Series 1 (SJA): Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
No edit summary
No edit summary
 
(66 intermediate revisions by 28 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{real world}}{{big toc}}
{{real world}}
[[File:Sarah_Jane_Adventures_Logo.jpg|left|thumb|centre]]
{{Infobox Series
The first series of '''The Sarah Jane Adventures''' was broadcast following the broadcast of a special 60 minute episode on the 1st January 2007. The season proper aired during the final months of 2007 and consisted of five two-part stories, with each episode running 25 minutes in length (the first time 25-minute episodes have been used in the ''Doctor Who'' franchise since the parent series ended in 1989).
|image            = Sarah Jane Adventures Logo.jpg
[[File:SJApromo1.jpg|thumb|''Invasion of the Bane'' promotional image.]]  
|image2          = Group.jpg
|broadcast year  = 2007
|ep count        = 11
|story count      = 6
|first ep        = Invasion of the Bane (TV story)
|main character  = [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
|starring        = Luke Smith
|starring2        = Maria Jackson
|starring3        = Clyde Langer
|starring4        = Alan Jackson
|starring5        = Mr Smith
|main enemy      =
|producer        = Matthew Bouch
|exec prod        = Phil Collinson
|exec prod2      = Russell T Davies
|exec prod3      = Julie Gardner
|start date      = [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|end date        = [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|network          = BBC One
|runtime          = 25'
|prev            =
|next            = Series 2 (SJA)
|DWMSE            = DWMSE 23
|DWMSE2          = DWMSE 28
|DWMSE3          = DWMSE 32
|action figures  = Character Options SJA action figures
|trailer          =
|clip            = Sarah Jane Adopts Luke Invasion of the Bane The Sarah Jane Adventures
|clip2            = Sarah Jane is Brought Back to Reality Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? The Sarah Jane Adventures
|clip3            = K9 vs Mr. Smith! The Lost Boy The Sarah Jane Adventures
|bts              =
}}{{you may|Series 1 (SJS)|n1=Sarah Jane Smith series}}{{big toc}}
'''Series 1''' of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' ran between [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] and [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2007. It starred [[Elizabeth Sladen]] as [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Yasmin Paige]] as [[Maria Jackson]], [[Tommy Knight]] as [[Luke Smith]], [[Daniel Anthony]] as [[Clyde Langer]] and [[Alexander Armstrong]] as [[Mr Smith]]. The series opened with ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'' and concluded with ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]''.
 
== Overview ==
It consisted of six stories and eleven episodes. It was broadcast following the broadcast of a [[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|special 60-minute episode]] on [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]. The season proper aired between [[24 September (releases)|24 September]] 2007 and [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2007 and consisted of five two-part stories, with each episode running 25 minutes in length (the first time 25-minute episodes have been used in the ''Doctor Who'' franchise since the parent series ended in 1989).
 
A [[13 Bannerman Road (TV story)|narrative trailer]] for the series aired, featuring [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] discussing [[13 Bannerman Road]].
== Cast ==
== Cast ==
=== Primary cast ===
[[File:SJApromo1.jpg|thumb|''Invasion of the Bane'' promotional image.]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]  
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Maria Jackson]] - [[Yasmin Paige]]
* [[Maria Jackson]] - [[Yasmin Paige]]
* [[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
* [[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
* [[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]] (From ''Revenge of the Slitheen'')
* [[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* [[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
* [[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]] (voice)
[[File:Group.jpg|thumb|A promotional image for the rest of the series.]]
=== Secondary cast ===
* [[Alan Jackson]] - [[Joseph Millson]]
* [[Alan Jackson]] - [[Joseph Millson]]
* [[Chrissie Jackson]] - [[Juliet Cowan]]
* [[Chrissie Jackson]] - [[Juliet Cowan]]
=== Recurring ===
* [[K9 Mark IV|K9]] - [[John Leeson]] (voice)
* [[K9 Mark IV|K9]] - [[John Leeson]] (voice)
* [[Kelsey Hooper]] - [[Porsha Lawrence-Mavour]] (''Invasion of the Bane'' only)
* [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]] - [[Samantha Bond]]
* [[Celeste Rivers|Professor Rivers]] - [[Floella Benjamin]]
* [[Trinity Wells]] - [[Lachele Carl]]
* [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen|Carl]] / Nathan Goss - [[Anton Thompson McCormick]], [[Jimmy Vee]]
* [[The Trickster]] - [[Paul Marc Davis]]
* [[Krislok]] - [[Jimmy Vee]], [[Philip Hurd-Wood]]


