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The Sarah Jane Adventures
> General Information The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series, produced by BBC Wales for CBBC (the BBC children's network), created by Russell T. Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The program is a spin-off of the long-running BBC science fiction program Doctor Who and focuses on the adventures of investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith. The series premiered on BBC One with a 60-minute special, entitled Invasion of the Bane, on January 1st of 2007. A series of ten 25-minute episodes followed, beginning on September 24th of 2007. A second season aired in 2008, and a third season aired in 2009. The series is set in Ealing. Sarah Jane Smith (played by Elizabeth Sladen): An investigative journalist and former traveling companion of The Doctor, Sarah Jane now works on her own to help protect Earth from alien threats. Luke Smith (played by Thomas Knight): Luke is a young teen boy who is actually a human/alien hybred who was created in the first episode. Sarah Jane has adopted Luke, and is raising him as a human. Luke also acts as a helper to Sarah Jane. Maria Jackson (played by Yasmin Paige): Sarah Jane's 13-year-old neighbor. Maria stumbled across Sarah Jane's activities, and acted as a helper to Sarah Jane during Season 1, and into the first story of Season 2. Clyde Langer (played by Daniel Anthony): Clyde is a young teen boy who is friends with Maria and Luke, and later Rani (see below). Like Maria, Clyde stumbled across Sarah Jane's activities, and now acts as a helper to Sarah Jane. Rani Chandra (played by Anjli Mohindra): Rani (a teen girl) and her family move into Maria's house when Maria and her father leave for America at the beginning of Season 2. Like Maria before her, Rani stumbled across Sarah Jane's activities, and Rani now acts as a helper to Sarah Jane. Rani is also friends with Luke and Clyde (note: while Rani has the same name as The Rani, a recurring villain from the classic series of Doctor Who, Russell Davies has told Doctor Who fans that Rani is "not The Rani"). Mr. Smith (voice of Alexander Armstrong): An advanced computer housed in Sarah Jane's attic. Mr. Smith has the ability to not only monitor activity on Earth, but also has the ability to monitor alien activity both on Earth and in space. Unlike Doctor Who which is geared toward a family audience, and unlike the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood which is geared toward an adult audience, The Sarah Jane Adventures is geared toward children. The Sarah Jane Adventures revolves around investigative reporter Sarah Jane Smith, who is now helping protect Earth from alien threats. Sarah Jane is quite well versed in regard to aliens, having been a traveling companion to The Doctor in Doctor Who and visiting many aliens worlds in the process. There are some crossover elements between Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures. In Doctor Who, The Doctor has a sonic screwdriver. In The Sarah Jane Adventures, Sarah Jane has a smaller version of a sonic screwdriver known as a sonic lipstick. Also, three alien races, the Judoon, the Slitheen and the Sontarans, appear in both Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures. From what we know, Sarah Jane seems to work outside of official circles as an independent agent, although we are led to believe that Sarah Jane has some relationship with the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT)(also known as the Unified Intelligence Taskforce). We also know that Sarah Jane and the Torchwood Institute know of each other (thanks to the 2008 Doctor Who season finale). However, since the Torchwood Institute has not been seen in any episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures, we have no idea what, if any, role Torchwood might play in regard to The Sarah Jane Adventures. The BBC has set up an official website for The Sarah Jane Adventures. The website may be accessed by going to www.bbc.co.uk/sja. There is also a privately run website that provides news connected to The Sarah Jane Adventures. The privately run website may be accessed by going to www.sarahjanetv.blogspot.com. Season One (2007):
Invasion of the Bane Having just moved in, Maria and her father meet their neighbor, Sarah Jane Smith. When Maria sees Sarah Jane late one night helping an alien return home, Maria cannot believe her eyes. Before Maria has time to think about what she has seen, Maria becomes tangled in an alien conspiracy behind a new soft-drink, Bubble Shock. Only Sarah Jane can help stop the Bane and the mysterious Mrs. Wormwood.
Revenge of the Slitheen (Parts 1 & 2) Maria and Luke, along with their new friend Clyde, discover an alien race called the Slitheen have invaded their school ... in the form of teachers. The Slitheen have a plan to take over Earth, but will their plot be foiled by the ever-faithful Sarah Jane Smith?
Eye of the Gorgon (Parts 1 & 2) Sarah Jane and the kids investigate the mysterious haunting of a senior citizens home. A mysterious nun is stalking the tenants, but is it really something supernatural, or is there something else going on?
Warriors of Kudlak (Parts 1 & 2) Sarah Jane investigates the case of a missing teenager, and it leads to a laser-tag center called Combat 3000 and aliens who are up to no good.
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (Parts 1 & 2) When Maria awakes one day to discover that nobody has heard of Sarah Jane or Luke, her world is turned upside down. Maria soon discovers that a mysterious creature has somehow changed the timeline. It is up to Maria to set things right.
