109-444: " School Reunion " is the third episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It first aired on BBC One on 29 April 2006. The episode's narrative takes place in England some time after the events of the 2005 episode " The Christmas Invasion ", and involves the Tenth Doctor ( David Tennant ) reuniting with his former travelling companion Sarah Jane Smith ( Elisabeth Sladen ), whom
218-513: A Children in Need special and an interactive episode , as well as thirteen minisodes titled Tardisodes . It is the second series of the revival of the show, and the twenty-eighth season overall. It is the first series to feature David Tennant as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor , an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS , which appears to be a British police box on
327-599: 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. The character of Sarah Jane Smith, played by Sladen, appeared in Doctor Who from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee as
436-437: A World Cup match between Portugal and Germany by over a million viewers. The series high was " Tooth and Claw " with 9.24 million viewers, while the series low was " The Satan Pit " with 6.08 million viewers. The series finale, "Doomsday", garnered the highest Appreciation Index (AI) rating of 89, while the tenth episode in the series, "Love & Monsters", garnered the lowest AI rating, at 76, seven units lower than
545-402: A "gut-wrenching farewell" for Rose. The finale was characterised by IGN ' s Ahsan Haque as "an intense epic" still being "led by character-driven drama", and by Radio Times ' s Mark Braxton as a story where the strength of the show's two biggest foes combined is contrasted with "a poignant story about loss". In addition, IGN ' s Haque, while finding "the denouement to be
654-559: A Christmas special, the success of "The Christmas Invasion" led to the Christmas special becoming an annual tradition. Russell T Davies returned as head writer of the series. Phil Collinson produced all episodes, with Julie Gardner serving as executive producer. Music for the series was composed by Murray Gold . A majority of filming took place in Cardiff, Wales . The series was acclaimed by critics and won multiple awards, including five at
763-401: A MP3 audio track was available to download of the comics. An online version of The Silver Bullet , presented, in full, a comic written and drawn by Clyde and briefly seen in, the episode The Curse of Clyde Langer . The Sarah Jane Adventures merchandising revived the concept of the novelisation, which had been part of the Doctor Who franchise from the 1970s to the 1990s (principally under
872-452: A cameo in the special and an appearance in the last episode of the first series. This was due to the concurrent development of the independently produced children's series, K9 , which features a remodelled version of K9 with only indirect nods to Doctor Who . In 2009, K9 appeared with The Sarah Jane Adventures cast in a sketch for Comic Relief , and K9 appeared in six episodes of the third series, followed by two more appearances in
981-469: A character who appeals across the generations. What SJA gets absolutely right is that Sarah Jane remains immediately recognisable as this tenacious reporter of old, but with an added maternal touch that enchants its target audience. Its absence in the schedules is going to be keenly felt." — David Brown of Radio Times on the last series. At Metacritic , the first series received a generally favourable score of 66 out of 100 based on five critics. As
1090-520: A day. Block six, the final block, contained only one episode, "Love & Monsters", which was directed by Zeff. Production blocks were arranged as follows: Murray Gold returned to compose the music for the second series. Parts of the soundtrack were performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and orchestrated by Ben Foster , unlike in the first series, which was purely reliant on orchestral samples. Selected pieces of score from
1199-416: A former companion of the Doctor. She meets the Doctor, Rose, and Mickey , with an immediate rivalry sparking between the two women. Sarah Jane shows them the robot dog K9 in the boot of her car. K9 identifies the chip oil as Krillitane oil. Rose, previously unaware that the Doctor even had past companions, confronts him on why he leaves his old companions behind and never mentions them. The following day,
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#17328555166981308-517: A new main character named Sky, played by Sinead Michael. The episode that introduced Sky also featured a return appearance by the Shopkeeper, but the fact that the second half of the series was never produced left his story arc, as well as other ongoing plot points, unresolved. A special edition of Doctor Who Magazine , The Sarah Jane Companion Volume 3 , published in August 2012, detailed the plotlines of
1417-512: A regular following "Doomsday". She would return as a regular in the 2008 series , and in a cameo in " The End of Time ". She later explained that her decision was due to the unexpected success of the revival. Piper said that she "didn't like the responsibility of being a role model". Camille Coduri continued to guest in the series as recurring character Jackie Tyler . Shaun Dingwall returned for several episodes as Pete Tyler and Penelope Wilton reprised her role as Harriet Jones for
1526-431: A request, thinking her role would not be important, she changed her mind when she realised she would be the focal point of the adventure. After production of the episode was finished, Sladen was approached about a full spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures , which was formally announced on 14 September 2006. The episode went through several changes in production: working titles included "Old Friends" and "Black Ops",