=== Guest cast ===
=== Guest ===
* [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]] - [[Samantha Bond]]
* [[Kelsey Hooper]] - [[Porsha Lawrence-Mavour]]
* [[Andrea Yates]] - [[Jane Asher]]
* [[Andrea Yates]] - [[Jane Asher]]
* [[Carl (Revenge of the Slitheen)|Carl]] - [[Anton Thompson McCormick]]
* [[Bea Nelson-Stanley]] - [[Phyllida Law]]
* [[Bea Nelson-Stanley]] - [[Phyllida Law]]
* [[Helena|Sister Helena]] - [[Beth Goddard]]
* [[Helena (Eye of the Gorgon)|Sister Helena]] - [[Beth Goddard]]
* [[Mark Grantham]] - [[Chook Sibtain]]
* [[Mark Grantham]] - [[Chook Sibtain]]
* [[Jen (Warriors of Kudlak)|Jen]] - [[Nadiyah Davis]]
* [[Jen (Warriors of Kudlak)|Jen]] - [[Nadiyah Davis]]
* [[Celeste Rivers|Professor Rivers]] - [[Floella Benjamin]]
* [[Dax Fex Fize Slitheen|Jay Stafford]] - [[Jay Simpson]]
* [[Jay Stafford]] - [[Jay Simpson]]
* [[Bloorm Vungah Bart Slitheen|Heidi Stafford]] - [[Holly Atkins]]
* [[Heidi Stafford]] - [[Holly Atkins]]
* [[Trinity Wells]] - [[Lachele Carl]]


== Television stories ==
== Television stories ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|width="50"| '''Episodes''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer(s)''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
!width="50"| Episodes || Title  || Writer(s) || Director || Notes
|-
|-
|1 ||''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'' ||[[Russell T Davies]] &<br />[[Gareth Roberts]]||[[Colin Teague]]||Reintroduction of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[K9 Mark IV]]. First appearance of [[Luke Smith]], [[Maria Jackson]], [[Alan Jackson]], [[Chrissie Jackson]], [[Mr Smith]], [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]] and [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|the Bane]]
|1 ||''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'' ||[[Russell T Davies]] &<br />[[Gareth Roberts]]||[[Colin Teague]]||Reintroduction of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[K9 Mark IV]]. Introduction of [[Luke Smith]], [[Maria Jackson]], [[Alan Jackson]], [[Chrissie Jackson]], [[Mr Smith]], [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]] and [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|the Bane]]. [[Kelsey Hooper]] makes her only televised appearance. K9 is shown to be containing the spread of a [[black hole]] due to an experiment going wrong in [[Switzerland]].
|-
|-
|2 ||''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'' ||Gareth Roberts||[[Alice Troughton]]||Reintroduction of [[Slitheen family|the Slitheen]] and introduction of [[Clyde Langer]]
|2 ||''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'' ||Gareth Roberts||[[Alice Troughton]]||Reintroduction of [[Slitheen family|the Slitheen]] and introduction of [[Clyde Langer]].
|-
|-
|2 ||''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]''  ||[[Phil Ford]]||Alice Troughton||
||3 ||''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]''  ||[[Phil Ford]]||Alice Troughton||
|-
|-
|2 ||''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]] ||[[Phil Gladwin]]||[[Charles Martin]]||
||4 ||''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'' ||[[Phil Gladwin]]||[[Charles Martin]]||First time Luke, Clyde and Maria go into [[space]], and are involved in a plot that takes place beyond [[Earth]].
|-
|-
|2 ||''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' ||Gareth Roberts||[[Graeme Harper]] || First appearance of [[The Trickster]]
|5 ||''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' ||Gareth Roberts||[[Graeme Harper]] ||First appearance of [[the Trickster]] and [[Krislok]].
|-
|-
|2 ||''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'' ||Phil Ford||Charles Martin||Reintroduction of the Slitheen and [[K9]] Mark IV
|6 ||''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'' ||Phil Ford||Charles Martin||Mr Smith is revealed to be an alien called a [[Xylok]] embedded into a supercomputer, with a hidden villainous nature. However, he is reprogrammed through use of [[Armageddon virus|a virus]] to become docile and more friendly.
|}
|}
Although broadcast separately from the rest of the season, the BBC considers Invasion of the Bane to be part of Series 1, and released it as such to DVD.


== Aliens and enemies ==
== Aliens and enemies ==
Line 55: Line 93:
* [[Slitheen]]
* [[Slitheen]]
* [[Gorgon]]
* [[Gorgon]]
* [[Helena|Sister Helena]]  
** [[The Abbess (Eye of the Gorgon)|The Abbess]]
* [[Helena (Eye of the Gorgon)|Sister Helena]]
* [[Uvlavad Kudlak]]
* [[Uvlavad Kudlak]]
* [[the Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]]
* [[The Mistress (Warriors of Kudlak)|Mistress]]
* [[Mark Grantham]]
* [[Mark Grantham]]
* [[Trickster's Brigade]]
** [[The Trickster]]
* [[Krislok]]
* [[Krislok]]
* [[Mr Smith]]
* [[Xylok]]
** [[Mr Smith]]


== Novels ==
== Novels ==
Season 1 of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' marked the first time since the early 1990s that novelisations were commissioned for televised episodes of a ''Doctor Who'' franchise production. The first four novelisations were published in 2007, with the last two following in 2008.
Series 1 of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' marked the first time since ''[[The Novel of the Film]]'' in [[1996 (releases)|1996]] that novelisations were commissioned for televised episodes of a ''Doctor Who'' franchise production. The first four novelisations were published in [[2007 (releases)|2007]], with the last two following in [[2008 (releases)|2008]].


