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'''The Last Sontaran''' is the first story of [[The Sarah Jane Adventures]] [[Series 2 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 2]].  
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|season number        = Series 2 (SJA)
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|main character      = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Mr Smith]]
|featuring            = Alan Jackson
|featuring2          = Chrissie Jackson
|enemy                = [[Commander]] [[Kaagh]]
|setting              = {{il|[[Goblin's Copse]], [[2009]]|[[Ealing]], [[2009]]}}
|writer              = Phil Ford
|director            = [[Joss Agnew]]
|producer            = [[Nikki Smith]]
|novelisation        = The Last Sontaran (novelisation)
|broadcast date      = 29 September - 6 October 2008
|format              = 2x30 minute episodes
|prev                = The Lost Boy (TV story)
|next                = The Day of the Clown (TV story)
|network = BBC One, CBBC}}
'''''The Last Sontaran''''' was the first serial of [[Series 2 (SJA)|series 2]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Phil Ford]] and directed by [[Joss Agnew]].


{{Infobox Sarah Jane Adventures
It was the final regular appearance of Yasmin Paige as Maria Jackson, who left the regular cast, along with her father [[Alan Jackson|Alan]], after he received a job offer in [[America]]. He left the decision of moving away up to Maria, who supported him to take the new job. It also featured the last appearance of [[Chrissie Jackson]], who would become directly involved in the alien dealings of Sarah Jane's life. Now that her family was leaving for America, she stopped paying visits to [[Bannerman Road]]. Notably, it acted as a sequel to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode, ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', dealing with the consequences of the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s battle with the [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]].
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|story name    = The Last Sontaran
|series        = [[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]<br>
[[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures television stories|TV story]]
|number        = 7
|featuring      = <ul><li>[[Sarah Jane Smith]]</li><li>[[Maria Jackson]] (departs)</li><li>[[Luke Smith]]</li><li>[[Clyde Langer]]</li><li>[[Alan Jackson]] (departs)</li><li>[[Chrissie Jackson]] (departs)</li>
|enemy          = Commander [[Kaagh]]
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|writer        = [[Phil Ford]]
|director      = [[Joss Agnew]]
|broadcast date = [[29th September]] [[2008]]
|format        = 2 - 30 minute episodes
|previous story = ''[[The Lost Boy]]''
|next story    = ''[[The Day of the Clown]]''
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==Synopsis==
== Synopsis ==
Reports of strange lights around the [[Tycho Project]]'s [[radio telescope]] lead [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], Clyde, and [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] into a terrifying forest encounter, where Sarah Jane comes face-to-face with her oldest enemy.  
Reports of strange lights around the [[Tycho Project]]'s [[radio telescope]] lead [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] into a terrifying forest encounter. Sarah Jane comes face-to-face with [[Sontaran|her oldest enemy]]. Meanwhile, Maria wrestles with a huge decision when her dad is offered a new job in [[United States of America|America]].


Meanwhile, Maria wrestles with a huge decision when her dad is offered a new job in America.
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
Sarah Jane and Maria discuss the experiences they have shared since Maria's arrival in Bannerman Road, such as [[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|the Bane]], [[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|the]] [[The Lost Boy (TV story)|Slitheen]], [[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|the Gorgon]] and [[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|the Trickster]]. They watch the night sky as they look forward to many more discoveries.


==Plot==
In rural [[Goblin's Copse]], at a [[radio telescope]] used in the [[Tycho Project]]'s search for [[alien]] life, [[Lucy Skinner]] and her astronomer dad, Professor [[Nicholas Skinner]], also watch the night sky. They spot strange lights floating about. Professor Skinner investigates, but goes missing. Lucy investigates, and is promptly captured.


===Part 1===
The next day, [[Luke Smith|Luke]] and [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] play a strategy game with [[Mr Smith]] to learn about battle strategies. Sarah Jane interrupts. She had heard reports of the strange lights the previous night. Despite Mr Smith's assurances that strange lights rarely herald alien activity, she pursues the story.
At a [[radio telescope]] used by the [[Tycho Project]]'s search for [[alien]] life, in rural [[Goblin's Copse]], [[Lucy Skinner]] and her astronomer dad, Professor [[Nicholas Skinner]], are observing the night sky when they spot strange lights floating in the sky. Professor Skinner investigates, but goes missing--so Lucy investigates, and is promptly captured herself.


The following day, investigative journalist [[Sarah Jane Smith]] hears reports of the strange lights and, despite [[Mr Smith]]'s assurances that strange lights rarely herald alien activity, decides to pursue the story. She recruits [[Luke Smith|Luke]] and [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] to help; [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] comes, too, though she seems sad and hints that she may be leaving soon.
[[Maria Jackson|Maria]] and [[Alan Jackson|Alan]] have received an important letter, but have found that the implications are far larger than they imagined and will cause an imminent major change in their lives. Alan tells Maria the decision is not just his to make.


[[File:Kaagh_chasing_luke_and_clyde.jpg|thumb|left|Kaagh chasing Luke and Clyde]]In fact, Maria's dad [[Alan Jackson|Alan]] has been offered a job in [[United States|America]], at the head office of his firm. Maria is ambivalent about the news: happy for her dad, but sad that she must leave her friends behind.
Sarah Jane, Clyde, Luke and Maria head to the countryside to investigate. They arrive at [[Goblin's Copse]] and discuss the size of space. They are watched by something. Inside, the find the building empty and are investigating when Lucy enters. She tells them that her dad is still missing. Luke and Clyde look outside for the professor after Sarah Jane warns them to stay away from the woods. Ignoring Sarah Jane's instructions to stay away from the woods, the boys search the woods and the creature watching them becomes [[Cloaking field|invisible]].


