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|main character      = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Mr Smith]]
|broadcast date = [[24th September]] [[2007]]
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'''Revenge of the Slitheen''' was the second story of [[The Sarah Jane Adventures]], and makes up the first two regular episodes of the [[Series 1 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|first series]]. It introduces [[Clyde Langer]] as a regular companion to Sarah Jane.
'''''Revenge of the Slitheen''''' was the first serial of [[Series 1 (SJA)|series 1]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Gareth Roberts]] and directed by [[Alice Troughton]].
 
The episode was notable for the introduction of the character [[Clyde Langer]] and the reintroduction of the [[Slitheen family]], who had previously appeared in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]/[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'' and ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', and would be prominently featured in future SJA serials.
 
== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
First days at school are always difficult. For Maria Jackson and Luke Smith, the task of blending is made all the more difficult when their teachers turn out to be aliens from outer space, back for revenge.
First days at school are always difficult. For [[Maria Jackson]] and [[Luke Smith]], the task of blending in is made all the more difficult when their [[teacher]]s turn out to be [[Raxacoricofallapatorian|aliens from outer space]], back for revenge!


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Maria and Luke start their new school but find all is not as it seems. Aided by Sarah Jane and their new friend Clyde, they find the Slitheen, old enemies of the Doctor, this time disguised as teachers, have taken control of the technology block and are trying to switch off the sun. Luke unknowingly gives the Slitheen the code to start the machine, and they start to absorb the power of the sun. Sarah Jane investigates the company controlling the science block, and Maria, Luke and Clyde investigate the school. Sarah Jane is attacked by a female Slitheen who disguised herself as a company secretary, Janine. Luke finds a secret room and is confronted by the Slitheen commander, his headmaster Blakeman, whilst Maria and Clyde are chased first by their Slitheen Science teacher, Mr. Jeffrey and then the school genius, Carl, unzips in front of them to reveal a child Slitheen.
=== Part 1 ===
[[Maria Jackson|Maria]] and [[Luke Smith|Luke]] begin their first day at [[Park Vale Comprehensive School]], first day at a new school for Maria and first day at school period for Luke. [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] drops Luke off in [[Sarah Jane Smith's Nissan Figaro|her car]] and kisses him on the cheek, which gets laughter and funny looks off passing students. Luke asks why they were laughing and Maria explains that it looks odd for someone of his age being kissed goodbye by his mother. She notices a very flashy modern building, that is brand new according to Luke, and wonders what is inside it. An arriving teacher, [[Tim Jeffery]], is brought inside it by the headmaster, [[Greg Blakeman]], and asked to stand against a wall, which opens behind him to reveal a big green arm with long claws. Jeffery turns around and screams in terror, as the claw strikes him down.
 
Maria and Luke are at assembly and admit they are anxious. They are joined by another new student, [[Clyde Langer]], who is seeking to make friends with 'cool' people but will settle for them until then. Blakeman begins the assembly with a huge fart, which the students find amusing. Blakeman seems highly dismissive and disinterested in the assembly, but reveals that he will be leading the classes in tours of the new technology building, starting with Luke and Clyde's form. The new building is highly advanced with computer labs and broadband, but also has a peculiar smell like metal or batteries. Blakeman's continued farting and the amused reactions of the class confuses Luke, unaware of the social humour behind it, and Clyde is increasingly confused and irritated by his classmate's odd behaviour and lack of social awareness. This does not stop him from sitting with Maria at lunch, where they bond slightly as both of them are divorce children, and are disgusted to find their food has suddenly turned mouldy and rotten. Clyde opines that something strange is going on in the school, which piques Maria's interest.
 
The school day ends and Blakeman and Jeffery initiate a test-run of their project, which is obviously alien technology, whilst Maria and Luke recount the day's events to their parents. Sarah Jane notes with slight jealousy how Maria and her father easily interact before she and [[Alan Jackson|Alan]] talk about the school's new building. Alan mentions doing a job in another school with an identical building, built by [[Coldfire Construction]] like the Park Vale one, which also had an odd metallic smell about it. Sarah Jane goes inside to do some research about Coldfire whilst Luke unhappily recounts all the social mistakes he made that day. Sarah Jane tells him that both of them are in uncharted territory as she has never been a mother before but both will get through it. Maria's mother, [[Chrissie Jackson]], barges in for a visit which is interrupted by a sudden power cut, caused by the Slitheen's machine. There are signs that this is no ordinary power cut; the candles Alan lights go out and Sarah Jane's [[scanner watch]] is completely dead, despite the fact that it can't lose power. The machine begins to overload and the Slitheen shut it off; the stabiliser isn't working, but once it is, the Slitheen will destroy Earth.
 
