The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures intro.jpg
The Sarah Jane Adventures title sequence
Format Science Fiction, Drama
Teen drama
Created by Russell T Davies
Starring Elisabeth Sladen
Tommy Knight
Yasmin Paige
Daniel Anthony
Anjli Mohindra
Alexander Armstrong
Theme music composer Murray Gold
Composer(s) Sam Watts
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 35 episodes comprising 17 stories and one New Year's Day special
Production
Executive producer(s) Russell T Davies
Julie Gardner
Phil Collinson
Piers Wenger
Producer(s) Matthew Bouch
Susie Liggat
Nikki Smith
Running time 60 min (special)
27 min (series)[1]
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
BBC HD (simulcast with BBC One, 2009–present)
Repeats
CBBC Channel
BBC Two
BBC Three
Picture format PAL (576i) (2007–2008)
HDTV (1080p) (2009–present)[2]
Original run 1 January 2007 – present
Chronology
Preceded by K-9 and Company
Related shows Doctor Who
K-9
Torchwood
External links
Official website

The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series, produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC science fiction programme Doctor Who and focuses on the adventures of investigative journalist and former companion of The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith. The series debuted on BBC One with a 60-minute special, entitled "Invasion of the Bane", on 1 January 2007. A full series of ten 25-minute episodes followed, beginning on 24 September 2007.[3] The first series consisted of five two-part stories,[4] and a second series, comprising six two-part stories, began airing on 29 September 2008.[5][6] A third series, once again comprising of six two-part stories to make a total of twelve episodes, executively produced by Russell T Davies, started airing on 15 October 2009[7] and finished on 20 November 2009. A fourth and fifth series for broadcast in 2010 and 2011 have now been confirmed by the BBC.[8]

The Sarah Jane Adventures was nominated for a British Academy Children's Award in 2008 in the Drama category, and once again in 2009 for a BAFTA Cymru, in Children's Drama.[9][10]

Contents

Background and development

In 2006, Children's BBC expressed an interest in producing a Doctor Who spin-off. Their initial idea was "a drama based on the idea of a young Doctor Who", but Russell T Davies vetoed this. "Somehow, the idea of a fourteen-year-old Doctor, on Gallifrey inventing sonic screwdrivers, takes away from the mystery and intrigue of who he is and where he came from," said Davies. He suggested instead a series based on the Doctor's former companion Sarah Jane Smith.[11]

The character of Sarah Jane, played by Sladen, appeared in Doctor Who from 1973 to 1976, alongside Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and later Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. A pilot episode for another Doctor Who spin-off series, K-9 and Company, made in 1981, featured Sarah Jane and the robot dog K-9; however, a full series was never commissioned. Sarah Jane and K-9 returned to Doctor Who in various media many times over the years, most notably in the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors (1983), and in episodes "School Reunion" (2006), "The Stolen Earth" (2008), "Journey's End" (2008) and The End of Time (2010).

Sarah Jane is frequently voted the most popular Doctor Who companion by both Doctor Who fans and members of the general public.[12] The prospect of a new television series focusing on Sarah Jane was first rumoured in The Sun in March 2006, prior to the airing of "School Reunion"; the report at that time suggested that Sarah Jane and K-9 would both appear in the series.[13] The fact that a Sarah Jane series was being developed was first confirmed in the BBC's in-house newsletter, Ariel, in early August 2006.[14][15][16] These early rumours were associated with the working title Sarah Jane Investigates.[14]

K-9's only appearances in the show's first two series were a cameo in the special and an appearance in the last episode of the first series.[17] This was due to the concurrent development of K-9, which is not associated with the BBC and will not feature any Doctor Who connections beyond K-9 himself.[18] However, in 2009 the canine robot appeared with the Sarah Jane Adventures cast in a sketch for Comic Relief, and K-9 appeared in 6 episodes of the third series.[19]

Production

Production on the full series began in April 2007.[20] Two of the five two-part stories were scripted by the special's co-writer Gareth Roberts. Bad Girls and New Captain Scarlet writer Phil Ford wrote two stories and Phil Gladwin wrote one. Creator and executive producer Russell T Davies was going to write one story but was forced to drop out due to other work commitments.[21]

