-03 06:58pm

Directly from the Radio Times (TM) a fairly detailed synopsis by Russell T. Davies of all the DW episodes this year:

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EPISODE 1: "PARTNERS IN CRIME"
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Guest Star: Sarah Lancashire
Modern-day London, and a brand new diet pill is being tested by the mysterious Adipose Industries. Slogan: the fat just walks away! But soon, there are unexplained death, strange creatures in the shadows, and the Doctor starts investigating, little knowing that an old friend of his is also on the trail...
We last saw Donna Noble in the Christmas 2006 special ("The Runaway Bride"), when her wedding day was ruined by Robot Santas, a Giant Spider, and a villainous groom. But at the end of that story, when the Doctor offered her a place on board the TARDIS, she said no. I've always imagined Donna's reaction, when she woke up on Boxing Day. "I said what??!" She's realised tthat life as a temp in Chiswick doesn't quite compare to adventures in time and space. Now she's determined to put that right - and once Donna decides to do something, not even the sinister Miss Foster and her macabre alien horde can stop her!
I had loved Donna so much, and wanted to write more for her, but I never dreamt for a second that Catherine Tate would be able to commit to an entire series of 13 episodes. Surely she's the busiest woman in TV not to mention cinema?
But thank God, we decided to risk it, and actually asked. And Catherine said yes! Immediately! And her performance is just dazzling. After Rose plucked our heartstrings, and wonderful to have a companion who isn't interested in the Doctor in that way - she's a friend, an equal and a conscience, and I swear she will break your heart.

EPISODE 2: "THE FIRES OF POMPEII"
Writer: James Moran
Guest Stars: Phil Davis, Peter Capaldi, Sasha Bahar
Pompeii, AD 79. And it‘s volcano day! But there‘s far more than Vesurvius to worry about: psychic powers are running rampant; a secretive Sisterhood conceals a horrifying High Priestess; and beneath the ground, vast creatures are stirring. This is where Donna truly comes into her own, challenging the Time Lord like no-one‘s ever done before, with one vital question; if he knows everyone is going to die, why can‘t he save them? For once, there‘s no easy answer for the Doctor, as the Cult of Vulcan prepares o forge a new empire on Earth…
After last year‘s visit to meet Shakespeare - our most ambitious production to date - we were determined to go one better. This production team meets every challenge thrown at it, every time. In this case, it meant taking the TARDIS fro Cardiff to the Cinecitta‘ studios in Rome to shoot the exterior scenes. The result is spectacular, explosive and tragic.

EPISODE 3: "THE PLANET OF THE ODD"
Writer: Keith Temple
Guest Star: Tim McInnerny
Donna’s first visit to an alien world. And it’s freezing! But on the icescapes of a distant planet, the greatest danger might be from the human race itself. When the Doctor meets the Ood again - last seen in 2006’s “The Impossible Planet” and “The Satan Pit” - he’s determined to find out the truth behind their servility. But when an Ood’s eyes turn red, you know you’re in trouble, and the red eye is spreading…
Trips to alien worlds allow all our design departments to shine - from the prosthetic Ood, to incredible CG vistas, right down to the tiny details of the wardrobe department‘s futuristic collars and ties. But it‘s a savage world out there in space with soldiers and riots and betrayals - and for the Doctor, a terrifying encounter with a very big claw.

EPISODE 4: “THE SONTARAN STRATAGEM”
EPISODE 5: “THE POISON SKY”
Writer: Helen Raynor (Oh noes!)
Guest Star: Christopher Ryan
The return of Martha Jones! We‘ve seen Freema Agyeman take Martha from Doctor Who to Torchwood, and now back home again in her new job as medical officer for UNIT, a worldwide army dedicated to fighting alien menaces. But the menace is bigger than ever, as the threat of ATMOS spreads across the planet. Sounds like she needs her old friend, the Doctor! But he‘s about to meet an old enemy, as Sontarans lie in wait - the warlike, potato-faced monsters not seen on screen since 1985. They‘re back, they‘re brutal and they‘re out for revenge…
This story gives us a chance to catch up with the family Donna left behind - her no-nonsense mum (Jacqueline King) and Grandad played by none other than Bernard Cribbins. Bernard appeared in the Christmas 2007 special, alongside Kylie Minogue, and we loved him so much, we asked him back!

EPISODE 6: “THE DOCTOR’S DAUGHTER”
Writer: Stephen Greenhorn
Guest Star: Georgia Moffett, Nigel Terry
Yes, that’s the title. And it does exactly what it says on the tin! I’M saying no more; just watch David Tennant take the Doctor into new territory, with his most spellbinding performance yet.