After seeing Luke off to school the next day, Sarah Jane goes over to the Jacksons and asks Alan about the school building he worked on. He shows her the plans, which have a strange anomaly in them; a blank space with no door. She heads to the school, [[St Cheldon's Comprehensive School|St Cheldon's Comprehensive]] in the posh [[Upminster]] borough and speaks with the headmistress, [[Wendy (Revenge of the Slitheen)|Wendy]]. Wendy is clearly at her wit's end, informing Sarah Jane that the school computers keep crashing despite having the wiring in the block entirely reinstalled and shows her an apple that was fresh only that morning but has gone off inexplicably. Sarah Jane asks if this has been investigated and Wendy tells her that one parent who complained fell off his bike the next morning. Wendy asks Sarah Jane if she can feel it, like "a thunderstorm's coming". Unbeknownst to them, they are being watched by [[Janine (Revenge of the Slitheen)|a woman]] via CCTV camera.
 
At school, Luke further distances himself socially with his advanced intelligence, which mystifies Jeffery. Clyde is caught with a cold chip sandwich that he made for his lunch (as an alternative to the rotting food in the canteen), which Jeffery is terrified by and throws away. He and Blakeman talk about Luke's intelligence and the possibility of using him to solve their problem. Luke unwittingly provides them with the exact calculation that they need, to the delight of the Slitheen.
 
Sarah Jane calls Maria and asks her to have a look around their building while she heads to Coldfire Construction to investigate further. She is met by Janine, the company secretary, who dismisses her questions and advises her to leave in a way that is implicitly threatening. When Sarah Jane refuses, Janine unzips her forehead to reveal that she is [[Florm Rox Fey Fenerill-Slam Slitheen|a Slitheen]]. The Slitheen chases Sarah Jane and traps her in a corner.
 
Luke and Maria head into the new block, followed by Clyde who is now very suspicious of them. Maria is detected by Jeffery in a classroom and watches in horror as he unzips himself to reveal himself as [[Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen|a Slitheen]], who promptly chases her. She runs into Clyde and they both flee, whilst Luke discovers the secret room and is greeted coldly by Blakeman, who anticipated his discovery of the room.
 
Maria and Clyde are eventually saved by [[Carl (Revenge of the Slitheen)|Carl]], the school genius. After locking the door behind them, Carl unzips his skin suit to reveal that he is a [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen|child Slitheen]], and declares that he is going to hunt them.
 
=== Part 2 ===
Maria, Clyde and Luke escape their respective pursuers but are chased around the building. Sarah Jane manages to escape Janine by spraying her with perfume, which the Slitheen's advanced sense of smell cannot take. She calls Luke and advises him to do the same; Clyde fends off the Slitheen with deodorant and the kids reach the front doors as Sarah Jane arrives, releasing them and sealing the Slitheen inside. Sarah Jane is not happy to find Clyde with them, another person who knows and another life to worry about. The Slitheen are puzzled by Sarah Jane's use of a [[sonic lipstick]], as Earth is a [[Level 5 planet]] and such technology should not be present there, but dismiss it as their machine is ready. Their plan is to drain the Earth of its energy and use it to fund a takeover of their homeworld, [[Raxacoricofallapatorius]], from which they are exiles.
 
Clyde barges his way into the Bannerman Road gang's world but is of little help beyond a few remarks. Sarah Jane calls out [[Mr Smith]] and they deduce the Slitheen plan. Using a network of machines stationed in school buildings all over the world in ten cities, the Slitheen will drain the planet of its energy. Luke realises that he provided the Slitheen with the information necessary to make it work and feels guilty. Mr Smith brings up a [[Trinity Wells]] news broadcast reporting a massive loss of power on the West Coast and they realise it's starting. Mr Smith explains that the capacitor machines act as transducers, converting heat and light into electrical energy which is why the candles went out. They also cause cellular decay in organic matter even when inactive, which accounts for the food going off. Luke comes up with a plan to render the machines inert with the sonic lipstick whilst Mr Smith researches the Slitheen's weaknesses, but the power loss hits them before he can, scuppering both plans.
 
