Series 3 (Doctor Who)

Series 3 of Doctor Who ran from 25 December 2006 to 8 July 2007. It starred David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones and John Barrowman as Jack Harkness. The regular series was preceded by , opened with and concluded with .
A special screening of the series-opening episode was shown on 25 October 2019 as part of a Doctor Who theme night at Natural History Museum in Kensington as part of their after-hours series Lates.https://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/lates.html
== Overview ==
It consisted of ten stories and fourteen episodes. Predominated by a story arc that dealt with the mystery of Harold Saxon, a British politician who turned out to be , the series also involved the return of Jack Harkness. Because Jack's involvement in the series was narratively important to Torchwood, the series had a demonstrable impact on series 1 and series 2 of that sister programme.
Since the series 3 commission also included the 2006 Christmas Special, the series could also be said to have started the BBC Wales irregular tradition of having a "one-off" companion. The success of Catherine Tate's Donna Noble would not only cause the production team to successfully court her to return as a regular companion for the next series, it also showed the audience could accept, and apparently enjoy, a single-episode companion. Consequently, series 3 paved the way for the inclusion of any number of famous and busy guest stars to be companions in single episodes thereafter.
A trailer for the series was released.
== Highlights ==
Series 3 introduced a slightly tweaked logo, first shown in , which remained in place throughout the remainder of David Tennant's tenure as the Doctor. This brought the show's title sequence more in line with its merchandise and promotional material, as it's official logo had been this version since 2005. A revamped version of the theme tune was also offered up by Murray Gold.
A new costume was added to the Doctor's wardrobe. From this series forward, he had a blue suit of the same basic design as his brown one. Though at first just a way to give him a Pertwee-esque variation from story to story, it would actually become narratively important to telling the story of series 4's , where another version of the Tenth Doctor appeared.
Equally important to the future was the series two main story arcs. The storyline with was crucial to understanding the way in which the Tenth Doctor's regeneration in the later occurred. Likewise, the reasons for Martha Jones' departure at the end of the story were reflected in each of her later appearances in both Doctor Who and Torchwood.
Crucial to the development of the programme was the series' Doctor-lite episode, . It introduced BBC Wales first new enemy that could be said to genuinely rival the Daleks' enduring popularity: the Weeping Angels. Their popularity became so great that they would become one of the Eleventh Doctor's main villains, rather than the Daleks.
Series 3 was also important for including a direct adaptation of a story that had been originally written for another medium. Though the audios Jubilee and Spare Parts had been the very loose bases for two previous stories, was the first, unmistakably direct adaptation of an existing story in franchise story. It would not be the only time when the production office directly adapted a pre-existing work.
The series also inspired the first original animation in franchise history, a 45-minute episode stripped across each episode of Totally Doctor Whos second season. Though nominally a part of the TDW commission, The Infinite Quest nevertheless gave Martha and the Doctor a 14th televised adventure that could be followed each week alongside the live-action programme.
== Cast ==
* The Doctor - David Tennant
* Martha Jones - Freema Agyeman
* Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
* Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
=== Recurring ===
* Sylvia Noble – Jacqueline King
* Nerys – Krystal Archer
* Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
* Tish Jones - Gugu Mbatha-Raw
* Leo Jones - Reggie Yates
* Clive Jones - Trevor Laird
* Oliver Morgenstern — Ben Righton
* Judoon — Nicholas Briggs
* Elizabeth I - Angela Pleasence
* Novice Hame — Anna Hope
* Face of Boe — Struan Rodger
* Daleks - operated by Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Anthony Spargo, David Hankinson and voiced by Nicholas Briggs
* Dalek Sec - Nicholas Briggs, Eric Loren
* Sinister Woman - Elize du Toit
* The Master - Derek Jacobi, John Simm
* Lucy Saxon - Alexandra Moen
* Trinity Wells - Lachele Carl
=== Guest ===
* Empress of the Racnoss – Sarah Parish
* Florence Finnegan - Anne Reid
* William Shakespeare - Dean Lennox Kelly
* Lilith - Christina Cole
* Thomas Kincade Brannigan - Ardal O'Hanlon
* Richard Lazarus - Mark Gatiss
* Kathryn McDonnell - Michelle Collins
* Joan Redfern - Jessica Hynes
* Mother of Mine - Rebekah Staton
* Tim Latimer - Thomas Sangster
* Son of Mine - Harry Lloyd
* Father of Mine - Gerard Horan
* Sally Sparrow - Carey Mulligan
* Chantho - Chipo Chung
* BBC Newsreader - Olivia Hill
* Thomas Milligan - Tom Ellis
== Television stories ==
=== Christmas special ===
EpisodeNumber	Title	Writer 	Director 	Notes
N/A 	 	Russell T Davies	Euros Lyn	First appearance of Sylvia Noble.
