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'''''Warriors of Kudlak''''' was the fourth story in the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was comprised of the fifth and sixth episodes of the regular series and marked the first appearance of the [[Uvodni]] race.
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'''''Warriors of Kudlak''''' was the third serial of [[Series 1 (SJA)|series 1]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Phil Gladwin]] and directed by [[Charles Martin]]. It was during this story that Luke Smith and Clyde Langer went into [[space]] for the first time and Luke was given his first [[kiss]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
=== Part 1 ===
A new [[laser]] tag centre, [[Combat 3000]] has opened in [[London]]. [[Lance Metcalf]], a teenage boy from [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and [[Luke Smith]]'s [[Park Vale Comprehensive School|school]], is reported missing after going there. [[Mr Smith]] tells [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] that twenty-four children have gone missing from all across [[England]] in places where other branches of [[Combat 3000]] have opened.
[[Combat 3000]] is a new laser tag centre that has opened in [[London]]. [[Lance Metcalf]], a teenage boy from [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and [[Luke Smith]]'s [[Park Vale Comprehensive School|school]], is playing and walks down a corridor into a small room when a door shuts behind him. Lance then disappears in what appears to be a transportation beam. At Lance's house, Sarah Jane is asking Lance's mother, [[Carrie Metcalf]], about the disappearance. Back at 13 Bannerman Road, [[Mr Smith]] tells [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] and Maria that twenty-four children have gone missing from all across [[England]] in places where other branches of Combat 3000 have opened.


Luke tries in vain to master the art of telling jokes. Neither does he understand [[games]]. Clyde takes him under his wing to Combat 3000. Sarah Jane learns there have been mysterious storms at the time of all the disappearances connected with Combat 3000. Investigating, [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] and she also find that [[Mark Grantham]] and a [[humanoid]], [[insectoid]] [[alien]] called [[Kudlak]] are abducting the children for an unseen "[[the Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]]".  
Luke tries in vain to master the art of telling jokes. He also does not understand [[game]]s. Sarah Jane asks the children if they knew Lance and Clyde refers to Lance by Luke's nickname for him, "the [[Corporal]]". Sarah Jane tells them that this nickname probably upset Lance because his father was a soldier that was killed in battle. Luke is upset by this because he thought he finally said something humorous and he leaves the house upset. Clyde follows after him to try to cheer him up. Sarah Jane learns there have been mysterious storms at the time of all the disappearances connected with Combat 3000. Sarah Jane and Maria make a machine to try to trace energy that might be left by alien activity during the sudden storms.


Luke and Clyde have survived Round One of Combat 3000 and are challenged to make it to the door to the championships, facing other accomplished players. When Luke and Clyde approach the door, they are attacked. They escape, but are locked in a room from which they disappear. Mr. Grantham points an alien gun at Sarah and Maria, but Sarah uses her [[sonic lipstick]] to escape. Maria and Sarah arrive in a different room where they are confronted by Kudlak...
Clyde takes Luke under his wing, and they go to Combat 3000 in order to teach Luke how fun fun is. Luke and Clyde have survived Round One of Combat 3000 and are the top two players, with Luke edging ahead of Clyde; Clyde puts this down to beginner's luck on Luke's part. [[Mark Grantham]] appears and challenges them to Round Two where they will be facing other accomplished players. The winners of Round Two will advance to the championships by making it through the arena and through a door at the end of the arena. They enter into the second round, where should they lose their allotted ten lives they lose the game. Working together, they manage to make it near the door, with Luke on six lives and Clyde on four. When Luke and Clyde approach the door, they are attacked by unknown attackers. They successfully push through the assault, but are locked in a room.


They have arrived too late to save Luke and Clyde. On a screen they see them transported to space by a [[transmat]] beam.
Sarah Jane and Maria arrive at Combat 3000 and start investigating. They sneak into the office area and break into an office. Grantham catches Sarah Jane and Maria in his office and points an alien gun at them. While talking with Grantham, they find out that he is working with a [[humanoid]], [[insectoid]] [[alien]] called [[Kudlak]] and are abducting the children for an unseen "[[the Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]]". Sarah Jane uses her [[sonic lipstick]] to disrupt Grantham's [[earpiece]], which shocks him and allows them to escape. Maria and Sarah Jane arrive in a different room where they are confronted by Kudlak. They see a screen and see Clyde and Luke transported away by a [[transmat]] beam.