With no recourse, the gang prepare to head back to the school to try something else. Clyde remembers Jeffery's fearful reaction to his sandwich, which had [[salt]] and [[vinegar]] in it, and deduces that vinegar, acetic acid is their weakness. Armed with spray bottles of vinegar, the gang's rush to school is interrupted by the final phase of the alien plan; to drain the sun itself. The Slitheen detect their intrusion and Blakeman unzips his skin suit to deal with them personally. Clyde and Maria hold [[Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer-Slam Slitheen|the Slitheen]] off but Clyde runs out and Maria is hesitant to deliver a lethal blow. Blakeman taunts her over this, but she throws the whole lot of vinegar on him in response, causing him to explode all over them. The other Slitheen feel this and teleport in to deal with the situation. Eventually the whole gang is captured and the Slitheen reveal that profit isn't their only motivation here; they intend to exact revenge for the failure of the Downing Street incident. Luke tells them that the machine won't be able to hold the sun's power and the Slitheen believe him, shutting it down so Luke can fix it and make it safe.
 
However, Luke takes his chance and when power is restored, Sarah Jane tosses him the sonic lipstick and he uses it to cause the machine to malfunction. The other Slitheen escape, but Janine is killed by the electrical discharge and Jeffrey's Slitheen, Kist, is killed as well; though seemingly his son, Korst, escapes. Sarah Jane believes him dead and feels somewhat regretful as he was a child at 12. With the crisis over, Sarah Jane calls her friends at [[UNIT]] and tells them about the capacitors, which they will clear up. Clyde is made an official member of the gang and joins in their enterprise, ready to help defend the Earth.
 
== Cast ==
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Maria Jackson]] - [[Yasmin Paige]]
* [[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
* [[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* [[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
* [[Alan Jackson]] - [[Joseph Millson]]
* [[Chrissie Jackson]] - [[Juliet Cowan]]
* [[Greg Blakeman]] - [[Martyn Ellis]]
* [[Tim Jeffery]] - [[Ian Midlane]]
* [[Wendy (Revenge of the Slitheen)|Wendy]] - [[Pamela Merrick]]
* [[Janine (Revenge of the Slitheen)|Janine]] - [[Imogen Bain]]
* [[Carl (Revenge of the Slitheen)|Carl]] - [[Anton Thompson McCormick]]
* [[Trinity Wells]] - [[Lachele Carl]]
* [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen|Carl Slitheen]] - [[Jimmy Vee]]
* [[Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen|Jeffery]]/[[Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer-Slam Slitheen|Blakeman]]/[[Florm Rox Fey Fenerill-Slam Slitheen|Janine Slitheen]] - [[Paul Kasey]]
 
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They all manage to escape and head back to Sarah Jane's house. Clyde figures out that the Slitheen are allergic to vinegar, and the team head off back to the school with squirty bottles of vinegar. After Maria uses the vinegar to blow up the Slitheen commander Blakeman, they head over to the secret room in the block and Luke tricks the Slitheen by telling them the machine won't take the power of the sun. He turns the machine off and uses the Sonic Lipstick to cause the machine to malfunction. As the room explodes, the continental Slitheen, still disguised, escapes whilst Janine is electrocuted and explodes and Jeffrey and Carl are trapped. They beg for Sarah's help, and she tries to open the door, but Jeffrey is killed when the technology explodes. However, at the same time, Carl escapes. Sarah Jane is highly affected by this, as she thinks Carl is dead. Afterwards, she tells Clyde about her travels with the Doctor, and then accepts him into the team, before sharing a long hug with Luke. She now knows that she's not alone in the world any more.
== Worldbuilding ==
* Luke and Clyde are [[Form 10B]].


==Cast==
=== Individuals ===
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* Clyde mentions ''[[High School Musical]]''.
*[[Maria Jackson]] - [[Yasmin Paige]]
* Clyde's deoderent is called [[Wolverine (deodorant)|Wolverine]].
*[[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
* Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer-Slam Slitheen mentions [[Jamie Oliver]].
*[[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen and Luke talk about [[Michael Faraday|Faraday]].
*Voice of&nbsp;[[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
*[[Alan Jackson]] - [[Joseph Millson]]
*[[Chrissie Jackson]] - [[Juliet Cowan]]
*[[Greg Blakeman]] - [[Martyn Ellis]]
*[[Tim Jeffery]] - [[Ian Midlane]]
*[[Wendy]] - [[Pamela Merrick]]
*[[Janine]] - [[Imogen Bain]]
*[[Carl (Revenge of the Slitheen)|Carl]] - [[Anton Thompson McCormick]]
*[[Trinity Wells]] - [[Lachele Carl]]
*[[Slitheen|Carl Slitheen]] - [[Jimmy Vee]]
*[[Slitheen|Jeffery/Blakeman/Janine Slitheen]]- [[Paul Kasey]]