At [[Goblin's Copse]], the team finds Lucy, who tells them that her dad is still missing. But no sooner has she said so than Professor Skinner appears, though he seems strangely detached and unemotional, and orders the investigators to leave immediately.
While Lucy sleeps, Sarah Jane decides to ask Maria what is troubling her after noticing some unusual behaviour, and Maria reveals that [[Alan Jackson|Alan]] has been offered a job in [[United States|America]] at the head office of his firm. Maria is ambivalent about the news; she is happy for her dad but sad that she must leave her friends behind. Sarah Jane closes herself off from Maria, telling her she's happy for her, but is clearly upset.


Sarah Jane and her friends have no choice but to leave the observatory. Luke and Clyde have found a strange invisible spaceship in the woods around the observatory; when the cloaking field is disabled and Sarah Jane sees the ship, she immediately recognises a Sontaran ship--and, as the group discovers too late, its Sontaran occupant has just found ''them''.
At his house, Alan discusses the job with Chrissie and how it will change Maria's life more than his.


The Sontaran is [[Kaagh|Commander Kaagh]], badly wounded when [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] defeated the Sontaran army in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]] / [[The Poison Sky]]''. The only survivor of the botched invasion, he has vowed revenge on [[Earth]] for his people's humiliation.  
In the woods, Clyde and Luke hear a noise. A Sontaran, armed with a gun, reveals himself and chases them. The boys lose him, but come across a [[Cloaking field|cloaked]] object.


The humans quickly manage to escape, with Kaagh chasing them. Outside the observatory, they split up: Luke and Maria crawl into a vent that pierces the observatory, while Sarah Jane and Clyde attempt to reason with Professor Skinner--only to discover that he is under mind control by the Sontaran. Kaagh's plan is revealed: he will use the Tycho radio telescope to take control of Earth's satellites, and steer them to crash into nuclear stockpiles on Earth, triggering nuclear annihilation.
[[File:Kaagh_chasing_luke_and_clyde.jpg|thumb|left|Kaagh chasing Luke and Clyde]]
When Lucy wakes up, Sarah Jane persuades her to recall the events of the previous night. Professor Skinner appears, though he seems strangely detached and unemotional. He orders Sarah Jane and Maria to leave immediately, which they do. Lucy makes him some coffee and he approaches her strangely.


===Part 2===
Luke calls Sarah Jane and when she and Maria arrive, he and Clyde show them the object. When the cloaking field is disabled, Sarah Jane immediately recognises the Sontaran ship. Its Sontaran occupant, [[Kaagh|Commander Kaagh]], appears behind them, armed.
Kaagh shoots Sarah Jane, who sprawls, unconscious, on the floor. He then boasts to Clyde that she will be taken to [[Sontar]] as a prize, and he will be hailed as a hero instead of a laughingstock--perhaps even given a more honourable epithet, such as "Kaagh the Avenger".  


Luke and Maria are hidden in a nearby vent, watching the scene unfold. They catch Clyde's attention and motion for him to join them.  
Maria tricks Kaagh and the group escape, splitting up, with Kaagh chasing them. Sarah Jane and Clyde attempt to reason with Professor Skinner. They find his mind is controlled by the Sontaran. Outside the observatory, Luke and Maria crawl into a vent that leads into the building.


Sarah Jane awakens to find that she is being held in a store room, along with Lucy Skinner, and that Kaagh has taken her [[Sonic lipstick|sonic lipstick]]. Undeterred, she and Lucy start to build a device to jam the satellite, knowing that Kaagh will detect it, plans to escape when Kaagh comes to investigate.
Maria and Luke watch from the vent while Kaagh and Sarah Jane talk. He says he was badly wounded when the [[Tenth Doctor]] defeated the Sontaran army. As the only survivor of the [[Sontaran invasion of Earth|botched invasion]], he has vowed revenge on [[Earth]] for his peoples' humiliation. He reveals his plan to use the Tycho radio telescope to take control of Earth's satellites, and steer them to crash into nuclear reactors on Earth, triggering nuclear annihilation.


Luke, Maria, and Clyde provoke Kaagh into chasing them through the observatory's corridors and service tunnels; the teens escape into the forest and block Kaagh from getting out. They run to Kaagh's shuttle, where Luke uses the alien chemicals stored inside to synthesise a knockout gas that will incapacitate the Sontaran. But then Luke sets offf the intruder alarm, and knowing that it will bring Kaagh, Cyde sets off to distract him.
Clyde protests, so Kaagh says he will experiment on him. Sarah Jane steps in front of Clyde, defying Kaagh. He pulls out his gun and shoots her.


Sarah Jane activates her new invention; just as she expected, Skinner soon appears to search for it. Sarah Jane and Lucy sneak out, locking Skinner in the room, and try to figure out a way to disarm the satellites. They let Clyde in through the same door Luke, Maria and Clyde escaped through earlier, just in time to save him from Kaagh, who they lock out. Kaagh enters through the the main door, breaks down the door to the room Skinner was locked in, and expresses his rage at him.
=== Part 2 ===
Kaagh shoots Sarah Jane. She sprawls unconscious on the floor. He boasts to Clyde that she will be taken to [[Sontar]] as a prize and he will be hailed as a hero instead of a laughing stock. Luke and Maria, hidden in a nearby vent, watch the scene unfold. They catch Clyde's attention and motion for him to join them.


