"Astrid Peth, who died during the events of the episode. The companions in the regular series had all been in the lead companion role previously: the primary role of Donna Noble, who was introduced in ""The Runaway Bride"", was played by Catherine Tate for all thirteen episodes. Her return was announced by the BBC on 3 July 2007. Freema Agyeman, who portrayed the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in series three, returned for ""The Sontaran Stratagem"", ""The Poison Sky"", ""The Doctor's Daughter"", ""The Stolen Earth"" and ""Journey's End"". Billie Piper, who played Rose Tyler from the first episode of the new"
"Catherine Tate Catherine Tate (born Catherine Ford; 5 December 1969) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series ""The Catherine Tate Show"" as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTA Awards. Following the success of ""The Catherine Tate Show"", Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of ""Doctor Who"" and later reprised her role, becoming the Tenth Doctor's regular companion for the fourth series in 2008. In 2011, she began a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U.S. version of"
"a new actor assumes the role. Tennant's portrayal of the Doctor is of an outwardly charismatic and charming adventurer whose likable and easygoing attitude can quickly turn to righteous fury when provoked. This incarnation's companions include working class shop assistant Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), medical student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), and fiery temp worker Donna Noble (Catherine Tate). He eventually parts ways with them all by the end of the 2008 series finale, ""Journey's End"", after which he attempts to travel alone for the duration of the 2008–2010 specials before being accompanied by Donna Noble's grandfather Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins)"
"Karen Gillan Karen Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress, director, screenwriter and model. She played the role of Amy Pond, companion to the Eleventh Doctor, in the BBC One science fiction series ""Doctor Who"" (2010–2013). She has received wide recognition for portraying Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ""Guardians of the Galaxy"" (2014), ""Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"" (2017), """" (2018) and """" (2019) and also played Martha in """" (2017). In 2018, she released her first featured film as a writer and director, titled ""The Party's Just Beginning"". Gillan was born and raised in"
"Wilfred Mott Wilfred ""Wilf"" Mott is a recurring fictional character in the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", played by Bernard Cribbins. He is the grandfather of the Tenth Doctor's companion Donna Noble, and father of character Sylvia Noble. As companion to the Doctor, an alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, Donna travelled through space and time in the show's 2008 series, having numerous adventures. A believer in extraterrestrial life himself, Wilf was proud of his granddaughter's adventures and helped to keep them a secret from her overbearing mother. Wilf later became the Tenth Doctor's final companion in"
"April for a 13-week run. Producer Russell T Davies said, ""We are delighted that one of Britain's greatest talents has agreed to join us for the fourth series."" Tate added, ""I am delighted to be returning to ""Doctor Who"". I had a blast last Christmas and look forward to travelling again through time and space with that nice man from Gallifrey."" At the TV Quick Awards 2008, Tate was voted best actress for her role in ""Doctor Who"". She returned as Donna Noble in the two-part ""Doctor Who"" Christmas special ""The End of Time"" which was broadcast over Christmas 2009."
"Jackie Lane (actress) Jackie Lane (born 10 July 1941 in Manchester) is an English actress noted for her role as Dodo Chaplet, a companion of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". She played the part from February to July 1966 alongside William Hartnell as the Doctor. She went on to become a theatrical agent, representing Tom Baker, who would play the Fourth Doctor, and Janet Fielding, who would play companion Tegan Jovanka and managed the late Nicholas Courtney. The agency which she manages is Jackie Lane Ad Voice. In 2013 the BBC began production"
"Katy Manning Catherine Ann ""Katy"" Manning (born 14 October 1946) is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now an Australian citizen. In 2009 Manning moved back to the UK to pursue new acting work and currently lives in London. Manning was born in Guildford, Surrey, the daughter of sports columnist J. L. Manning OBE. As a result of a car accident she spent a year in hospital at sixteen. At eighteen she went to America"
