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|novelisation of=The Lost Boy (TV story)
|novelisation of = The Lost Boy (TV story)
|image= LostBoynovel.jpg
|image= LostBoynovel.jpg
|series=[[The Sarah Jane Adventures novelisations]]
|series = [[The Sarah Jane Adventures novelisations]]
|number= 6  
|number= 6
|main character= [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
|main character= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]]
|featuring= Maria Jackson|Maria
|featuring= Alan Jackson
|featuring2= Luke Smith|Luke
|featuring2= Chrissie Jackson
|featuring3= Clyde Langer
|featuring3= K9 Mark IV
|enemy=[[Slitheen family|Slitheen]], [[Mr Smith]]  
|enemy= [[Mr Smith]]
|setting= [[Ealing]], [[2008]]
|setting= [[Ealing]], [[2000s]]
|writer= [[Gary Russell]]
|writer= Gary Russell
|publisher= Penguin Character Books  
|publisher= Penguin Character Books
|release date= [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|release date= 6 November 2008
|format= Paperback Book, --- Pages
|format= Paperback book; 13 chapters, 114 pages
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-4059-0506-0  
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-4059-0506-0
|prev= Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (novelisation)  
|prev= Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (novelisation)
|next= The Last Sontaran (novelisation)
|next= The Last Sontaran (novelisation)
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'''''The Lost Boy''''' was released in November 2008, a full year after the last release of novelisations. It adapts ''[[The Lost Boy]]'', the final regular serial of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' first series. With its release, all episodes of the first season have been adapted. It is the first time a complete season of a ''Doctor Who''-related series had been fully adapted in novelisation form within a year of original broadcast.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the [[2007 (releases)|2007]] TV story ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]''. With its release, coinciding with the release of ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (novelisation)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' on the same day, all episodes of the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' were adapted. It is the first time a complete season of a ''[[Doctor Who]]''-related series had been fully adapted in novelisation form within a year of it finishing.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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Sarah Jane is shocked to see an appeal on television by distraught parents of a missing boy — Luke, her adopted son! She is accused of kidnapping him and has to hand Luke over to his "real" parents. But something doesn't seem right. With the help of her friends, Maria, Clyde and Alan, Sarah Jane uncovers a sinister alien plot and a shocking truth about a loyal "friend"...
Sarah Jane is shocked to see an appeal on television by distraught parents of a missing boy — Luke, her adopted son! She is accused of kidnapping him and has to hand Luke over to his "real" parents. But something doesn't seem right. With the help of her friends, Maria, Clyde and Alan, Sarah Jane uncovers a sinister alien plot and a shocking truth about a loyal "friend"...
== Chapter titles ==
# The nightmare begins
# Wall of lies
# Hidden danger
# A change of identity
# Conspiracy
# The powerful enemy
# Journey into terror
# The ordeal
# Kidnap
# A battle of wits
# Escape into danger
# Day of Armageddon
# The final phase


