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|name = The Sarah Jane Adventures<br />The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith
|novelisation of = The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)
|novelisation of=The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)
|series = [[The Sarah Jane Adventures novelisations]]
|series = [[The Sarah Jane Adventures novelisations]]
|number = 9
|number = 9
|main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
|main character= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Rani Chandra|Rani]], [[Mr Smith]]
|featuring = [[Rani Chandra]]<br />[[Luke Smith]]<br />[[Clyde Langer]]<br />[[Tenth Doctor]]
|featuring= Tenth Doctor
|enemy = [[The Trickster]]
|featuring2= Peter Dalton
|featuring3 = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}Lethbridge-Stewart
|enemy= [[The Trickster]]
|setting = [[Ealing]], [[2009]]  
|setting = [[Ealing]], [[2009]]  
|writer = [[Gareth Roberts]]
|writer = Gareth Roberts
|publisher = Penguin Character Books
|publisher = Penguin Character Books
|release date = [[5 November (releases)|5 November]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|release date = 5 November 2009
|format = Paperback Book, --- Pages
|format = Paperback book; 10 chapters, 105 pages
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-4059-0628-9
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-4059-0628-9
|prev = The Day of the Clown (novelisation)
|prev = Day of the Clown (novelisation)
|next = The Nightmare Man (novelisation)
|next = The Nightmare Man (novelisation)
}}'''''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith''''' is based upon [[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith|the televised story of the same name]]. It is the first novelisation of a story from Series 3 of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and the first published since ''[[The Day of the Clown (novelisation)|The Day of the Clown]]''.
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'''''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith''''' is based upon [[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|the televised story of the same name]]. It is the first novelisation of a story from Series 3 of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and the first published since ''[[Day of the Clown (novelisation)|Day of the Clown]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.
Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.


Sarah Jane is acting very suspiciously. When Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate, with the help of Mr Smith and K-9, they discover something unexpected - Sarah Jane has got a boyfriend and she's going to marry him! Of course, in Sarah Jane's life, things are not as they seem and some very special wedding guests ensure this is one day she will never forget!
Sarah Jane is acting very suspiciously. When Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate, with the help of Mr Smith and K-9, they discover something unexpected — Sarah Jane has got a boyfriend and she's going to marry him! Of course, in Sarah Jane's life, things are not as they seem and some very special wedding guests ensure this is one day she will never forget!
 
== Chapter titles ==
# Follow That Car!
# Sarah Jane In Love
# The Terror Of Travast Polong
# The House Of Mystery
# The Bride of Chaos
# The Time Loop
# Peter's Story
# The Doctor Meets The Trickster
# Sarah Jane's Choice
# Inside The TARDIS


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''To be added''
* [[K9 Mark IV]] tells [[Clyde Langer]] about "a hollow world called [[Zanak]], a pirate planet that jumped through space around other planets to drain them dry; the terrifying [[Nimon]]s and the [[Great Vampire]]; how the [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] had met the Doctor again after many years when the [[Krillitane]]s had come to [[Earth]]"
* The [[Registrar (The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)|Registrar]] of [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s wedding is named Sandra Cho.
* Many of Sarah Jane's friends couldn't make it to the wedding because it was organised so fast.
** [[Mike Yates]] was running an ecology project in [[San Francisco]] with [[Brendan Richards]].
** [[Howard Baker|Howard]] and [[Juno Baker]] were running a church fête somewhere in [[Gloucestershire]].
** [[John Benton]] was doing something secret out in [[Malaysia]].
** [[Carla Langer]] was going to another wedding.
** [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] was in Peru.
** [[Maria Jackson]] had got exams.
** [[Alan Jackson]] was tied up at work.
* [[Christchurch Walk]] is a street in [[Chiswick]]. Peter Dalton lives at [[120 Christchurch Walk]].
* The [[Gerrard House]] is in [[Buckinghamshire]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* An image of the [[Tenth Doctor]] appears on the cover. This is the first time the Doctor has appeared on the cover of a novel based on a spin-off series (and indeed is the first time he has been featured as a major character in a spin-off book).
* An image of the [[Tenth Doctor]] appears on the cover. This is the first time the Doctor has appeared on the cover of a novel based on a spin-off series (and indeed is the first time he has been featured as a major character in a spin-off book).
* This is also the first time the Doctor has appeared in a novelisation since the revival of the parent series in 2005. This makes ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' the first novelisation of a televised ''Doctor Who'' story since [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV Movie]] was adapted in 1996 (although the last "regular-episode" novelisation was [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' in 1993). A 2004 novelisation of [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' was published as well, though it falls outside regular continuity.
* This is also the first time the Doctor has appeared in a novelisation since the revival of the parent series in 2005. This makes ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' the first novelisation of a televised ''Doctor Who'' story since {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|the novelisation|noital=1}} of {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}} in [[2004]], although the last "regular-episode" novelisation was ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' in 1993).
* It also marks the first appearance of the Tenth Doctor in a novel outside [[BBC Books]] line, as the ''Sarah Jane'' novelisations are published by [[Penguin Character Books]].
* It also marks the first appearance of the Tenth Doctor in a novel outside [[BBC Books]] line, as the ''Sarah Jane'' novelisations are published by [[Penguin Character Books]].
* This is the ninth book in the SJA novelisation series, as indicated by the number "9" on the spine. The reason that it is the ninth story novelised, despite the fact that it was not the ninth story broadcast, is some stories have not yet been novelised.
* This is the ninth book in the SJA novelisation series, as indicated by the number "9" on the spine. The reason that it is the ninth story novelised, despite the fact that it was not the ninth story broadcast, is some stories have not yet been novelised.
* As of Autumn 2010, this stands as the final SJA novelisation published to date. Two further books (including one featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]]) were announced for publication in November 2010, but were subsequently cancelled. They were later announced as eBooks, although even this method of release was later withdrawn.
* As of autumn 2010, this stands as the final SJA novelisation published as a physical book. Two further books (including one featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]]) were announced for publication in November 2010, but were subsequently cancelled. They were later released as eBooks only.
* [[Nicholas Courtney]] never appeared as the Brigadier in ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' due to ill-health. His absence was explained by the character being back in [[Peru]], with the novel having him there during a video call with Clyde.