==Production Crew==
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== References ==
=== Organisations ===
*The [[Slitheen]] mention they ran into "[[Judoon|interplanetary police]]".
* Sarah calls [[UNIT]] to handle the other [[Coldfire Construction|Coldfire]] and Slitheen sites, sending her "love to [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]]."
*One of the Slitheen says "for the love of [[Clom]]", which is the home planet of the [[Abzorbaloff]] and the twin planet of [[Raxacoricofallapatorius]].
* The [[Grand Council]] is mentioned by the Slitheen.
*Some of the aliens seen in Mr Smith's files include the [[Arcateenian]]s, [[Bane]], [[Macra]], [[the Beast]], [[Krillitane]]s, [[Abaddon]], the [[Richard Lazarus|Lazarus Monster]], [[Cybermen (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] and [[Pterodactyl]]s.
* The ''[[Ealing Echo]]'' is an Ealing newspaper.
*This is the first time that a [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]] child is seen.
 
*[[UNIT]] is referred to.
=== Objects ===
*Sarah Jane is heard saying "Give my love to the Brig" in a telephone conversation with a UNIT contact. This is a reference to Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] and is the first direct dialogue reference to the character in the revived Doctor Who franchise. A second reference would later be heard in [[DW]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'' and a third in ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''. The character would first be seen in ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]''.
* The Slitheen use a [[Slitheen transporter pendant|transporter pendant]] to teleport away.
*When describing the Slitheen's previous attempt to destroy earth, Sarah Jane begins by saying "what happened..." then modifies herself to say "''who'' happened ..." - a reference to the ongoing "Doctor who?" joke involving the Doctor's name.
* Sarah repairs a [[dynacron star drive]].
*The headmaster Slitheen mentions the [[Blathereen]], who are cousins and enemies of the Slitheen.
 
*Sarah Jane mentions "Slitheen in Downing Street", and that it was "something a friend said". This references [[Rose Tyler]] telling Sarah Jane in ''[[School Reunion]]'' about her adventures with the Doctor in the Doctor Who episodes ''[[Aliens of London]] ''and ''[[World War Three]]''.
=== Planets ===
* One of the Slitheen says, ''"For the love of [[Clom]]"''.
 
=== Species ===
* Chrissie mentions [[Zombie]]s.
* The [[Judoon]] investigate Slitheen activities on Earth.
* The Slitheen mention the [[Hostrozeen family]].
* According to the Slitheen, the [[Baaraddelskelliumfatrexius beast]]s are extinct.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* The first episode aired on BBC 1 only. Episode 2 was broadcast afterwards on the CBBC channel, and was shown on BBC 1 a week later.
* The first episode aired on [[BBC 1]] only. Part two was broadcast afterwards on the [[CBBC]] channel, and was shown on BBC 1 a week later.
* Beginning with episode 1, ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' adopts a format of 25-minute episodes (following its 50-minute pilot episode). This marks the first time a ''Doctor Who'' franchise series has used the 25-minute episode format since episode 3 of ''[[Survival]]'' concluded the original series in 1989.
* Beginning with part one, ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' adopted a format of twenty-five-minute episodes following its sixty-minute pilot episode. This marked the first time a ''Doctor Who'' franchise series used the twenty-five-minute episode format since episode 3 of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' concluded the original series in 1989.
* Part 1 includes flashback footage from [[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''.
* The character of Maria's friend [[Kelsey Hooper]], played by [[Porsha Lawrence-Mavour]] in ''Invasion of the Bane'', was dropped for the series as it was felt there were too many female characters in the show, so Clyde was created instead, as it was believed the show could benefit from a second male protagonist.<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/sarahjane/2007bc.html</ref>
* Mr. Smith's zapping of Clyde (followed by dark laughter) is a possible foreshadowing of his [[The Lost Boy|true intentions]].
* Different effects were used when Kist and Korst died, this would be a hint that Korst did not in fact die.


