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|main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Rani Chandra|Rani]], [[Mr Smith]]
|main character       = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Rani Chandra|Rani]], [[Mr Smith]]
|featuring = [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Haresh Chandra|Haresh]], [[Gita Chandra|Gita]]
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|enemy = [[Androvax]], [[Alliance of Shades]], [[Mister Dread]]  (reedems himself)
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|setting = [[Ealing]], [[St Jude's Hospital]], [[2010]]
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|writer = [[Phil Ford]]
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|producer = [[Brian Minchin]]
|setting             = [[Ealing]] and [[St Jude's Hospital]], [[2010]]
|broadcast date = [[18 October]] [[2010]] (Part 1)<br />[[19 October]] [[2010]] (Part 2)
|writer               = Phil Ford
|format = 2x30 minute episodes
|director             = [[Joss Agnew]]
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|producer             = [[Brian Minchin]]
|next = Death of the Doctor (TV story)
|broadcast date       = 18 - 19 October 2010
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'''''The Vault of Secrets''''' was the second story in the [[Series 4 (SJA)|fourth series]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. [[Androvax]] and the [[Alliance of Shades]] returned
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'''''The Vault of Secrets''''' was the second serial of [[Series 4 (SJA)|series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Phil Ford]] and directed by [[Joss Agnew]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
When an old enemy, [[Androvax]] the [[Veil]], returns to [[Earth]] asking for help, the gang face a dilemma — should they trust him? Or does the legendary Vault hold an even greater terror? A second threat arises, when [[android]] guardians threaten to destroy anyone who uncovers their secrets. As the battle between Sarah Jane, Androvax and the androids reaches its climax, Rani has to save her mother from being caught in the crossfire. The Vault opens and the destiny of the entire [[Veil]] species is at stake. Is it too late to save them?
When an old enemy, [[Androvax]] the [[Veil (species)|Veil]], returns to [[Earth]] asking for help, the gang face a dilemma — should they trust him? Or does the legendary Vault hold an even greater terror? A second threat arises, when [[android]] guardians threaten to destroy anyone who uncovers their secrets. As the battle between [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], Androvax and the androids reaches its climax, [[Rani Chandra|Rani]] has to save [[Gita Chandra|her mother]] from being caught in the crossfire. The Vault opens and the destiny of the entire Veil species is at stake. Is it too late to save them?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
=== Part 1 ===
A teenage girl enters an old asylum and approaches the Vault of Secrets. She tries to access it, but only has one disc and needs two. She is confronted by the [[Alliance of Shades]]. She runs, hurts herself and falls over. [[Androvax]], the "destroyer of worlds", exits her body and escapes. The Alliance of Shades (a.k.a. [[Men in Black]]) arrive and scan the unconscious girl. They announce the Veil is no longer in her.
A teenage girl enters an old asylum and approaches the Vault of Secrets. She tries to access it, but only has one disc and needs two. She is confronted by the [[Alliance of Shades]]. She runs, hurts herself and falls over. [[Androvax]], the "destroyer of worlds", exits her body and escapes. The [[Men in Black (Dreamland)|Men in Black]] arrive and scan the unconscious girl. They announce the Veil is no longer in her.


[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and [[Rani Chandra|Rani]] are in the attic, speaking to [[Luke Smith|Luke]] on webcam. [[Mr Smith]] interferes with a [[NASA]] space probe on Mars, as Sarah Jane wishes to prevent the probe discovering an "[[Pyramids of Mars (TV_story)|ancient and deadly civilisation]]".
[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and [[Rani Chandra|Rani]] are in the attic, speaking to [[Luke Smith|Luke]] on webcam. [[Mr Smith]] interferes with a [[NASA]] space probe on Mars, as Sarah Jane wishes to prevent the probe discovering an "[[Osiran|ancient and deadly civilisation]]".


[[Gita Chandra|Gita]] and her husband [[Haresh Chandra|Haresh]] have joined B.U.R.P.S.S. ([[British UFO Research and Paranormal Studies Society]]) after their encounter with the [[Judoon]] and Androvax. When the couple return home on [[Bannerman Road]], Gita spots Androvax entering Sarah Jane's front garden.
[[Gita Chandra|Gita]] and her husband [[Haresh Chandra|Haresh]] have joined B.U.R.P.S.S. ([[British UFO Research and Paranormal Studies Society]], Ealing Branch) after their encounter with the [[Judoon]] and Androvax. When the couple return home on [[Bannerman Road]], Gita spots Androvax entering Sarah Jane's front garden.