=== Part 2 ===
=== Part 2 ===
Sarah Jane and Maria create a diversion and escape Kudlak. Back at Bannerman Road, Mr. Smith informs them Kudlak is a member of the [[Uvodni]] race, who were part of a planetary alliance fighting against the [[Malakh]]. The Malakh won the war, but the Uvodni continued fighting. Kudlak was injured on the front line and forced to leave the fighting. He was sent as part of an Imperial Fleet to recruit "warriors" from other worlds. His ship was led by a Mistress, who kept the patriotism and bloodlust in Kudlak alive. After decades of recruiting (mostly [[human]]) children via Combat 3000, Kudlak and Mr. Grantham have abducted Clyde and Luke.
Sarah Jane and Maria create a diversion and escape Kudlak. Back at Bannerman Road, Mr. Smith informs them Kudlak is a member of the [[Uvodni]] race, who were part of a planetary alliance fighting against the [[Malakh]]. The Malakh won the war, but the Uvodni continued fighting. Kudlak was injured on the front line and forced to leave the fighting. He was sent as part of an Imperial Fleet to recruit "warriors" from other worlds. His ship was led by a Mistress, who kept the patriotism and bloodlust in Kudlak alive. After decades of recruiting children via Combat 3000, Kudlak and Mr. Grantham have abducted Clyde and Luke.
 
Luke and Clyde are still in the small locked room when a door opens and the guards grab them and shove them in a wooden crate. The guards then push the crate into a large room where there are other crates. Luke works to open the crate and when they get out, they rescue other children from holding crates, including Lance and a girl called [[Jen (Warriors of Kudlak)|Jen]]. While they are all talking, Luke uses Clyde's phone to hack into the computer system of the spaceship and he finds a map. On the map he sees a shuttlecraft that they can use to escape. They all hear a door starting to open and hide. A guard enters and Jen sneaks up and grabs the guard and shoves him into a crate. They then run through the door as the guard blows open the crate with a weapon. Luke, Clyde and the others find a window and discover that they are indeed in space.
 
On [[Earth]], Grantham breaks into Sarah Jane's home, but, while cornering Sarah Jane, Maria overpowers him by using parts of the machine that they made to electrocute Grantham. Back on the Uvodni ship, the children make their way to a shuttlecraft, but are recaptured. Sarah Jane and Maria blackmail Grantham into transmatting them to the Uvodni ship, where they talk to the Mistress. When Kudlak brings the children to the Mistress, everyone is reunited. Luke tells Kudlak that the war is over. They discover the Mistress's true identity, which is a face on a computer screen with no real person behind it. Kudlak doesn't believe this and threatens to kill all of them.


Meanwhile, Luke and Clyde find themselves on a spaceship. They rescue other children from holding crates, including Lance and a girl called [[Jen (Warriors of Kudlak)|Jen]]. On [[Earth]], Mr. Grantham breaks into Sarah Jane's home, but is overpowered by an electric shock. Back on the Uvodni ship, the children make their way to a shuttlecraft, but are recaptured. Sarah Jane and Maria blackmail Grantham into transmatting them to the Uvodni ship, where they talk to the Mistress. When Kudlak brings the children to the Mistress, everyone is reunited. They discover the Mistress's true identity as a face on a computer screen, with no real person behind it.
Kudlak is stopped by Luke before he kills anyone. Luke tells Kudlak about a video that he discovered. It is a ten-year-old message from the [[Uvodni Emperor]], stating that an armistice had been reached with the Malakh. Having no programming to understand the concept of peace, the Mistress buried the message and continued to command Kudlak to recruit warriors, even though her missions no longer had any real point. With the truth revealed, Kudlak destroys the Mistress, releases the children and swears to do what he can to reunite the surviving recruits with their families.