International broadcast

The Canadian channel BBC Kids began broadcasting The Sarah Jane Adventures with "Invasion of the Bane" on 13 January 2008, airing the rest of the series back-to-back on Sundays thereafter.[22] The South African channel SABC 2 started airing the series beginning on 9 February 2008.[23] The Hong Kong channel ATV World, which has also aired Doctor Who and Torchwood, aired this series starting 17 February 2008.[24] The first series began airing on Sci Fi in the USA beginning on 11 April 2008.[25], however, series two and three have not been shown on any channel. In Australia, The Sarah Jane Adventures started on 31 October 2008 on Nickelodeon Australia. It also screens in New Zealand on Nickelodeon New Zealand.

Cast and crew

(Left to right) Maria Jackson, Luke Smith, Sarah Jane Smith and Clyde Langer

In addition to Sladen, the first series of the programme stars Yasmin Paige as Maria Jackson, Sarah Jane's 13-year-old neighbour (in Ealing, London) and Tommy Knight as a boy named Luke, who is adopted by Sarah Jane at the conclusion of the introductory story. The third member of Sarah Jane's young entourage is 14-year-old called Clyde Langer, played by Daniel Anthony, who is introduced in the first episode of the proper series. Porsha Lawrence Mavour plays Maria's friend, Kelsey Harper, in the special, but has not appeared since.[26] Maria and her family are written out of the series in the first story of the second series, The Last Sontaran. In the second story of that series, The Day of the Clown, several new regular cast members are introduced: Rani Chandra and her parents, Haresh, and Gita (played by Anjli Mohindra, Ace Bhatti, and Mina Anwar, respectively).[27]

Joseph Millson appears throughout the first series as Maria's recently separated father, Alan, with Chrissie Jackson, Maria's mother, played by Juliet Cowan. One other regular is Alexander Armstrong of comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, who provides the voice of Mr Smith, an extraterrestrial computer in Sarah Jane's attic.

The 2007 special features Samantha Bond as the scheming villain Mrs Wormwood and Jamie Davis as her PR agent Davey. The first series includes among its guest cast Jane Asher as Sarah Jane's childhood friend Andrea Yates, Floella Benjamin as Professor Rivers, who returned in series 3, and Phyllida Law as Bea Nelson-Stanley. The second series stars Bradley Walsh as an evil alien clown in the story The Day of the Clown and Russ Abbot as a sinister astrologer in Secrets of the Stars.[27] Also appearing in the second series are Gary Beadle and Jocelyn Jee Esien, who portray Clyde's parents Paul and Carla in The Mark of the Berserker. Nicholas Courtney guest stars in Enemy of the Bane as classic Doctor Who character Sir Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart,[28] and Samantha Bond also reprises her role as Wormwood for the episode.

The executive producers for The Sarah Jane Adventures are Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner. Susie Liggat produced the pilot, but Matthew Bouch worked as producer of the series. Co-writer Gareth Roberts, writing in Doctor Who Magazine, said, "We're all determined that this will be a big, full-blooded drama; that nobody should ever think of it as 'just' a children's programme."[29] Sue Nott is the executive producer of the second series for CBBC.

In December 2007, the BBC released a statement saying that Julie Gardner will be replaced by Piers Wenger as Executive Producer for Doctor Who in January 2009, but that she will continue to executive-produce Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures through 2008.[30]

Main Cast

Actor Character Duration Episodes No. of Appearances
Elisabeth Sladen Sarah Jane Smith 2007- All stories 36
Tommy Knight Luke Smith 2007- "Invasion of the Bane" to The Nightmare Man[31], except The Eternity Trap 34
Daniel Anthony Clyde Langer 2007- Revenge of the Slitheen onwards 35
Alexander Armstrong (voice) Mr Smith 2007- All stories except The Eternity Trap 27
John Leeson (voice) K-9 2007 - "Invasion of the Bane", The Lost Boy, "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love",
The Mad Woman in the Attic onwards except The Eternity Trap		 9
Yasmin Paige Maria Jackson 2007–2008 "Invasion of the Bane" to The Last Sontaran, The Mark of the Berserker 14
Anjli Mohindra Rani Chandra 2008- The Day of the Clown onwards 22