EPISODE 7: “THE UNICORN AND THE WASP”
Writer: Gareth Roberts
Guest Stars: Felicity Kendal, Fenella Woolgar
In 1926, Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared, only to be found, ten days later, with no memory of what happened. Was it a nervous breakdown? A cry for help? Or perhaps a giant alien wasp…?
It’s a classic murder mystery, with a country house, vintage cars, a flapper, a vicar, a butler, a body in the library, tea on the lawn, and horrible deaths. And see if you can spot how many titles of Agatha Christie novels are hidden in the dialogue!

EPISODE 8: “SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY”
EPISODE 9: “RIVER’S RUN”
Writer: Steven Moffat
Guest Stars: Alex Kingston, Colin Salmon
Just to warn you, Steven Moffat created the “Are you my mummy?” Empty Child, Madame de Pompadour’s Clockwork Droids and last year’s Weeping Angels (“Don’t blink”). But I think he was just warming up, getting ready for this year’s adventure. Now we’ve got two episodes of terror with an abandoned library, moving shadows, the gruesome Nodes, and the horrifying Data Ghost - possibly the most spine-chilling scenes I’ve ever seen, anywhere. Don’t blink indeed, don’t miss a second!

EPISODE 10: “MIDNIGHT”
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Guest Stars: Lesley Sharp, Lindsey Coulson, David Troughton
The planet Midnight: a leisure world! Golden spas, diamond landscapes, anti-gravity restaurants…what could possibly go wrong? But for once the Doctor’s left powerless and terrified as the knocking on the wall begins…

EPISODE 11: “TURN LEFT”
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Guest Stars: Chipo Chung
The strands of Donna’s story begin to draw towards a terrible climax as she finds her life, her family, her entire world being devastated. Only one person can help. But this time, it’s not the Doctor - it’s someone from a parallel universe, a woman thought to be lost forever…

EPISODE 12: TBA
EPISODE 13: “JOURNEY‘S END“
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Guest Stars: Too many to name! (Fanwank!!! Fanwank!!! )
It’s the big finale! And the title of Episode 12 is being kept a secret as it gives away too much. But the threat is on a truly epic scale, as an ancient enemy is resurrected and the whole universe is thrown into danger. Who are the Children of Time? What is the secret of the vault? And surely, this time, not everyone can get out alive…?

I'm being careful this time, NecronLord...

Ryushikaze · Post by **Ryushikaze** » 2008-04-03 08:48pm

Two Moffat episodes! Whoo!

And if the 'daughter' episode means what I think it does, all I can say is about damn time!

Hillary · Post by **Hillary** » 2008-04-04 07:59am

DW does love using the Beeb's favourite comedy actors.

Christopher Ryan, Tim McInnerny, Felicity Kendall. And another former soap star as well.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-04 08:09am

Ryushikaze wrote:Two Moffat episodes! Whoo!

And if the 'daughter' episode means what I think it does, all I can say is about damn time!

Since Davies appears to have gone totally mad, this isn't really such a good thing.

Post by **Vympel** » 2008-04-04 09:13am

A review of the first episode of the Daily Telegraph (UK) made a good point:-

[the setting of the episode] also jars with the infuriating and virtually constant orchestral soundtrack on which the BBC now insists. It makes the more mature Who fan hanker for the sparse glory of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

I'm sick of the orchestral track. It is, quite simply, too much sometimes.

Of all those episodes, I'm looking forward to Silence in the Library the most.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-04 09:15am

It's a shame too, because sometimes it works great. But they need to tell the composer to shut the fuck up sometimes instead of having 50 minutes of bombastic music.

Ryushikaze · Post by **Ryushikaze** » 2008-04-04 09:44am

Stark wrote:
Ryushikaze wrote:Two Moffat episodes! Whoo!

And if the 'daughter' episode means what I think it does, all I can say is about damn time!
Since Davies appears to have gone totally mad, this isn't really such a good thing. :)

You have a point there, but he's not writing that episode, so I'm going to hold out hope for now. Also, he let Moffat have a two parter. He can't be all bonkers. Just nearly utterly so.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-04 09:57am

He also let the Daleks in Manhattan woman try again.

Beyond the usual Davies madness, the way he's apparently chuffed at his amazing fanservice finale for s4 troubles me. Doubtless the world will be destroyed by flying aliens with laser guns and saved by something even dumber than the other times...

The Moffat story looks boss.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2008-04-04 10:03am

Even Outpost Gallifrey is less jubilant than usual, and we know they tend to go...slightly hyper when a new series starts, eh?