"He sees her in his telescope and celebrates on his allotment. ""Partners in Crime"" features several actors returning to the series. Catherine Tate was offered the opportunity to return as Donna Noble during lunch with executive producer Julie Gardner. Tate, who expected Gardner would ask about appearing in a biopic, later admitted it was ""the furthest thing from [her] mind"". Tate's return was controversial amongst ""Doctor Who"" fans; the criticism she received was compared to Daniel Craig after he was cast as James Bond. Howard Attfield, who appeared as Donna's father Geoff in ""The Runaway Bride"", filmed several scenes for"
"Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as Donna Hayward in the ABC cult television series ""Twin Peaks"" (1990–1991). After portraying Stacy in Penelope Spheeris's comedy ""Wayne's World"" (1992), Boyle had a lead role in John Dahl's critically acclaimed neo-noir film ""Red Rock West"" (1993), followed by roles in ""Threesome"" (1994), ""Cafe Society"" (1995), and ""Happiness"" (1998). From 1997 to 2003, Boyle portrayed Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble in the ABC television series ""The Practice"" for which she was nominated a Primetime Emmy Award"
"viewers after its original broadcast, with an Appreciation Index of 87. Critics gave generally positive reviews, praising the return of the Sontarans, Christopher Ryan's portrayal as Staal, and Raynor's writing; some stated Raynor improved from her previous episodes. Martha Jones, a former companion of the Doctor, calls him to ask for assistance during an investigation by UNIT (Unified Intelligence Taskforce). Minutes after the Doctor's craft, the TARDIS, materialises in contemporary Britain, Martha authorises the raid of an factory. The Doctor introduces his companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) to Martha and UNIT; Donna instantly befriends Martha, but is concerned about UNIT's"
"memories, it is still Rose that he dreams of. When the Doctor is reunited with Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) in the show's fourth series (2008), Rose mysteriously begins to appear in the Doctor's life—first seen only by Donna, and later in silent video messages which the Doctor fails to notice. When a ""Time Beetle"" creates an alternate universe in which Donna never meets the Doctor and the Doctor dies, Rose travels from her parallel world to this world, working alongside the organisation UNIT to send Donna back in time, and make Donna's younger self turn left at a junction and"
"The scene was kept a secret until broadcast, filmed with minimal crew, and was a humorous juxtaposition to the sad farewell the Doctor shared with companion Rose (Billie Piper) moments prior. Donna's story is picked up in 2006 Christmas special ""The Runaway Bride"". Donna is a temporary secretary at HC Clements in London, a security firm which, unbeknownst to her, is a front organization for the alien-investigating Torchwood Institute. Her parents are Geoff (Howard Attfield) and Sylvia Noble (Jacqueline King). Donna discovers that she is a pawn in a scheme of the Empress (Sarah Parish) of the alien Racnoss, having"
"Roberta Tovey Roberta Tovey (born 9 August 1953 in Shepherd's Bush, London) is an English actress who has appeared in films and television programmes. One of her better-known roles was that of Susan, the granddaughter of Dr. Who, in the films ""Dr. Who and the Daleks"" (1965) and ""Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D."" (1966), which starred Peter Cushing as Dr. Who. She also appeared in the films ""Never Let Go"" (1960), ""Touch of Death"" (1961), ""A High Wind in Jamaica"" (1965), ""Runaway Railway"" (1965) and ""The Beast in the Cellar"" (1970), and the TV series ""Not in Front of the"
"any break-up in their relationship: Katy Manning Catherine Ann ""Katy"" Manning (born 14 October 1946) is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now an Australian citizen. In 2009 Manning moved back to the UK to pursue new acting work and currently lives in London. Manning was born in Guildford, Surrey, the daughter of sports columnist J. L. Manning OBE. As a result of a car accident she spent a year in hospital at sixteen. At"
"he then appeared in a recurring capacity as the same character for the 2008 series, as the grandfather of companion Donna Noble. He became a temporary Tenth Doctor companion himself in ""The End of Time"", the two-part 2009–10 Christmas and New Year special, when his character was inadvertently responsible for that Doctor's demise. Cribbins's role as Mott makes him unique, as he is the only actor to have played two companions, and the only actor featured alongside the Doctor's enemies, the Daleks, in both the TV and cinema versions of ""Doctor Who"". In 2009, Cribbins was honoured for his work"
"from 1986–1996. Anneke Wills Anneke Wills (born Anna Katarina Willys, 20 October 1941) is an English actress, best known for her role as the Doctor Who companion Polly in the long-running BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". Wills's father, Alaric Willys, was a captain in the British Army. Her mother, Anna, was a housewife. Deciding she wanted to be an actress she studied drama at the Arts Educational School and RADA in London and quickly became one of the busiest actresses of her generation, early roles included an appearance as Roberta in the second TV version of ""The Railway"