Gita gives Haresh a tyre iron and he goes to investigate. He encounters Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde, leaving after speaking with them. Unseen, Androvax enters Rani's body. Sarah Jane scans for alien activity and realises Rani has been taken over. Sarah Jane and Clyde chase her/him to the attic and order Mr Smith to contain him after he willingly exits Rani's body. Surprisingly, he asks for Sarah Jane's help.
Gita gives Haresh a tyre iron and he goes to investigate. He encounters Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde. After speaking with them, he leaves. Unseen, Androvax enters Rani's body. Sarah Jane scans for alien activity and realises Rani has been taken over by Androvax. Sarah Jane and Clyde chase him to the attic and order Mr Smith to contain him after he willingly exits Rani's body. Surprisingly, he asks for Sarah Jane's help.


They learn Androvax is dying. Since they last encountered him, he has escaped a Judoon prison in a swamp. In doing so, he was poisoned by an alien swamp viper. He is dying slowly and intends to free a hundred of his people from cryogenic sleep in The Vault of Secrets. They are the last survivors of the Veil species aside from Androvax himself. Forty years ago, their ship crashed on Earth and was sent to the Vault by the Alliance of Shades.
They learn Androvax is dying. Since they last encountered him, he has escaped a Judoon prison in a swamp. In doing so, he was poisoned by an alien swamp viper. He is dying slowly and intends to free a hundred of his people from cryogenic sleep in the Vault of Secrets. They are the last survivors of the Veil species aside from Androvax himself. Forty years ago, their ship crashed on Earth and was sent to the Vault by the Alliance of Shades.


[[Ocean Waters]] (B.U.R.P.S.S.'s founder) arrives with Minty to scan for alien activity by picking up Beta particles. Sarah Jane uses her sonic lipstick to deactivate this device.
[[Ocean Waters]] (B.U.R.P.S.S.'s founder) arrives with Minty at [[Bannerman Road]] to scan for alien activity by picking up beta particles. Sarah Jane uses her sonic lipstick to deactivate this device.


The three of them go to investigate a mental asylum, where they find the base of the Men in Black. They discover Ocean Waters was abducted in 1972 and met the Men in Black. The Men in Black arrive to confront them. They activate their robotic hands. They tell Sarah Jane she must hand over Androvax and their disc or be incinerated.
The three of them go to investigate a mental asylum, where they find the base of the Men in Black. They discover Ocean Waters was abducted in [[1972]] and met the Men in Black. The Men in Black arrive to confront them. They activate their robotic hands. They tell Sarah Jane that she must hand over Androvax and their disc or be incinerated.


The gang arrive home, where they agree to let Androvax use Clyde's body. They speak to Ocean and Minty. Ocean has the other disc needed to enter the Vault. She recalls past encounters with the Men in black and [[Mister Dread]]. As Androvax grabs the two discs, the Men in Black arrive and tell them to prepare to be incinerated.
The gang arrive home, where they agree to let Androvax use Clyde's body. They speak to Ocean and Minty. Ocean has the other disc needed to enter the Vault. She recalls past encounters with the Men in Black and [[Mister Dread]]. As Androvax grabs the two discs, the Men in Black arrive and tell them to prepare to be incinerated.


=== Part 2 ===
=== Part 2 ===
The incineration is averted. Androvax escapes and enters Gita's body. Gita leaves to the Vault. She is followed by Mister Dread, Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde. Sarah Jane makes Mister Dread's car malfunction, so he acquires a new one (which he takes from a civillian by force).
The incineration is averted. Androvax escapes and enters Gita's body. Gita leaves to the Vault. She is followed by Mister Dread, Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde. Sarah Jane makes Mister Dread's car malfunction, so he acquires a new one (which he takes from a civilian by force).


They all arrive at the asylum, where Rani and Clyde rescue Gita. Androvax leaves and encounters Sarah Jane. She refuses to help him because when the Veil are reawakened and leave Earth, the spaceships will make Earth explode, ending human civilisation. Androvax takes over her body.
They all arrive at the asylum, where Rani and Clyde rescue Gita. Androvax leaves and encounters Sarah Jane. She refuses to help him because when the Veil are reawakened and leave Earth, the spaceships will make Earth explode, ending human civilisation. Androvax feints dying to lower Sarah Jane's guard and takes over her body.