1635-516: A second series and a Christmas special on 30 March 2005. The series was the first series of Doctor Who to be preceded by a Christmas special. The success of the Christmas special led to it becoming an annual tradition . Production on the series began on 1 August 2005 and concluding on 31 March 2006. Phil Collinson produced all episodes, with Julie Gardner acting as executive producer. Russell T Davies continued to act as head writer and executive producer , contributing several episodes of
1744-405: A second series, comprising six two-part stories, began airing on 29 September 2008. A third series, once again comprising six two-part stories to make a total of twelve episodes, with Russell T Davies serving as executive producer, aired from 15 October 2009 to 20 November 2009. The fourth series was aired from 11 October 2010. An episode of another spin-off series, Sarah Jane's Alien Files ,
1853-798: A spin-off series titled The Sarah Jane Adventures . John Leeson also featured in this episode as the voice of K9 . Other guest stars included Adam Garcia and Daniel Evans in "The Christmas Invasion", Anna Hope and Adjoa Andoh in " New Earth ", Anthony Head in "School Reunion", Roger Lloyd-Pack in " Rise of the Cybermen " / " The Age of Steel ", Rory Jennings , Margaret John , and Maureen Lipman in " The Idiot's Lantern ", Claire Rushbrook in " The Impossible Planet " / " The Satan Pit ", Nina Sosanya in " Fear Her ", and Raji James and Barbara Windsor in " Army of Ghosts " / " Doomsday ". Freema Agyeman , who appeared briefly in "Doomsday", would later return to co-star as Martha Jones in
1962-478: A tribute to Elisabeth Sladen . During this story, it was implied that Sarah Jane had been killed while preventing an alien invasion. As such, a memorial service was held, attended by Luke, Clyde, Rani, Sky and Maria, accompanied by their friends and families (among them several of the Doctor's former companions). Apart from an interruption from, and final confrontation with, the Trickster, the memorial went smoothly, and
2071-484: A tribute to Elisabeth Sladen in the form of a video montage of scenes from the series and a couple of episodes of Doctor Who and the ending text "And the story goes on... forever." The script of the unfilmed Sarah Jane Adventures episode "The Thirteenth Floor" was rewritten and broadcast as an episode of Wizards vs Aliens . On 19 April 2020 a special 13-minute webcast mini episode entitled Farewell, Sarah Jane aired on Doctor Who 's social media channels as
2180-442: A whole new generation, Davies' prime objective for these Cybermen was to erase the word "silver" and to instead choose to stress the terms "metal" and "steel", emphasising the loss of their humanity as a source of their monstrosity. The mythology of Torchwood is built across the series, though it did not feature in any of the early outlines or drafts for series 2 until its reveal in the finale even though it had first appeared in
2289-554: A younger audience than Doctor Who . It focuses on the adventures of Sarah Jane Smith , an investigative journalist who, as a young woman, had numerous adventures across time and space with the Doctor . Following Sladen's death in 2011, the BBC confirmed that the show would not return for a sixth series. The series debuted on BBC One with a 60-minute special, " Invasion of the Bane ", on 1 January 2007, and broadcast until Sladen's death in 2011. It
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#17328555166982398-463: Is 14-year-old Clyde Langer, played by Daniel Anthony , who is introduced in the first episode of the full series. Actress Porsha Lawrence Mavour briefly played Maria's friend, Kelsey Hooper , in the 2007 New Year's Day special Invasion of the Bane which was created before the start of the series. Maria and her family are written out of the series in the first story of the second series, The Last Sontaran , but Maria and her father return briefly in
2507-574: Is finally visited by the Doctor and Rose in " Army of Ghosts " / " Doomsday ", at which point it is situated within London 's Canary Wharf and accidentally allows the invasion of the Cybermen and, subsequently, the Daleks . The series was directed by James Hawes , Euros Lyn , James Strong , Dan Zeff , and Graeme Harper . Harper had previously worked on the show's original run, which included directing The Caves of Androzani (1984) and Revelation of
2616-447: Is frequently voted the most popular Doctor Who companion by both Doctor Who fans and members of the general public. That a Sarah Jane series was being developed was first confirmed in the BBC's in-house newsletter, Ariel , in early August 2006. These early rumours were associated with the working title Sarah Jane Investigates . K9's only appearances in the show's first two series were
2725-660: Is the only series broadcast on American television as of Summer 2010, though later series have continued to be released on DVD in America without a prior television broadcast. In Australia, The Sarah Jane Adventures started on 31 October 2008 on Nickelodeon Australia . In Brazil, the show started airing on 19 November 2012 on TV Cultura , right after their broadcast of Doctor Who series 6 ended. It also screens in New Zealand on Nickelodeon New Zealand, and in Belgium on Ketnet . In 2013
2834-415: Is undercover as a science teacher in the school, and Rose is working undercover in the school's cafeteria. The Doctor discovers the oil in the chips has caused the students' increase in performance. Rose observes that the chip oil has an adverse effect on the other kitchen staff, who must use hazmat suits to handle it. Mr Finch's successes arouse the attention of investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith ,
2943-466: The Scooby-Doo storyline, then the strong nostalgic vibes present in this episode should be enough to carry this episode into a must-see category", and K9 and Sarah Jane alone made the episode worth watching for fans of the classic series. The episode was subsequently nominated for the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form , an award that was won by the following episode " The Girl in
