The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 Episode Guide

The Lost Boy

2008-09-27T12:48:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: The Lost Boy

Duration: Part one - 27 minutes and 57 seconds
Part two - 27 minutes and 56 seconds

Written by: Phil Ford

Directed by: Charles Martin

Transmission Date: Part one - 12th November 2007
Part two - 19th November 2007

Ratings: 1.3 million (Part one)
1.2 million (Part two)

Synopses: Part one - Sarah Jane and the gang face some old alien enemies again, along with an altogether unexpected foe, in the final two-part adventure of the series.A news report on a couple looking for their missing son, Ashley, brings a surprise for Sarah Jane when she discovers that the missing boy looks exactly like Luke. And when Mr Smith, Sarah Jane's super-computer, confirms that Luke is a genetic match with Ashley, Sarah Jane sends him back to live with his "parents". But, with no knowledge of his former life, Luke finds it hard to fit in and, when he tries to escape, he makes a startling discovery about who his parents really are. Sarah Jane, meanwhile, makes some investigations into the Pharos Para-Science Institute – a research unit that has been conducting experiments using alien technology.

Part two - Maria and her dad, Alan, dig deeper into the mystery of Luke's new parents and discover that Luke has actually been kidnapped by the Slitheen, in the final episode of the popular children's adventure series.There are more shocks in store when Sarah Jane and Maria find out that Mr Smith, Sarah Jane's super computer, is one of the bad guys.With Clyde nowhere to be seen, Luke in the clutches of aliens and no Mr Smith to help, things aren't looking good for Sarah Jane and Maria. But just what do the Slitheen want with Luke and who, or what, exactly, is the Xylok?

Cast List: Sarah Jane Smith — Elisabeth Sladen
Maria Jackson — Yasmin Paige
Luke Smith — Tommy Knight
Clyde Langer — Daniel Anthony
Mr Smith — Alexander Armstrong
Alan Jackson — Joseph Millson
Chrissie Jackson — Juliet Cowan
Jay Stafford — Jay Simpson
Heidi Stafford — Holly Atkins
Nathan Goss — Ryan Watson
Professor Rivers — Floella Benjamin
Jay Slitheen — Paul Kasey
Nathan Slitheen — Jimmy Vee
Heidi Slitheen — Rauri Mears
Newsreader - Jason Mohammad
Voice of K-9 — John Leeson

Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?

2008-09-27T12:42:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?

Duration: Part one - 27 minutes and 49 seconds
Part two - 28 minutes and 18 seconds

Written by: Gareth Roberts

Directed by: Graeme Harper

Transmission Date: Part one - 29th October 2007
Part two - 5th November 2007

Ratings: 1.2 million (Part one)
1.1 million people (Part two)

Synopses: Part one - In the fourth adventure of the drama series, Sarah Jane mysteriously disappears – just as a huge meteor threatens to crash straight into Earth. When Maria wakes up one morning it's as though Sarah Jane – and Luke – never existed. Living across the road in Sarah Jane's house is a woman called Andrea. And, with the attic empty and Mr Smith nowhere to be seen, every other trace of Sarah Jane has vanished – and Maria is the only one able to remember her. With the mysterious, hooded figure of the Trickster haunting Bannerman Road and the alien Graske meddling in time, Maria sets out to discover whatever happened to Sarah Jane. But as her journey takes her back to 1964, will she be able to find Sarah Jane in time to stop the meteor from destroying the world?

Part two - Maria finds herself taken back in time by the alien Graske to a pier in 1964, as the drama series continues. There, she meets a young girl her own age called Sarah Jane Smith who, with her friend Andrea, is about to embark on a fateful adventure. Taken by the Graske again, Maria is then reunited with the present-day Sarah Jane but, with them both trapped in limbo as part of the meddlesome Trickster's plan to wreak chaos, they are helpless to stop the huge meteor which is about to crash into the Earth. Alan, Maria's dad, is the only one able to remember Sarah Jane and Maria and faces a struggle to bring them back in time to save the world.