Recurring Cast

Actor Character Duration Episodes No. of Appearances
Joseph Millson Alan Jackson 2007–2008 "Invasion of the Bane" to The Last Sontaran, and The Mark of the Berserker, except Warriors of Kudlak 10
Juliet Cowan Chrissie Jackson 2007–2008 "Invasion of the Bane" to The Last Sontaran, except Warriors of Kudlak 9
Samantha Bond Mrs Wormwood 2007, 2008 "Invasion of the Bane" and Enemy of the Bane 3
Floella Benjamin Professor Rivers 2007, 2008, 2009 The Lost Boy, The Day of the Clown and The Eternity Trap 4
Anthony O'Donnell Commander Kaagh 2008 The Last Sontaran and Enemy of the Bane 4
Huw Higginson Mr Cunningham 2008 The Day of the Clown and Mark of the Berserker 2
Ace Bhatti Haresh Chandra 2008- The Day of the Clown onwards, except The Mark of the Berserker, The Mad Woman in the Attic, The Eternity Trap and The Gift 12
Mina Anwar Gita Chandra 2008- The Day of the Clown onwards, except The Mad Woman in the Attic, The Eternity Trap, Mona Lisa's Revenge and The Gift 11
Elijah Baker Steve Wallace 2008 The Day of the Clown and Mark of the Berserker 4
David Tennant
Matt Smith		 The Doctor 2009
2010		 The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith and Death of the Doctor 4

Dr Who Characters

Including K-9 and Sarah Jane, some characters from the past or current run of Doctor Who have appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Actor Character Duration Episodes No. of Appearances
Lachele Carl Trinity Wells 2007, 2008 Revenge of the Slitheen and Secrets of the Stars 2
Nicholas Courtney Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart 2008 Enemy of the Bane 2
Katy Manning Jo Grant 2010 Death of the Doctor 2

Episodes

The Sarah Jane Adventures was first seen by its original British audience in the form of a 60-minute New Year's Day special in 2007, titled "Invasion of the Bane", which was co-written by Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts.[16] Though it may have appeared so to the viewing audience, "Bane" was not a pilot. Instead, it was a holiday special. Nevertheless, because of the atypical broadcast order - holiday specials in Britain typically air after the regular run of the series to which they're attached - the story had many conventional introductory elements common to pilots. Creator Russell T Davies has commented upon the exceptional broadcast situation, saying "Sarah Jane Adventures is slightly unusual in that it was commissioned before we'd written the script. If we'd written a load of rubbish, they'd still have had to make it." He refers to "Invasion of the Bane" simply as the "first episode".[32] The story focused on Sarah Jane's investigation of a popular and addictive soft drink called Bubble Shock!.

Series one of the show aired in September of that year, consisting of five two-part half-hour stories. Individual half-hour episodes aired once a week on BBC One, with episodes airing a week ahead on children's digital channel CBBC. The final part aired in November 2007. The second season started in September 2008 using the same format, with six stories instead of five, ending the season in December. The third season started October 15, 2009, twice weekly (Thursdays and Fridays) on BBC One from October 15 to November 20.[33]

Story connections to the Doctor Who universe

Sarah Jane has her own sonic screwdriver, disguised as a lipstick, which she refers to as "sonic lipstick". The official website notes that the Doctor left the lipstick, along with a "watch that scans for alien life" for Sarah Jane hidden inside K-9 Mark IV.[34] The watch is capable of identifying alien species and their home planets,[35] and the sonic lipstick is apparently "useless as a lipstick".[36]

Sarah Jane explains in "Invasion of the Bane" that the programme is set at least a year and a half after the events of "School Reunion".