3052-486: The Adventurer The Sarah Jane Adventures cards saw the series expanded once more by the inclusion of this popular spin-off series which frequently crossed-over to the parent series. The Adventurer series consisted of 10 individual Common cards referenced by the prefix SJA, cards also showed their individual series number 01-10 Ten audiobooks have been released on CD, all but the last two read by
3161-553: The BAFTA Cymru Awards . Two mini-episodes were also recorded: " Doctor Who : Children in Need" was produced for the 2005 Children in Need appeal, and interactive episode "Attack of the Graske" was recorded for digital television following the broadcast of "The Christmas Invasion". Thirteen Tardisodes , ranging from lengths of 40–55 seconds, were produced to serve as prequels to each episode. All episodes were filmed as part of
3270-602: The Doctor Who Magazine , focused on the Sarah Jane Adventures, as well as regular mentions in the standard editions of Doctor Who Magazine . Sarah Jane's Alien Files is a BBC series based on The Sarah Jane Adventures . It features the characters Sarah Jane Smith , Luke Smith , Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra entering data on aliens they have encountered during their adventures into Mr Smith , Sarah Jane's extraterrestrial computer, to benefit humanity in
3379-522: The Fourth Doctor left behind in the 1976 serial The Hand of Fear . In the episode, the alien race the Krillitanes, disguising themselves as school faculty, use the minds of children to solve a theory of everything that would allow them to control time and space. The use of the Doctor's previous companions, in particular Sarah Jane and K9 ( John Leeson ), was first proposed in 2003 to the BBC. After
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3488-572: The Tardisodes to mobile telephones were less popular than expected: around 40,000 downloads, averaging 3,000 per episode. Downloads to personal computers were much more common, with 2.6 million downloads. Iain Tweedale, new media editor for BBC Wales, suggested two reasons for the low number of telephone downloads: although the BBC provided the episodes free, most users had to pay a fee to their mobile network, and many telephones were not compatible with
3597-585: The Third Doctor and 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 K9 ; a full series was never commissioned. Sarah Jane and K9 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 " / " Journey's End " (2008) and " The End of Time " (2010). Sarah Jane
3706-481: The first series , second series, and " The Runaway Bride ", as composed by Murray Gold, were released on 4 December 2006 by Silva Screen Records. The cues from the first series were re-recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales , the original music having been created using orchestral samples. Gold's arrangement of the main theme featured samples from the 1963 original with further elements added: an orchestral sound of low horns, strings and percussion and part of
3815-510: The following series . Andoh returned for Series 3 but was recast as Martha's mother. Pauline Collins , who appeared in " Tooth and Claw " as Queen Victoria , had previously appeared in The Faceless Ones (1967) as Samantha Briggs. Nicholas Hoult was considered for the role that went to Jennings. Following the success of the opening episode of the first series , the BBC announced that Doctor Who had been recommissioned for both
3924-547: The 2005 episode " Bad Wolf ". In " The Christmas Invasion ", it is revealed to be a secret organisation which possesses alien technology, and its establishment is shown in " Tooth and Claw ", whose late addition to the series allowed Davies to fix it in British history by associating it with Queen Victoria . References then gradually started appearing in the script of every episode: blocked websites, mentions of buildings and archives owned by Torchwood and so on. Contemporary Torchwood
4033-462: The Bane " on 13 January 2008, airing the rest of the series back-to-back on Sundays thereafter. The South African channel SABC 2 started airing the series beginning on 9 February 2008. The Hong Kong channel ATV World , which has also aired Doctor Who and Torchwood , aired this series starting 17 February 2008. The first series began airing on Sci Fi in the USA beginning on 11 April 2008, but this
4142-581: The Bane" simply as the "first episode". 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 series started in September 2008 using
4251-406: The Bane" was not a pilot, although the story does contains 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
4360-454: The Christmas special. Noel Clarke 's character Mickey Smith , a recurring guest character during the first series, featured in several episodes as a companion of the Doctor. Elisabeth Sladen featured in the episode " School Reunion ", returning to the character of Sarah Jane Smith , companion of the Third and Fourth Doctors. Following this episode, Sladen was asked to reprise her role in
4469-471: The Dalek ray-gun and TARDIS materialisation sound effects. Included on the album are two versions of the theme: the 44-second opening version, as arranged by Gold, and a longer arrangement that includes the "middle eight" (a name given to one of the sections of the melody), after Gold omitted it from both the opening and closing credits. Gold has said that his interpretation was driven by the title visual sequence he
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4578-693: The Daleks (1985) in the show's original run. Recording for the Christmas special began on 23 July 2005. The Clearwell Caves were used twice: the interior of the Sycorax ship, and the Beast's Pit in " The Satan Pit ". Production blocks were scheduled around the directors. The majority of filming took place in Wales, particularly in Cardiff . Parts of "New Earth" were shot at the Wales Millennium Centre , which
