List of The Sarah Jane Adventures serials

This is list of serials of the science fiction

Science fiction

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drama

Drama

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television series The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

The 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...

. The first episode, a 60-minute special, premiered on 1 January 2007. A series of ten 25-minute episodes aired from 24 September until 19 November 2007. Series 1 is made up of five two-part serials, the second and subsequent series consist of six two-part serials each. The third, 12-episode series produced by Russell T Davies began airing on 15 October 2009. The twelve-part fourth series began airing 11 October 2010. A fifth series was confirmed for production and eventual broadcast in 2011, but only three stories were completed prior to the death of Elisabeth Sladen

Elisabeth Sladen

Elisabeth 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...

, the series' lead actress.

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Premiere	Finale	DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.... release date			Blu-ray release date
Series	Episodes	Premiere	Finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Region A	Region B
New Year's Special	1	1 January 2007	-	Released with Series 1 not released separately	29 October 2007	12 January 2009 Re-released 2 March 2010	N/A	N/A
1	10	24 September 2007	19 November 2007	7 October 2008	10 November 2008	4 June 2009 Re-released 5 January 2010	N/A	N/A
2	12	29 September 2008	8 December 2008	10 November 2009	9 November 2009	3 June 2010 Re-released 2 March 2011	N/A	N/A
3	12	15 October 2009	20 November 2009	4 January 2011	1 November 2010	2 March 2011 Re-released 2 June 2011	N/A
4	12	11 October 2010	16 November 2010	6 December 2011	31 October 2011	TBA	TBA	31 October 2011
5	6	3 October 2011	18 October 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

New Year's Day special (2007)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
01	"Invasion of the Bane Invasion of the Bane -Sladen and Doctor Who:Elisabeth Sladen, who previously played Sarah Jane between 1973 and 1976. In 1981, she was offered the role again to ease the transition between the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, which she declined, but agreed to star in the pilot for the spin-off series K-9 and Company, which... "	1.X	60-minute special	Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts (writer) Gareth John Pritchard Roberts is a British television screenwriter and novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction television series Doctor Who... & Russell T Davies	Colin Teague Colin Teague Colin Teague is a British television director, who trained at Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. He is most associated with Doctor Who, being the first person to have directed for the main show and both of its spin-offs, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures...	1 January 2007	2.9

Series 1 (2007)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
02	Revenge of the Slitheen Revenge of the Slitheen Revenge 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...	1.1 1.2	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Alice Troughton Alice Troughton Alice Troughton is a British television director. Her work on Doctor Who makes her only the second person to direct episodes of Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures....	24 September 2007	1.4 1.55
03	Eye of the Gorgon Eye of the Gorgon Eye of the Gorgon is the third story of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It forms the third and fourth episodes of the show's first series...	1.3 1.4	2 episodes	Phil Ford Phil Ford (writer) Phil Ford is a British television writer. He was the head writer for the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, broadcast in 2008, and wrote "The Waters of Mars", one of the 2009 special episodes of Doctor Who, with Russell T Davies.-Television:...	Alice Troughton	1–8 October 2007	1.47 1.44
04	Warriors of Kudlak Warriors of Kudlak Warriors 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...	1.5 1.6	2 episodes	Phil Gladwin Phil Gladwin Phil Gladwin is a television writer and script editor. He was born in Grimsby in 1963.- Written Work :* Grange Hill* The Bill Soft Talking - 2000 Real Crime - 2001 Eye of the Lens - 2001 Liquid City - 2001 006 - 2002 057 - 2002...	Charles Martin Charles Martin (director) Charles Martin is a British television director.-Director:The original Big Brother Eye Logo The Giblet Boys My Life as a Popat"Juvenile Delinquent" "Ghost" "Girlfiend" "Tit for Tat"...	15–22 October 2007	1.43 1.6
05	Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? 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...	1.7 1.8	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Graeme Harper Graeme Harper Graeme Harper is a British television director. He is best known for his work on the science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he is the only person to have directed episodes of both the original run and revived run of the programme...	29 October – 5 November 2007	1.61 1.73
06	The Lost Boy The Lost Boy (The Sarah Jane Adventures) The 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...	1.9 1.10	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Charles Martin	12–19 November 2007	1.77 1.86