Cast List: Sarah Jane Smith — Elisabeth Sladen
Maria Jackson — Yasmin Paige
Luke Smith — Tommy Knight
Clyde Langer — Daniel Anthony
Mr Smith — Alexander Armstrong
Alan Jackson — Joseph Millson
Chrissie Jackson — Juliet Cowan
Andrea Yates — Jane Asher
The Graske — Jimmy Vee
The Trickster — Paul Marc Davies
Young Sarah Jane Smith — Jessica Ashworth
Young Andrea Yates — Francesca Miller
Newsreader — Jason Mohammad
Voice of The Graske — Philip Hurd-Wood

Warriors of Kudlak

2008-09-27T12:35:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Warriors of Kudlak

Duration: Part one - 26 minutes and 47 seconds
Part two - 28 minutes and 2 seconds

Written by: Phil Gladwin

Directed by: Charles Martin

Transmission Date: Part one - 15th October 2007
Part two - 22nd October 2007

Ratings: 1.0 million (Part one)
1.2 million (Part two)

Synopses: Part one - Sarah Jane and Maria investigate the mysterious disappearance of a local boy, Lance Metcalf, while Luke and Clyde take a visit to Combat 3000 – a laser tag game designed to train the ultimate warrior – in the third, two-part adventure of the drama series. When Sarah Jane and Maria dig further into Lance's unusual disappearance, they soon discover that a number of children have gone missing across the country – all in cities with a Combat 3000 and all during freak-weather storms. As Sarah Jane and Maria head over to Combat 3000 to discover more, Luke and Clyde are enjoying their time playing the laser tag game. However, with Combat 3000 being run by the sinister alien Mr Kudlak in the service of his mistress, Luke and Clyde are in for much more than they bargained for...

Part two - No synopsis was released for the second part of Warriors of Kudlak.

Cast List: Sarah Jane Smith — Elisabeth Sladen
Maria Jackson — Yasmin Paige
Luke Smith — Tommy Knight
Clyde Langer — Daniel Anthony
Mr Smith — Alexander Armstrong
Mark Grantham — Chook Sibtain
Carrie Metcalf — Sarah Haynes
Wendy — Pamela Merrick
Lance Metcalf — Sonny Muslim
Brandon Butler — James Bellamy
Jen — Nadiyah Davis
Cashier — Chrissie Furness
Kudlak/Emperor/Mistress — Paul Kasey
Voice of Kudlak/Emperor — Silas Carson
Voice of Mistress — Tina Greatex

Eye of the Gorgon

2008-09-27T12:20:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Eye of the Gorgon

Duration: Part one - 27 minutes and 30 seconds
Part two - 27 minutes and 49 seconds

Written by: Phil Ford

Directed by: Alice Troughton

Transmission Date: Part one - 1st October 2007
Part two - 8th October 2007

Ratings: 1.1 million (Part one)
1.0 million (Part two)

Synopses: Part one - Sarah Jane Smith and her young friends investigate some ghostly goings on at the local Lavender Lawns rest home, in the second two-part story of the adventure filled series. With several residents claiming to have seen the ghostly figure of a nun, Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde pay the home a visit to find out what's going on. They soon discover that there is more to the story when Luke is entrusted with a mysterious alien talisman by Mrs Bea Nelson-Stanley, a resident at the home who knows a thing or two about aliens. As the mystery unravels, the gang learn that the ghostly nun is, in fact, part of an order protecting the Gorgon – a scary alien creature who can turn her victims to stone with just one look. With the talisman an important part of the Gorgon's plans for Earth, can Sarah Jane and the gang stop her, and avoid her deadly gaze?

Part two - As Luke and Clyde are held hostage at St Agnes Abbey, the monstrous Gorgon and her sinister group of nuns manage to get hold of the alien talisman from Sarah Jane and Maria, as the drama continues. This brings them one step closer to their evil plan to open a portal and unleash more Gorgons on Earth. With her dad, Alan, turned to stone by the Gorgon's deadly gaze, Maria sets out to get him back to normal before it is too late. Back at the Abbey, Sarah Jane and the gang try to stop the nuns from opening the door to the Gorgons' alien world. But will they be able to avoid the Gorgon's stony eyes for long enough to save the day?