Maria, not sure that Luke will be able to synthesise the gas in time, decides to ask [[Mr Smith]] for more information on defeating Sontarans. As [[Mr Smith]] is still in [[Ealing]], she calls her dad and asks him to contact the computer. Alan does so, unaware that he has been followed into Sarah Jane's attic by his ex-wife [[Chrissie Jackson|Chrissie]]. Chrissie demands to know what is going on; Alan quickly brings her up to speed on Sarah Jane's alien hunting and Maria's role as her assistant. Chrissie realizes he is telling the truth as his lip twitches when he is lying. Maria's parents, fearful for her safety, decide to join their daughter at Goblin's Copse.
Sarah Jane awakens to find she is in a store room with Lucy Skinner. Kaagh has taken her [[sonic lipstick]]. Undeterred, Lucy and she start to build a device to jam the signal to the satellites. Aware that Kaagh will detect it, they plan to escape when he comes to investigate.


Sarah Jane, Maria, Clyde, Luke and Lucy all meet up. Sarah Jane takes Luke and Lucy with her to try and deactivate the transmitter, while Maria and Clyde go and try to find the switch that will move the transmitter away from the satalites. However Kaagh and Skinner get there first and capture them.
[[File:21 (2).jpg|thumb|right|Maria tells Luke she's moving to America.]]
Luke, Maria and Clyde provoke Kaagh into chasing them through the observatory's corridors and service tunnels. The teens escape into the forest and block Kaagh's exit. They run to his shuttle, where Luke uses the chemicals stored there to synthesise a knockout gas to incapacitate the Sontaran. He sets off the intruder alarm. Knowing it will bring Kaagh, Clyde goes to distract him. As Luke works, Maria tells him about the upcoming move which leaves him upset, but Maria reminds him it won't matter if Kaagh succeeds.


Luke tries to break into the observatory's main computers, eventually succeeding when he realises that Sontarans, who have three fingers on each hand, probably use base six mathematics. But Kaagh appears and reveals that Lucy is a sleeper agent, activates the mind-control chip he had implanted in her, and instructs her to re-activate the transmitter. He threatend Maria's life if Sarah Jane tries to stop him. All appears lost--until Chrissie bursts into the observatory and attacks Kaagh's probic vent with her high-heeled shoe, incapacitating him more effectively than Luke's knockout gas was able to. The transmitter is de-activated, this time for good.
Sarah Jane activates her new invention and just as she expected, Skinner comes to find it. Sarah Jane and Lucy sneak out, locking Skinner in the room, and they try to figure out how to disarm the satellites. They let Clyde in by the same door Luke, Maria and Clyde escaped through earlier, just in time to save him from Kaagh, whom they lock out. Kaagh enters through the main door, breaks down the door to the room Skinner was locked in and rages at him.


Kaagh is escorted back to his ship and ordered to return to [[Sontar]], which he is only too glad to do; he is humiliated that he was defeated by "half-forms" (children) and a woman. Sarah Jane is relieved, even if she is not entirely convinced that the Sontaran is gone for good.
Maria, uncertain Luke will synthesise the gas in time, decides to ask [[Mr Smith]] for more information on defeating Sontarans. As Mr Smith is still in [[Ealing]], she calls her dad and asks him to contact the computer. Alan does so, unaware he has been followed into Sarah Jane's attic by his ex-wife, [[Chrissie Jackson|Chrissie]]. She demands to know what is going on; Alan quickly brings her up to speed on Sarah Jane's alien hunting and Maria's role as her assistant. Chrissie realises he is telling the truth because his lip twitches when he is lying. Maria's parents, fearful for her safety, decide to join their daughter at Goblin's Copse.


Six weeks later, Maria and Alan say their goodbyes to Sarah Jane, Luke, and Clyde, as they leave for their new life in America. As father and daughter pull away, Chrissie whispers to Sarah Jane that she was not ''entirely'' ignorant of her daughter's alien-hunting hobby.
Sarah Jane, Maria, Clyde, Luke and Lucy all meet up. Sarah takes Luke and Lucy with her to try to deactivate the transmitter, while Maria and Clyde search for the switch that will move the transmitter away from the satellites. However, Kaagh and Skinner get there first and capture them.


==Cast==
Luke tries to break into the observatory's main computers, succeeding when he realises that Sontarans, who have three fingers on each hand, use base six mathematics. Kaagh appears and reveals Lucy is a sleeper agent. He activates the mind-control chip implanted in her. He orders her to re-activate the transmitter. He threatened Maria's life if Sarah Jane tries to stop him. All appears lost, but Chrissie, who has been watching from the shadows, swings her [[high-heeled shoe]] into his [[probic vent]], knocking him unconscious but electrocuting Chrissie as a side effect, giving her short term amnesia. The transmitter is deactivated, this time for good. Lucy wakes up, back to normal after her implant was deactivated by Sarah Jane. She then wakes up her dad, who was also deactivated, and he looks confused at the sight of an unconscious Kaagh, but Sarah Jane reassures him that Kaagh is indisposed.
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elizabeth Sladen]]
*[[Maria Jackson]] - [[Yasmin Paige]]
*[[Luke Smith|Luke]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
*[[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
*[[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
*[[Alan Jackson]] - [[Joseph Millson]]
*[[Chrissie Jackson]] - [[Juliet Cowan]]
*[[Nicholas Skinner|Professor Nicholas Skinner]] - [[Ronan Vibert]]
*[[Lucy Skinner]] - [[Clare Thomas]]
*[[Kaagh]] - [[Anthony O'Donnell]]