Series 2 (2008)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
07	The Last Sontaran The Last Sontaran The Last Sontaran is the first story of Series 2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures and is a continuation of events from Doctor Who two-part story "The Sontaran Strategem" and "The Poison Sky"...	2.1 2.2	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	29 September 2008	0.8 0.48/0.7
08	The Day of the Clown The Day of the Clown The Day of the Clown is the second story of Series 2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures The two-part serial was broadcast on 6 October and 13 October 2008; "Part One" on the CBBC Channel at 5.15 p.m. on 6 October; "Part Two" on the CBBC Channel at 5.15 p.m. on 13 October...	2.3 2.4	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Michael Kerrigan Michael Kerrigan Michael Kerrigan is a British television director noted for directing the The Famous Five TV series and No. 73. He directed the Doctor Who serial Battlefield in 1989...	6–13 October 2008	0.51/.6 0.44/0.8
09	Secrets of the Stars Secrets of the Stars Secrets of the Stars is a story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 20 and 27 October 2008. It is the third serial of the second series.-Part 1:...	2.5 2.6	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Michael Kerrigan	20–27 October 2008	0.52/0.9 0.51/0.7
10	The Mark of the Berserker The Mark of the Berserker The Mark of the Berserker is a story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 3 and 10 November 2008. It is the fourth serial of the second series...	2.7 2.8	2 episodes	Joseph Lidster Joseph Lidster Joseph Lidster is an English television writer best known for his work on the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.-Biography:His debut work was the audio play The Rapture for Big Finish Productions in 2002...	Joss Agnew	3–10 November 2008	0.53/0.9 0.63/0.9
11	The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith is a story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 17 and 24 November 2008. It is the fifth serial of the second series.-Part 1:...	2.9 2.10	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Graeme Harper	17–24 November 2008	0.48/0.7 0.59/0.8
12	Enemy of the Bane Enemy of the Bane Enemy of the Bane is a two-part story from the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was broadcast on CBBC on 1 and 8 December 2008, and is the final serial of the second series...	2.11 2.12	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Graeme Harper	1–8 December 2008	0.46/0.9 0.56/0.7

Comic Relief special (2009)

A short, 5-minute special was made for the 2009 Comic Relief

Comic Relief

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appeal and featured Ronnie Corbett

Ronnie Corbett

Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, OBE is a Scottish actor and comedian of Scottish and English parentage who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the British television comedy series The Two Ronnies...

and K-9

K-9 (Doctor Who)

K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional robotic canines in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who, first appearing in 1977...

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
—	"From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love"	—	5-minute special	Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman	Joss Agnew	13 March 2009	8.3

Series 3 (2009)

This series was the first to be broadcast in HD.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
13	Prisoner of the Judoon Prisoner of the Judoon Prisoner 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...	3.1 3.2	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	15–16 October 2009	0.73 0.82
14	The Mad Woman in the Attic The Mad Woman in the Attic The Mad Woman in the Attic is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 22 and 23 October 2009. It is the second serial of the third series.-Part 1:...	3.3 3.4	2 episodes	Joseph Lidster	Alice Troughton	22–23 October 2009	0.75 0.84
15	The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith The 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...	3.5 3.6	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Joss Agnew	29–30 October 2009	1.6 1.5
16	The Eternity Trap The Eternity Trap The Eternity Trap is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 5 and 6 November 2009. It is the fourth serial of the third series. The story involves the scientific investigation of a haunted castle.-Part 1:...	3.7 3.8	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Alice Troughton	5–6 November 2009	1.1 0.93
17	Mona Lisa's Revenge Mona Lisa's Revenge Mona Lisa's Revenge is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 12 and 13 November 2009. It is the fifth serial of the third series.-Part 1:Luke enters Clyde's painting for a competition and Clyde wins first prize...	3.9 3.10	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	12–13 November 2009	1.12 0.92
18	The Gift The Gift (The Sarah Jane Adventures) The Gift is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which broadcast on CBBC on 19 and 20 November 2009. It is the sixth and last serial of the third series. This story features "the Blathereen", a family of Raxacoricofallapatorians distinct from the previously seen Slitheen.-Part 1:The story...	3.11 3.12	2 episodes	Rupert Laight	Alice Troughton	19–20 November 2009	0.8 0.8

Series 4 (2010)

Phil Ford, Rupert Laight and Joseph Lidster return as writers for the series, as does Gareth Roberts, writing two stories - one on his own and another with Clayton Hickman (former editor of Doctor Who Magazine

Doctor Who Magazine

Doctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

).

