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Doctor Who: Sarah Lancashire to guest star in episode one
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Sarah Lancashire, best known for roles in Coronation Street, Clocking Off and Rose & Maloney, is set to guest star in series four of the BAFTA award-winning Doctor Who, due to be seen on 91Èȱ¬ One next year.
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Sarah will guest star as Miss Foster, an enigmatic and powerful businesswoman, in episode one which reintroduces Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.
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Sarah Lancashire says: "I'm absolutely thrilled to be in Doctor Who. It's a brilliant episode and I'm looking forward to taking the Time Lord on."
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Award-winning actress Catherine Tate is reprising her role as Donna, the runaway bride who featured in last year's Doctor Who Christmas special.
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The start of the new series will see Donna tracking down The Doctor during an alien emergency in modern-day London.
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The couple are destined to experience a series of wonderful adventures throughout the new series including meeting one of Doctor Who's most popular aliens, The Ood, in a brand new episode, Planet Of The Ood.
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Donna and The Doctor will also be travelling through time for an encounter with the legendary murder mystery novelist, Agatha Christie, and taking a trip to Pompeii.
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Guest stars in the new series include Felicity Kendal, Fenella Woolgar, Tim McInnerny, Peter Capaldi, Phil Davis and Tracey Childs.
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Freema Agyeman who has played Martha Jones, The Doctor's companion throughout the critically-acclaimed third series, will return to the show to join The Doctor and Donna mid-series.
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David Tennant will play The Doctor and Catherine Tate will play his new companion, Donna.
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The fourth series of Doctor Who is now in production and will hit 91Èȱ¬ One in Spring 2008.
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The producer is Phil Collinson; Executive producers are Head of Drama, 91Èȱ¬ Wales, Julie Gardner, and Russell T Davies.
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Doctor Who is filmed in Cardiff.
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