| The Sarah Jane Adventures | |
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The Sarah Jane Adventures title sequence | |
| Format | Science Fiction Drama |
| Created by | Russell T. Davies |
| Starring | Elisabeth Sladen Yasmin Paige Thomas Knight Daniel Anthony |
| Theme music composer | Murray Gold |
| Country of origin | |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. Title sequence generally refers to the method by which cinematic films or television shows present their title key cast and/or production members utilizing conceptual visuals Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer Elisabeth Sladen (born 1 February 1948, Liverpool) is an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British Yasmin Paige (born June 1992 is an English Actress who is best known for her role as Maria in The Sarah Jane Adventures, a spin-off from the BBC Daniel Murray Gold (born 1969 in Portsmouth) is an English Composer for stage film and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States of episodes | 11 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Phil Collinson Russell T. Davies Julie Gardner |
| Producer(s) | Matthew Bouch |
| Running time | 60 min (special) 25 min (series) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One CBBC Channel |
| Picture format | PAL (576i) |
| Original run | 1 January 2007 – Present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | K-9 and Company |
| Related shows | Doctor Who Torchwood |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
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A second, 12-part series has been announced by the BBC Press Office. [4] In December 2007, they 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. Julie Gardner (born June 1969 is a Welsh Television producer who is currently both Controller of Drama Commissioning at BBC Television and Head Piers Wenger (born 1972 is a British Television producer. His work includes the BAFTA -winning Victoria Wood drama Housewife 49 Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman [5] Elisabeth Sladen has also said she will be filming 24 episodes, beginning sometime in March 2008,[6] meaning that two series would be produced. But Russell T. Davies later announced they were no longer producing two series back-to back. Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer
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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. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld sonic screwdriver is a Fictional Tool in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. He suggested instead a series based on the Doctor's former companion Sarah Jane Smith. History of the Doctor Who companion When Doctor Who was created the dramatic structure of the programme's cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick [7]
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. John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996 better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English Actor. The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor; seen on screen in the long-running Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker (born 20 January 1934 is an English Actor. The Fourth Doctor is the name given to the fourth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running A pilot for another Doctor Who spin-off series, K-9 and Company, made in 1981, featured Sarah Jane and the robot dog K-9; however, the option to make a series was not picked up. K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional Robotic dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor 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 the 2006 episode "School Reunion". The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced " School Reunion " is the third episode in the second series of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Sarah Jane is frequently voted the most popular Doctor Who companion by both Doctor Who fans and members of the general public. [8] 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. The Sun is a Tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the highest circulation of any daily English-language [9] 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. [10][11][12] These early rumours were associated with the working title Sarah Jane Investigates. [10]
K-9's only appearances on the show were a cameo in the special and an appearance in the last episode of the series. [13] This is 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. K-9 is a forthcoming British/Australian 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the Robot dog K-9, done in a mixture of computer [14] However, on the launch of the series on September 24, 2007, Elisabeth Sladen confirmed in an interview on the CBBC channel that K-9 would make a small appearance in the show. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. CBBC ( Children's BBC) is the brand-name for the BBC 's Children's television programmes aimed at children aged between 6 and 12 years old [15]
Production on the full series began in April 2007. [16] 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. Bad Girls was an award winning British Television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1999 to 2006 Gerry Andersons New Captain Scarlet (more commonly New Captain Scarlet or NCS is a United Kingdom -produced Computer-generated imagery Phil Ford is a British Television Writer. It has been confirmed in Doctor Who Magazine #393 that he is the head writer of the upcoming second series of Phil Gladwin is a Television Writer and Script editor. Filmography Written Work Grange Hill Creator and executive producer Russell T. Davies was going to write one story but was forced to drop out due to other work commitments. [17]