Matt Smith guest stars as the Eleventh Doctor

Eleventh Doctor

The 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"...

in episodes 5 and 6, the story entitled Death of The Doctor, along with Katy Manning

Katy Manning

Katy Manning is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now a citizen of Australia. She is myopic...

, who reprises her role as the Third Doctor

Third Doctor

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's companion Jo Grant

Jo Grant

Josephine "Jo" Grant is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

. The story was written by former Doctor Who showrunner and Sarah Jane Adventures creator Russell T Davies, the first time he has written for the Eleventh Doctor. It also includes the series' first visit to an alien planet.

At the end of the second episode of this series, Luke Smith goes to Oxford University, and K-9 accompanies him.

Jocelyn Jee Esien

Jocelyn Jee Esien

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reprises her role as Clyde's mum Carla, having only previously appeared in 2008's The Mark of the Berserker

The Mark of the Berserker

The Mark of the Berserker is a story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 3 and 10 November 2008. It is the fourth serial of the second series...

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
19	The Nightmare Man The Nightmare Man (The Sarah Jane Adventures) The Nightmare Man is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which broadcast on CBBC on 11 and 12 October 2010. It is the first story of the fourth series.-Part 1:...	4.1 4.2	2 episodes	Joseph Lidster	Joss Agnew	11–12 October 2010	0.59 0.67
20	The Vault of Secrets The Vault of Secrets The Vault of Secrets is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which broadcast on CBBC on 18 and 19 October 2010. It is the second story of the fourth series...	4.3 4.4	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	18–19 October 2010	0.73 0.61
21	Death of the Doctor Death of the Doctor Death 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...	4.5 4.6	2 episodes	Russell T Davies	Ashley Way Ashley Way Ashley Way is a film and television director born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1971.-Director:Filligoggin Belonging Hoodlum & Son Doctor Who...	25–26 October 2010	0.92 0.96
22	The Empty Planet The Empty Planet The 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...	4.7 4.8	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Ashley Way	1–2 November 2010	0.99 0.81
23	Lost in Time Lost in Time (The Sarah Jane Adventures) Lost in Time is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which has been broadcast on CBBC on 8 and 9 November 2010. It is the fifth story of the fourth series.-Part 1:...	4.9 4.10	2 episodes	Rupert Laight	Joss Agnew	8–9 November 2010	0.98 0.68
24	Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 15 and 16 November 2010. It is the sixth and final story of the fourth series.-Part One:...	4.11 4.12	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman Clayton Hickman Clayton Hickman is a British writer, magazine editor and designer. Born in Bristol in 1977, he first worked in publishing as Editorial Assistant on Film Review magazine from 1999-2000, and went on to become the longest-serving editor of Panini Comics' Doctor Who Magazine, overseeing the...	Joss Agnew	15–16 November 2010	0.82 0.81

Series 5 (2011)

Filming for the first three stories of series 5, two by Phil Ford and one by Gareth Roberts, was completed prior to Elisabeth Sladen's death. Production for the second half of the series, comprising three more two-part stories, was planned for spring 2011 but never commenced due to Sladen's illness. The filmed episodes of series 5 were broadcast in October 2011, with a short montage of key moments from all five series added to the end of The Man Who Never Was to mark the end of the programme.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
25	Sky Sky (The Sarah Jane Adventures) Sky is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 3 and 4 October 2011. It is the first story of the fifth and last series.-Part One:...	5.1 5.2	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Ashley Way	3-4 October 2011	0.534 0.532
26	The Curse of Clyde Langer The Curse of Clyde Langer The Curse of Clyde Langer is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which will broadcast on CBBC on 10 and 11 October 2011. It is the second story of the fifth and last series.-Part One:...	5.3 5.4	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Ashley Way	10-11 October 2011	0.793 0.733
27	The Man Who Never Was The Man Who Never Was (The Sarah Jane Adventures) The Man Who Never Was is a two-part series finale of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 17 and 18 October 2011. It is the third and final story of the fifth and final series.-Part One:...	5.5 5.6	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Joss Agnew	17-18 October 2011	0.71 0.60