| The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective. |
Series 4 of Doctor Who: Adventures was a co-production between CBS Eye Animation Productions and BBC Studios, originally airing on CBBC in the United Kingdom, and soon after, airing on Nickelodeon in the United States. It starred Samantha Bond, Montserrat Lombard and William Moseley.
Overview
Commissioning with Series 3
For the fourth series of Doctor Who: Adventures was commissioned and produced as the second half of the third series, but broadcast as a separate season. From very early on in pre-production this had been intended, so the opener and finales of both series were both intended to be, just that, but as far as production was concerned, Episode 1 of Series 4 was considered Episode 11 of Series 3, even with the production code 311.
The final episode of Series 3 had originally been a Series 4 episode, but due to the fact that the original Ep310 didn’t really deal with, what had come to be considered as Series 3’s “season arc” about the Revoc, so Ep315 was drafted in as Series 3’s finale, at the last minute, because it featured their next appearance. The content in the episode about the Daleks was new material, scripted later on, to tie in with Series 4’s arc and foreshadow it. The knock-on effect this had for Series 4 was that its reveal of the Daleks being back in Episode 1 was slightly undercut and that Episode 5 was now Data Breach, the original Series 3 finale.
Creative Decisions
Creatively, the fourth series was, again, much like the third, with the focus being on the same sort of stories. However, Series 4 was given two very important directives by BBC management. The first was to produce an episode about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to tie in with the celebrations in the Summer of 2022… the other was to produce an episode about the Centenary of the BBC to tie into the BBC100 celebrations. While the main show was making a whole Centenary Special, the BBC wanted an episode of Doctor Who: Adventures that would teach children specifically about the history of the BBC.
Pilot for the Future?
Knowing that the current format of Doctor Who: Adventures couldn’t last forever, Phil Ford decided that one of the episodes, later in the season, would be almost entirely focused around the First Doctor & Susan, as a flashback episode. This was not only intended as a treat for the fans, but a trial run to see if the format would work with a different TARDIS team, and if successful Ford and Young were considering either making an Adventures spinoff series with the First Doctor and Susan, or another TARDIS team, or changing the TARDIS team for a future series of Adventures. None of this was decided, in theory or actuality, but the First Doctor & Susan episode was intended to act as a pilot if the possibility of changing the team and mixing up the format arose, in the future.
Cast (voices)
Regular
Recurring
- Danielle Stevenson - Susannah Harker
- Roger Stevenson - Trevor Cooper
- The Master - Murray Melvin
- Benton - John Levene
Guest
- To be added.
Television Stories
| # | Title | Writer | Director | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince of the Daleks | Phil Ford | Nicholas Briggs | 4 July 2022 |
| 2 | The Marinus Factor | Alan Barnes | John Ainsworth | 11 July 2022 |
| 3 | The King's Wrath | Sarah Dollard | Helen Goldwyn | 18 July 2022 |
| 4 | Murder on the Dancefloor | Ed Hime | John Ainsworth | 25 July 2022 |
| 5 | Data Breach | Phil Ford | Helen Goldwyn | 1 August 2022 |
| 6 | Kyle's Schooldays | Tim Foley | David O'Mahony | 8 August 2022 |
| 7 | Victory of the Sontarans | Sasha Hails | John Ainsworth | 15 August 2022 |
| 8 | Opening Night | Simon Guerrier | Ken Bentley | 22 August 2022 |
| 9 | The First Adventure | Phil Ford | Nicholas Briggs | 29 August 2022 |
| 10 | The Abomination | Phil Ford | David O'Mahony | 5 September 2022 |
Production
Crew
To be added.
Filming
To be added.
Home Media
Physical Media
To be added.