Kudlak is stopped by Luke before he kills anyone. Luke has discovered a message by the [[Uvodni Emperor]], ten years old. An armistice had been reached with the Malakh. The Mistress has no programming to understand the concept of peace, so she buried the message and continued to command Kudlak, even though her missions no longer had any real point. With the truth revealed, [[Kudlak]] destroys the Mistress, releases the children and swears to do what he can to reunite the surviving recruits with their families. Back on Earth, Grantham has escaped, but Sarah Jane decides not to have him arrested.
Back on Earth, Grantham has escaped, but Sarah Jane decides not to pursue him, believing he'll get himself in trouble without her. After chatting with her friends, Jen decides to thank Luke for saving her with a kiss. This kiss, being his first, leaves him quite confused, since he's never experienced romantic inklings before. Luke asks Clyde if he has any knowledge to share about dealing with girls, but it's the one mystery even he can't figure out.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Mark Grantham]] — [[Chook Sibtain]]
* [[Mark Grantham]] — [[Chook Sibtain]]
* [[Carrie Metcalf]] — [[Sarah Haynes]]
* [[Carrie Metcalf]] — [[Sarah Haynes]]
* [[Wendy]] — [[Pamela Merrick]]
* [[Lance Metcalf|Lance]] — [[Sonny Muslim]]
* [[Lance Metcalf|Lance]] — [[Sonny Muslim]]
* [[Brandon Butler]] — [[James Bellamy]]
* [[Brandon Butler]] — [[James Bellamy]]
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* [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]]/[[Uvodni Emperor|Emperor]]/[[the Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]] — [[Paul Kasey]]
* [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]]/[[Uvodni Emperor|Emperor]]/[[the Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]] — [[Paul Kasey]]
* Voice of [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]]/[[Uvodni Emperor|Emperor]] — [[Silas Carson]]
* Voice of [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]]/[[Uvodni Emperor|Emperor]] — [[Silas Carson]]
* Voice of [[the Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]] - [[Tina Greatex]]
* Voice of [[the Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]] - [[Tina Greatrex]]


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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The way [[Uvlavad Kudlak]] [[teleport]]ed children is similar to the [[H2O scoop]] used by the [[Judoon]].
* The [[Uvodni-Malakh War]] is mentioned.
* The events of this story appear to take place during a half term holiday; [[Lance Metcalf|Lance]], the boy who is kidnapped, goes missing on a Saturday. The events in the story occur three days later, which must be a Tuesday, yet [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]] and [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] are seen, with other school children, to spend the whole day out of school. Only the first half term of the school year is possible as the events in [[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'' must occur, at most, five months after [[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''. It could also be a local holiday.
 
* A picture of a [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman]] appears in [[Sarah Jane]]'s attic.
=== Individuals ===
* While Mr. Smith searches for what race Kudlak is of, [[Krillitane]] wings and [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]]'s horns are seen.
* Next to Clyde, Luke, Lance and Jen, [[Jack (Warriors of Kudlak)|a boy from Manchester]], [[Ella (Warriors of Kudlak)|a girl from Leeds]] and [[Girl (Warriors of Kudlak)|a girl from Inverness]] were on the [[Uvodni warship]].
* [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] mentions ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''.
* [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] mentions [[Captain Kirk]], a reference to ''[[Star Trek]]''.
* [[Sarah Jane]] says that [[Lance Metcalf]] could be the first [[man]] on [[Mars]], then adds the first ''[[human]]'' [[man]] on [[Mars]].


== Story Notes ==
=== Locations ===
* Sarah Jane says that Lance could be the first [[human]] man on [[Mars]].
* A [[Combat 3000]] game store is located in [[Manchester (city)|Manchester]], [[Brighton]] and [[Inverness]].
* [[Simon Metcalf]] was a soldier at the [[Iraq War]].
* Sarah Jane recognises the [[Uvodni-Malakh War]] as part of "the [[Ghost Wars]] of the [[Horsehead Nebula]]".
* Sarah Jane and Maria visit [[Haven Green]].
* Maria mentions the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''.
 
