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'''Series 4 '''of [[The Sarah Jane Adventures]] is expected to air on [[CBBC]] or [[BBC One]] in the autumn of 2010. According to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', pre-production was under way as early as November 2009. On 4 March 2010, the BBC officially announced that production had been commissioned, with filming expected to begin by the end of March. (The same announcement also confirmed that a [[Series 5 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|5th series]] for 2011 had also been commissioned.)<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/04/sarah_jane.shtml</ref><ref>http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarah-jane-adventures-series-4-and-5.html</ref>
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|broadcast year  = 2010
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|story count      = 6
|ep count        = 12
|first ep        = The Nightmare Man (TV story)
|main character  = Sarah Jane Smith
|starring        = Clyde Langer
|starring2        = Luke Smith
|starring3        = Rani Chandra
|starring4        = Mr Smith
|starring5        = K9 Mark IV
|producer        = Brian Minchin
|producer2        = Phil Ford
|exec prod        = Russell T Davies
|exec prod2      = Nikki Wilson
|start date      = [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
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'''Series 4''' of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' ran between [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] and [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] 2010. It starred [[Elizabeth Sladen]] as [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Tommy Knight]] as [[Luke Smith]], [[Daniel Anthony]] as [[Clyde Langer]], [[Anjli Mohindra]] as [[Rani Chandra]], [[Alexander Armstrong]] as [[Mr Smith]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark IV]]. The series opened with ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]'' and concluded with ''[[Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith]]''.


The 4th season will see the return of all the core cast members (though the 4 March 2010 announcement did not indicate whether [[K9 Mark IV|K9]] would appear, K9 was seen on set when filming began) for a 12-episode series.  
== Overview ==
It consisted of six stories and twelve episodes. According to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', {{which?}} pre-production was under way as early as [[November (production)|November]] [[2009 (production)|2009]]. On [[4 March (production)|4 March]] [[2010 (production)|2010]], the BBC officially announced that production had been commissioned, with filming expected to begin by the end of March. (The same announcement also confirmed that a [[Series 5 (SJA)|fifth series]] for [[2011 (production)|2011]] had been commissioned as well.)<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/04/sarah_jane.shtml BBC - Press Office - Sarah Jane returns to CBBC for two further series of adventures] <small>accessed 5th October</small></ref><ref>[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarah-jane-adventures-series-4-and-5.html The Doctor Who News Pafe: Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 (and 5!) commissioned] <small>accessed 5th October</small></ref>


For the new series, [[Brian Minchin]] joins as producer, with [[Phil Ford]] as co-producer. [[Russell T Davies]] remains as executive producer along with [[Nikki Wilson]].  
The season saw the return of all the core cast members for the 12-episode series, plus guest appearances by [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Katy Manning]] as [[Jo Jones]]. For this series, [[Brian Minchin]] joined as a producer, with [[Phil Ford]] as co-producer. [[Russell T Davies]] remained as executive producer along with [[Nikki Wilson]].


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
=== Primary cast ===
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* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
*[[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
* [[Rani Chandra]] - [[Anjli Mohindra]]
*[[Rani Chandra]] - [[Anjli Mohindra]]
* [[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
*[[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* [[Mr Smith|Mr. Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]] (voice)
*[[Mr Smith|Mr. Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
* [[K9 Mark IV]] - [[John Leeson]] (voice)
*[[K9 Mark IV]] - [[John Leeson]] (seen on set)
* [[Haresh Chandra]] - [[Ace Bhatti]]


===Guest cast ===
=== Recurring ===
*[[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]] <ref name="Press Release">http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/04_april/19/sj_adventures.shtml</ref>
* [[Gita Chandra]] - [[Mina Anwar]]
*[[Jo Grant]] - [[Katy Manning]] <ref name="Press Release"> </ref>
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
*[[Celeste Rivers]] - [[Floella Benjamin]] <ref>http://twitter.com/floellabenjamin</ref>
* [[Androvax]] - [[Mark Goldthorp]]
*Nightmare Man - [[Julian Bleach]] <ref name="Episodes">http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/06/sarah-jane-adventures-series-four.html</ref>
* [[The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time)|The Shopkeeper]] - [[Cyril Nri]]
*Herself - [[Lucie Jones]] <ref name="Lucie Jones">http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s47/sarah-jane-adventures/news/a217078/lucie-jones-to-appear-in-sarah-jane.html</ref>
*Tia Karim - [[Laila Rouass]] <ref name="Lucie Jones"></ref>
*Ocean Waters - [[Cheryl Campbell]] <ref name="Lucie Jones"></ref>
*Gavin - [[Joe Mason]]
*Mysterious Shopkeeper - [[Cyril Nri]]
*Ruby White - [[Julie Graham]]
*Santiango Jones- [[Finn Jones]]