4687-481: The Doctor (2010). The latter episode also guest stars Katy Manning as Jo Jones (née Grant) , reprising the role she played alongside the Third Doctor ( Jon Pertwee ) between 1971 and 1973. The episode Sky was originally to have featured Smith, but scheduling prevented his appearance. Nicholas Courtney appears as Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in Enemy of the Bane (2008), his final appearance as
4796-471: The Doctor in a morally ambiguous situation". Though finding the episode "dramatic" and "soulful", they both concluded that, for a Doctor Who story, humans are mere supporting characters, with a narrative that Wilkins found "requires the Doctor to be the hero". However, they both still found the finale enjoyable: Wilkins calling it "supremely entertaining television", and Ruediger stating "it makes no attempts to play by any rules other than its own" and provides
4905-406: The Doctor, and is given a new K9 as a parting gift. The concept of Sarah Jane and K9 returning to Doctor Who was an idea of Russell T Davies from pitching the show in 2003. Such a use would show what would happen after a companion left the Doctor, without dwelling too much on the classic series. It was Davies' full intention for Sarah Jane to be used for this, and while Sladen originally declined
5014-521: The Fireplace ". Doctor Who (series 2) The second series of British science fiction programme Doctor Who began on 25 December 2005 with the Christmas special " The Christmas Invasion ". A regular series of thirteen episodes was broadcast weekly in 2006, starting with " New Earth " on 15 April and concluding with " Doomsday " on 8 July. In addition, two short special episodes were produced;
5123-462: The Region 2 release. The entire series was subsequently released in a boxset on 20 November 2006 in Region 2. All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated: "The Christmas Invasion" was adapted into a novel by Jenny Colgan . The novel was subsequently produced as an audio book, narrated by Camille Coduri . The second series of Doctor Who was watched by an average of 7.5 million viewers, which
5232-412: The associated episodes, the real website saw the release of mini-episodes of 2-3 mins, called Tardisodes, as prologues for every episode, along with the rare banner using in-universe references to ask viewers to check out the current episode. The major promoter for the series, aside from the BBC, was Radio Times: they released their first programme-specific Christmas double issue in 16 years, instead of
5341-573: The broadcasts. In the United States , the second series aired on The Sci Fi Channel (now known as SyFy). In Canada, the series aired through the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . The corporation won a Constellation Award for their assistance and contributions to the series. In France, the series aired on France 4 . The press launch for the series began on 27 March at the Wales Millennium Centre . A special trailer for
5450-500: The cafe scene delayed due to drunk and disorderly conduct from members of the public. The episode was watched by 8.3 million viewers, the twelfth most-watched programme of the week, with an Appreciation Index score of 85%. Jacob Clifton of Television Without Pity gave the episode an A+ rating. Ahsan Haque of IGN gave the episode an 8.7 out of 10 ("Great") and commented that the episode had "fantastic character moments" and "brilliant CGI effects", and that "if you're willing to accept
5559-470: The character prior to his death in 2011. Various newsreader characters who appear across Davies' tenure as Doctor Who showrunner also appear in The Sarah Jane Adventures , namely Lachele Carl and Trinity Wells , Jason Mohammad and Anthony Debaeck. Numerous others have been referenced in dialogue. Several former companions of the Doctor are referenced in the story Death of the Doctor , and
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#17328555166985668-476: The children to flee. The Doctor leads the Krillitanes to the kitchen. Upon their arrival, K9 detonates the chip oil container, saturating the Krillitanes and blowing them up along with K9. Sarah Jane declines a second chance of travelling in the TARDIS , having finally decided to move on with her life. Mickey decides to join the Doctor. Sarah Jane, now getting on better than at their first meeting, asks Rose to stay with
5777-518: The clear emotional highlight", also found the dialogue "funny and witty" and adding to "the memorability of the finale". Together with "the great writing and beautiful acting", he called it more entertaining than entire seasons of many shows and "sci-fi television at its finest". Similarly, Radio Times ' s Braxton praised the show for finding "ways to think big" since its revival while also sometimes delivering on this scale "with such devastating intimacy". Screen Rant ' s Edward Cleary ranked
5886-447: The editorship of author and former Who script editor Terrance Dicks). The first series and most of the second were adapted in this way, but later series saw only a few releases and a transition from print to e-books. In September 2010, Pearson Education published four simplified novelisations based on stories from the third series: Although there has never been a Sarah Jane Adventures magazine there have been three special editions of
5995-501: The episode " Love & Monsters ", the Abzorbaloff, was designed by the winner of a Blue Peter contest. " The Runaway Bride ", which was supposed to be the midway point of the original line-up, was moved early on to be the Christmas special for the next series, and was replaced by " Tooth and Claw ", which had its roots in a story about "Queen Victoria and a werewolf", something Davies had been contemplating since 2004. The order of