"Nicola Bryant Nicola Jane Bryant (born 11 October 1960) is an English actress known for her role as Perpugilliam ""Peri"" Brown, a companion of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" from 1984 to 1986. Nicola Bryant was born and raised in a small village near Guildford in Surrey, the older of two daughters of Denis and Sheila Bryant. Beginning dance classes at the age of three, she also began to learn the piano. At the age of ten she auditioned to go to ballet schools, but was unable to take up places offered because of"
"Deborah Watling Deborah Patricia Watling (2 January 1948 – 21 July 2017) was an English actress known for her role as Victoria Waterfield, a companion of the Second Doctor in the BBC television series ""Doctor Who"". Watling was born at Loughton, Essex, the daughter of actors Jack Watling and Patricia Hicks. Her sister Dilys and her brother Giles are also actors. Beginning as a child actress, she had a regular role as the niece of Peter Brady in ""The Invisible Man"" (1958) television series. She was later cast for the lead role in ""Alice"" (1965), Dennis Potter's play about Lewis"
"Sarah Sutton Sarah Sutton (born 12 December 1961) is a British actress best known for her role as Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". Nyssa was first the companion to Tom Baker and then to Peter Davison, from 1981 to 1983. Sutton was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Sutton studied ballet as a little girl and was only 11 when she became the youngest British actress to have played Alice on screen, in a 1973 television film of ""Alice Through the Looking Glass"". She began acting at the age of nine. Besides her performance as Alice,"
"Florence Hoath Florence Angela L. Hoath (born 12 July 1984 in London) is a British actress best known for her 2005 appearances as Nancy in ""Doctor Who"". The daughter of British actress Tina Martin, Hoath made her film debut in the 1993 screen adaptation of ""Secret Rapture"" at the age of eight. Since then she has starred in a number of film and television productions, including the 2005 ""Doctor Who"" episodes ""The Empty Child"" and ""The Doctor Dances"". Also in that year, Hoath was cast to play the regular role of George Fitzgerald in Channel 5's daytime soap ""Family Affairs"","
"Anneke Wills Anneke Wills (born Anna Katarina Willys, 20 October 1941) is an English actress, best known for her role as the Doctor Who companion Polly in the long-running BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". Wills's father, Alaric Willys, was a captain in the British Army. Her mother, Anna, was a housewife. Deciding she wanted to be an actress she studied drama at the Arts Educational School and RADA in London and quickly became one of the busiest actresses of her generation, early roles included an appearance as Roberta in the second TV version of ""The Railway Children"" in"
"as a power source for Davros' ideal final solution: the reality bomb, which produces a wavelength that would cancel out the electrical field binding atoms to reduce all life outside the Crucible into nothingness in both his universe and countless other realities. But Davros learns too late that Dalek Caan, who came to the realisation of his race's atrocities as a consequence of saving his creator, used his prophecies and influence to ensure the Daleks' destruction while manipulating events to bring the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) together for the role the latter would play. Though the Doctor"
"but the show was cancelled weeks after her introduction, the final episode being broadcast in December 2005. In an interview published in Doctor Who magazine during March 2015, she said she was no longer acting. Florence Hoath Florence Angela L. Hoath (born 12 July 1984 in London) is a British actress best known for her 2005 appearances as Nancy in ""Doctor Who"". The daughter of British actress Tina Martin, Hoath made her film debut in the 1993 screen adaptation of ""Secret Rapture"" at the age of eight. Since then she has starred in a number of film and television productions,"
"Mary Tamm Mary Tamm (22 March 1950 – 26 July 2012) was a British actress, known for her role as Romana in the BBC's science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", starring opposite Tom Baker in the 1978–79 story arc ""The Key to Time"". Tamm was born in Bradford (then part of the administrative area called the West Riding of Yorkshire) to Estonian immigrant parents, and attended Bradford Girls' Grammar School. She was a graduate and an associate member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she studied from 1969-71. Tamm began acting on the stage with the Birmingham Repertory"
