Clyde Langer is a fictional character played by
Daniel AnthonyDaniel Jevoughn Anthony is a British television, musical theatre and voice actor. He has appeared in several television shows as minor recurring or regular roles and is known for his role as Clyde Langer in the Doctor Who spin-off programme The Sarah Jane Adventures.-Biography:Daniel Anthony was...
in the
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children's science fiction television programme
The Sarah Jane AdventuresThe Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series, produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen...
. He first appears in the second and third episodes,
Revenge of the SlitheenRevenge of the Slitheen is the second story of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It comprises the first and second episodes of the show's first series, aired on BBC1, broadcast in two parts on September 24 and October 1, 2007, with the second being broadcast a...
, and is a replacement for the character Kelsey Hooper, who had been featured in the series premiere.
Within the narrative of the series, Clyde is a friend of alien investigator
Sarah Jane SmithSarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures....
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Elisabeth SladenElisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen was an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series Doctor Who. She was a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprised the role many times in subsequent decades, both on...
) and her son Luke (
Tommy KnightThomas 'Tommy' Lawrence Knight is an English actor best known for playing Luke Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures.-Personal life:...
), and helps the Smiths to investigate alien activity in and around London. Through his friendship with Luke, popular Clyde becomes more confident in his own intelligence and artistic ability, staying on at
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, while also helping Luke—a genetically-engineered boy genius—better adapt to the cultural norms of being a teenager. From the show's second series onwards, Clyde's storylines in particular have suggested romantic tension with his fellow alien investigator, classmate and friend
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Anjli MohindraAnjli Mohindra is an English actress from West Bridgford, Nottingham, best known for her role in The Sarah Jane Adventures as Rani Chandra.-Biography:...
).
Introduction
Born in Halesowen, but moved down to London after his father having run off with his aunt to Germany when he was ten. Clyde moved to the same
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as Maria and Luke sometime shortly before
Revenge of the Slitheen, and like them was a new student at the local school. Clyde lives with his mother, and agrees with Maria that he, like her, is happier for his parents to live apart rather than to argue. Clyde appears to put a lot of value in appearing "cool", and is a bit of a troublemaker. He initially finds Maria and Luke strange — especially Luke. However, Clyde is not without his tender side, and encourages Sarah Jane to allow Luke to call her "Mum", suspecting that this is what she really wants.
Series
Introduced in the first episode of series one,
Revenge of the SlitheenRevenge of the Slitheen is the second story of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It comprises the first and second episodes of the show's first series, aired on BBC1, broadcast in two parts on September 24 and October 1, 2007, with the second being broadcast a...
, Clyde discovered that aliens exist when he followed Maria into the school technology block and saw several
SlitheenThe Slitheen are a family of massive, bipedal extraterrestrials from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and they are adversaries of the Doctor. They first appeared in the 2005 series episodes "Aliens of London" and "World War Three", and subsequently recur in later episodes of...
(including a child Slitheen) whom he saw change out of their disguises. While
Sarah JaneSarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures....
was annoyed to have another person depending on her she eventually warmed to Clyde when he proved helpful in figuring out the Slitheen's weakness and in defeating the family. Clyde formed a friendship with the socially-inept-but-intellectually-brilliant Luke Smith at this time, helping him attempt to function as an average boy in social situations. In
Warriors of KudlakWarriors of Kudlak is the fourth story of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It forms the fifth and sixth episodes of the show's first series...
Luke asked Clyde to explain about girls.
In
The Lost BoyThe Lost Boy is the sixth story of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It forms the ninth and tenth episodes of the show's first series...
, Clyde is trapped inside
Mr SmithMr Smith is a fictional extraterrestrial computer voiced by Alexander Armstrong which appears in the British children's science fiction television series, The Sarah Jane Adventures, with further minor appearances in the final two episodes of the fourth series of Doctor Who...
to stop him from exposing the computer as a villain and to use as a hostage. From within Mr Smith however, Clyde managed to surprise the computer by sending messages to another computer from within him.
In the
Doctor Who episode "
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", he is said by Luke Smith to be safe in London with his mother during the Dalek invasion.
He is banned by the Judoon from extraterrestrial travel as punishment for interference in their work.
Prisoner of the JudoonPrisoner of the Judoon is the first serial of the third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was first broadcast on the 15 and 16 of October 2009. It features the Judoon, the intergalactic police introduced in the 2007 Doctor Who episode "Smith and Jones".-Part 1:Sarah Jane Smith continues to...
Despite having been so grounded, Clyde finds himself briefly transported to an alien world in
Death of the DoctorDeath of the Doctor is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 25 and 26 October 2010. It is the third story of the fourth series. This episode features the return of Katy Manning to the role of Jo Grant and a guest appearance by Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor...
but is not caught by the Judoon. He subsequently becomes nobility of an unspecified planet when its ruler, Gavin, creates him Lord Clyde in recognition of Clyde's assistance in Gavin's succession which simultaneously saved the whole of humanity.
The Empty PlanetThe Empty Planet is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which has been broadcast on CBBC on 1 and 2 November 2010. It is the fourth story of the fourth series.-Part 1:Sarah Jane tells Mr Smith to do a maximum scan...
.
During
The Wedding of Sarah Jane SmithThe Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 29 and 30 October 2009. It is the third serial of the third series. It guest stars David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, marking the first appearance of parent programme Doctor Whos...
, Clyde is temporarily charged with artron energy when he comes in contact with the
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while it is attempting to penetrate a time trap created by the Trickster, allowing him to briefly hurt the Trickster long enough for the
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(
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) to communicate with Sarah. The
Eleventh DoctorThe Eleventh Doctor is the eleventh incarnation of the protagonist of the BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. Matt Smith plays this incarnation, replacing David Tennant's Tenth Doctor in the 2010 episode "The End of Time, Part Two"...
(Matt Smith) later uses the Artron energy apparently still in Clyde to transport across time and space in
Death of the DoctorDeath of the Doctor is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 25 and 26 October 2010. It is the third story of the fourth series. This episode features the return of Katy Manning to the role of Jo Grant and a guest appearance by Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor...
.
Alternate timelines
In
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? is the fifth story of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It forms the seventh and eighth episodes of the show's first series...
, a mysterious being known as the Trickster changes the universe to that Sarah Jane had died as a child. Consequently, Clyde forgets about friend
Maria JacksonMaria Jackson is a fictional character played by Yasmin Paige in the British children's science fiction television programme The Sarah Jane Adventures, a spin-off from the long-running series Doctor Who. She is a 14-year-old girl who discovers that her new neighbour, Sarah Jane Smith, is aware of...
and Luke, who temporarily cease to exist.
Clyde is mentioned for the first time in the
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episode "
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". The episode sees a monster belonging to the Trickster's Brigade creating an alternate timeline where the series' hero
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never meets
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, and is thus killed. In this new timeline, Clyde is said to have been killed along with Sarah Jane, Maria, Luke, and medical student
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while stopping the events of the
Doctor Who episode "
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".