=== Regular season ===
EpisodeNumber	Title	Writer 	Director 	Notes
1 	 	Russell T Davies 	Charles Palmer 	First appearance of Martha Jones, Tish Jones, Francine Jones, Leo Jones, Clive Jones and the Judoon.
2 	 	Gareth Roberts 	Charles Palmer 	Martha's first trip in the TARDIS. First appearance of Elizabeth I in-person.
3 	 	Russell T Davies 	Richard Clark 	Reintroduction of the Macra. Final appearance of the Face of Boe and the revelation of his secret.
4 & 5 	/ 	Helen Raynor 	James Strong 	Return and destruction of the Cult of Skaro, save only for Dalek Caan, who escapes.
6 	 	Stephen Greenhorn	Richard Clark 	
7 	 	Chris Chibnall 	Graeme Harper 	
8 & 9 	/ 	Paul Cornell 	Charles Palmer 	First television story adapted from the expanded media. First appearance of the Chameleon Arch.
10 	 	Steven Moffat 	Hettie MacDonald 	First appearance of the Weeping Angels. Doctor-lite and companion-lite episode.
11, 12, & 13 	/ / 	Russell T Davies 	Graeme Harper (1)Colin Teague (2, 3)	Reintroduction of the Master, with the first appearance of the War Master and Saxon Master. Brief return of Jack Harkness. Last regular appearance of Martha Jones, Francine Jones, Tish Jones, Leo Jones and Clive Jones. Resolution of the Saxon arc.
=== Animated special ===
EpisodeNumber	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Notes
N/A 	The Infinite Quest	Alan Barnes	Gary Russell	Shown originally in 13 parts on Totally Doctor Who, later rebroadcast as a single episode. First time an animated serial of Doctor Who premiered on television.
== Adaptations and merchandising ==
=== Home media ===
==== DVD ====
All episodes of Series 3 were released in 2007 in both individual volumes and in box set form by 2|Entertain for Region 2 and by Warner Home Video for Region 1.
In 2014 the series was re-released on DVD in the US, split into two volumes labelled "Part One" and "Part Two" respectively, mimicking the home video release of Series 6 and 7. This release is missing much of the bonus content seen on the previous box set. Re-packaged versions of the complete series were also made available.
Name 	Number and durationof episodes 	R2 release date	R4 release date 	R1 release date
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride 	1 x 60 min. 	2 April 2007 	1 July 2007 	TBA
Doctor Who: Series 3, Volume 1 	3 × 45 min. 	21 May 2007 	1 August 2007 	TBA
Doctor Who: Series 3, Volume 2 / 	4 × 45 min. 	25 June 2007 	5 September 2007	TBA
Doctor Who: Series 3, Volume 3 / 	3 × 45 min. 	23 July 2007 	3 October 2007 	TBA
Doctor Who: Series 3, Volume 4 / / 	2 × 45 min.1 x 52 min. 	20 August 2007 	7 November 2007 	TBA
Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series	1 x 60 min.12 × 45 min.1 x 52 min.	5 November 2007	5 December 2007 	6 November 2007
==== Blu-ray ====
Series 3 was included in the Doctor Who: Complete Series 1-7 Blu-ray box set, released 4 November, 2013 in the UK and on 5 November, 2013 in the US. In 2015, Series 1-4 were reissued on Blu-ray individually.
Series 3 was upscaled to HD along with Series 1, 2 and 4 and released on 21 November 2023 in a limited edition Blu-ray box set containing every "New Who" series up to Series 13https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-who-limited-edition-complete-new-who-blu-ray-set-is-up-for-preorder or in a seperate box set containing only the first four upscaled series on 27 November 2023.https://hmv.com/Store/Film-TV/Blu-ray/Doctor-Who-Series-1-4?clickref=1101lxWJx3d4&utm_source=Visualsoft&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=skimlinks_phghttps://cultbox.co.uk/news/remastered-doctor-who-series-1-4-blu-ray-coming-in-november
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== Stories set during this series ==
=== Novels and anthologies ===
* The Sting of the Zygons
* The Last Dodo
* Wooden Heart
* Made of Steel
* Wetworld
* Forever Autumn
* Sick Building
* Peacemaker
* Wishing Well
* The Pirate Loop
* Revenge of the Judoon
* The Many Hands
* Snowglobe 7
* Martha in the Mirror
* The Story of Martha
== Awards ==
This series won a 2008 in the category of "Best International Series", following its transmission on the American Sci-Fi Channel.
== External links ==
* BBC website index for series 3
== Footnotes ==
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