A clip on BBC website shows that Sarah reported on various incidents from Doctor Who, including the events of Invasion of the Dinosaurs, which were later "revealed" to be mass hallucinations caused by contaminants in the water supply, a reference to Torchwood character Rhys Williams' explanation for the perceived Cybermen invasion. In the New Year special,'"Invasion of the Bane", Maria's father attributed zombie-like behaviour to a chemical leak at the Bubble Shock! factory, triggering hallucinations.

"Invasion of the Bane" featured a "star poet" from the planet Arcateen 5, of the same race as Torchwood's "Mary" from "Greeks Bearing Gifts". In the same episode, an engineering drawing of a TARDIS is seen on the wall of Sarah Jane's attic.

Doctor Who monsters the Slitheen appear in stories Revenge of the Slitheen and The Lost Boy.[37] They are seeking revenge after the events depicted in "Aliens of London" and "World War Three".[38] Revenge of the Slitheen also has Sarah Jane, in a mobile phone conversation with someone from UNIT, say "Give my love to the Brig," a reference to recurring Doctor Who character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. A picture of the Brigadier is also seen in Sarah Jane's attic in The Invasion of the Bane. The Brigadier later appears in the second series story Enemy of the Bane. In that story, he mentions a debriefing on a recent trip to Peru; the character was described as "stranded in Peru" in the Doctor Who episode "The Poison Sky".

In Eye of the Gorgon, Bea Nelson-Stanley and Sarah Jane discuss the Sontarans, and Maria says "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry", a catchphrase associated with the Tenth Doctor. In the same story, an advertisement for Henriks department store is seen on the door of the cab in which Chrissie is leaving. Henriks was the shop where Rose Tyler worked and which gets blown up during the events of "Rose". The Graske, introduced in the interactive Doctor Who episode "Attack of the Graske", appeared in the story Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? and The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith[39] Maria's speech near the end of the first part of Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? resembles the Doctor's speech from "Bad Wolf". A book about UNIT is shown while Sarah Jane is looking for a cube that plays a major part in the same episode. In The Lost Boy reference is made to Sarah Jane Smith's association with UNIT. In each episode, diagrams of Cybermen and the Jagaroth spacecraft can be seen on the wall of the attic.

Sarah Jane, Luke and Mr Smith appear in the final two episodes of series four of Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End". They join forces with former Doctor Who companions Martha Jones and Captain Jack Harkness, as well as Donna Noble and Jack's team from Torchwood to fight a major Dalek invasion. Sarah Jane eventually joins the Doctor's "secret army" of companions and is reunited with Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith, while Luke meets the Doctor himself through a communications broadcast. Sarah Jane also summons K-9 from the black hole to provide a last-minute piece of crucial information.

In the Series 2 premiere story The Last Sontaran, a Sontaran has survived the destruction of the Tenth Sontaran Fleet from the Doctor Who episodes "The Sontaran Strategem" and "The Poison Sky", and wants to destroy the Earth by making all the satellites in the sky fall to Earth. After Sarah Jane reveals that she knows the Doctor, the Sontaran wants to take her back to Sontar to pay for the Doctor's crimes.

In Secrets of the Stars Zodiak reader Martin Trueman wore a biodamper to hide that he had the ancient lights within him. A biodamper was first seen in Runaway Bride.

In The Mark of the Berserker, Sarah Jane is seen to investigate a hospital in Tarminster which had last appeared on screen in the 1971 "Doctor Who" story, Terror of the Autons.

The Brigadier appears in the end of the final serial of the second series entitled Enemy of the Bane. He had last appeared in the "Doctor Who" serial Battlefield.

The Judoon, the intergalactic police force first introduced in the 2007 Doctor Who episode "Smith and Jones", make an appearance in the Series 3 premiere story Prisoner of the Judoon, which sees a singular Judoon, Captain Tybo, crash-landing on Earth with his prisoner Androvax, who escapes during the course of the story. A troop of Judoon also appear to help Tybo in his pursuit of the escapee.

Conversely, original character The Trickster, seen in one serial of each of the first three series, is referred to by the Tenth Doctor in the Doctor Who episode, "Turn Left". Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Maria are all mentioned in that episode as having perished with Martha Jones in an alternate timeline version of the events of "Smith and Jones".

