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|featuring3          = Luke Smith
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|enemy                = [[Azure of the Claw Shansheeth]], [[Tia Karim]]
|setting              = {{il|[[Ealing]], [[2010]]|[[UNIT Base 5]], [[2010]]|[[Crimson Heart]], [[2010]]}}
|writer              = Russell T Davies
|director            = [[Ashley Way]]
|producer            = [[Brian Minchin]]
|broadcast date      = 25 October - 26 October 2010
|network              = CBBC
|format              = 2x30-minute episodes
|prev                = The Vault of Secrets (TV story)
|next                = The Empty Planet (TV story)
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'''''Death of the Doctor''''' was the third serial of [[Series 4 (SJA)|series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Russell T Davies]] and directed by [[Ashley Way]]. It featured guest appearances by [[Katy Manning]] as [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] and [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], as part of a second [[crossover]] episode with ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


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It contained the only televised meeting between classic-era companions Sarah Jane and [[Jo Grant]], and the first televised appearance of Jo since ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' in [[1973 (releases)|1973]].
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|number = [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 4]]
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|featuring = [[Sarah Jane Smith]]<br>[[Luke Smith]] (cameo)<br>[[Clyde Langer]]<br>[[Rani Chandra]]<br>[[Mr Smith]]<br>[[Eleventh Doctor]] (guest)<br>[[Josephine Jones]] (guest)<br>[[Santiago Jones]] (guest)
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|broadcast date = [[25th October]], [[2010]] (Part 1)<br>[[26th October]] [[2010]] (Part 2)
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'''Death of the Doctor''' was the third story of [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It saw the return of [[Jo Grant]] and the appearance of the [[Eleventh Doctor]].


==Synopsis==
Behind the scenes, it was the only time that [[Russell T Davies]] wrote for the Eleventh Doctor for television, having completely turned over his production responsibilities to the programme the instant that [[David Tennant]]'s side of the [[regeneration]] sequence was completed in {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}.
When the Doctor is declared dead, old companions Sarah Jane and Jo Grant meet for the very first time, and join forces to discover the truth. As an interstellar conspiracy gathers around UNIT HQ, Clyde finds that he holds the fate of the Time Lord in his hand – quite literally!


==Plot==
== Synopsis ==
====Part 1====
When [[the Doctor]] is declared dead, old companions [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Jo Grant]] meet for the first time and join forces to discover the truth. As an interstellar conspiracy gathers around [[UNIT HQ]], Clyde finds he holds the fate of the Time Lord in his hand – quite literally!
Sarah Jane and the gang are talking to Luke on a webcam, when suddenly UNIT arrive on [[Bannerman Road]] outside Sarah's [[13 Bannerman Road|house]]. When she goes out, she is informed by officer [[Tia Karim]] that her friend, [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]], is dead. Inside, Sarah Jane doesn't believe UNIT. Colonel Karim tells the gang that alien undertakers, [[Shansheeth|The Shansheeth]], will be organizing the funeral. This makes Sarah Jane more suspicious until Mr Smith tells her the Shansheeth are called the Galactic Undertakers. That night Sarah Jane is telling Luke the news and tells him she thinks the Doctor is still alive although Luke thinks that the idea is crazy. The next day Sarah Jane goes to the funeral, accompanied by Rani and Clyde. Just as he is getting into the private car, Clyde receives what seems to be a static electric shock to his hand. Sometime later the gang arrive at Mount Snowden, home to the UNIT base which will host the Doctor's funeral.