"this production, the script requires Catherine Tate, as Donna Noble, to reintroduce herself to the Doctor in mime. The stage directions by writer Russell T Davies are as follows. Tate says Davies had suggested that she might come up with something on the day. She improvised her mime during filming. The episode was in the fourth production block in the season, and was filmed in October 2007. The out-of-sequence filming allowed producers to use props to ""seed"" later episodes; ATMOS, a plot device in the episodes ""The Sontaran Stratagem"" and ""The Poison Sky"", is referred to by a sticker on"
"Martha Howe-Douglas Martha Howe-Douglas is an English actress. she played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC One daytime soap ""Doctors"", various characters in the children's series ""Horrible Histories"" and Debbie Maddox ""The Chosen One"" in Sky TV's Yonderland. Howe-Douglas graduated from RADA in 2003 and performed in various theatre productions while there. In the same year that she left RADA, she appeared in the Christmas Special of ""The Office"", replacing Dawn as the receptionist at Wernham-Hogg. From 24 April 2006 until 11 May 2007, Howe-Douglas played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC daytime soap opera ""Doctors"". In 2009, she landed"
"she marries new fiancé Shaun Temple (Karl Collins), becoming Donna Temple-Noble; the dying Doctor anonymously delivers her a winning lottery ticket to ensure her financial future, having borrowed the purchase price from Donna's late father in the past, making it a present from both him and the Doctor. Outside of the television series, Donna appears in some of the BBC Books New Series Adventures novels, alongside the Tenth Doctor, in stories set in-between episodes of series four. Donna first appears in ""Ghosts of India"" by Mark Morris, ""The Doctor Trap"" by Simon Messingham, and ""Shining Darkness"" by Mark Michalowski in"
"Sophie Aldred Sophie Aldred (born 20 August 1962) is an English actress and television presenter. She portrayed the Doctor's companion Ace in the television series ""Doctor Who"" during the late 1980s. Aldred was born in Greenwich, London, but grew up in nearby Blackheath. She sang in the church choir of St James', Kidbrooke and attended Blackheath High School from 1973 until 1980, before enrolling as a drama student at University of Manchester. She graduated in 1983 and decided to embark on a career in children's theatre. She also sang in working men's clubs around Manchester. In 1987, she was cast"
"Donna Jackson Donna Jackson is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ""Holby City"", played by actress Jaye Jacobs. She appeared in the programme from its sixth series in 2004, to its thirteenth in 2011, and from its nineteenth in 2017. Donna entered the series as a staff nurse, characterised as a wild-child with a chaotic personal life. During her tenure, she grew to take her work more seriously, becoming a ward sister and accepting more personal responsibilities by adopting her half-niece Mia (Jada Wallace-Mitchell). A tart with a heart character, Donna had many romantic liaisons with her colleagues,"
"about the prominence eventually afforded her character: "" ""For one brief moment I was the most important woman in the whole of the universe."" Ben Rawson-Jones attributes success to the natural progression of her character, her boisterous personality being toned down for her first 2008 appearance, ""Partners in Crime"". In their review of the fourth series, Digital Spy opined ""At the core was Catherine Tate's excellent performance as Donna Noble, epitomising the intricate fusion of fun, adventure, sadness and a desire to belong."" Digital Spy noted that fans initially worried about Tate's full-time casting, as she is known for her"
"for the duration of the series 4 (2008), and in a subsequent 2009–10 Christmas and New Year's special. Within the series' narrative, Donna begins as an outspoken Londoner in her mid-30s, a temp worker from Chiswick whose view of the universe is small in scope. Although she at first finds alien time traveller the Doctor terrifying, their initial encounter leaves her unsatisfied with her normal life and she decides to travel alongside him when the next opportunity arises. Donna becomes an asset to the Doctor on his adventures and it is she who ultimately saves the universe in the series"
"Owen is fit to return to duty following his resurrection. Later in the 2008 series, Martha returns to ""Doctor Who"" for a three-episode arc beginning with ""The Sontaran Stratagem"" and ending with ""The Doctor's Daughter"", in which she meets the Doctor's new companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate); in the first episode, a more assertive and engaged Martha summons the Doctor to Earth to help uncover a plot by the Sontarans. Agyeman appears in the role again for the final two episodes of the series, ""The Stolen Earth""/""Journey's End"", where she has been promoted to a US division of UNIT and"