==Production crew==
Kaagh is escorted back to his ship and ordered to return to [[Sontar]], which he is only too glad to do; he is humiliated that he was defeated by "half-forms" and a woman. Sarah Jane is relieved, even if she is not entirely convinced that the Sontaran is gone for good.
''to be added''


== References ==
[[File:ChrissieTellsTheTruthToSJS.jpg|left|thumb|Chrissie tells Sarah Jane that she remembers everything]]
*Sarah Jane refers to her two previous encounters with Sontarans: one a long time ago ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'') and one in the future ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'') She informs Kaagh that the Sontaran empire will still exist thousands of years into the future, and will still be at war with the [[Rutan Host]].
Six weeks later, Maria and Alan say their goodbyes to Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde as they leave for their new life in America. As father and daughter pull away, Chrissie whispers to Sarah Jane that she was not entirely ignorant of her daughter's alien-hunting hobby; the amnesia wore off a while ago (she remembers what happened to her shoe, and the Sontaran), but Chrissie wanted to give Maria a fresh start. The group smiles and waves good-bye to Maria and Alan as they wave back, watching their cab leave Bannerman Road and send the Jacksons on their journey to America.
*The Sontaran is a survivor of [[DW]]:''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/ ''[[The Poison Sky]]''. He was on his way to Earth when the spaceship was destroyed by [[The Doctor|the Doctor]], and his ship crashed on Earth.
*The events of stories in [[Series 1 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 1]] are referred to. Maria mentions the [[Bane]], the [[Slitheen]], [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]], the [[Graske]] and [[The Trickster]], while Alan refers to the moon coming towards Earth ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'').
*Sarah Jane says she will phone [[UNIT]] to deal with the Sontaran.
*Upon entering the empty observatory Sarah Jane likens it to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Celeste Marie Celeste], the ship made famous for being found deserted. The reason for the Marie Celeste's abandonment, in this universe, is due to Dalek activity. ([[DW]]:''[[The Chase]]'')
*As Chrissie breaks into Sarah Jane's house she notes "Some people never learn." This is in reference to how she broke into Sarah Jane's house through the same window in [[SJA]]: "[[Eye of the Gorgon]]".
*Chrissie calls Sarah Jane various names throughout the series, in this episode she calls her Calamity Jane, like the famous frontierswoman.
*Sarah Jane's initial reaction to Maria's departure is uncannily similar to the Fourth Doctor's when Sarah herself threatened to leave in [[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]''. As in the said episode however, Sarah became far more sensitive later on.
* When Sarah-Jane asks [[Mr Smith]] if he has developed a sense of humour, he produces the sound effect used in "[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]" when somebody accesses an entry in the eponymous book.
* In the flashback scene of Kaagh's escape from the Sontaran's ship explosion, he has green blood first seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]''


== Story notes ==
Later that night, Sarah Jane, Luke, and Clyde are looking out at the stars through one of her telescopes. Luke and Clyde tell Sarah Jane they will miss Maria, but Sarah Jane gives them a piece of advice:
*This is Maria Jackson's last story as a main character. Actress Yasmin Paige is in her GCSE year, so chose to concentrate on her studies. She makes a guest appearance in part 2 of "[[The Mark of the Berserker]]".


=== Ratings ===
{{Quote|I learned a long time ago that if you're missing somebody, just... look up at the night sky. Whoever it is, wherever they are, chances are they're looking at the stars just like you. Sometimes, for all its size, the universe isn't such a big place after all.|[[Sarah Jane Smith]]|The Last Sontaran (TV story)}}
*Episode 1 - 0.7 million (BBC 1)
*Episode 2 - 477,000 (CBBC channel)
** 0.6 million (BBC 1)


=== Myths===
The trio turn their attention skyward, hoping the best for their friend.
The [[Sontaran]] was rumoured to be [[General Staal]], because, in the original teaser trailer, [[Kaagh]] looks identical to Staal. These rumours were proved false.  


===Rumours===
== Cast ==
After he left, Kaagh has deliberately delayed his revenge. It would be smart for him to delay so Sarah Jane doesn't think he will return. ''This turned out to be the case ([[SJA]]:[[Enemy of the Bane]])''
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Maria Jackson]] - [[Yasmin Paige]]
* [[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
* [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* Voice of [[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
* [[Alan Jackson]] - [[Joseph Millson]]
* [[Chrissie Jackson]] - [[Juliet Cowan]]
* [[Nicholas Skinner|Professor Nicholas Skinner]] - [[Ronan Vibert]]
* [[Lucy Skinner]] - [[Clare Thomas]]
* [[Kaagh]] - [[Anthony O'Donnell]]


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*Back in series one, Alan Jackson's original house was set in a real life house on a normal surbuban street instead of in a studio. The first episode of the second series entitled The Last Sontaran has the house set in a studio and has been redecorated extremely accuratley by the production crew.
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
* [[Pittman|Mrs Pittman]] is a teacher at the [[Park Vale Comprehensive School]].


=== Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors ===
=== Locations ===
*The lack of reference to the Earth being relocated suggests this episode may take place before the events of [[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End]]'', however in ''The Stolen Earth'' Maria and Alan are said to be in Cornwall, whereas they leave for America at the end of this storyline. ''Lack of reference to the events don't mean they didn't already occur. However, the vacation in Cornwall could conceivably have occurred during the six weeks that elapse between the main part of this story and the Jacksons' departure for America. There is no evidence for or against.''
* The [[Tycho Project]] watches [[Rigel Beta Five]].
*To add further confusion to where this story lies in relation to [[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End]]'', [[Chrissie Jackson]] is incredulous about the existence of aliens. Which she wouldn't be after experiencing the [[Dalek]]s pulling Earth across the universe. ''Sarah explains in the following story that people will say anything to avoid facing the truth. Also, [[DW]]: [[The Runaway Bride]] gave us [[Donna Noble]], a similar character (initially) to Chrissie, who had managed to remain oblivious to the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] and the [[Sycorax]] invasion; in the case of Chrissie several previous episodes have established that she is rather dense when it comes to these things ([[Revenge of the Slitheen]], [[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]). And a very public Dalek invasion doesn't mean that people will believe in aliens that are showing up all the time. The [[Torchwood]] episode [[Children of Earth: Day One]] establishes that following the Dalek invasion many people do now believe in alien life, but not all have chosen to accept it; this strongly implies that there has been no government coverup.''
* The [[Hall of the Fallen and the Brave]] is a structure on the Sontaran homeworld of [[Sontar]].
*And to add even more confusion as to the chronological timeline of this story Mr Smith has a new more waterlike shape on his screen while in the Stolen Earth he has the diamond shapes that he had before his reboot. ''(His look here is consistent with his look after the reboot, and going forward in the series. If anything, the discontinuity would be in'' [[DW]]: [[The Stolen Earth]].
* [[Sontar]] is located at the [[Metasaran Galaxy]].
*When Kaagh's face is revealed his helmet slides open for him but in 'The Sontaran Stratagem' and 'The Posion Sky', all Sontarans take their helmets off by hand.(''The fact that a few Sontarans take their helmets completely off does not mean that they don't have the capability to slide open.'')
* Maria and Alan move to [[Washington DC|Washington, DC]].
*Why didn't Kaagh just use Lucy first rather than risk his first plan failing as Sarah-Jane had 45 mins to stop him? (''Because using his first plan he had time to escape, and Lucy was the plan-B'')
*Why was Kaagh's Scoutship already fleeing? The Sontarans were destroyed only seconds after finding out their ship would be destroyed, he couldn't escape that quickly.(''When the Doctor stopped the Sontarans choking the Earth, [[General Staal]] ordered his soldiers to take [[Earth]] by force; Kaagh was probably one of the first troops sent to attack. We do see several scoutships leaving the mother ship as the explosion occurs.''
*In [[DW]]: [[The Sontaran Stratagem]] and [[The Poison Sky]], the Sontaran's laser killed people immediately, but in Sarah Jane's case, she was merely stunned. ''([[Kaagh]] had the gun on a different setting.)''
*About 13 minutes into Part Two, a shot of the countdown is shown as a video playing in VLC Media Player. ''Many graphics seen on screens on TV shows are videos that have been prepared beforehand and played as the scene is shot. If you ever watch Doctor Who Confidential and see someone entering the TARDIS console room set through the doors, you can often see a computer displaying that TARDIS screen graphics, which is being played on that computer and the monitor on the console. In this case, however, perhaps turnaround between takes was so fast that they didn't wait for the video control bar (which often disappears on VLC when a video is playing full-screen) to disappear, possibly for continuity as shots have to match previous ones, you'd notice if the countdown said 4 minutes and then in the next shot said 5).''


== Continuity ==
=== Organisations ===
* The [[Tycho Project]] is mentioned in [[NSA]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos]]''
* Sarah Jane says she will phone [[UNIT]] to deal with the Sontaran.
* Kaagh is a member of the [[Special Assault Squad]] in the [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]]
* [[Archer & Lewis]] sell [[36 Bannerman Road]].


== DVD and Other releases ==
=== Objects ===
This story, along with the rest of Series 2, is scheduled for release on DVD on 9th November 2009 (UK) and 10th November 2009 (North America).[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2009/08/sarah-jane-adventures-series-two.html]
* Chrissie apparently wears size 5 [[shoe]]s from [[Jimmy Choo]] and jams the heel of one stiletto down Kaagh's [[probic vent]]. She gets shocked with a heavy dosage of [[electricity]] when she rams the metal tip of her shoe heel down Kaagh's probic vent.
* Kaagh uses a [[Sontaran arm control]] to activate his [[perception camouflage matrix]].
* [[Neural control implant]]s can be used to control human minds.
* Luke creates a knock out gas, by mixing [[Korazic acid]], [[Lyzirium phosphate]] and [[Dylixium chloride]], which he puts into a [[Sontaran gas canister]].
* Sarah Jane has [[futuristic controller]]s, a [[MITRE headset]], a [[Bubble Shock!]] bottle, a [[Sontaran blaster]], [[entanglement shell]]s and a [[portable scanner]] inside her attic.


== Novelisation ==
=== Species ===
[[File:LastSontaranBook.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]
* The [[Vorkazian]] Hordes are native to [[Meta Vorka 6]].
:''Main article: [[The Last Sontaran (novelisation)]]''


A novelisation of ''The Last Sontaran'' was published in November 2008.
=== Cultural references to the real world ===
* Chrissie calls Kaagh "[[Humpty Dumpty|Humpty]]".
* Sarah Jane mentions the ''[[Mary Celeste]]''.
* Clyde and Luke are doing a history project for school about [[Napoléon Bonaparte|Napoleon]] and the [[Battle of Waterloo]].
* Clyde mentions ''[[The Land That Time Forgot]]''.
* Chrissie mentions she and Alan going treasure hunting for a "golden rabbit", this is in reference to the book 'Masquerade' by Kit Williams, which contained cryptic clues to locate a buried golden hare.