=== Organisations ===
* As Mr Smith notes while accessing his database, Kudlak is one of the [[Uvodni Signus Brigade]]'s most decorated warriors. He also mentions the [[Uvodni Imperial Fleet]].
 
=== Objects ===
* Sarah Jane uses two [[fuse rod]]s, made from [[Cibrianite Flux]], to create an [[energy web machine]].
* [[Entanglement shell]]s are used in [[terraforming]].
 
=== Species ===
* A picture of a [[Cybus Industries]] [[Cyberman]] appears in Sarah Jane's attic.
* While Mr Smith searches for Kudlak's race, [[Krillitane]] wings and [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]]'s horns are seen.
* [[Mr Smith]]'s last data registration of General Kudlak came from a [[cybergon]] download with a [[Zantoxian]] [[Zantoxian trade vessel|trade vessel]] that passed through the [[Solar system]] two months ago.
* [[Slab]]s are working at the Uvodni warship.
 
=== Food ===
* Luke tries to make a joke about [[cornflakes]].
 
=== Expressions ===
* Luke is confused by Clyde's use of the word "[[gaffe]]".
* Brandon describes Lance as "[[the nuts]]".
 
=== Cultural references to the real world ===
* Clyde mentions [[Captain Kirk]].
* Mr Grantham and Clyde Langer make a reference to ''[[Star Wars]]''.
 
=== Films ===
* Lance Metcalf has film posters of ''[[Acid Burn]]'', ''[[City Justice]]'' and ''[[Space Station Zero]]'' inside his room.
 
== Story notes ==
* Both episodes aired on the [[CBBC]] Channel, and were broadcast a week later on [[BBC1]].
* Both episodes aired on the [[CBBC]] Channel, and were broadcast a week later on [[BBC1]].
* The [[BBC]] [[Ninth Doctor]] novel ''[[Winner Takes All]]'' has a plot similar to this episode.
* The game that [[Lance Metcalf]] and [[Brandon Butler]] played could be played on the BBC website. It was called ''[[Interstella Z-Wingers (video game)|Interstella Z-Wingers]]''.
* In Part 1, [[Paul Kasey]] is credited as playing [[Kudlak]], [[the Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]] and [[Uvodni Emperor|Emperor]] when only [[Kudlak]] appears and the [[Uvodni Emperor|Emperor]] is never even mentioned.
* Originally Kudlak's plan was to collect children for an intergalactic zoo.<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/sarahjane/2007fg.html</ref>


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
==== Part 1 ====
* 425,000 ([[CBBC]])
* 1 million ([[BBC1]])


==== Part 2 ====
* Part 1 - 0.42 million viewers ([[DWMSE 23]])
* 397,000 ([[CBBC]])
* Part 2 - 0.40 million viewers ([[DWMSE 23]])
* 1.2 million ([[BBC1]])


=== Myths ===
''Part One's BBC One repeat gained 1 million with an AI score of 85, whilst Part Two's BBC One repeat gained 1.2 million with an AI score of 85.''
''To be added''


=== Location Filming ===
=== Location filming ===
''To be added''
* Trident Park ''(formerly Nippon Electric Glass UK), ''Cardiff Bay
* Womanby street, Cardiff
* Wood Street, Penarth
* Mamhilad Park Industrial Estate,''' '''Pontypool
* St David's Crescent Park,''' '''Penarth
* Red Dragon Centre,''' '''Cardiff Bay
* Larkwood Avenue,''' '''Penarth
* Clinton Road,''' '''Penarth
* Black and White Cafe, Cardiff
* Grangemoor Park, Cardiff


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
* If you look behind [[Luke Smith|Luke]] as he puts on his suit you can see the scores from after the game when it hasn't even started yet.
{{SJA discontinuity}}
* Near the beginning of episode 1, in the background you can see a sign on the side of the building next to Combat 3000 that clearly has the words "South Wales". This same sign appears for a split second near the end of episode 2.
* If you look behind [[Luke Smith|Luke]] as he puts on his suit, you can see the scores from after the game when it hasn't even started yet.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
{{SJA discontinuity}}
* Clyde has started tutoring Luke on how to "be cool" so he can get the hang of acting and interacting like a normal human boy. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)}})
''to be added''
* Freak weather conditions also featured in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Claws of Axos (TV story)}}.