Clyde jumps away from an incineration blast from two Men in Black and the two men destroy each other. Rani explains to her mother about aliens and how Sarah Jane, Clyde and she have met them. Mister Dread is placed into his capsule and made to sleep. Androvax goes to the Vault in Sarah Jane's body. When Rani, Clyde and Gita run in at the point Androvax wants to open the vault, Androvax pretends to be Sarah. He/she lies to the gang, telling them that Androvax is dead and that they don't need to be worried about them and then opens the Vault, revealing many spaceships. Androvax leaves Sarah's body, and locks himself inside the Vault, which uses a transmat to make it bigger on the inside. The team awaken Mister Dread, who gives up four hundred fifty years of his energy to allow Androvax and his race to leave Earth without harming anybody, by being beamed into space.
Clyde jumps away from an incineration blast from two Men in Black causing the two men destroy each other. Rani explains to her mother about aliens and how she, Sarah Jane and Clyde have met them. Mister Dread is placed into his capsule and made to sleep. Androvax goes to the Vault in Sarah Jane's body. When Rani, Clyde and Gita run in at the point Androvax wants to open the vault, Androvax pretends to be Sarah Jane. The creature lies to the gang, telling them that Androvax is dead and that they don't need to be worried about them and then opens the Vault, revealing many spaceships. Androvax leaves Sarah Jane's body, and locks himself inside the Vault, which is hyper-dimensional making it bigger on the inside. The team awaken Mister Dread, who gives up four hundred and fifty years of his energy powering the [[transmat]] device to move Androvax's spaceship into space, allowing Androvax and his race to leave without destroying Earth.


Mister Dread is low on power and declares his mission terminated. He erases Gita's memory, lest she tell the world about their experiences. He goes to sleep in his capsule.
Mister Dread is low on power and declares his mission terminated. He erases Gita's memory, lest she tell the world about their experiences. He goes to sleep in his capsule.
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The team returns home. Ocean and Minty arrive to ask about the Men in Black. Sarah Jane denies everything and Gita says she doesn't believe in aliens. Minty and Ocean say that the aliens have won again and leave.
The team returns home. Ocean and Minty arrive to ask about the Men in Black. Sarah Jane denies everything and Gita says she doesn't believe in aliens. Minty and Ocean say that the aliens have won again and leave.


Androvax is in outer space. He flies away to find a new world for his species.
Androvax is in outer space. He flies away to find a new world for his species. As the Veil ship departs, his voice can be heard narrating, ''"Somewhere, there is a new planet for the Veil. A new hope, it is the legacy of Androvax, a new beginning... a second genesis."''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Ocean Waters]] - [[Cheryl Campbell]]
* [[Melvin Minton]] - [[David Webber]]
* [[Melvin Minton]] - [[David Webber]]
* [[Gill]] - [[Sophie Benjamin]]
* [[Gill (The Vault of Secrets)|Gill]] - [[Sophie Benjamin]]
* [[Van Driver]] - [[Perry Blanks]]
* [[Van driver (The Vault of Secrets)|Van Driver]] - [[Perry Blanks]]


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== Crew ==
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== References ==
 
* Sarah Jane mentions there were [[Ice Warrior|ancient civilisations]] on Mars. She jams the transmission of Mars Rover to prevent it from picking up images of a [[Pyramids of Mars|pyramid]]. She also mentions that Mars is full of [[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|its own dangers]].
== Worldbuilding ==
* Gita mentions the Judoon and Androvax, though only by description as she does not know their names.
=== Individuals ===
* Sarah Jane mentions ''Dragon's Den''.
* [[Patrick Garfield]], [[Laura Selby]], [[Kathryn Warner]] and [[Riley (The Vault of Secrets)|Riley]]'s memories were ereased by the [[Men in Black (Dreamland)|Men in Black]].
* Clyde refers to ''Men in Black'', and Rani refers to Will Smith.
* [[Bowie]] is the dog of Ocean Waters.
* Luke told Clyde that his university friends live off of baked beans and curry. Clyde says it must be like living with [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]].
 
=== Locations ===
* [[Maidenhead]] is a town in [[Berkshire]].
* Androvax met a [[Bouken]] pirate in the Judoon prison.
 
=== Cultural references from the real world ===
* Rani refers to [[Will Smith]].
* Dread introduces himself in a manner similar to [[James Bond]].
* Dread introduces himself in a manner similar to [[James Bond]].
* Dread says, "I need a holiday", similar to a line from ''Terminator 2'', "I need a vacation".
* Sarah Jane asks if Mister Dread called the AA, a reference to [[AA Travel Insurance]].
* Once the two agents are destroyed, Clyde picks up the sunglasses and puts them on, saying, "hasta la vista". He later say that they were "Clydenated". Both are references to ''[[The Terminator]]'' films.
* Gita mentions [[George Clooney]] and [[Jeremy Paxman]]. According to Rani, she also claims to have seen [[Elvis Presley]] once.
* Sarah Jane asks if Mister Dread called the AA, a reference to AA Travel Insurance.
* Clyde quotes the [[The Terminator|Terminator]] by saying "Hasta la vista."
* Gita mentions George Clooney and Jeremy Paxman.
* Clyde refers to Ocean and Minty as "[[Mulder]]" and "[[Scully]]".
* Clyde refers to Ocean and Minty as "Mulder" and "Scully", characters from ''The X-Files.''
 
