The Sarah Jane Adventures
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| The Sarah Jane Adventures | |
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| Created by | Russell T Davies |
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| Theme music composer | Murray Gold |
| Composers | Sam Watts, Dan Watts |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 53 + 1 short (list of serials) |
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| Production company | BBC Cymru Wales |
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| Release | 1 January 2007 – 18 October 2011 |
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The Sarah Jane Adventures was a science fiction television series, that started in 2007 and ended in 2011, due to Elisabeth Sladen's death. It was a spin off from the British cult series Doctor Who.
The series starred Elisabeth Sladen as the journalist Sarah Jane Smith, who was a companion of the Third and Fourth Doctor in the classic Doctor Who series. Sladen played the original part of Sarah Jane from 1973 until 1976. Sarah Jane was considered the most popular companion of the Doctor and appeared in the new series episode "School Reunion" along with her robot dog, K-9.
Unlike the other spin off of Doctor Who, Torchwood, the target audience for The Sarah Jane Adventures was children as it is shown on CBBC.
Connections to Doctor Who
[change | change source]The series featured many connections to Doctor Who. The Slitheen family, who first appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Aliens of London" appeared in two stories in the first series, and the Sontarans, who first appeared in the Doctor Who story The Time Warrior featured in two stories in the Second series. The character Doctor Who also appeared in the episodes "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" (played by David Tennant) and "Death of the Doctor" (played by Matt Smith).
Doctor Who also used ideas from The Sarah Jane Adventures. In the Doctor Who episode "Turn Left", the Doctor makes a reference to the Trickster - an enemy who had only featured in The Sarah Jane Adventures. Sarah Jane also appeared with her son Luke Smith in the Doctor Who episodes "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End".
Episodes
[change | change source]Special (2007)
[change | change source]The first episode was a 60-minute special, and served as a basic introduction to the series.
| Number | Story Title | Date Shown |
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| 01 | Invasion of the Bane | 1 January 2007 |
Series 1 (2007)
[change | change source]The first series featured five stories. Each story was made up of two episodes.
| Number | Story Title | Dates Shown |
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| 02 | Revenge of the Slitheen | 24 September 2007 |
| 03 | Eye of the Gorgon | 1 and 8 October 2007 |
| 04 | Warriors of Kudlak | 15 and 22 October 2007 |
| 05 | Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? | 29 October and 5 November 2007 |
| 06 | The Lost Boy | 12–19 November 2007 |
Series 2 (2008)
[change | change source]The second series featued six stories. As with the first series, each story was made up of two episodes
| Number | Story Title | Dates Shown |
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| 07 | The Last Sontaran | 29 September 2008 |
| 08 | The Day of the Clown | 6 and 13 October 2008 |
| 09 | Secrets of the Stars | 20 and 27 October 2008 |
| 10 | The Mark of the Berserker | 3 and 10 November 2008 |
| 11 | The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith | 17 and 24 November 2008 |
| 12 | Enemy of the Bane | 1 and 8 December 2008 |
Comic Relief Special (2009)
[change | change source]A short, 5-minute special was made for the 2009 Comic Relief appeal.
| Number | Story Title | Dates Shown |
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| 13 | From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love | 13 March 2009 |
Series 3 (2009)
[change | change source]The third series featured six stories. As with previous series, each story was made up of two episodes.
| Number | Story Title | Dates Premiered |
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| 14 | Prisoner of the Judoon | 15 and 16 October 2009 |
| 15 | The Mad Woman in the Attic | 22 and 23 October 2009 |
| 16 | The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith | 29 and 30 October 2009 |
| 17 | The Eternity Trap | 5 and 6 November 2009 |
| 18 | Mona Lisa's Revenge | 12 and 13 November 2009 |
| 19 | The Gift | 19 and 20 November 2009 |
Series 4 (2010)
[change | change source]The fourth series featured six stories. As with previous series, each story was made up of two episodes. The final episode of this series was the last to air before Elisabeth Sladen's death on the 19th of April, 2011.
| Number | Story Title | Dates Premiered |
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| 20 | The Nightmare Man | 11 and 12 October 2010 |
| 21 | The Vault of Secrets | 18 and 19 October 2010 |
| 22 | Death of the Doctor | 25 and 26 October 2010 |
| 23 | The Empty Planet | 1 and 2 November 2010 |
| 24 | Lost in Time | 8 and 9 November 2010 |
| 25 | Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith | 15 and 16 November 2010 |
Series 5 (2011)
[change | change source]The fifth series only featured three stories, as those three were filmed alongside series four, before Elisabeth Sladen's death. As with the previous series, they were all made of two episodes.
| Number | Story Title | Dates Premiered |
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| 26 | Sky | 3 and 4 October 2011 |
| 27 | The Curse of Clyde Langer | 10 and 11 October 2011 |
| 28 | The Man Who Never Was | 17 and 18 October 2011 |