6104-404: The episode also includes brief on-screen flashbacks showing the Third , Fourth and Tenth Doctors. Companion Harry Sullivan is referenced separately in dialogue on several occasions and a photograph of the character is visible in one episode. In an issue of Doctor Who Magazine , Sophie Aldred was read an email from Russell T. Davies, in which he declared his plans to bring Ace into a story had
6213-446: The episode was produced, Elisabeth Sladen was approached by the BBC to star in a spin-off , The Sarah Jane Adventures , which also included K9 in several stories. The episode was positively reviewed, with an Appreciation Index of 85 ("Excellent"). Mr Finch, the headmaster of Deffry Vale School, has been changing the school to improve the students' performance; his changes include free lunches with special chips . The Tenth Doctor
6322-571: The event that Sarah Jane is no longer capable of defending the Earth against alien threats. Each episode is a clip show summarising the events of episodes in which the featured aliens appeared. The only new footage is the framing and narration, shot entirely on the series' standing attic set. Occasionally, brief clips from Doctor Who are included for context, such as in Episode 6 when the Judoon are compared to
6431-458: The first few episodes moved around a bit while being written, and were only finalised after the early scripts were partially done, in order to find the best way to develop Tennant's Doctor, especially for those viewers confused by the regeneration. The series is primarily set on Earth (though not as much as the first series was) due to the cost involved in creating another planet, Davies stated; only two stories were set on another planet. However,
6540-412: The first part intense with "a great cliffhanger", with Wilkins additionally stating it was not afraid of dealing with "some large thematic questions". However, Ruediger characterised the second part as being "full of fanboy silliness", and Wilkins criticised it for how fast the situation changes with the arrival of the foes, a direct results of human interference, stating the show seems "incapable of placing
6649-896: 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 featured Samantha Bond as the scheming villain Mrs Wormwood and Jamie Davis as her PR agent Davey . The first series included among its guest cast Jane Asher as Sarah Jane's childhood friend Andrea Yates , Floella Benjamin as Professor Rivers , who returned in Series 2, Series 3 and Series 5, and Phyllida Law as Bea Nelson-Stanley . The second series guest starred Bradley Walsh as an evil alien clown in
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#17328555166986758-453: The first three stories featuring Clyde Langer ( Daniel Anthony ) as well as Gita Chandra ( Mina Anwar ), Rani's mother. On 28 March 2023, Big Finish Productions additionally announced a sequel boxset set to release in January 2024 titled The Revenge of Wormwood with Mrs Wormwood ( Samantha Bond ) to reprise her role as the villain from the television series. The second boxset will also feature
6867-537: The first, not having to present every single detail to the BBC: discussions and plot changes happened as much in coffeehouses and on phone as it did in writing, and therefore the first outline had much more detail than the first series, allowing for a more connected series. Just like the first series, the second series saw the return of another classic enemy, the Cybermen . Presented with the opportunity to re-introduce Cybermen to
6976-426: The fourth . Delgado praised "Doomsday" as "heart wrenching" and "tragic". Digital Spy ' s Morgan Jeffery and Rebecca Cook ranked the series fourth, praising Tennant's performance; they believed the series brought new levels of success by increasing the show's popularity and securing its future. Den of Geek ' s Andrew Blair placed the series nineteenth overall, the lowest of Tennant's run, and believed it
7085-553: The fourth series. He did not appear at all in Series 5. Production on the full series began in April 2007. 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. For
7194-548: The group prepare to leave 13 Bannerman Road once more. Rani, however, stays behind, and, in her final conversation with Mr. Smith, expresses her hopes that Sarah Jane is travelling with the Doctor (who was absent, since her death would have broken both his (or her) hearts, according to Jo Grant) once again. It was written by Russell T Davies. The story acted as an epilogue to the series narrated by Jacob Dudman and featured Tommy Knight , Daniel Anthony , Anjli Mohindra , Katy Manning , Mina Anwar all in their respective roles from
7303-431: The group returns to the school to investigate further. The Doctor confronts Mr Finch, who confirms that he and other staff members are Krillitanes—a composite species that takes desirable attributes of the species they conquer. He attempts to subvert the Doctor, without success. Mickey and K9 remain in Sarah Jane's car for surveillance. With the Doctor's help, Sarah Jane and Rose discover that the school computers—bolstered by
7412-430: The latter being set in an army base. Davies requested that Whithouse set it in a school instead, mainly for simplicity, but also for a desire for the Doctor to masquerade as a school teacher. Additionally, the Krillitanes were to be named "Krillians" until the BBC found the name was trademarked, and Finch's forename was originally Hector, until the BBC found a real teacher by the same name, and renamed him Lucas. A scene that
7521-486: The occasional interview in tabloids and newspapers such as The Independent, The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Sunday Herald and so on; discussions about the series, sometimes with the crew, on Radio 1, Virgin Radio, Radio 4, and Radio Wales. The BBC promoted the series using their various holdings: CBBC used the theme with the broadcast of their programme, fictional websites, such as those of Mickey and UNIT, were updated before