== [[Sarah Jane Smith - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
== Home video releases ==
* This story occurs after [[SJA]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon]]''.
* This story was included in the [[Series 1 (SJA)|Series 1]] [[DVD]] box set, which was released in [[North America]] on [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] and released in the [[UK]] on [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2008.
* This story occurs before [[SJAA]]: ''[[The Glittering Storm]]''.
* It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).


== Home video releases ==
== Footnotes ==
This story was included in the [[Series 1 (SJA)|Series 1]] box set, which was released in [[North America]] on [[7 October]] [[2008]] and released in the [[UK]] on [[10 November]] [[2008]].
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Warriors of Kudlak was the third serial of series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was written by Phil Gladwin and directed by Charles Martin. It was during this story that Luke Smith and Clyde Langer went into space for the first time and Luke was given his first kiss.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Children have been going missing, but how? Will Luke and Clyde win Combat 3000? And who is the mysterious Mr Kudlak?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

Combat 3000 is a new laser tag centre that has opened in London. Lance Metcalf, a teenage boy from Clyde and Luke Smith's school, is playing and walks down a corridor into a small room when a door shuts behind him. Lance then disappears in what appears to be a transportation beam. At Lance's house, Sarah Jane is asking Lance's mother, Carrie Metcalf, about the disappearance. Back at 13 Bannerman Road, Mr Smith tells Sarah and Maria that twenty-four children have gone missing from all across England in places where other branches of Combat 3000 have opened.

Luke tries in vain to master the art of telling jokes. He also does not understand games. Sarah Jane asks the children if they knew Lance and Clyde refers to Lance by Luke's nickname for him, "the Corporal". Sarah Jane tells them that this nickname probably upset Lance because his father was a soldier that was killed in battle. Luke is upset by this because he thought he finally said something humorous and he leaves the house upset. Clyde follows after him to try to cheer him up. Sarah Jane learns there have been mysterious storms at the time of all the disappearances connected with Combat 3000. Sarah Jane and Maria make a machine to try to trace energy that might be left by alien activity during the sudden storms.

Clyde takes Luke under his wing, and they go to Combat 3000 in order to teach Luke how fun fun is. Luke and Clyde have survived Round One of Combat 3000 and are the top two players, with Luke edging ahead of Clyde; Clyde puts this down to beginner's luck on Luke's part. Mark Grantham appears and challenges them to Round Two where they will be facing other accomplished players. The winners of Round Two will advance to the championships by making it through the arena and through a door at the end of the arena. They enter into the second round, where should they lose their allotted ten lives they lose the game. Working together, they manage to make it near the door, with Luke on six lives and Clyde on four. When Luke and Clyde approach the door, they are attacked by unknown attackers. They successfully push through the assault, but are locked in a room.

Sarah Jane and Maria arrive at Combat 3000 and start investigating. They sneak into the office area and break into an office. Grantham catches Sarah Jane and Maria in his office and points an alien gun at them. While talking with Grantham, they find out that he is working with a humanoid, insectoid alien called Kudlak and are abducting the children for an unseen "Mistress". Sarah Jane uses her sonic lipstick to disrupt Grantham's earpiece, which shocks him and allows them to escape. Maria and Sarah Jane arrive in a different room where they are confronted by Kudlak. They see a screen and see Clyde and Luke transported away by a transmat beam.

Part 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sarah Jane and Maria create a diversion and escape Kudlak. Back at Bannerman Road, Mr. Smith informs them Kudlak is a member of the Uvodni race, who were part of a planetary alliance fighting against the Malakh. The Malakh won the war, but the Uvodni continued fighting. Kudlak was injured on the front line and forced to leave the fighting. He was sent as part of an Imperial Fleet to recruit "warriors" from other worlds. His ship was led by a Mistress, who kept the patriotism and bloodlust in Kudlak alive. After decades of recruiting children via Combat 3000, Kudlak and Mr. Grantham have abducted Clyde and Luke.