* [[Invasion of the Bane (novelisation)|Invasion of the Bane]]
* ''[[Invasion of the Bane (novelisation)|Invasion of the Bane]]''
* [[Revenge of the Slitheen (novelisation)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]
* ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (novelisation)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]''
* [[Eye of the Gorgon (novelisation)|Eye of the Gorgon]]
* ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (novelisation)|Eye of the Gorgon]]''
* [[Warriors of Kudlak (novelisation)|Warriors of Kudlak]]
* ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (novelisation)|Warriors of Kudlak]]''
* [[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (novelisation)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]
* ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (novelisation)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]''
* [[The Lost Boy (novelisation)|The Lost Boy]]
* ''[[The Lost Boy (novelisation)|The Lost Boy]]''


== Audiobooks ==
== Audiobooks ==
Line 80: Line 122:
* It was the first Doctor Who related DVD to not be released by 2Entertain since 2005's Doctor Who Volume 2.
* It was the first Doctor Who related DVD to not be released by 2Entertain since 2005's Doctor Who Volume 2.
* The Complete First Series (including Invasion of the Bane) was released on 10 November 2008.
* The Complete First Series (including Invasion of the Bane) was released on 10 November 2008.
== Footnotes ==
 
{{SJATV}}
{{SJATV}}
{{SJA Series 1 aliens}}  
{{SJA Series 1 aliens}}
{| class="browser"
 
| class="next"|'''Next series''':<br />[[Series 2 (SJA)|SJA Series 2]]
[[Category:Seasons]]
|}
[[Category:SJA series| Series 1 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)]]
{{TitleSort}}


[[cy:Cyfres 1 (SJA)]]
[[he:עונה 1 (הרפתקאות שרה ג'יין)]]
[[he:עונה 1 (הרפתקאות שרה ג'יין)]]
[[Category:SJA series| Series 1 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)]]
[[ru:1 сезон (ПСД)]]

Latest revision as of 20:23, 5 July 2024

RealWorld.png

You may be looking for Sarah Jane Smith series.

Series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures ran between 1 January 2007 and 19 November 2007. It starred Elizabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Yasmin Paige as Maria Jackson, Tommy Knight as Luke Smith, Daniel Anthony as Clyde Langer and Alexander Armstrong as Mr Smith. The series opened with Invasion of the Bane and concluded with The Lost Boy.

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

It consisted of six stories and eleven episodes. It was broadcast following the broadcast of a special 60-minute episode on 1 January 2007. The season proper aired between 24 September 2007 and 19 November 2007 and consisted of five two-part stories, with each episode running 25 minutes in length (the first time 25-minute episodes have been used in the Doctor Who franchise since the parent series ended in 1989).

A narrative trailer for the series aired, featuring Clyde discussing 13 Bannerman Road.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Invasion of the Bane promotional image.

Recurring[[edit] | [edit source]]

Guest[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episodes Title Writer(s) Director Notes
1 Invasion of the Bane Russell T Davies &
Gareth Roberts		 Colin Teague Reintroduction of Sarah Jane Smith and K9 Mark IV. Introduction of Luke Smith, Maria Jackson, Alan Jackson, Chrissie Jackson, Mr Smith, Mrs Wormwood and the Bane. Kelsey Hooper makes her only televised appearance. K9 is shown to be containing the spread of a black hole due to an experiment going wrong in Switzerland.
2 Revenge of the Slitheen Gareth Roberts Alice Troughton Reintroduction of the Slitheen and introduction of Clyde Langer.
3 Eye of the Gorgon Phil Ford Alice Troughton
4 Warriors of Kudlak Phil Gladwin Charles Martin First time Luke, Clyde and Maria go into space, and are involved in a plot that takes place beyond Earth.
5 Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? Gareth Roberts Graeme Harper First appearance of the Trickster and Krislok.
6 The Lost Boy Phil Ford Charles Martin Mr Smith is revealed to be an alien called a Xylok embedded into a supercomputer, with a hidden villainous nature. However, he is reprogrammed through use of a virus to become docile and more friendly.

Aliens and enemies[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures marked the first time since The Novel of the Film in 1996 that novelisations were commissioned for televised episodes of a Doctor Who franchise production. The first four novelisations were published in 2007, with the last two following in 2008.

Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

SJA Series 1 DVD

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

  • Invasion of the Bane was released on a vanilla DVD on 29 October 2007.
  • It was the first Doctor Who related DVD to not be released by 2Entertain since 2005's Doctor Who Volume 2.
  • The Complete First Series (including Invasion of the Bane) was released on 10 November 2008.
v • e
SJA television stories
Series 1
Series 2
Regular episodes
Mini-episodes
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5
Stories listed here are only those that have been officially licensed by the BBC.
v • e
Aliens and Enemies of SJA Series 1
Invasion of the Bane
Bane (Bane Mother  • Wormwood  • Davey)  • Lesley  • Arcateenian
Revenge of the Slitheen
Eye of the Gorgon
Warriors of the Kudlak
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?
The Lost Boy
Retrieved from "https://tardis.wiki/w/index.php?title=Series_1_(SJA)&oldid=3823265"