* The car that the Men in Black were driving was a Humber Super Snipe.
=== Races and species ===
* When Androvax possesses Sarah Jane, he says, "Hello, again! Old friend!", a reference to ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]''.
* Luke told Clyde that his university friends live off of baked [[bean]]s and [[curry]]. Clyde says it must be like living with a [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]].
 
=== Objects ===
* The Men in Black have a [[Neuron-X Series 5 processor]].
* [[Melvin Minton]] builts an [[alien detector]].
* Two [[vault activator disc]]s are needed to open the vault.
 
=== Other ===
* [[Senton]]s are a unit of measurement.
* The Men in Black have [[tritanic endoskeleton]]s.
* [[Stardrive]] is a method of transporting spacecraft used by the Veil.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* The last appearance of Androvax in [[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'' linked to ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' with his creation of the Roswell spaceship. Similarly, this episode features the [[Men in Black]], also from that story.
''to be added''
* [[Angus Wright]] (Mister Dread) would later play [[Magnus Greel]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Butcher of Brisbane (audio story)|The Butcher of Brisbane]]''.
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Androvax is also portrayed in this story by [[Elisabeth Sladen]], [[Mina Anwar]], [[Anjli Mohindra]], [[Daniel Anthony]] and [[Sophie Benjamin]]. They portray Androvax when he is possessing their character's bodies.


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
Part 1- 731,000
:Part 1 — 731,000
 
:Part 2 — 606,000
Part 2- 606,000


=== Filming locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
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=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
{{SJA discontinuity}}
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
{{SJA discontinuity}}
* Aliens are no longer public knowledge due to the [[Eleventh Doctor]] [[Big Bang Two|rebooting the universe]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})
* The [[Men in Black]] last appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
* Sarah Jane went to the Mars pyramid with the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TV story)}})
* [[Androvax]] last appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'' in which [[Gita Chandra|Gita]] saw [[Judoon]] and him.
* Gita recalls her encounter with [[Androvax]] and the [[Judoon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'')
* Flashback clips used were part of [[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]''.
* Mr Smith previously used his [[containment vortex]] on [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Mrs Wormwood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'')
* Sarah Jane went to the Mars pyramid with the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')
* Clyde still carries a torch on his person. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]'')
* The majority of people [[Time Field|deny or don't believe]] in [[Dalek Invasion of Earth (2009)|aliens]].
* Mr Smith will later tell Luke of the encounter with Androvax and Mister Dread for the [[Alien Files]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[SJAF 6]]'')
* Mr. Smith previously used his [[Containment vortex]] on Mrs [[Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)|Wormwood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]'')
 
* Consequences of Sarah Jane asking Mr. Dread to erase Gita's memory will be felt in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|Judgement Day]]''.
== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
=== DVD releases ===
=== DVD releases ===
''to be added''
* This story was included in the Complete 4th Series DVD release (Region 2 release: 31 October 2011; North American release: 6 December 2011).
* It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).
 
=== Blu-ray releases ===
=== Blu-ray releases ===
''to be added''
* This story was included in the Complete 4th Series Blu-ray release (UK release: 31 October 2011; not released in North America).


== Footnotes ==
== External links ==
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The Vault of Secrets was the second serial of series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was written by Phil Ford and directed by Joss Agnew.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

When an old enemy, Androvax the Veil, returns to Earth asking for help, the gang face a dilemma — should they trust him? Or does the legendary Vault hold an even greater terror? A second threat arises, when android guardians threaten to destroy anyone who uncovers their secrets. As the battle between Sarah Jane, Androvax and the androids reaches its climax, Rani has to save her mother from being caught in the crossfire. The Vault opens and the destiny of the entire Veil species is at stake. Is it too late to save them?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

A teenage girl enters an old asylum and approaches the Vault of Secrets. She tries to access it, but only has one disc and needs two. She is confronted by the Alliance of Shades. She runs, hurts herself and falls over. Androvax, the "destroyer of worlds", exits her body and escapes. The Men in Black arrive and scan the unconscious girl. They announce the Veil is no longer in her.

