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|series         = ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files]]''
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|main character  = [[Rani Chandra|Rani]], [[Mr Smith]]
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|broadcast date = 18 October 2010
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'''''Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 2''''' is an episode of ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files]].''
'''Episode two of ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files]]''''' aired alongside ''[[The Vault of Secrets (TV story)|The Vault of Secrets]]''.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[Rani Chandra]] visits the attic of [[13 Bannerman Road]] and tells [[Mr Smith]] of her search for a heroic, intelligent, mysterious subject on whom to practice her interview and journalism skills. Mr Smith begins to describe his own talents, but Rani stops him and informs him that what she'd actually been hoping for from Mr Smith was a suggestion of someone else to interview. While he considers the matter, Rani and Mr Smith update the [[Alien Files]] with data about the [[Pied Piper]], [[Ship]], and [[Eve (The Mad Woman in the Attic)|Eve]].
[[Rani Chandra]] visits the attic of [[13 Bannerman Road]] and tells [[Mr Smith]] of her search for a heroic, intelligent, mysterious subject on whom to practice her interview and journalism skills. Mr Smith begins to describe his own talents, but Rani stops him and informs him that what she'd actually been hoping for from Mr Smith was a suggestion of someone else to interview. While he considers the matter, Rani and Mr Smith update the [[Alien Files]] with data about the [[Pied Piper]], [[Ship (The Mad Woman in the Attic)|Ship]], and [[Eve (The Mad Woman in the Attic)|Eve]].


During the update Rani admits that Mr Smith is indeed heroic, intelligent, and mysterious in his own right. Rani closes the new entries to the Alien Files in the manner of a [[newsreader]].
During the update Rani admits that Mr Smith is indeed heroic, intelligent, and mysterious in his own right. Rani closes the new entries to the Alien Files in the manner of a [[newsreader]].
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* [[Editor]] - [[Ivan Probert]]
* [[Editor]] - [[Ivan Probert]]
* For [[BBC Wales]] - [[Brian Minchin]], [[Nikki Wilson]]
* For [[BBC Wales]] - [[Brian Minchin]], [[Nikki Wilson]]
* [[Director]] - [[Pip Banyard]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Pip Banyard]]
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Gillian Scothern]], [[Russell T Davies]]
* [[Executive producer]]s - [[Gillian Scothern]], [[Russell T Davies]]
* [[Series producer]] - [[John Piper]]
* [[Series producer]] - [[John Piper]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Mr Smith and Rani note that the Pied Piper showed up at about the time Rani moved to Bannerman Road and first met [[Luke Smith]], [[Clyde Langer]], and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'')
* Mr Smith acknowledges [[Eve's home planet]] as a casualty of the [[Last Great Time War]].
* Mr Smith compares the Pied Piper's ability to take human disguise to those of the [[Graske]] and [[Androvax]].
* Mr Smith compares the Pied Piper's ability to take human disguise to those of the [[Graske]] and [[Androvax]].
* Regardng his headmastering technique, Rani jokingly compares [[Haresh Chandra|her father]] to [[RoboCop]].
* Regarding his headmastering technique, Rani jokingly compares [[Haresh Chandra|her father]] to [[RoboCop]].
* Mr Smith notes that Rani was a valued addition to the Bannerman Road Gang, and cites [[Erasmus Darkening]], [[The Trickster]], and [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]] as threats which would have been harder to handle without her help.
* Mr Smith notes Eve's homeworld was destroyed in the same [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] which destroyed [[Gallifrey]] and killed almost all the [[Time Lord]]s and [[Dalek]]s.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
This story contains clips from [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]''.
* This story contains clips from ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' and ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]''.
* As Rani is able to relate the pertinent data to Mr Smith, it is established in this episode that Rani is aware of the [[alternate timeline]] surrounding her future self in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'' and its correction by [[Adam Lloyd]]. Whether Rani directly remembers the events herself or re-learned of them later by other means is not known.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* As Rani is able to relate the pertinent data to Mr Smith, it is established in this episode that Rani is aware of the [[alternate timeline]] surrounding her future self in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'' and its correction by [[Adam Lloyd]]. Whether Rani directly remembers the events herself or re-learned of them later by other means is not known.
* Rani and Mr Smith recount their encounters with the [[Pied Piper]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'') and [[Eve (The Mad Woman in the Attic)|Eve]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')
* When recalling adversaries Rani has faced, Mr Smith mentions [[Erasmus Darkening]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]'') [[the Trickster]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') and [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'')


== Home video releases ==
{{SJAwebcasts}}
''to be added''


[[Category:SJAF episodes]]
[[Category:SJAF episodes]]
[[Category:2010 television stories]]
[[Category:Television stories that use Murray Gold's SJA theme]]

Latest revision as of 20:21, 3 November 2024

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Episode two of Sarah Jane's Alien Files aired alongside The Vault of Secrets.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rani Chandra visits the attic of 13 Bannerman Road and tells Mr Smith of her search for a heroic, intelligent, mysterious subject on whom to practice her interview and journalism skills. Mr Smith begins to describe his own talents, but Rani stops him and informs him that what she'd actually been hoping for from Mr Smith was a suggestion of someone else to interview. While he considers the matter, Rani and Mr Smith update the Alien Files with data about the Pied Piper, Ship, and Eve.

During the update Rani admits that Mr Smith is indeed heroic, intelligent, and mysterious in his own right. Rani closes the new entries to the Alien Files in the manner of a newsreader.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]