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
*Episode 1 - 1.4m viewers
* Part 1 - 1.4 million viewers, with an AI score of 79. ([[DWMSE 23]])
*Episode 2 - 0.4m viewers (CBBC channel), 1.1m (BBC 1)
* Part 2 - 1.1m viewers ([[DWMSE 23]])


=== Myths ===
''Part One aired on BBC One, whilst Part Two aired on CBBC.''
''To be added''


===Filming locations===
=== Filming locations ===
''To be added''
* Clinton Road Penarth (Bannerman Road)
* Whitchurch High School Cardiff, Robinswood Crescent, Penarth
* Cardiff High School, Cardiff
* Mamhilad Park Industrial Estate, Pontypool, Wales
* Coleg Morgannwg, Parc Nantgarw, Caerphilly
* Unit A5, Pontypridd
* Coldfire Construction, Ffordd-Y-Gollen, Tonteg, Mid Glamorgan


===Production errors===
=== Production errors ===
* When Mr. Smith is showing them the American news channel down the info bar at the bottom it says 'thepacific ocean' instead of the 'The Pacific Ocean'.
{{SJA discontinuity}}
* When Clyde is squirting the head&nbsp;Slitheen he realises that he has no more vinegar in his squeezie, however&nbsp;in the previous shot, a&nbsp;good quarter of the mixture is still visible.&nbsp;
* In the initial shot of [[Tim Jeffery]]'s skin suit flopping to the floor, the Slitheen that should be inside the suit is nowhere to be seen.
* Mr. Smith brings up a world map before Sarah Jane asks him to.
* During a top-down shot of [[Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]] chasing Maria and Clyde, the head of the actor playing the Slitheen is visible.
* When Mr Smith is showing them the American news channel, down the info bar at the bottom it reads, "the pacific ocean" instead of the "the [[Pacific Ocean]]".
* When Clyde is squirting vinegar at Glune, he realises that he has no more vinegar in his squeezie. However, in the previous shot, a good quarter of the mixture is still visible.
* The audio tracks containing lines of dialogue dubbed by the voice actors of the Slitheen are sometimes out of sync with the lip movements performed by the actors in the suits.
* On Mr Smith's map of London boroughs, [[Lambeth]] is misspelt as "Lamberth".


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
{{discontinuity}}
* This is the second time Sarah Jane has investigated schools with alien teachers. Sarah Jane refers to this fact, sarcastically saying it would be ridiculous for there to be something unusual in a school. In both cases, the leader of the alien group takes on the role of the school's headmaster. ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}})
*The [[Slitheen]] family previously appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[The Monsters Inside]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]''.
* [[Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]] said that [[Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer-Slam Slitheen]] had bought the plans for the machine from a [[Wallarian]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters}})
*This is the second time Sarah Jane has investigated schools with alien teachers, the first being [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''. Sarah Jane refers to this fact, sarcastically saying it would be ridiculous for there to be something unusual in a school. In both cases the leader of the alien group is depicted as impersonating the school's headmaster.
* The [[Blathereen family]] are mentioned as a rival family to the Slitheen. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters Inside (novel)}})
*The Slitheen's tendency to flatulate while wearing a person's skin is featured more prominently here than in the previous ''Doctor Who'' appearances.
* Sarah Jane recalls the phrase "Slitheen in [[Downing Street]]", which is a direct quote from [[Rose Tyler]]; Sarah Jane mentions that it was "something a friend said". ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}})
*The [[Blathereen]] are mentioned, and they are a rival family which appeared in [[NSA]]: ''[[The Monsters Inside]]''.
* Mr Smith has data on [[Abaddon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|End of Days (TV story)}})
*The events of [[DW]]: ''[[World War Three]]'' are mentioned. The Slitheen also state that they are attempting to wipe out Earth in revenge for the loss of family members in that episode.
* The Slitheen are seeking revenge for loss of family members that "never came back" from a "routine job" on Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}})
*Sarah Jane recalls the phrase "Slitheen in Downing Street", which is a direct quote from [[Rose Tyler]] in [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''.
* Sarah Jane laments the apparent death of the Slitheen child. Previously, she told the [[Fourth Doctor]] that he could not kill a baby who would grow up to cause many deaths. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Categorical Imperative (short story)}})
*Sarah Jane refers to [[School Reunion]] when talking to Maria's dad.
* Chrissie recalls the [[Bubble Shock! factory]] blowing up. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Bane (TV story)}})
*Much as she did in the pilot episode, Sarah Jane describes the Doctor to Clyde and explains how she used to travel with him.
* Sarah Jane tells Clyde of how she met the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}})
*The American newsreader [[Trinity Wells]] (aka Mal Loup), who appears in numerous ''Doctor Who'' episodes, makes her first SJA appearance.
*UNIT are mentioned as handling the other Coldfire and Slitheen sites, and Maria is familiar with them.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
This was due to be released on a vanilla DVD along with [[Eye of the Gorgon]] on 17 March 2008, until the release was cancelled. It is featured in the Series One box set, which was released in North America on 7 October 2008 and released in the UK on 10 November 2008.
* This was due to be released on a vanilla [[DVD]] along with ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]'' on [[17 March (releases)|17 March]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]], but that release was cancelled. It was instead first featured in the series one box set, which was released in North [[America]] on [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] 2008 and released in the UK on [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2008.
* It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).
 