7630-408: The outside. The Doctor continues to travel with his companion Rose Tyler ( Billie Piper ), with whom he has grown increasingly attached. They also briefly travel with Rose's boyfriend Mickey Smith ( Noel Clarke ), and Rose's mother Jackie ( Camille Coduri ). The series is connected by a loose story arc consisting of the recurring word "Torchwood". This is also the first series to be preceded by
7739-639: 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." Sue Nott was the executive producer of the second series for CBBC . In December 2007, the BBC released a statement that Julie Gardner would be replaced by Piers Wenger as executive producer for Doctor Who in January 2009, but that she would continue to executive-produce Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures through 2008. The fourth series in 2010
7848-519: The previous series. A Children in Need special and an interactive episode, entitled " Attack of the Graske ", were both released alongside the series. A series of thirteen Tardisode s were also produced. These mini-episodes (approximately 60 seconds in length) served as prequels to each forthcoming episode, and were available for download to mobile phones and viewable at the official Doctor Who website. The Tardisodes were recorded intermittently from 31 January to 8 April 2006. Downloads of
7957-420: The programme. Due to the illness of Elisabeth Sladen, and her death on 19 April 2011, filming for the second half of the fifth series, which was due to air in the autumn of 2011, was postponed and later cancelled. Filming for three stories of the fifth series had been finished, and thus post-production on these stories was completed. The final series was aired from 3 to 18 October 2011 on CBBC and ended with
8066-520: The range due to lack of customer interest. The Adventurer The Sarah Jane Adventures series of Doctor Who: Battles in Time trading cards was a bonus set of 10 limited edition, additional cards (plus one cover card) released exclusively with Issue 62 and packaged in a clear plastic wrap. With the Doctor Who: Battles in Time (magazine) being extended beyond its original number of proposed issues,
8175-468: The return of Luke Smith ( Tommy Knight ). The Sarah Jane Adventures has been generally well received by critics and the viewing public. At the end of the first series, Abi Grant of 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." Daniel Martin of The Guardian described
8284-574: The right place." Reviews for the final series were sympathetic for the series' end and the unavoidably incomplete nature of the series (following the death of Elisabeth Sladen) and its story arcs. Stephen Kelly from The Guardian said that it was "a fitting tribute to Elisabeth Sladen" and has occupied a "unique place in the Whoniverse ". BBC Worldwide's children's channel in Canada, BBC Kids , began broadcasting The Sarah Jane Adventures with " Invasion of
8393-529: The same format, with six stories instead of five, ending the series in December. The third series started 15 October 2009, twice weekly (Thursdays and Fridays) on BBC One from 15 October to 20 November. The fourth series aired from 11 October 2010. The first of each story pair was accompanied by an episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files , a set of 25-minute episodes in which a member of the cast updates Mr. Smith's database about certain aliens. It accompanied series 4 of
8502-637: The second part of The Mark of the Berserker . 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). This happened as the character Alan Jackson ( Joseph Millson ) left the series, along with Chrissie ( Juliet Cowan ) and Maria Jackson ( Yasmin Paige ). Joseph Millson appears throughout
8611-659: The second series' production cycle. Series 2 was Tennant's first in the role of the Doctor ; his casting was announced on 16 April 2005. Following his brief appearance in the closing moments of " The Parting of the Ways " he was next seen in the Children in Need special , broadcast on 18 November 2005. " The Christmas Invasion ", broadcast one month later, marked his first episode. In 2005, Tennant had starred in Casanova , written by Russell T Davies and produced by Julie Gardner , when he
8720-400: The second-lowest AI rating. The US release of the series averaged a household rating of 1.05 million viewers. Doctor Who ' s second series received positive reviews from critics. Series 2 holds a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 9/10, based on eight critic reviews. Many considered the finale "Doomsday" one of the best episodes and "Fear Her" one of
8829-459: The series and also included Sophie Aldred , who portrayed Ace, a companion to the Seventh Doctor . On 19 July 2022, it was announced that Big Finish Productions would produce an audio spin-off of The Sarah Jane Adventures set to release in April 2023, which features Rani Chandra ( Anjli Mohindra ) as the protagonist. The audio spin-off is set 15 years after the events of the series with
8938-501: The series lead, Elisabeth Sladen, who read them in the first person in character as Sarah Jane. The final two books, released in November 2011 after Sladen's death, were read by Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra, respectively, though not as their characters. The first two were the first time that BBC Audiobooks had commissioned new content for exclusive release on audio. A 20-minute mini-episode in two parts called "The Monster Hunt" written by Trevor Baxendale and read by Anjli Mohindra
9047-621: The series progressed reviews became slightly more positive with DVD Talk reviewer David Cornelius saying that the "second series is even better than the first." However Eric Profancik from DVD Verdict stated that the second series suffered from "poor scripts and horrible acting", criticising it for having "simple plots, too many conveniences and having corny humour." Series three is described by Guy Clapperton of review site ScreenJabber.com as being slightly braver than its predecessors, while Bullz-eye.com described it as "a sweet, fun little show, with some neat ideas" with "its heart very much in