==See also==
=== Music ===
''to be added''
* Lucy Skinner listens to [[indie]] music. She likes the bands ''[[Women of War]]'', ''[[Rain Green]]'', ''[[Giddy Nuisance]]'' and ''[[The Motorboats]]''.


==External links==
=== Other ===
''to be added''
* Chrissie refers to Sarah Jane as "[[Calamity Jane]]" and "Mary Jane".
* Skinner mentions [[ball lightning]] to explain the sighting of Sontaran drones.


== Story notes ==
* This story replaced a proposed story entitled "The Trial of Sarah-Jane Smith", which would have seen Sarah Jane put on trial by the [[Judoon]].<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/sarahjane/2008ab.html</ref>
* This was the first episode to air after the crossover episodes ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' and ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', and this story appears to take place following those events; the episode contains dialogue references to alien life being widely known on Earth. Although she didn't appear, Maria and Alan were also referenced as still being in England at that point.
* Mr Smith's display now shows him in a fluid like state, instead of the crystalline shape that had been depicted in Series 1 and ''The Stolen Earth'' / ''Journey's End''.
* This is Maria Jackson's last story as a main character. Actress Yasmin Paige was in her GCSE year and chose to concentrate on her studies.{{Fact}} She made a guest appearance in part 2 of ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]'' and Maria is referenced either visually (through photos, art and flashbacks) or in dialogue in all other Series 2 stories and at least once throughout the other series of the show.
* This story marks the final appearance of [[Chrissie Jackson]] on the series. Her appearance and attire has changed considerably from what she looked like in [[Series 1 (SJA)|series one]]. Her hair is now longer, curly, and a shade of auburn rather than dark red.
* The plot of this story is similar to that of ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'' from the previous series, as both involve an appearance from an enemy the Doctor has faced off against previously and who want revenge on the Doctor, only to encounter Sarah Jane.


=== Ratings ===


* Part 1 - 0.82 million viewers, with an AI score of 85. ([[DWMSE 23]])
* Part 2 - 0.48 million viewers ([[DWMSE 23]])


''Part One aired on BBC One, whilst Part Two aired on CBBC.''


=== Filming locations ===
* In series one, Alan Jackson's house was filmed in a real house on a normal suburban street instead of in a studio. From the second series, the house was set in a studio and was redecorated by the production crew.


=== Production errors ===
{{SJA discontinuity}}
* When Kaagh's ship opens after it crashes, Kaagh's scars are visible underneath his blood.
* About thirteen minutes into part two, a shot of the countdown is shown as a video playing in VLC Media Player.


== Continuity ==
* Maria mentions the [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|Bane]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Bane (TV story)}}) the [[Slitheen]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)}}) the [[Gorgon]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)}}) and [[the Trickster]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)}}) while Alan refers to the moon coming towards Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lost Boy (TV story)}})
* Sarah Jane refers to Mr Smith being rebooted. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lost Boy (TV story)}})
* On entering the empty observatory Sarah Jane likens it to the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'', the ship famous for being found deserted. The reason for the ''Mary Celeste{{'}}''s abandonment was due to [[Dalek]] activity. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}})
* Sarah Jane refers to her two previous encounters with the Sontarans: one "sometime ago" ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}) and one "sometime yet". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)}})
* Kaagh is a survivor of the [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]]. He was on his way to Earth when the spaceship was destroyed by [[Luke Rattigan]], though he blames the act on the [[Tenth Doctor]], and the resulting explosion from the spaceship jettisoned his ship into Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}})
* Kaagh, like other Sontarans, has green blood. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}})
* As Chrissie breaks into Sarah Jane's house she notes, "Some people never learn." She earlier broke into Sarah Jane's house through the same window. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)}})


== Home video releases ==
* This story, along with the rest of Series 2, was released on [[DVD]] on 9th November 2009 (UK) and 10th November 2009 (North [[America]]).
* It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).


== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
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The Last Sontaran was the first serial of series 2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was written by Phil Ford and directed by Joss Agnew.

It was the final regular appearance of Yasmin Paige as Maria Jackson, who left the regular cast, along with her father Alan, after he received a job offer in America. He left the decision of moving away up to Maria, who supported him to take the new job. It also featured the last appearance of Chrissie Jackson, who would become directly involved in the alien dealings of Sarah Jane's life. Now that her family was leaving for America, she stopped paying visits to Bannerman Road. Notably, it acted as a sequel to the Doctor Who episode, The Poison Sky, dealing with the consequences of the Tenth Doctor's battle with the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Reports of strange lights around the Tycho Project's radio telescope lead Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Maria into a terrifying forest encounter. Sarah Jane comes face-to-face with her oldest enemy. Meanwhile, Maria wrestles with a huge decision when her dad is offered a new job in America.

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

Sarah Jane and Maria discuss the experiences they have shared since Maria's arrival in Bannerman Road, such as the Bane, the Slitheen, the Gorgon and the Trickster. They watch the night sky as they look forward to many more discoveries.

In rural Goblin's Copse, at a radio telescope used in the Tycho Project's search for alien life, Lucy Skinner and her astronomer dad, Professor Nicholas Skinner, also watch the night sky. They spot strange lights floating about. Professor Skinner investigates, but goes missing. Lucy investigates, and is promptly captured.

The next day, Luke and Clyde play a strategy game with Mr Smith to learn about battle strategies. Sarah Jane interrupts. She had heard reports of the strange lights the previous night. Despite Mr Smith's assurances that strange lights rarely herald alien activity, she pursues the story.

Maria and Alan have received an important letter, but have found that the implications are far larger than they imagined and will cause an imminent major change in their lives. Alan tells Maria the decision is not just his to make.