Cast List: Sarah Jane Smith — Elisabeth Sladen
Maria Jackson — Yasmin Paige
Luke — Tommy Knight
Clyde Langer — Daniel Anthony
Alan Jackson — Joseph Millson
Chrissie Jackson — Juliet Cowan
Mr Smith — Alexander Armstrong
Bea Nelson-Stanley — Phyllida Law
Sister Helena — Beth Goddard
Mrs Gribbins - Sarah Crowden
Mrs Randall — Doreen Mantle
The Abbess — Audrey Ardington
Nun - Cheryl Rowlands

Revenge of the Slitheen

2008-09-21T07:20:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Revenge of the Slitheen

Duration: Part one - 27 minutes and 7 seconds
Part two - 27 minutes and 23 seconds

Written by: Gareth Roberts

Directed by: Alice Troughton

Transmission Date: 24th September (Both parts)

Ratings: 1.3 million (Part one)
1.1 million (Part two)

Synopses: Part one - Sarah Jane Smith, investigative journalist and former companion to The Doctor, is back in a brand-new CBBC drama from the makers of Doctor Who. And in the first two-part story of the series she faces some familiar alien enemies of The Doctor as the Slitheen are back and out for revenge... On their first day at their new school Maria and Luke soon realise that all is not as it seems. There's a funny smell, the food keeps going off, the teachers keep farting and the new technology block is hiding some dark secrets. With their suspicions aroused, Sarah Jane, Maria and Luke set about investigating, joined by their new friend Clyde. They soon discover that the Slitheen have disguised themselves as teachers as part of a deadly plan which threatens the future of the Earth. But as Maria, Luke and Clyde become trapped in the new technology block in the clutches of the Slitheen and with Sarah Jane under attack from another of the alien monsters, will the gang be able to stop the Slitheen before it's too late?

Part Two - Trapped in school with the monstrous child of the Slitheen, Maria, Luke and Clyde make a timely escape thanks to some deodorant and the help of Sarah Jane and her sonic lipstick, as the drama continues. With the Slitheen's deadly plans to destroy the Earth well under way, the gang race back to Sarah Jane's attic to work out how to stop them. Helped by Mr Smith, Sarah Jane's super-computer, they soon discover that the Slitheen are going to drain all the energy from Earth using a worldwide network of giant supercapacitors. But as a power black-out starts to spread across the world, taking Mr Smith out of action, time is running out and the gang have to rely on their wits alone. Will they be able to save the Earth before the Slitheen switch off the Sun for ever?

Cast List: Sarah Jane Smith — Elisabeth Sladen
Maria Jackson — Yasmin Paige
Luke — Tommy Knight
Clyde Langer — Daniel Anthony
Alan Jackson - Joseph Millson
Chrissie Jackson - Juliet Cowan
Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
Carl - Anton Thompson McCormick
Mr. Blakeman - Martyn Ellis
Tim Jeffery - Ian Midlane
Janine - Imogen Bain
Wendy - Pamela Merrick
Reporter - Lachele Carl
Child Slitheen - Jimmy Vee
Adult Slitheen - Paul Kasey

Invasion of the Bane

2008-09-20T12:24:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Invasion of the Bane

Duration: 60 minutes and 22 seconds

Written by: Gareth Roberts and Russell T Davies

Directed by: Colin Teague

Transmission Date: 1st January 2007

Ratings: 2.92 million

Synopsis: Sarah Jane Smith is a truly remarkable woman. She inhabits a world of mystery, danger and wonder. A world where aliens are commonplace and the Earth is constantly under threat. A world that Maria Jackson - a seemingly ordinary girl - can only dream of until she moves in next door. Nothing will ever be ordinary again. In the first adventure, there's a new drink taking the world by storm - Bubbleshock! Everyone's drinking it. When Maria's dragged along to the factory tour by her new friend, Kelsey - a girl with an opinion on everything - she's plunged into the sinister world of Bubbleshock and the mysterious Mrs Wormwood. There's something terrible behind the hype - something Sarah Jane's interested in too...

Cast List: Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
Maria Jackson - Yasmin Paige
Alan Jackson - Joseph Millson
Chrissie Jackson - Juliet Cowan
Kelsey Harper - Porsha Lawrence Mavour
Mrs Wormwood - Samantha Bond
Davey - Jamie Davis
Voice of K-9 - John Leeson
Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
Lesley - Rungano Nyoni