9156-401: The series sixth of thirteen, and felt the chemistry between Tennant and Piper—one of Doctor Who ' s best duos—overshadowed any problems; he described "The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit" as one of the "best two-parters ever". In 2021, Comic Book Resources ' s Gabriela Delgado noted the series was the second-highest rated on IMDb of Doctor Who ' s modern run, behind only
9265-478: The series was produced by Red Bee Media . The trailer included both clips from the series and special footage shot for it. Various episodes received screening prior to their official release, including a Glasgow -based screening for "Tooth and Claw" and a Cardiff -based one for "The Christmas Invasion". The promotion of the second series also took other forms: interviews with cast and crew on such prestigious channels like BBC1 and ITV1; rumours and reports and
9374-464: The series. New writers for the show included Toby Whithouse , Tom MacRae , Matt Jones , and Matthew Graham . Returning writers Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat also contributed episodes to the series. Stephen Fry was due to write the eleventh episode, but was forced to withdraw as he could not complete the script in time. Davies consequently hired Graham, who he had been trying to hire for series three, to write " Fear Her ". The villain of
9483-407: The show as looking very promising and more convincing than another Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood . Review website DVD Talk called the series "wonderful", "thoughtful" and "imaginative children's entertainment" that was highly recommended. The series also received praise for its willingness to tackle "darker themes [such as] Alzheimer's , homelessness and loss." "It's not often that you get
9592-467: The show continued, and she was alluded to at the end of The Death of the Doctor when the fates of Harry Sullivan, Ian Chesterton , Barbara Wright , Ben Jackson , Polly , Tegan Jovanka , and Ace are revealed. 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 . "Invasion of
9701-702: The show started airing on JeemTV in Arabic. Various seasons of the series has also been broadcast multiple times on the Swedish children's Channel 'Barnkanalen' in Swedish. Character Options have been awarded a licence to produce The Sarah Jane Adventure play sets, action figures , and a 'Sonic Lipstick' toy. 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
9810-705: The story The Day of the Clown and Russ Abbot as a sinister astrologer in Secrets of the Stars . Also appearing in the second series were Gary Beadle and Jocelyn Jee Esien , who portrayed Clyde's parents Paul and Carla in The Mark of the Berserker ; Esien reprised her role briefly in Series 4 and more prominently in series 5. Samantha Bond returned as Wormwood in Enemy of the Bane . The original executive producers for The Sarah Jane Adventures were Phil Collinson , Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner . Susie Liggat produced
9919-417: The students' enhanced intelligence—are part of a Krillitane effort to solve the "Skasis Paradigm", a theory of everything . Mr Finch propositions the Doctor a second time, but the Doctor again refuses, and they run from Mr Finch. After Kenny (a student who had not eaten the chips) alerts Mickey to the students' plight, Mickey crashes Sarah Jane's car through the school's doors and unplugs the computers, allowing
10028-432: The team had learnt from the first series about the specific challenges faced by a sci-fi series; instead of last-minute changes to reduce CGI, plots were written in mind to use shots needing less CGI: gardens and concrete plazas, such as those employed in the then-recently released Battlestar Galactica show, which allowed an equitable budgetary distribution between stories. The second series came about quite differently from
10137-609: The tenth anniversary of the show, an event was held 29 July 2017 at Cardiff University Students' Union, with proceeds going to Ty Hafan Hospice for Children . A total of £6643.35 was raised by the sale of tickets to the event and merchandise. Members of the cast and crew that took part in the event were Tommy Knight , Anjli Mohindra , Yasmin Paige , Sinead Michael, Mina Anwar , Katy Manning , Paul Marc Davis , Phil Ford , Gary Russell , Joe Lidster , Sam Watts, Richard Wisker , Cheryl Rowlands, Scott Handcock , Brian Miller , John Leeson , Mat Irvine and Chris Johnson . The event
10246-657: The three unfilmed stories. As well as Sarah Jane, some characters from the past or current run of Doctor Who appear in The Sarah Jane Adventures . K9 , voiced by John Leeson , guest stars in the New Year's special as well as the series 1 finale , appears regularly in the third series, and makes two further appearances in series 4. The Doctor appears twice in the series, with David Tennant featuring in The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (2009), and his successor Matt Smith in Death of
10355-510: The usual generic issue, for the release of The Christmas Invasion , a special section called "Doctor Who Watch", and covers and interviews with cast and crew throughout the run of the series. The second series of Doctor Who was first released on DVD in five volumes, with the first volume being released in Region 2 on 1 May 2006 and the final volume on 25 September 2006. The five volumes were also released in Region 4, invariably two months after