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
=== Notes ===
{{notelist}}
 
=== Sources ===
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==Novelisation==
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: ''See [[Revenge of the Slitheen (novelisation)]]''
{{TitleSort}}
A [[Revenge of the Slitheen (novelisation)|novelisation]] was released on 1 November 2007, written by [[Rupert Laight]]. The cover features Sarah Jane, Maria, Luke, Clyde and the Slitheen.
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==External links==
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[[Category:Slitheen television stories]]
==Footnotes==
[[Category:Series 1 (SJA) stories]]
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[[Category:The Sarah Jane Adventures episodes]]
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[[Category:Stories set in Ealing]]
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Revenge of the Slitheen was the first serial of series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was written by Gareth Roberts and directed by Alice Troughton.

The episode was notable for the introduction of the character Clyde Langer and the reintroduction of the Slitheen family, who had previously appeared in the Doctor Who stories Aliens of London/World War Three and Boom Town, and would be prominently featured in future SJA serials.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

First days at school are always difficult. For Maria Jackson and Luke Smith, the task of blending in is made all the more difficult when their teachers turn out to be aliens from outer space, back for revenge!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Maria and Luke begin their first day at Park Vale Comprehensive School, first day at a new school for Maria and first day at school period for Luke. Sarah Jane drops Luke off in her car and kisses him on the cheek, which gets laughter and funny looks off passing students. Luke asks why they were laughing and Maria explains that it looks odd for someone of his age being kissed goodbye by his mother. She notices a very flashy modern building, that is brand new according to Luke, and wonders what is inside it. An arriving teacher, Tim Jeffery, is brought inside it by the headmaster, Greg Blakeman, and asked to stand against a wall, which opens behind him to reveal a big green arm with long claws. Jeffery turns around and screams in terror, as the claw strikes him down.

Maria and Luke are at assembly and admit they are anxious. They are joined by another new student, Clyde Langer, who is seeking to make friends with 'cool' people but will settle for them until then. Blakeman begins the assembly with a huge fart, which the students find amusing. Blakeman seems highly dismissive and disinterested in the assembly, but reveals that he will be leading the classes in tours of the new technology building, starting with Luke and Clyde's form. The new building is highly advanced with computer labs and broadband, but also has a peculiar smell like metal or batteries. Blakeman's continued farting and the amused reactions of the class confuses Luke, unaware of the social humour behind it, and Clyde is increasingly confused and irritated by his classmate's odd behaviour and lack of social awareness. This does not stop him from sitting with Maria at lunch, where they bond slightly as both of them are divorce children, and are disgusted to find their food has suddenly turned mouldy and rotten. Clyde opines that something strange is going on in the school, which piques Maria's interest.

The school day ends and Blakeman and Jeffery initiate a test-run of their project, which is obviously alien technology, whilst Maria and Luke recount the day's events to their parents. Sarah Jane notes with slight jealousy how Maria and her father easily interact before she and Alan talk about the school's new building. Alan mentions doing a job in another school with an identical building, built by Coldfire Construction like the Park Vale one, which also had an odd metallic smell about it. Sarah Jane goes inside to do some research about Coldfire whilst Luke unhappily recounts all the social mistakes he made that day. Sarah Jane tells him that both of them are in uncharted territory as she has never been a mother before but both will get through it. Maria's mother, Chrissie Jackson, barges in for a visit which is interrupted by a sudden power cut, caused by the Slitheen's machine. There are signs that this is no ordinary power cut; the candles Alan lights go out and Sarah Jane's scanner watch is completely dead, despite the fact that it can't lose power. The machine begins to overload and the Slitheen shut it off; the stabiliser isn't working, but once it is, the Slitheen will destroy Earth.