=== Deviations from the Televised Story ===
=== Deviations from the televised story ===
* Sarah Jane briefly thinks of [[Harry Sullivan]], who is either dead or M.I.A — she's not entirely sure if he IS dead, or not — (according to some novels which are of ambigious canonuity) believing he would have loved to be at her wedding, and remembering his habit of calling her "old thing".
* Sarah Jane briefly thinks of [[Harry Sullivan]], who is either dead or M.I.A — she's not entirely sure which it is — believing he would have loved to be at her wedding, and remembering his habit of calling her "old thing".
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] appears. [[Nicholas Courtney]] never appeared as the Brigadier in ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' due to ill-health. His absence is explained by the character being back in [[Peru]].
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] has a video conversation with [[Clyde Langer]], but isn't able to come to Sarah Jane's wedding due to being in [[Peru]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''To be added''
''to be added''


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The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith is based upon the televised story of the same name. It is the first novelisation of a story from Series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures and the first published since Day of the Clown.

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 acting very suspiciously. When Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate, with the help of Mr Smith and K-9, they discover something unexpected — Sarah Jane has got a boyfriend and she's going to marry him! Of course, in Sarah Jane's life, things are not as they seem and some very special wedding guests ensure this is one day she will never forget!

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

  1. Follow That Car!
  2. Sarah Jane In Love
  3. The Terror Of Travast Polong
  4. The House Of Mystery
  5. The Bride of Chaos
  6. The Time Loop
  7. Peter's Story
  8. The Doctor Meets The Trickster
  9. Sarah Jane's Choice
  10. Inside The TARDIS

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • An image of the Tenth Doctor appears on the cover. This is the first time the Doctor has appeared on the cover of a novel based on a spin-off series (and indeed is the first time he has been featured as a major character in a spin-off book).
  • This is also the first time the Doctor has appeared in a novelisation since the revival of the parent series in 2005. This makes The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith the first novelisation of a televised Doctor Who story since the novelisation [+]Loading...{"noital":"1","1":"Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)","2":"the novelisation"} of Scream of the Shalka [+]Loading...["Scream of the Shalka (webcast)"] in 2004, although the last "regular-episode" novelisation was The Evil of the Daleks in 1993).
  • It also marks the first appearance of the Tenth Doctor in a novel outside BBC Books line, as the Sarah Jane novelisations are published by Penguin Character Books.
  • This is the ninth book in the SJA novelisation series, as indicated by the number "9" on the spine. The reason that it is the ninth story novelised, despite the fact that it was not the ninth story broadcast, is some stories have not yet been novelised.
  • As of autumn 2010, this stands as the final SJA novelisation published as a physical book. Two further books (including one featuring the Eleventh Doctor) were announced for publication in November 2010, but were subsequently cancelled. They were later released as eBooks only.
  • Nicholas Courtney never appeared as the Brigadier in The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith due to ill-health. His absence was explained by the character being back in Peru, with the novel having him there during a video call with Clyde.

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

  • Sarah Jane briefly thinks of Harry Sullivan, who is either dead or M.I.A — she's not entirely sure which it is — believing he would have loved to be at her wedding, and remembering his habit of calling her "old thing".
  • Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart has a video conversation with Clyde Langer, but isn't able to come to Sarah Jane's wedding due to being in Peru.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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