Sarah Jane, Clyde and Rani are in the attic, speaking to Luke on webcam. Mr Smith interferes with a NASA space probe on Mars, as Sarah Jane wishes to prevent the probe discovering an "ancient and deadly civilisation".

Gita and her husband Haresh have joined B.U.R.P.S.S. (British UFO Research and Paranormal Studies Society, Ealing Branch) after their encounter with the Judoon and Androvax. When the couple return home on Bannerman Road, Gita spots Androvax entering Sarah Jane's front garden.

Gita gives Haresh a tyre iron and he goes to investigate. He encounters Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde. After speaking with them, he leaves. Unseen, Androvax enters Rani's body. Sarah Jane scans for alien activity and realises Rani has been taken over by Androvax. Sarah Jane and Clyde chase him to the attic and order Mr Smith to contain him after he willingly exits Rani's body. Surprisingly, he asks for Sarah Jane's help.

They learn Androvax is dying. Since they last encountered him, he has escaped a Judoon prison in a swamp. In doing so, he was poisoned by an alien swamp viper. He is dying slowly and intends to free a hundred of his people from cryogenic sleep in the Vault of Secrets. They are the last survivors of the Veil species aside from Androvax himself. Forty years ago, their ship crashed on Earth and was sent to the Vault by the Alliance of Shades.

Ocean Waters (B.U.R.P.S.S.'s founder) arrives with Minty at Bannerman Road to scan for alien activity by picking up beta particles. Sarah Jane uses her sonic lipstick to deactivate this device.

The three of them go to investigate a mental asylum, where they find the base of the Men in Black. They discover Ocean Waters was abducted in 1972 and met the Men in Black. The Men in Black arrive to confront them. They activate their robotic hands. They tell Sarah Jane that she must hand over Androvax and their disc or be incinerated.

The gang arrive home, where they agree to let Androvax use Clyde's body. They speak to Ocean and Minty. Ocean has the other disc needed to enter the Vault. She recalls past encounters with the Men in Black and Mister Dread. As Androvax grabs the two discs, the Men in Black arrive and tell them to prepare to be incinerated.

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

The incineration is averted. Androvax escapes and enters Gita's body. Gita leaves to the Vault. She is followed by Mister Dread, Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde. Sarah Jane makes Mister Dread's car malfunction, so he acquires a new one (which he takes from a civilian by force).

They all arrive at the asylum, where Rani and Clyde rescue Gita. Androvax leaves and encounters Sarah Jane. She refuses to help him because when the Veil are reawakened and leave Earth, the spaceships will make Earth explode, ending human civilisation. Androvax feints dying to lower Sarah Jane's guard and takes over her body.

Clyde jumps away from an incineration blast from two Men in Black causing the two men destroy each other. Rani explains to her mother about aliens and how she, Sarah Jane and Clyde have met them. Mister Dread is placed into his capsule and made to sleep. Androvax goes to the Vault in Sarah Jane's body. When Rani, Clyde and Gita run in at the point Androvax wants to open the vault, Androvax pretends to be Sarah Jane. The creature lies to the gang, telling them that Androvax is dead and that they don't need to be worried about them and then opens the Vault, revealing many spaceships. Androvax leaves Sarah Jane's body, and locks himself inside the Vault, which is hyper-dimensional making it bigger on the inside. The team awaken Mister Dread, who gives up four hundred and fifty years of his energy powering the transmat device to move Androvax's spaceship into space, allowing Androvax and his race to leave without destroying Earth.

Mister Dread is low on power and declares his mission terminated. He erases Gita's memory, lest she tell the world about their experiences. He goes to sleep in his capsule.

The team returns home. Ocean and Minty arrive to ask about the Men in Black. Sarah Jane denies everything and Gita says she doesn't believe in aliens. Minty and Ocean say that the aliens have won again and leave.

Androvax is in outer space. He flies away to find a new world for his species. As the Veil ship departs, his voice can be heard narrating, "Somewhere, there is a new planet for the Veil. A new hope, it is the legacy of Androvax, a new beginning... a second genesis."

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Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics


General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound



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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Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cultural references from the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]

Races and species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Luke told Clyde that his university friends live off of baked beans and curry. Clyde says it must be like living with a Slitheen.

Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part 1 — 731,000
Part 2 — 606,000

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

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.

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

DVD releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was included in the Complete 4th Series DVD release (Region 2 release: 31 October 2011; North American release: 6 December 2011).
  • It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).

Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was included in the Complete 4th Series Blu-ray release (UK release: 31 October 2011; not released in North America).

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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