In "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith", Clyde Langer refers to Sarah Jane's aunt having died and left her fortune to her. Scientist Lavinia Smith was a frequently mentioned unseen character during Sarah Jane's tenure with the Third and Fourth Doctors, having been Sarah Jane's aunt and foster mother since the latter's infancy. Lavinia and her country estate were seen in K-9 and Company. Sarah Jane had noted Doctor Who that Lavinia took her in after her parents died; "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith", depicts the hour preceding their deaths; they set out on their ill-fated drive, knowing that their deaths will save their daughter and the world. In the same episode, Sarah Jane mistakes a police box in 1951 for the Doctor's TARDIS.

In the third series, David Tennant appears as the Doctor in a two-episode story called The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith written by Gareth Roberts. He appears briefly in the conclusion of part one, but has a full role in part two, not just a cameo appearance.[40][41][42] The dialogue when they parted was taken almost verbatim from Sarah Jane's departure from the Fourth Doctor at the end of The Hand of Fear.

In part 2 of the 2010 Doctor Who special The End of Time, the Tenth Doctor (played by David Tennant) briefly visits several of his old companions to deliver parting gifts and say goodbye prior to regenerating. His "gift" to Sarah Jane is to push her adopted son Luke out of the way of an oncoming car. Luke recognizes the Doctor and calls his mother, who sees the Doctor solemnly staring at her from outside the TARDIS.

The Third Doctor's former companion - and Sarah Jane's immediate predecessor - Jo Grant, portrayed by Katy Manning, and the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith, will appear in an episode of the fourth series.[43]

Critical response

The Sarah Jane Adventures has been generally well received by critics and the viewing public.[44] At the end of the first series, a reviewer for The Daily Telegraph wrote: "With the debate about the future of children’s TV still rumbling on, this is what the BBC does best, and despite lacking the production values of Doctor Who, it’s still top tea-time programming."[45]

In 2008, The Sarah Jane Adventures was nominated for a British Academy Children's Award (Children's BAFTA) in the Drama category.[9] In 2009, the series was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru award in the Children's Drama category.[10]

The 2009 Comic Relief special achieved a rating of 8.3 million.[46]

Merchandising

Character Options have been awarded a licence to produce Sarah Jane Adventure play sets, action figures, and a 'Sonic Lipstick' toy.[47] Four 2-figure sets have been released: Sarah Jane and Star Poet; Sarah Jane and General Kudlak; Sarah Jane and Child Slitheen and Sarah Jane and Graske. Also released are Sarah Jane's Sonic Lipstick with Watch Scanner and Alien Communicator. Character Options have now discontinued the range due to lack of customer interest.

Audio adventures

Six audiobook have been released on CD, all read by series star Elisabeth Sladen. The first two were the first time that BBC Audiobooks had commissioned new content for exclusive release on audio.[48]

Title Author Release Date
The Glittering Storm Stephen Cole 5 November 2007
The Thirteenth Stone Justin Richards
The Time Capsule Peter Anghelides 13 November 2008
The Ghost House Stephen Cole
The White Wolf Gary Russell 3 September 2009
The Shadow People Scott Handcock
Wraith World[49] Cavan Scott & Mark Wright 7 October 2010
Deadly Download [50] TBA

Novelisations

Title Author
Invasion of the Bane Terrance Dicks
Revenge of the Slitheen Rupert Laight
Eye of the Gorgon Phil Ford
Warriors of Kudlak Gary Russell
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? Rupert Laight
The Lost Boy Gary Russell
The Last Sontaran Phil Ford
The Day of the Clown Phil Ford
The Wedding of Sarah Jane Gareth Roberts
The Nightmare Man Joseph Lidster
Death of the Doctor Gary Russell

DVD releases

Release name UK release date (region 2) Australian release date (region 4) North American release date (region 1)
Invasion of the Bane 29 October 2007 2 March 2010[51] N/A
The Complete First Series 10 November 2008 June 2009[52] 7 October 2008
The Complete Second Series 9 November 2009 3 June 2010 10 November 2009
The Complete Third Series 18 October 2010[53] TBA TBA

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