The Sarah Jane Adventures

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 
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 
 Special (2007) 
The first episode was a 60-minute special, and served as a basic introduction to the series.
 Number Story Title Date Shown01Invasion of the Bane1 January 2007 

 Series 1 (2007) 
The first series featured five stories. Each story was made up of two episodes.
 Number Story Title Dates Shown02Revenge of the Slitheen24 September 200703Eye of the Gorgon1 and 8 October 200704Warriors of Kudlak15 and 22 October 200705Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?29 October and 5 November 200706The Lost Boy12–19 November 2007

 Series 2 (2008) 
The second series featued six stories.  As with the first series, each story was made up of two episodes
 Number Story Title Dates Shown07The Last Sontaran29 September 200808The Day of the Clown6 and 13 October 200809Secrets of the Stars20 and 27 October 200810The Mark of the Berserker3 and 10 November 200811The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith17 and 24 November 200812Enemy of the Bane1 and 8 December 2008

 Comic Relief Special (2009) 
A short, 5-minute special was made for the 2009 Comic Relief appeal.

 Number Story Title Dates Shown13From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love13 March 2009

 Series 3 (2009) 
The third series featured six stories. As with previous series, each story was made up of two episodes.
+NumberStory TitleDates Premiered14Prisoner of the Judoon15 and 16 October 200915The Mad Woman in the Attic22 and 23 October 200916The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith29 and 30 October 200917The Eternity Trap5 and 6 November 200918Mona Lisa's Revenge12 and 13 November 200919The Gift19 and 20 November 2009

 Series 4 (2010) 
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.
+NumberStory TitleDates Premiered20The Nightmare Man11 and 12 October 201021The Vault of Secrets18 and 19 October 201022Death of the Doctor25 and 26 October 201023The Empty Planet1 and 2 November 201024Lost in Time8 and 9 November 201025Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith15 and 16 November 2010

 Series 5 (2011) 
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.
+NumberStory TitleDates Premiered26Sky3 and 4 October 201127The Curse of Clyde Langer10 and 11 October 201128The Man Who Never Was17 and 18 October 2011

Related pages
List of Characters in The Sarah Jane Adventures
Doctor Who

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