The Canadian channel BBC Kids began broadcasting The Sarah Jane Adventures with "Invasion of the Bane" on 2008-01-13, airing the rest of the series back-to-back on Sundays thereafter. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page BBC Kids is a Canadian English language category 2 Digital cable Specialty channel owned by CW Media (a division of Canwest "Invasion of the Bane" is the first episode of the British Science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks [18] The South African channel SABC 2 started airing the series beginning 2008-02-09. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa SABC 2 is a South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC television channel that carries programming in English, Afrikaans, the 3 Sesotho 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. [19] The Hong Kong's channel ATV World, which has also aired Doctor Who and Torchwood, aired this series starting from 2008-02-17. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Asia Television Limited ( is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori [20] The series also began airing on Sci Fi in the USA beginning on April 11, 2008. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [21]
Character Options have been awarded a licence to produce Sarah Jane Adventure play sets, action figures, and a 'Sonic Lipstick' toy. An action figure is a posable character Figurine, made of Plastic or other materials and often based upon a movie, Comic book, Video game They have confirmed this and so far, 4 2-figure sets have been released which are: Sarah Jane and star poet; Sarah Jane and Kudlak; Sarah Jane and baby Slitheen and Sarah Jane and Graske. Also released are Sarah Jane sonic lipstick, scanner watch and alien reader. [22]

In addition to Sladen, the programme stars Yasmin Paige as Sarah Jane's 13-year-old neighbour Maria Jackson and Thomas Knight as a boy named Luke, who was adopted by Sarah Jane at the conclusion of the introductory story. Maria Jackson is a fictional character played by Yasmin Paige in the British children's Science fiction television programme The Sarah Luke Smith is a fictional Regular character played by Thomas Knight in the British children's science fiction television series Sarah Jane Smith is a Fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science fiction series Clyde Langer is a fictional character played by Daniel Anthony in the British children's Science fiction television programme The Sarah Yasmin Paige (born June 1992 is an English Actress who is best known for her role as Maria in The Sarah Jane Adventures, a spin-off from the BBC Maria Jackson is a fictional character played by Yasmin Paige in the British children's Science fiction television programme The Sarah Luke Smith is a fictional Regular character played by Thomas Knight in the British children's science fiction television series Porsha Lawrence Mavour played Maria's friend, Kelsey Harper, in the special but has since been dropped from the show. This is a list of minor characters from the television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. A 14-year-old called Clyde Langer, played by Daniel Anthony, was introduced in the first episode of the series as her replacement. Clyde Langer is a fictional character played by Daniel Anthony in the British children's Science fiction television programme The Sarah Daniel [23][24] The second series will introduce several new regular cast members. [25] They will be Rani Chandra and her parents, Haresh, and Gita;[25] to be played by Anjli Mohindra, Ace Bhatti, and Mina Anwar respectively. Anjli Mohindra, is a British Actress. She appears in The Sarah Jane Adventures as Rani Chandra, a new member of the regular cast Ahsen "Ace" Bhatti, born 1971 in Nottingham, is a British Actor, trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Mina Anwar (born September 20, 1969 in Church, Accrington, Lancashire, England) is a British actress who [25]
The 2007 special also featured Samantha Bond as the scheming villain Mrs Wormwood and Jamie Davis as her PR agent Davey. Samantha Bond (born November 27, 1961) is an English actress best known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond This is a list of minor characters from the television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. Jamie Davis ( 18 April 1981, Pontefract, Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for his role as Harley Lawson on the popular British This is a list of minor characters from the television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. Joseph Millson appeared as Maria's father. Joseph Millson is an English theatre and television actor born in Berkshire in 1974 The executive producers for The Sarah Jane Adventures are Phil Collinson, Russell T. Phil Collinson is a British Television producer. He was initially an actor before switching to working behind the cameras in the industry Davies and Julie Gardner. Julie Gardner (born June 1969 is a Welsh Television producer who is currently both Controller of Drama Commissioning at BBC Television and Head Susie Liggat produced the pilot, but Matthew Bouch worked as producer of the series. Susie Liggat is a British Television producer. Her career had predominantly been as a first assistant director, in which capacity she worked on popular 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. Gareth John Pritchard Roberts (born 1968 is a British Television Screenwriter and Novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction "[26] The second series will star Bradley Walsh in two episodes which are to be written by Phil Ford,[25] it will also star Russ Abbot in a pair of episodes written by Gareth Roberts. Bradley Walsh (born 4 June 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English comedian and Television Actor Phil Ford is a British Television Writer. It has been confirmed in Doctor Who Magazine #393 that he is the head writer of the upcoming second series of Russ Abbot (born Russell A Roberts on 16 September 1947 in Chester) is an English Musician, Comedian, and Actor. Gareth John Pritchard Roberts (born 1968 is a British Television Screenwriter and Novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction [25]
The Sarah Jane Adventures was first seen by its original British audience in the form of a 60-minute New Year's Day 2007 special, titled "Invasion of the Bane", which was co-written by Russell T. This following is an story list for the Science fiction Drama television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. "Invasion of the Bane" is the first episode of the British Science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. Davies and Gareth Roberts. [12]
Though it may have appeared so to the viewing audience, "Bane" was not a pilot. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Instead, it was a holiday special. Christmas themes have long been an inspiration to artists writers and weavers of folklore 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"[16].