==Aliens and enemies==
=== Guest ===
*Nightmare Man ([[DWM Issue 419]])
* [[Nightmare Man]] - [[Julian Bleach]]
*Shansheeth ([[DWM Issue 419]])<ref>http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s47/sarah-jane-adventures/tubetalk/a208123/sarah-jane-exec-talks-series-four-five.html</ref>
* [[Gemma (Lost in Time)|Gemma]] - [[Lucie Jones]]
*[[Androvax]]<ref name="Nikki Wilson">http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/04/nikki-wilson-speaks-to-sfx-magazine.html</ref>
* [[Tia Karim]] - [[Laila Rouass]]
*[[Slitheen]] <ref name="Nikki Wilson"></ref>
* [[Ocean Waters]] - [[Cheryl Campbell]]
*[[Blathereen]] <ref name="Nikki Wilson"></ref>
* [[Mister Dread]] - [[Angus Wright]]
*[[Alliance of Shades]] ([[DWM Issue 423]])
* [[Gavin (The Empty Planet)|Gavin]] - [[Joe Mason]]
* [[Ruby White]] - [[Julie Graham]]
* [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] - [[Katy Manning]]
* [[Santiago Jones]] - [[Finn Jones]]
* [[Louise Marlowe]] - [[Doon Mackichan]]
* Voices of the Shansheeth - [[David Bradley]], [[Jon Glover]]
* Voice of the Robots - [[Jon Glover]]


==Television stories==
== Television stories ==
The Titles and writers of this season's episodes were revealed in [[Doctor Who Magazine]].<ref name="Episodes"></ref> All of Series 4 episodes will be 2 parts.
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|'''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
!width="50"| Episodes || Title || Writer(s) || Director || Notes
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|1 ||The Nightmare Man||[[Joseph Lidster ]]||[[Joss Agnew]]||
|1  
|''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]''
|[[Joseph Lidster]]  
|rowspan=2|[[Joss Agnew]]
|Departure of [[Luke Smith]] and [[K9 Mark IV]].
|-
|-
|2 ||Vault of Secrets||[[Phil Ford]]||[[Joss Agnew]]||
|2  
|''[[The Vault of Secrets (TV story)|The Vault of Secrets]]''
|[[Phil Ford]]
|Reappearance of [[Androvax]]. Return of the [[Alliance of Shades]], first seen in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' 3-D animated story ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
|-
|-
|3 ||The Death of the Doctor||[[Russell T Davies]]||[[Ashley Way]]||Guest appearances of [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]].  
|3  
|''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''
|[[Russell T Davies]]
|rowspan=2|[[Ashley Way]]
|Guest appearances by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]].
|-
|-
|4 ||The Empty Planet||[[Gareth Roberts]]||[[Ashley Way]]||  
|4  
|''[[The Empty Planet (TV story)|The Empty Planet]]''
|[[Gareth Roberts]]
|
|-
|-
|5 ||Lost in Time||[[Rupert Laight]]||[[Joss Agnew]]||
|5  
|''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]''
|[[Rupert Laight]]
|rowspan=2|Joss Agnew
|First appearance of [[The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time)|the Shopkeeper]] and [[Captain (Lost in Time)|Captain]].
|-
|-
|6 ||Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith||[[Gareth Roberts]] and [[Clayton Hickman]]||[[Joss Agnew]]||
|6  
|''[[Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith]]''
|Gareth Roberts and [[Clayton Hickman]]
|Final appearance of K9 Mark IV.
|}
|}


==Notes==
== Aliens and enemies ==
*For the first time in the series, the group will visit an alien world, breaking the [[Judoon]]'s confinement of Rani and Clyde to earth ([[SJA]]: [[Prisoner of the Judoon]]). ([[DWM Issue 419]])
* [[Slitheen]]
*The group will embark on a "dangerous journey back into history". ([[DWM Issue 419]])
* [[Nightmare Man]]
*The [[Eleventh Doctor]] ([[Matt Smith]]) and [[Jo Grant]] ([[Katy Manning]]) will both appear.<ref name="Press Release"> </ref>
* [[Androvax]]
*Luke was not present on the set for filming of episodes 3 and 4. This seems to back up the rumour that he is leaving in the first story. Set reports indicate that the character that will replace Luke in Series 5 is a (approximately) 12 year old blond girl. <ref name="Combom">http://lifetheuniverseandcombom.blogspot.com/2010/07/sarah-jane-adventures-series-5-episodes.html</ref>
* [[Groske]]
* [[Men in Black (Dreamland)|Men in Black]] ([[Mister Dread]])
* [[Shansheeth]]
* [[Tia Karim]]
* [[Automaton (The Empty Planet)|Automatons]]
* [[Dark Horde]]
* [[Qetesh]] ([[Ruby White]])