10464-610: The worst, with one reviewer calling the series full of intense highs and lows for both the characters and the plot. Critics praised the Tennant and Piper's performance and romantic tension. The series' CGI, the Torchwood reveal, and use of cliffhangers also received praise, as did Murray Gold's soundtrack, the series' dynamic nature, and the varying settings. Reviewing the two-part finale, Slant Magazine ' s Ross Ruediger and The A.V. Club ' s Alasdair Wilkins both found
10573-399: Was a "comedown" in quality from its predecessor. The Sarah Jane Adventures The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television programme that was 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 is aimed at
10682-466: Was cut was of Milo's brain being "shorted out" by the Doctor's rapid-fire questions causing him to collapse at the beginning of the episode, which was later alluded to in the episode. The episode, originally in the second production block, was produced in the first block along with " The Christmas Invasion " and " New Earth ". Two high schools in Wales were used for filming: Fitzalan High School in Leckwith
10791-408: Was executive produced by Russell T Davies and Nikki Wilson, and the producers were Brian Minchin and frequent writer Phil Ford. During this series, Cyril Nri was introduced as a new recurring character called The Shopkeeper. The production team remained in place for the completed episodes of Series 5, which were shot concurrently with Series 4. The show's abbreviated fifth and final series introduced
10900-402: Was given to work around. Often erroneously cited as being the same as the end credits version, this second version is in fact a new arrangement and recording. The second series premiered on 15 April 2006 with " New Earth ", and concluded after thirteen episodes on 8 July 2006 with " Doomsday ". Doctor Who Confidential also aired alongside each episode of the series, continuing on from
11009-649: Was made especially for the Monster Hunt game on the Sarah Jane Adventures website. Two more comics were released "Return of the Krulius" and "Defending Bannerman Road". All comics were available as a pdf and a free mp3 download on the official Sarah Jane Adventures website. Five The Sarah Jane Adventures comics were released on the official Sarah Jane Adventures website. Four of them were comic adventures with audio narration by Anjli Mohindra . A pdf document and
11118-612: Was nominated for a British Academy Children's Award in 2008 in the Drama category, and for a BAFTA Cymru in 2009 in the Children's Drama category. The programme won a Royal Television Society 2010 award for Best Children's Drama. As of 2024, all of the series are on BBC iPlayer and also Max (streaming service) in the US. A full series of ten 25-minute episodes began on 24 September 2007. The first series consisted of five two-part stories, and
11227-472: Was offered an audition as the Doctor, which surprised him as it had not yet been publicly announced that Christopher Eccleston would not be returning to the role. He was offered the role at Davies's home, and was initially concerned that if the series was not recommissioned he would become known as "the person who played the Doctor for 35 seconds". Billie Piper continued her role as companion Rose Tyler , for her second and final series. Piper departed as
11336-484: Was recorded and was released onto DVD and Blu-ray and could be bought exclusively through the event's website. 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 , west 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
11445-464: Was shown immediately after each of the first episodes of the stories. Filming for three of six two-part serials planned for the fifth series was completed prior to Elisabeth Sladen 's death on 19 April 2011. The BBC stated that no further episodes would be filmed. The fifth series was broadcast starting 3 October 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays. It finished just two weeks later on 18 October 2011. In 2006, Children's BBC expressed an interest in producing
11554-418: Was slightly down from the previous series, which was watched by 7.9 million viewers. Doctor Who 's first Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion", was watched by 9.84 million viewers upon its premiere on 25 December 2005, and, as of 2010, was the ninth-highest figure for an episode of Doctor Who since its 2005 revival. The series' finale "Doomsday" was watched by 8.2 million total viewers, beating
11663-655: Was used during promotion of the series. "Tooth and Claw" was originally part of block one, but production issues pushed it to block two. The episode was shot in Llansannor Court . The building was later reused for " The Unicorn and the Wasp ". " The Girl in the Fireplace " used the Dyffryn Gardens for both the gardens and palace of Louis XV . The gardens were used for various other episodes, including " Deep Breath " and " The Wedding of River Song ". A Stella Artois brewery
11772-646: Was used for the upgrading chamber in "Army of Ghosts". The Coedarhydyglyn House was used for Jackie and Pete's mansion in the episode. The house was later used in " The Angels Take Manhattan ". Southerndown Beach was used for the beach where the Doctor and Rose say goodbye in "Doomsday". The beach was later reused in " Dinosaurs on a Spaceship ". The first two weeks of filming on block four were spent entirely on "Fear Her". Maureen Lipman appeared in "The Idiot's Lantern", but due to scheduling conflicts, recorded her scenes remotely in London. Lipman finished her recording in under
11881-635: Was used on 23 August and 24 August 2005, for filming the first conversation between the Doctor and Finch, and for the playground, kitchen, and cafeteria scenes, and Duffryn High School in Newport , which was used between 25 August and 6 September for the remainder of the episode, with filming delayed due to asbestos being discovered in Duffryn High School's structure. The scenes in the schools utilised dozens of children as extras. Pick-up shots were later completed on 7 September and 8 September, with filming of
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