The story focused on Sarah Jane's investigation of a popular and addictive soft drink called Bubble Shock!.
Sarah Jane has her own sonic screwdriver, disguised as a lipstick, which she refers to as "sonic lipstick". sonic screwdriver is a Fictional Tool in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. 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. K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional Robotic dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor [27] The watch is capable of identifying alien species and their home planets,[28] and the sonic lipstick is apparently "useless as a lipstick". [29]
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". " School Reunion " is the third episode in the second series of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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's explanation for the perceived Cybermen invasion. Invasion of the Dinosaurs is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman The following is a list of characters in the BBC science fiction television series Torchwood, including supporting characters and important human villains The Cybermen are a Fictional race of Cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British Science fiction television 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 Archatine 5, of the same race as Torchwood's "Mary" from "Greeks Bearing Gifts". This is a list of monsters and aliens from the television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. This is a list of monsters and aliens from the television series Torchwood. "Greeks Bearing Gifts" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Torchwood. In the same episode, an engineering drawing of a Tardis is seen on the wall of Sarah Jane's attic. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the
Doctor Who monsters the Slitheen appear in stories Revenge of the Slitheen (episodes one and two) and The Lost Boy (episodes nine and ten of Series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures). The Slitheen are a family of massive bipedal extraterrestrials from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who and adversaries This following is an story list for the Science fiction Drama television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. [30] They are out for revenge after the events that took place in "Aliens of London" / "World War Three". " Aliens of London " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on " World War Three " is an episode in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on [31] The Revenge of the Slitheen also has Sarah Jane, in a cellphone conversation with someone from UNIT, say "Give my love to the Brig. " a reference to recurring Doctor Who character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (sometimes A picture of the Brigadier is also seen in Sarah Jane's Attic in The Invasion of the Bane.
Eye of the Gorgon features references to the Sontarans and Maria's quoting the phrase 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry'. Eye of the Gorgon is the third story of the British Science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. The Sontarans are a Fictional extraterrestrial race from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, invented The Graske, featured in the interactive Doctor Who episode, "Attack of the Graske", appeared in the story Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?[32] In the episode Eye of the Gorgon, an advertisement for Henriks department store is seen on the door of the cab in which Chrissie is leaving. " Attack of the Graske " is an interactive " mini-episode " of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Henriks was the shop where Rose Tyler worked and which gets blown up during the events of "Rose". Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who " Rose " is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March Maria's speech near the end of the first part of Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? bears resemblance to the Doctor's speech from "Bad Wolf". Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? is the fifth story of the British Science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures This article is about the Doctor Who episode For the folk tale character see Big Bad Wolf. In the story The Lost Boy reference is made to Sarah Jane Smith's association with U. N. I. T.
Two audio stories were released in November 2007 on CD: The Glittering Storm by Stephen Cole and The Thirteenth Stone by Justin Richards, with both stories read by series star Elisabeth Sladen. Stephen Cole (born 1971 is an author of children's books and Science fiction. Justin Richards is a British writer He has written many spin off novels based on the BBC Science fiction Television series Doctor This is the first time that BBC Audiobooks have commissioned new content for exclusive release on audio. [33].
| Story title(s) | Country of release | Region | Date of release | DVD company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invasion of the Bane | 2 | 29 October 2007 | BBC Children's DVD | |
| Revenge of the Slitheen & Eye of the Gorgon | 2 | 12 January 2009 | BBC Children's DVD |