Sarah Jane Smith (audio series)

Sarah Jane Smith was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions which explored the life of Sarah Jane Smith in the years after she was left on Earth by the Doctor.
The series took place in the present day, and apparently after the events of the television story A Girl's Best Friend. K9 Mark III did not appear in these stories, as he had broken down and was in a box in Sarah Jane's attic; he was dismantled by Hilda Winters when she found the box. It was also intended to follow on from the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Interference, at the end of which Sarah was joined by the Eighth Doctor's companion Sam Jones. However, due to Elisabeth Sladen objecting to sharing the spotlight with another former companion in what was supposed to be a Sarah Jane-centric series, Sam's part was hastily rewritten into an original, very similar character, Ellie Martin.
The final episode of the series, Dreamland, was released only a few weeks before Sladen returned to Doctor Who as Sarah Jane in School Reunion. This return to Doctor Who led to the commissioning of a new TV spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures, which in turn resulted in the audio series being cancelled after nine stories, with Dreamland unavoidably ending on a cliffhanger.
The revived series and the TV spin-off both make reference to the events of the dramas, with School Reunion displaying that K9 had been non-functional for some time and The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith referring to Aunt Lavinia leaving Sarah the house.
In January 2020, Big Finish released a special box set collecting all nine stories from the series.
== Stories ==
=== Series one ===
# 	Title 	Author 	Featuring 	Released
1.1	Comeback 	Terrance Dicks 	Sarah Jane, Josh, Natalie	31 July 2002
1.2	The Tao Connection 	Barry Letts 	Sarah Jane, Josh, Natalie	8 August 2002
1.3	Test of Nerve 	David Bishop 	Sarah Jane, Josh, Natalie	5 September 2002
1.4	Ghost Town 	Rupert Laight 	Sarah Jane, Josh 	10 October 2002
1.5	Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre	Peter Anghelides	Sarah Jane, Josh, Natalie	7 November 2002
=== Series two ===
# 	Title 	Author 	Featuring 	Released
2.1	Buried Secrets 	David Bishop	Sarah Jane, Josh, Natalie, Will	1 February 2006
2.2	Snow Blind 	David Bishop	Sarah Jane, Josh, Will 	1 February 2006
2.3	Fatal Consequences	David Bishop	Sarah Jane, Josh, Will 	1 March 2006
2.4	Dreamland 	David Bishop	Sarah Jane, Josh, Natalie 	1 March 2006
== Cast ==
* Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
* Josh Townsend - Jeremy James
* Natalie Redfern - Sadie Miller
* Will Sullivan - Tom Chadbon
== Notes ==
* The character of Ellie was originally intended to be the Eighth Doctor's former companion Sam Jones who had remained behind with Sarah Jane after the novel Interference - Book Two.
* Besides Sarah Jane herself, Hilda Winters is the only other character from the classic series to appear in Sarah Jane Smith.
* Sarah Jane and Josh are the only characters to appear in all nine audio dramas in the series.
== Cover gallery ==
Comeback cover.jpg|Comeback
The Tao Connection cover.jpg|The Tao Connection
Test of Nerve cover.jpg|Test of Nerve
Ghost Town cover.jpg|Ghost Town
Mirror Signal Manoeuvre cover.jpg|Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre
Buried Secrets cover.jpg|Buried Secrets
Snow Blind cover.jpg|Snow Blind
Fatal Consequences cover.jpg|Fatal Consequences
Dreamland cover.jpg|Dreamland
== External links ==
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