After seeing Luke off to school the next day, Sarah Jane goes over to the Jacksons and asks Alan about the school building he worked on. He shows her the plans, which have a strange anomaly in them; a blank space with no door. She heads to the school, St Cheldon's Comprehensive in the posh Upminster borough and speaks with the headmistress, Wendy. Wendy is clearly at her wit's end, informing Sarah Jane that the school computers keep crashing despite having the wiring in the block entirely reinstalled and shows her an apple that was fresh only that morning but has gone off inexplicably. Sarah Jane asks if this has been investigated and Wendy tells her that one parent who complained fell off his bike the next morning. Wendy asks Sarah Jane if she can feel it, like "a thunderstorm's coming". Unbeknownst to them, they are being watched by a woman via CCTV camera.

At school, Luke further distances himself socially with his advanced intelligence, which mystifies Jeffery. Clyde is caught with a cold chip sandwich that he made for his lunch (as an alternative to the rotting food in the canteen), which Jeffery is terrified by and throws away. He and Blakeman talk about Luke's intelligence and the possibility of using him to solve their problem. Luke unwittingly provides them with the exact calculation that they need, to the delight of the Slitheen.

Sarah Jane calls Maria and asks her to have a look around their building while she heads to Coldfire Construction to investigate further. She is met by Janine, the company secretary, who dismisses her questions and advises her to leave in a way that is implicitly threatening. When Sarah Jane refuses, Janine unzips her forehead to reveal that she is a Slitheen. The Slitheen chases Sarah Jane and traps her in a corner.

Luke and Maria head into the new block, followed by Clyde who is now very suspicious of them. Maria is detected by Jeffery in a classroom and watches in horror as he unzips himself to reveal himself as a Slitheen, who promptly chases her. She runs into Clyde and they both flee, whilst Luke discovers the secret room and is greeted coldly by Blakeman, who anticipated his discovery of the room.

Maria and Clyde are eventually saved by Carl, the school genius. After locking the door behind them, Carl unzips his skin suit to reveal that he is a child Slitheen, and declares that he is going to hunt them.

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

Maria, Clyde and Luke escape their respective pursuers but are chased around the building. Sarah Jane manages to escape Janine by spraying her with perfume, which the Slitheen's advanced sense of smell cannot take. She calls Luke and advises him to do the same; Clyde fends off the Slitheen with deodorant and the kids reach the front doors as Sarah Jane arrives, releasing them and sealing the Slitheen inside. Sarah Jane is not happy to find Clyde with them, another person who knows and another life to worry about. The Slitheen are puzzled by Sarah Jane's use of a sonic lipstick, as Earth is a Level 5 planet and such technology should not be present there, but dismiss it as their machine is ready. Their plan is to drain the Earth of its energy and use it to fund a takeover of their homeworld, Raxacoricofallapatorius, from which they are exiles.

Clyde barges his way into the Bannerman Road gang's world but is of little help beyond a few remarks. Sarah Jane calls out Mr Smith and they deduce the Slitheen plan. Using a network of machines stationed in school buildings all over the world in ten cities, the Slitheen will drain the planet of its energy. Luke realises that he provided the Slitheen with the information necessary to make it work and feels guilty. Mr Smith brings up a Trinity Wells news broadcast reporting a massive loss of power on the West Coast and they realise it's starting. Mr Smith explains that the capacitor machines act as transducers, converting heat and light into electrical energy which is why the candles went out. They also cause cellular decay in organic matter even when inactive, which accounts for the food going off. Luke comes up with a plan to render the machines inert with the sonic lipstick whilst Mr Smith researches the Slitheen's weaknesses, but the power loss hits them before he can, scuppering both plans.

With no recourse, the gang prepare to head back to the school to try something else. Clyde remembers Jeffery's fearful reaction to his sandwich, which had salt and vinegar in it, and deduces that vinegar, acetic acid is their weakness. Armed with spray bottles of vinegar, the gang's rush to school is interrupted by the final phase of the alien plan; to drain the sun itself. The Slitheen detect their intrusion and Blakeman unzips his skin suit to deal with them personally. Clyde and Maria hold the Slitheen off but Clyde runs out and Maria is hesitant to deliver a lethal blow. Blakeman taunts her over this, but she throws the whole lot of vinegar on him in response, causing him to explode all over them. The other Slitheen feel this and teleport in to deal with the situation. Eventually the whole gang is captured and the Slitheen reveal that profit isn't their only motivation here; they intend to exact revenge for the failure of the Downing Street incident. Luke tells them that the machine won't be able to hold the sun's power and the Slitheen believe him, shutting it down so Luke can fix it and make it safe.