The Lost Boy (Parts 1 & 2) A TV news announcement disrupts a normal day, and Sarah Jane discovers that Luke is the exact visual and genetic double of a missing boy called Ashley.
Season Two (2008):
The Last Sontaran (Parts 1 & 2) When Sarah Jane investigates the report of strange lights in the sky by the Tycho Project radio telescope, she discovers a lone surviving Sontaran from the failed conversion of Planet Earth who wants revenge for the deaths of his comrades. Meanwhile, Maria must make a decision when her father is offered a new job - in America.
The Day of the Clown (Parts 1 & 2) A new family, the Chandras, move to Bannerman Road. However, the daughter of the family, Rani, is seeing a creepy-looking clown. There have also been reports of children disappearing. When a friend of Clyde's vanishes, and he starts seeing the clown as well, Sarah Jane's investigation leads to Spellman's Magical Museum of the Circus and the revelation that an ages-old fairy tale (that of the Pied Piper) may actually be real.
Secrets Of The Stars (Parts 1 & 2) A fraudulent astrologer named Martin Trueman is hit by an extraterrestrial body and begins to impress everyone with his uncanny predictions. Possessed by the Ancient Lights, Martin Trueman begins to take over the population via their star signs, one by one. Sarah Jane and the others must infiltrate Trueman's inner circle to stop him.
The Mark Of The Berserker (Parts 1 & 2) An alien pendant which gives the wearer the power to control others finds its way into the hands of one of Rani's schoolmates and then to Rani - but the use of the pendant causes a strange mark on the skin. Rani leaves it with Mr. Smith for safekeeping. Meanwhile, Clyde has to face a family issue - after five years, his estranged father Paul comes to visit. But Clyde's decision to tell Paul about what he and the others do brings trouble when Paul takes the pendant. With Paul possessed by the alien pendant, Paul takes Clyde off for some fun. Rani and Luke try and track them down, leading to a waterside confrontation with the Berserker.
The Temptation Of Sarah Jane Smith (Parts 1 & 2) When Sarah Jane finds a time fissure, her curiosity leads her to go through it and she finds herself in 1951, in the village of Foxgrove, where she was born. Eager to see the parents she never knew, she makes a decision that will have catastrophic consequences.
Enemy Of The Bane (Parts 1 & 2) Mrs. Wormwood, leader of The Bane, returns to see Sarah Jane - but to ask for help. The Bane have turned against Mrs. Wormwood and are preparing to unleash a dark power against the universe.
2009 Red Nose Day Special:
Untitled As a part of the BBC's twelth annual Red Nose Day fundraiser, a five minute mini episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures was shown. In the mini episode, Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde, and Rani are doing an upgrade on Mr. Smith when the Galactic Alliance Ambassador (played by comic Ronnie Corbett) beams into Sarah Jane's attic. It soon becomes apparent that the Ambassador is not who he claims to be, and is in fact a Slitheen up to no good. With Mr. Smith's help, Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde, and Rani are able to stop the Slitheen and send him on his way.
Season Three (2009):
Prisoner of the Judoon (Parts 1 & 2) Sarah Jane and the gang face the most dangerous day of their lives, as the rhino-like Judoon return. When prisoner Androvax the Destroyer crash-lands on Earth, a Veil is set free and starts to turn Earth's technology against itself.
The Mad Woman in the Attic (Parts 1 & 2) 50 years in the future, an old Rani remembers the day when her whole life went wrong. As her younger self investigates strange rumours and mysterious disappearances at an abandoned funfair, she sets into motion a chain of events which unleash the terrible powers of the alien Eve, and affects not only her future, but also the futures of all those she cares about.
The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (Parts 1 & 2) Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate Sarah Jane's suddenly suspicious behavour and discover something beyond their expectations. Sarah Jane has a boyfriend and she announces she is going to marry him! However, as the power of the Pantheon of Discord grows in strength, The Doctor joins the battle to save his old companion and the Earth. With time itself working against them what price will be paid for rescue?
The Eternity Trap (Parts 1 & 2) Sarah Jane and the gang, along with Professor Rivers, investigate the old legend of Erasmus Darkening in a haunted house with mysterious whispers and secrets in the shadows.
Mona Lisa's Revenge (Parts 1 & 2) Unknown forces bring to life Leonardo Da Vinci's most famous painting, and Clyde's day becomes a nightmare when a school trip descends into disaster. Trapped and without Sarah Jane's help the gang must find a way to battle the awesome abomination.
The Gift (Parts 1 & 2) The Blathereen, arch-rivals of the family Slitheen arrive on Earth. In a move that surprises the gang they declare peace between Earth and Raxicoricofallapatorius and they offer Sarah Jane a gift, one that might change the future of the human race forever.
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