SJAF 3

'SJAF 3'
Featuring:	Luke, Mr Smith
Main enemy:	Sontarans, Mrs Wormwood, Bane Mother
Main setting:	13 Bannerman Road
Key crew
Director:	Pip Banyard
Producer:	John Piper
Release details
Story number:	3
Premiere broadcast:	25 October 2010
Format:	1x30 minute episode
Sarah Jane's Alien Files
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Episode three of Sarah Jane's Alien Files aired alongside Death of the Doctor.

Synopsis

Luke Smith returns home from University, bringing with him a highly volatile biological culture which Mr Smith offers to incinerate (his washing.) On his mum's instructions, Luke updates the Alien Files with what he knows about Mrs Wormwood, the Bane Mother, and the Sontarans.

Cast

• Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
• Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong

Crew

• Title music - Murray Gold
• Music - Sam Watts
• Script consultant - Phil Ford
• Graphics - BBC Wales Graphics
• Director of photography - Tim Knight
• Camera operator - Leon Hoser
• Sound recordist - Olly Astles-Jones
• Make-up - Emma Bailey
• Online editor - Paul Shields
• Dubbing mixer - Ashley Armstrong
• Production executive - Dominic Parry
• Production manager - Jane Jenkins
• Editors - Ivan Probert, Andy Taylor
• For BBC Wales - Brian Minchin, Nikki Wilson
• Director - Pip Banyard
• Executive producers - Gillian Scothern, Russell T Davies
• Series producer - John Piper

References

• Mr Smith is pleased that Luke left K9 at Oxford when he came home to visit.
• Luke was enthusiastic about helping with the Alien Files, declaring that they don't get enough aliens over in Oxford.
• Luke notes that the name given him by Sarah Jane was less of a mouthful than his original designation "the Archetype," and expressed dubiousness about how well that name may have gone down at school. Mr Smith responds that "The" would certainly have been an unusual first name; this could be taken as a sly reference to the Doctor and any number of other characters in the Doctor Who universe whose names begin with the definite article.
• Mr Smith compares the Sontarans' warlike qualities to that of the Daleks. The Dalek he displays on his screen is of the gold post-Last Great Time War variant last seen on Earth in the 2009 Dalek Invasion.

Story notes

This story contains clips from TV: Invasion of the Bane and TV: Enemy of the Bane.

Continuity

• This episode established Luke's frequent visits home from Oxford, which he had last been seen leaving home to attend in TV: The Nightmare Man.