However, Luke takes his chance and when power is restored, Sarah Jane tosses him the sonic lipstick and he uses it to cause the machine to malfunction. The other Slitheen escape, but Janine is killed by the electrical discharge and Jeffrey's Slitheen, Kist, is killed as well; though seemingly his son, Korst, escapes. Sarah Jane believes him dead and feels somewhat regretful as he was a child at 12. With the crisis over, Sarah Jane calls her friends at UNIT and tells them about the capacitors, which they will clear up. Clyde is made an official member of the gang and joins in their enterprise, ready to help defend the Earth.

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]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • One of the Slitheen says, "For the love of Clom".

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The first episode aired on BBC 1 only. Part two was broadcast afterwards on the CBBC channel, and was shown on BBC 1 a week later.
  • Beginning with part one, The Sarah Jane Adventures adopted a format of twenty-five-minute episodes following its sixty-minute pilot episode. This marked the first time a Doctor Who franchise series used the twenty-five-minute episode format since episode 3 of Survival concluded the original series in 1989.
  • The character of Maria's friend Kelsey Hooper, played by Porsha Lawrence-Mavour in Invasion of the Bane, was dropped for the series as it was felt there were too many female characters in the show, so Clyde was created instead, as it was believed the show could benefit from a second male protagonist.[1]
  • Different effects were used when Kist and Korst died, this would be a hint that Korst did not in fact die.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Part 1 - 1.4 million viewers, with an AI score of 79. (DWMSE 23)
  • Part 2 - 1.1m viewers (DWMSE 23)

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

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

  • Clinton Road Penarth (Bannerman Road)
  • Whitchurch High School Cardiff, Robinswood Crescent, Penarth
  • Cardiff High School, Cardiff
  • Mamhilad Park Industrial Estate, Pontypool, Wales
  • Coleg Morgannwg, Parc Nantgarw, Caerphilly
  • Unit A5, Pontypridd
  • Coldfire Construction, Ffordd-Y-Gollen, Tonteg, Mid Glamorgan

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.
  • In the initial shot of Tim Jeffery's skin suit flopping to the floor, the Slitheen that should be inside the suit is nowhere to be seen.
  • During a top-down shot of Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen chasing Maria and Clyde, the head of the actor playing the Slitheen is visible.
  • When Mr Smith is showing them the American news channel, down the info bar at the bottom it reads, "the pacific ocean" instead of the "the Pacific Ocean".
  • When Clyde is squirting vinegar at Glune, he realises that he has no more vinegar in his squeezie. However, in the previous shot, a good quarter of the mixture is still visible.
  • The audio tracks containing lines of dialogue dubbed by the voice actors of the Slitheen are sometimes out of sync with the lip movements performed by the actors in the suits.
  • On Mr Smith's map of London boroughs, Lambeth is misspelt as "Lamberth".

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the second time Sarah Jane has investigated schools with alien teachers. Sarah Jane refers to this fact, sarcastically saying it would be ridiculous for there to be something unusual in a school. In both cases, the leader of the alien group takes on the role of the school's headmaster. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
  • Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen said that Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer-Slam Slitheen had bought the plans for the machine from a Wallarian. (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Loading...["Carnival of Monsters (TV story)","Carnival of Monsters"])
  • The Blathereen family are mentioned as a rival family to the Slitheen. (PROSE: The Monsters Inside [+]Loading...["The Monsters Inside (novel)"])
  • Sarah Jane recalls the phrase "Slitheen in Downing Street", which is a direct quote from Rose Tyler; Sarah Jane mentions that it was "something a friend said". (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
  • Mr Smith has data on Abaddon. (TV: End of Days [+]Loading...["End of Days (TV story)"])
  • The Slitheen are seeking revenge for loss of family members that "never came back" from a "routine job" on Earth. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])
  • Sarah Jane laments the apparent death of the Slitheen child. Previously, she told the Fourth Doctor that he could not kill a baby who would grow up to cause many deaths. (PROSE: Categorical Imperative [+]Loading...["Categorical Imperative (short story)"])
  • Chrissie recalls the Bubble Shock! factory blowing up. (TV: Invasion of the Bane [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Bane (TV story)"])
  • Sarah Jane tells Clyde of how she met the Doctor. (TV: The Time Warrior [+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"])

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

  • This was due to be released on a vanilla DVD along with Eye of the Gorgon on 17 March 2008, but that release was cancelled. It was instead first featured in the series one box set, which was released in North America on 7 October 2008 and released in the UK on 10 November 2008.
  • It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Sources[[edit] | [edit source]]