Luke and Clyde are still in the small locked room when a door opens and the guards grab them and shove them in a wooden crate. The guards then push the crate into a large room where there are other crates. Luke works to open the crate and when they get out, they rescue other children from holding crates, including Lance and a girl called Jen. While they are all talking, Luke uses Clyde's phone to hack into the computer system of the spaceship and he finds a map. On the map he sees a shuttlecraft that they can use to escape. They all hear a door starting to open and hide. A guard enters and Jen sneaks up and grabs the guard and shoves him into a crate. They then run through the door as the guard blows open the crate with a weapon. Luke, Clyde and the others find a window and discover that they are indeed in space.

On Earth, Grantham breaks into Sarah Jane's home, but, while cornering Sarah Jane, Maria overpowers him by using parts of the machine that they made to electrocute Grantham. Back on the Uvodni ship, the children make their way to a shuttlecraft, but are recaptured. Sarah Jane and Maria blackmail Grantham into transmatting them to the Uvodni ship, where they talk to the Mistress. When Kudlak brings the children to the Mistress, everyone is reunited. Luke tells Kudlak that the war is over. They discover the Mistress's true identity, which is a face on a computer screen with no real person behind it. Kudlak doesn't believe this and threatens to kill all of them.

Kudlak is stopped by Luke before he kills anyone. Luke tells Kudlak about a video that he discovered. It is a ten-year-old message from the Uvodni Emperor, stating that an armistice had been reached with the Malakh. Having no programming to understand the concept of peace, the Mistress buried the message and continued to command Kudlak to recruit warriors, even though her missions no longer had any real point. With the truth revealed, Kudlak destroys the Mistress, releases the children and swears to do what he can to reunite the surviving recruits with their families.

Back on Earth, Grantham has escaped, but Sarah Jane decides not to pursue him, believing he'll get himself in trouble without her. After chatting with her friends, Jen decides to thank Luke for saving her with a kiss. This kiss, being his first, leaves him quite confused, since he's never experienced romantic inklings before. Luke asks Clyde if he has any knowledge to share about dealing with girls, but it's the one mystery even he can't figure out.

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Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


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  • Luke is confused by Clyde's use of the word "gaffe".
  • Brandon describes Lance as "the nuts".

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Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Part 1 - 0.42 million viewers (DWMSE 23)
  • Part 2 - 0.40 million viewers (DWMSE 23)

Part One's BBC One repeat gained 1 million with an AI score of 85, whilst Part Two's BBC One repeat gained 1.2 million with an AI score of 85.

Location filming[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Trident Park (formerly Nippon Electric Glass UK), Cardiff Bay
  • Womanby street, Cardiff
  • Wood Street, Penarth
  • Mamhilad Park Industrial Estate, Pontypool
  • St David's Crescent Park, Penarth
  • Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay
  • Larkwood Avenue, Penarth
  • Clinton Road, Penarth
  • Black and White Cafe, Cardiff
  • Grangemoor Park, Cardiff

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • Near the beginning of episode 1, in the background you can see a sign on the side of the building next to Combat 3000 that clearly has the words "South Wales". This same sign appears for a split second near the end of episode 2.
  • If you look behind Luke as he puts on his suit, you can see the scores from after the game when it hasn't even started yet.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Clyde has started tutoring Luke on how to "be cool" so he can get the hang of acting and interacting like a normal human boy. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)"])
  • Freak weather conditions also featured in TV: The Claws of Axos [+]Loading...["The Claws of Axos (TV story)"].

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was included in the Series 1 DVD box set, which was released in North America on 7 October 2008 and released in the UK on 10 November 2008.
  • It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ No on screen date is given for the first two series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, outside of The Day of the Clown from the second series being set shortly after 9 October in an undisclosed year. While Donna Noble's present from the fourth series of Doctor Who is set around the same time as the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, and The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith from the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures is explicitly described as being set a year after Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? from the first series, Doctor Who's fourth series is not consistently dated, with TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in 2008 (heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast and TV: The Giggle as well), and PROSE: Beautiful Chaos setting them in about April to June 2009.

Citations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/sarahjane/2007fg.html

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