==Rumours==
== Novels ==
*[[Gareth Roberts]] may write an hour long special. <ref name="Nikki Wilson"></ref>
As of August 2010 only two stories from this series were announced for adaptation as a novelisation. These were later reported as being cancelled. <ref>[http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/08/sarah-jane-adventures-book-covers.html Tardis Base - THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES BOOK COVERS] <small>accessed 5th October</small></ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/20101017053828/sarahjanetv.blogspot.com/2010/09/pulled.html sarahjane.tv - Pulled] <small>accessed 5th October</small></ref> However the novelisations were later published in e-book format. These were the final novelisations published as none were commissioned in any format for Series 5.
*On-set videos show Luke saying goodbye to Sarah Jane and the rest of the cast, making it likely that he will leave in this series to be replaced by the new character of Series 5. ''This may also suggest that a plot for an episode will be Luke leaving but is somehow returned to Sarah Jane. This would be the more logical explanation since he is her "son".''
*The Nightmare Man will have a big impact on Luke's life.
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==Footnotes==
* ''[[The Nightmare Man (novelisation)|The Nightmare Man]]''
* ''[[Death of the Doctor (novelisation)|Death of the Doctor]]''
 
== Audiobooks ==
* ''[[Wraith World (audio story)|Wraith World]]''
* ''[[Deadly Download]]''
 
== DVD and Blu-ray release ==
UK release of the series on DVD and, for the first time, Blu-ray occurred on 31 October 2011, followed by North American release on DVD only on 6 December. The UK edition included [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'' as a bonus feature (this is not included in the North American release).
 
A slight alteration to the first episode of the season was made for DVD with the addition of a dedication in memory of Elisabeth Sladen.
 
== Footnotes ==
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Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures ran between 11 October 2010 and 16 November 2010. It starred Elizabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Tommy Knight as Luke Smith, Daniel Anthony as Clyde Langer, Anjli Mohindra as Rani Chandra, Alexander Armstrong as Mr Smith and John Leeson as K9 Mark IV. The series opened with The Nightmare Man and concluded with Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith.

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

It consisted of six stories and twelve episodes. According to Doctor Who Magazine, [which?] pre-production was under way as early as November 2009. On 4 March 2010, the BBC officially announced that production had been commissioned, with filming expected to begin by the end of March. (The same announcement also confirmed that a fifth series for 2011 had been commissioned as well.)[1][2]

The season saw the return of all the core cast members for the 12-episode series, plus guest appearances by Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Jones. For this series, Brian Minchin joined as a producer, with Phil Ford as co-producer. Russell T Davies remained as executive producer along with Nikki Wilson.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Recurring[[edit] | [edit source]]

Guest[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Episodes Title Writer(s) Director Notes
1 The Nightmare Man Joseph Lidster Joss Agnew Departure of Luke Smith and K9 Mark IV.
2 The Vault of Secrets Phil Ford Reappearance of Androvax. Return of the Alliance of Shades, first seen in the Doctor Who 3-D animated story Dreamland.
3 Death of the Doctor Russell T Davies Ashley Way Guest appearances by the Eleventh Doctor and Jo Grant.
4 The Empty Planet Gareth Roberts
5 Lost in Time Rupert Laight Joss Agnew First appearance of the Shopkeeper and Captain.
6 Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman Final appearance of K9 Mark IV.

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

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

As of August 2010 only two stories from this series were announced for adaptation as a novelisation. These were later reported as being cancelled. [3][4] However the novelisations were later published in e-book format. These were the final novelisations published as none were commissioned in any format for Series 5.

Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

DVD and Blu-ray release[[edit] | [edit source]]

UK release of the series on DVD and, for the first time, Blu-ray occurred on 31 October 2011, followed by North American release on DVD only on 6 December. The UK edition included TV: Pyramids of Mars as a bonus feature (this is not included in the North American release).

A slight alteration to the first episode of the season was made for DVD with the addition of a dedication in memory of Elisabeth Sladen.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ BBC - Press Office - Sarah Jane returns to CBBC for two further series of adventures accessed 5th October
  2. ↑ The Doctor Who News Pafe: Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 (and 5!) commissioned accessed 5th October
  3. ↑ Tardis Base - THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES BOOK COVERS accessed 5th October
  4. ↑ sarahjane.tv - Pulled accessed 5th October
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