Big Orange · Post by **Big Orange** » 2008-04-04 01:03pm

"Last of the Time Lords" was a jarring, inferior retread of "Doomsday" ( John Simms was cool though), but I really, really liked "Utopia" and mostly liked "Smith & Jones" - the Davies episodes I'm looking forward to the most are "Midnight" and "Turn Left", but Ep. 12 & 13 could be in danger of being a pigs breakfast (if he doesn't screw up, the online critics will still moan, mainly just because). Steven Moffat has got a two parter, which is very good news, unfortunately Raynor has too...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2008-04-04 05:05pm

Stark wrote:It's a shame too, because sometimes it works great. But they need to tell the composer to shut the fuck up sometimes instead of having 50 minutes of bombastic music.

I think Murray Gold is being forced to overuse a lot of cues too. The music on its own is awesome and I have all three seasons on disc and listen to them regularly. But they can go overboard with having every scene filled with the stuff, I'll admit.

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2008-04-04 06:45pm

Stark wrote:He also let the Daleks in Manhattan woman try again.

Supposedly she's acknowledged that it didn't work very well (though she seemed to blame the editing a lot). Hopefully she'll correct some of her mistakes.

Jade Falcon · Post by **Jade Falcon** » 2008-04-04 06:50pm

I personally find the soundtrack far too intrusive at times as well, I wish they'd tone it down a bit.

brianeyci · Post by **brianeyci** » 2008-04-04 07:38pm

Man I didn't even see a Dalek.

I did see Judoon, Martha, UNIT, Ood. I like the idea of them fleshing out already existant characters, but only to a point since it's likely they'll fuck it up. I hope it returns a little bit to its episodic nature, rather than story arcs like The Master and Cybermen/Daleks. Mostly because if they try and outdo the past, it'll be a farce.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-04 10:32pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:I think Murray Gold is being forced to overuse a lot of cues too. The music on its own is awesome and I have all three seasons on disc and listen to them regularly. But they can go overboard with having every scene filled with the stuff, I'll admit.

Yeah, I like the music too... but I guess the sound editor drops it all in where it isn't appropriate. In Utopia the music was used well, but in some episodes it's nearly a huge orchestal blast IN THE MIDDLE OF A CASUAL CONVERSATION.

UNIT's in S4, which is fine.

Except it sucks dick, because TW already destroyed UNIT. They're fascists stormtroopers now, worse than the US even. So I don't care if UNIT's in it.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-04 10:34pm

GHETTO - Brian is fucking right. You know why the stupid novels sucked dick? VILLAN INFLATION. The Daleks fucking invaded Gallifrey and built a fucking galaxy and had temporal extinction bombs, and yet... never won. Time Lords couldn't do jack shit either. This is what we in the business call 'absurd bullshit that sucks shit through a straw due to being retarded'.

Constantly having guys defeated in huge awesome zomg battles and then just coming back is bullshit. That's why villain inflation occurs: you can power up badguys easily with stupid plots, but the bigger the threat the more stupid it is that they're just hanging around.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-04-05 01:14am

Dartzap wrote:Short trailers have appeared.

Sorry Moose....

Penis heads

Children of the Chthlunian

won't work in the US, I guess Y-Tube has a no spoiler's policy...

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-04-05 01:21am

what I can see, looks cool...

Big Orange · Post by **Big Orange** » 2008-04-05 05:41am

Stark wrote: Except it sucks dick, because TW already destroyed UNIT. They're fascists stormtroopers now, worse than the US even. So I don't care if UNIT's in it.

Torchwood still seems to be a black hole of mediocrity, but how was UNIT "destroyed" in Episode 12? I can understand UNIT being pointlessly evil in a badly written spin-off (whch I gave up watching), but it could be retconned out in DW by explaining it was a rogue division of UNIT being dicks, but UNIT proper are still relatively uncorrupted (like comparing the slick, well funded Torchwood 1 with the immature, under funded Torchwood 3). Torchwood already fucked up the Torchwood Insititute, it was logical it would try and do the same thing to the more popular UNIT as well.

But Helen Raynor is going to pen the two parter featuring them.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2008-04-05 05:46am

An interesting possibility has popped up for the title of Episode 12. It is......War On Skaro.]. Could be interesting. Possibly.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-05 05:50am

Dartzap wrote:An interesting possibility has popped up for the title of Episode 12. It is......War On Skaro.]. Could be interesting. Possibly.

You shut your filthy mouth.

If they bring back that stupid crippled bastard I'm moving to the UK. WATCH OUT.

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2008-04-05 05:57am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:
Dartzap wrote:Short trailers have appeared.

Sorry Moose....

Penis heads

Children of the Chthlunian
won't work in the US, I guess Y-Tube has a no spoiler's policy...

The BBC has an agreement with youtube. Stuff from the main BBC channel is not available outside the UK (it's a licence fee issue, you yankies don't pay it so you only watch things via BBC Worldwide, a commercial subsidiary).

Anyway, here's that trailer with the Daleks in it, available outside the UK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leo3WSJZ0IM