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Alan Jackson]]
* [[Alan Jackson]]
* [[Chrissie Jackson]]
* [[Chrissie Jackson]]
* [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]
* [[Slitheen family]]
* [[Galagher (The Lost Boy)|Mrs Galagher]]
* [[Galagher (The Lost Boy)|Mrs Galagher]]
* [[Mr Robinson (The Lost Boy)|Mr Robinson]]
* [[Mr Robinson (The Lost Boy)|Mr Robinson]]
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* [[June Goss]]
* [[June Goss]]
* [[K9 Mark IV|K9]]
* [[K9 Mark IV|K9]]
* [[Cairn|Mr Cairn]]
* [[Cairn (The Lost Boy)|Mr Cairn]]
* [[Chief Inspector (The Lost Boy)|Robert Lines]]
* [[Robert Lines]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Luke Smith remembered the [[quantum theory]] and [[Colluphid]]'s [[Law of Hyper-Dimensional Mechanics]], and he could spot flaws in [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s theory of relativity.
* Luke remembers the [[quantum theory]] and [[Colluphid]]'s [[Law of Hyper-Dimensional Mechanics]], and he could spot flaws in [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s theory of relativity.
* The house that the Stafford family was supposed to live in was [[26 Chalsey Grove]].
* The house that the Stafford family was supposed to live in was [[26 Chalsey Grove]].
* [[Brendan Richards]] was still working in [[Silicon Valley]].
* [[Brendan Richards]] is still working in [[Silicon Valley]].
* In [[Ashley Stafford]]'s room there were posters of footballers, [[In-Demand]] and [[UNIT 4]].
* In [[Ashley Stafford]]'s room are were posters of footballers, [[In-Demand]] and [[UNIT 4]].
* [[Nathan Goss]] was a fan of the [[Everton]] football club.
* [[Nathan Goss]] was a fan of the [[Everton]] football club.
* [[Clyde Langer]] got [[Luke Smith]] into [[Kasabian]], next he wanted to show him the music of the [[Arctic Monkeys]].
* [[Clyde Langer]] got [[Luke Smith]] into [[Kasabian]], next he wanted to show him the music of the [[Arctic Monkeys]].
* [[Peter Fairley]], [[Patricia Conway]], [[Ann Reynolds]] and [[Bryan Cawston]] were working for the [[Pharos Institute]].
* [[Peter Fairley]], [[Patricia Conway]], [[Ann Reynolds]] and [[Bryan Cawston]] are working for the [[Pharos Institute]].
* [[Bloorm Vungah Bart Slitheen]], [[Dax Fex Fize Slitheen]] and [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]] stole the technology which made them able to use slim skin suits from the [[Blathereen family]].
* [[Bloorm Vungah Bart Slitheen]], [[Dax Fex Fize Slitheen]] and [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]] stole the technology which made them able to use slim skin suits from the [[Blathereen family]].
* The Slitheen wanted to sell Luke's [[telekinetic energy]] at the ''[[Energies Black Market]]'' on [[Antara IV]].
* The Slitheen want to sell Luke's [[telekinetic energy]] at the ''[[Energies Black Market]]'' on [[Antara IV]].
* [[Ealing Broadway]] is Ealing's town centre.
* [[Ealing Broadway]] is Ealing's town centre.
* The [[Hambleton Estate]] is located at [[Grass Street]] at the [[Lake District]]. The Goss family lives at [[64 Grass Street]]. They moved there from [[Guildford]].
* The [[Hambleton Estate]] is located at [[Grass Street]] at the [[Lake District]]. The Goss family lives at [[64 Grass Street]]. They moved there from [[Guildford]].
* [[Chief Inspector (The Lost Boy)|Robert Lines]] is a member at the [[West Ealing Police]].
* [[Robert Lines]] is a member at the [[West Ealing Police]].
* Luke's Slitheen "parents" live at [[26 Chalsey Grove]] in [[Hammersmith]].
* The residents of Hambleton Estate often go shopping in [[Carlisle]].
* The residents of Hambleton Estate often go shopping in [[Carlisle]].
* [[Old Forest Road]] leads into [[Bannerman Road]].
* [[Old Forest Road]] leads into [[Bannerman Road]].
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=== Deviations from the televised story ===
=== Deviations from the televised story ===
* The novelisation features a specially written prologue. It describes how the Goss family gets killed by the Slitheen and how their skin suits are used to create the fictional [[Heidi Stafford|Heidi]] and [[Jay Stafford]]. It is described from [[Townsend (The Lost Boy)|Mrs Townsend]]'s point of view.
* The novelisation features a specially written prologue. Written from [[Townsend (The Lost Boy)|Mrs Townsend]]'s point of view, it describes how the Goss family got killed by the Slitheen and how their skin suits were used to create the fictional [[Heidi Stafford|Heidi]] and [[Jay Stafford]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] tells [[Alan Jackson|Alan]] about her adventures with [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. She speaks about the [[Slitheen family]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]''), the [[Gorgon]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]'') and [[the Trickster]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'')
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* The French teacher that caught [[Maria Jackson]], when she tried to skip the lesson to see Luke ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'') was named [[Cairn|Mr Cairn]].


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The Lost Boy was a novelisation based on the 2007 TV story The Lost Boy. With its release, coinciding with the release of Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? on the same day, all episodes of the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures were adapted. It is the first time a complete season of a Doctor Who-related series had been fully adapted in novelisation form within a year of it finishing.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.

Sarah Jane is shocked to see an appeal on television by distraught parents of a missing boy — Luke, her adopted son! She is accused of kidnapping him and has to hand Luke over to his "real" parents. But something doesn't seem right. With the help of her friends, Maria, Clyde and Alan, Sarah Jane uncovers a sinister alien plot and a shocking truth about a loyal "friend"...

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. The nightmare begins
  2. Wall of lies
  3. Hidden danger
  4. A change of identity
  5. Conspiracy
  6. The powerful enemy
  7. Journey into terror
  8. The ordeal
  9. Kidnap
  10. A battle of wits
  11. Escape into danger
  12. Day of Armageddon
  13. The final phase

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Deviations from the televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The novelisation features a specially written prologue. Written from Mrs Townsend's point of view, it describes how the Goss family got killed by the Slitheen and how their skin suits were used to create the fictional Heidi and Jay Stafford.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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