Sarah Jane, Clyde, Luke and Maria head to the countryside to investigate. They arrive at Goblin's Copse and discuss the size of space. They are watched by something. Inside, the find the building empty and are investigating when Lucy enters. She tells them that her dad is still missing. Luke and Clyde look outside for the professor after Sarah Jane warns them to stay away from the woods. Ignoring Sarah Jane's instructions to stay away from the woods, the boys search the woods and the creature watching them becomes invisible.

While Lucy sleeps, Sarah Jane decides to ask Maria what is troubling her after noticing some unusual behaviour, and Maria reveals that Alan has been offered a job in America at the head office of his firm. Maria is ambivalent about the news; she is happy for her dad but sad that she must leave her friends behind. Sarah Jane closes herself off from Maria, telling her she's happy for her, but is clearly upset.

At his house, Alan discusses the job with Chrissie and how it will change Maria's life more than his.

In the woods, Clyde and Luke hear a noise. A Sontaran, armed with a gun, reveals himself and chases them. The boys lose him, but come across a cloaked object.

Kaagh chasing Luke and Clyde

When Lucy wakes up, Sarah Jane persuades her to recall the events of the previous night. Professor Skinner appears, though he seems strangely detached and unemotional. He orders Sarah Jane and Maria to leave immediately, which they do. Lucy makes him some coffee and he approaches her strangely.

Luke calls Sarah Jane and when she and Maria arrive, he and Clyde show them the object. When the cloaking field is disabled, Sarah Jane immediately recognises the Sontaran ship. Its Sontaran occupant, Commander Kaagh, appears behind them, armed.

Maria tricks Kaagh and the group escape, splitting up, with Kaagh chasing them. Sarah Jane and Clyde attempt to reason with Professor Skinner. They find his mind is controlled by the Sontaran. Outside the observatory, Luke and Maria crawl into a vent that leads into the building.

Maria and Luke watch from the vent while Kaagh and Sarah Jane talk. He says he was badly wounded when the Tenth Doctor defeated the Sontaran army. As the only survivor of the botched invasion, he has vowed revenge on Earth for his peoples' humiliation. He reveals his plan to use the Tycho radio telescope to take control of Earth's satellites, and steer them to crash into nuclear reactors on Earth, triggering nuclear annihilation.

Clyde protests, so Kaagh says he will experiment on him. Sarah Jane steps in front of Clyde, defying Kaagh. He pulls out his gun and shoots her.

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

Kaagh shoots Sarah Jane. She sprawls unconscious on the floor. He boasts to Clyde that she will be taken to Sontar as a prize and he will be hailed as a hero instead of a laughing stock. Luke and Maria, hidden in a nearby vent, watch the scene unfold. They catch Clyde's attention and motion for him to join them.

Sarah Jane awakens to find she is in a store room with Lucy Skinner. Kaagh has taken her sonic lipstick. Undeterred, Lucy and she start to build a device to jam the signal to the satellites. Aware that Kaagh will detect it, they plan to escape when he comes to investigate.

Maria tells Luke she's moving to America.

Luke, Maria and Clyde provoke Kaagh into chasing them through the observatory's corridors and service tunnels. The teens escape into the forest and block Kaagh's exit. They run to his shuttle, where Luke uses the chemicals stored there to synthesise a knockout gas to incapacitate the Sontaran. He sets off the intruder alarm. Knowing it will bring Kaagh, Clyde goes to distract him. As Luke works, Maria tells him about the upcoming move which leaves him upset, but Maria reminds him it won't matter if Kaagh succeeds.

Sarah Jane activates her new invention and just as she expected, Skinner comes to find it. Sarah Jane and Lucy sneak out, locking Skinner in the room, and they try to figure out how to disarm the satellites. They let Clyde in by the same door Luke, Maria and Clyde escaped through earlier, just in time to save him from Kaagh, whom they lock out. Kaagh enters through the main door, breaks down the door to the room Skinner was locked in and rages at him.

Maria, uncertain Luke will synthesise the gas in time, decides to ask Mr Smith for more information on defeating Sontarans. As Mr Smith is still in Ealing, she calls her dad and asks him to contact the computer. Alan does so, unaware he has been followed into Sarah Jane's attic by his ex-wife, Chrissie. She demands to know what is going on; Alan quickly brings her up to speed on Sarah Jane's alien hunting and Maria's role as her assistant. Chrissie realises he is telling the truth because his lip twitches when he is lying. Maria's parents, fearful for her safety, decide to join their daughter at Goblin's Copse.

Sarah Jane, Maria, Clyde, Luke and Lucy all meet up. Sarah takes Luke and Lucy with her to try to deactivate the transmitter, while Maria and Clyde search for the switch that will move the transmitter away from the satellites. However, Kaagh and Skinner get there first and capture them.

Luke tries to break into the observatory's main computers, succeeding when he realises that Sontarans, who have three fingers on each hand, use base six mathematics. Kaagh appears and reveals Lucy is a sleeper agent. He activates the mind-control chip implanted in her. He orders her to re-activate the transmitter. He threatened Maria's life if Sarah Jane tries to stop him. All appears lost, but Chrissie, who has been watching from the shadows, swings her high-heeled shoe into his probic vent, knocking him unconscious but electrocuting Chrissie as a side effect, giving her short term amnesia. The transmitter is deactivated, this time for good. Lucy wakes up, back to normal after her implant was deactivated by Sarah Jane. She then wakes up her dad, who was also deactivated, and he looks confused at the sight of an unconscious Kaagh, but Sarah Jane reassures him that Kaagh is indisposed.

Kaagh is escorted back to his ship and ordered to return to Sontar, which he is only too glad to do; he is humiliated that he was defeated by "half-forms" and a woman. Sarah Jane is relieved, even if she is not entirely convinced that the Sontaran is gone for good.

Chrissie tells Sarah Jane that she remembers everything

Six weeks later, Maria and Alan say their goodbyes to Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde as they leave for their new life in America. As father and daughter pull away, Chrissie whispers to Sarah Jane that she was not entirely ignorant of her daughter's alien-hunting hobby; the amnesia wore off a while ago (she remembers what happened to her shoe, and the Sontaran), but Chrissie wanted to give Maria a fresh start. The group smiles and waves good-bye to Maria and Alan as they wave back, watching their cab leave Bannerman Road and send the Jacksons on their journey to America.

Later that night, Sarah Jane, Luke, and Clyde are looking out at the stars through one of her telescopes. Luke and Clyde tell Sarah Jane they will miss Maria, but Sarah Jane gives them a piece of advice:

I learned a long time ago that if you're missing somebody, just... look up at the night sky. Whoever it is, wherever they are, chances are they're looking at the stars just like you. Sometimes, for all its size, the universe isn't such a big place after all.Sarah Jane Smith [The Last Sontaran (TV story) [src]]

The trio turn their attention skyward, hoping the best for their friend.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

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.


Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • Chrissie calls Kaagh "Humpty".
  • Sarah Jane mentions the Mary Celeste.
  • Clyde and Luke are doing a history project for school about Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo.
  • Clyde mentions The Land That Time Forgot.
  • Chrissie mentions she and Alan going treasure hunting for a "golden rabbit", this is in reference to the book 'Masquerade' by Kit Williams, which contained cryptic clues to locate a buried golden hare.

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Chrissie refers to Sarah Jane as "Calamity Jane" and "Mary Jane".
  • Skinner mentions ball lightning to explain the sighting of Sontaran drones.

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

  • This story replaced a proposed story entitled "The Trial of Sarah-Jane Smith", which would have seen Sarah Jane put on trial by the Judoon.[1]
  • This was the first episode to air after the crossover episodes The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, and this story appears to take place following those events; the episode contains dialogue references to alien life being widely known on Earth. Although she didn't appear, Maria and Alan were also referenced as still being in England at that point.
  • Mr Smith's display now shows him in a fluid like state, instead of the crystalline shape that had been depicted in Series 1 and The Stolen Earth / Journey's End.
  • This is Maria Jackson's last story as a main character. Actress Yasmin Paige was in her GCSE year and chose to concentrate on her studies.[source needed] She made a guest appearance in part 2 of The Mark of the Berserker and Maria is referenced either visually (through photos, art and flashbacks) or in dialogue in all other Series 2 stories and at least once throughout the other series of the show.
  • This story marks the final appearance of Chrissie Jackson on the series. Her appearance and attire has changed considerably from what she looked like in series one. Her hair is now longer, curly, and a shade of auburn rather than dark red.
  • The plot of this story is similar to that of Revenge of the Slitheen from the previous series, as both involve an appearance from an enemy the Doctor has faced off against previously and who want revenge on the Doctor, only to encounter Sarah Jane.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Part 1 - 0.82 million viewers, with an AI score of 85. (DWMSE 23)
  • Part 2 - 0.48 million viewers (DWMSE 23)

Part One aired on BBC One, whilst Part Two aired on CBBC.

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

  • In series one, Alan Jackson's house was filmed in a real house on a normal suburban street instead of in a studio. From the second series, the house was set in a studio and was redecorated by the production crew.

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.
  • When Kaagh's ship opens after it crashes, Kaagh's scars are visible underneath his blood.
  • About thirteen minutes into part two, a shot of the countdown is shown as a video playing in VLC Media Player.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Maria mentions the Bane, (TV: Invasion of the Bane [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Bane (TV story)"]) the Slitheen, (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)"]) the Gorgon, (TV: Eye of the Gorgon [+]Loading...["Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)"]) and the Trickster, (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? [+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)"]) while Alan refers to the moon coming towards Earth. (TV: The Lost Boy [+]Loading...["The Lost Boy (TV story)"])
  • Sarah Jane refers to Mr Smith being rebooted. (TV: The Lost Boy [+]Loading...["The Lost Boy (TV story)"])
  • On entering the empty observatory Sarah Jane likens it to the Mary Celeste, the ship famous for being found deserted. The reason for the Mary Celeste's abandonment was due to Dalek activity. (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"])
  • Sarah Jane refers to her two previous encounters with the Sontarans: one "sometime ago" (TV: The Time Warrior [+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"]) and one "sometime yet". (TV: The Sontaran Experiment [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)"])
  • Kaagh is a survivor of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet. He was on his way to Earth when the spaceship was destroyed by Luke Rattigan, though he blames the act on the Tenth Doctor, and the resulting explosion from the spaceship jettisoned his ship into Earth. (TV: The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"])
  • Kaagh, like other Sontarans, has green blood. (TV: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (TV story)"])
  • As Chrissie breaks into Sarah Jane's house she notes, "Some people never learn." She earlier broke into Sarah Jane's house through the same window. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon [+]Loading...["Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)"])

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

  • This story, along with the rest of Series 2, was released on DVD on 9th November 2009 (UK) and 10th November 2009 (North America).
  • It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/sarahjane/2008ab.html

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

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Stories listed here are only those that have been officially licensed by the BBC.
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Sontaran stories
For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.
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Complete list of appearances
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