When the gang arrive they bump into the Groske, a blue, tame version of the [[Graske]]. One of the Groske follows them and tells Clyde he "Smells like Time." That makes Clyde looks down at his hand, where he sees [[Artron energy]]. The gang are taken to the parlour where the funeral is taking place. There, the Shansheeth play music to help the mourners remember The Doctor. As Sarah and the others remember time spent with the Doctor, their thoughts are interrupted by the entry of Jo Jones (née Grant) dropping the flowers she brought. Jo and her grandson Santiago pick up the flowers. Jo then sits next to Sarah Jane, with Santiago sitting behind Rani and Clyde. Sarah Jane and Jo soon start talking and make friends, as does Santiago with Clyde and Rani.
== Plot ==
[[File:The_Doctor.PNG|thumb|right|The Doctor after swapping places with Clyde.]]
=== Part 1 ===
After the remembrance, the gang is in a bed room where Jo agrees with Sarah Jane's theory that the Doctor is still alive. As Clyde, Rani and Santiago leave the room, they again encounter the Groske who told Clyde that he "Smells like Time". Clyde gives chase but The Groske jumps into a ventilation shaft. Meanwhile, the Blue Shansheeth is trying to find out who had the most fond memories of The Doctor. The Red, Yellow and Green Shansheeth agree it is Sarah Jane and Jo. They begin to play music through the vents, putting Sarah Jane and Jo into a trance. Clyde, Rani and Santiago follow the Groske into the vent where they lose him, but overhear the Shansheeth discuss their plot to steal Jo and Sarah Jane's memories - killing them in the process. Just then the Artron energy on Clyde's hand starts up with a bright, blue light, alerting the Shansheeth to their presence. Clyde, Santiago & Rani shuffle their way backwards out of the vent. Sarah Jane and Jo hear the clatter of the vents, which breaks their trance. They run into the corridors and bump into the others. Clyde tells Sarah Jane and Jo that this is a trap and they are the prize.
Sarah Jane and the gang are talking to Luke on a [[webcam]] when [[UNIT]] arrive on [[Bannerman Road]] outside her [[13 Bannerman Road|house]]. She is told by Colonel [[Tia Karim]] that [[the Doctor]] is dead, but she doesn't believe it. Colonel Karim tells the gang that alien undertakers, the [[Shansheeth]], are organising the funeral. This makes Sarah Jane more suspicious, so much so that she asks who would believe the Shansheeth based on their appearance. Mr Smith tells her the Shansheeth are called the galactic undertakers. That night, Sarah Jane tells Luke the news and that she thinks the Doctor is still alive. Luke thinks the idea is [[crazy]]. The next day Sarah Jane goes to the funeral, accompanied by Rani and Clyde. Just as he is getting into the private car, Clyde receives what seems to be a static electric shock to his hand. The gang go to Mount Snowden, home to the UNIT base which will host the Doctor's funeral.


Just then Clyde freezes and starts talking in a different voice, a voice that knows Clyde, Rani, Jo & Sarah Jane. Clyde regains control of his normal voice to realise that he has someone else’s hand. Suddenly Clyde disappears as the Doctor takes his place. He has managed to trade places with Clyde by using the residual Artron energy left on Clyde's hand form his previous encounter with the Doctor. Clyde is now stuck on a red, wasteland-like planet. After The Doctor explains who he is and what has happened, the Shansheeth arrive and tell the gang the death warrant had been sent out early. Then they shoot the Doctor with an energy beam implanted on their claws.
At Snowden, the gang bump into the [[Groske]], a blue, tame version of the [[Graske]]. One of the Groske follows them and tells Clyde he "smells like time." Clyde looks at his hand, where he sees [[artron energy]]. The gang are taken to the parlour where a gathering of remembrance is taking place. Sarah Jane asks to see the body, but Karim refuses, and Sarah Jane is suspicious until told that his body was too badly damaged. She sits down with Rani and Clyde, confessing that she thinks the Doctor regenerated, and she doesn't even know what face he could be wearing. The Shansheeth play music on [[The Cradle (Death of the Doctor)|the Cradle|a harp]] to help the mourners remember the Doctor, but their thoughts of him are interrupted by the entry of [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]], who has dropped the flowers she brought. Jo chatters while she and her grandson Santiago pick up the flowers. When they recognise each other, Jo sits next to Sarah Jane. Santiago sits behind Rani and Clyde. Sarah Jane and Jo talk and make friends, as do Santiago, Clyde, and Rani.


===Part 2===
After the remembrance, the gang is in a bedroom where Jo agrees with Sarah Jane's belief that the Doctor is still alive. As Clyde, Rani, and Santiago leave the room, they again meet the Groske who told Clyde that he "smells like time". Clyde gives chase, but the Groske jumps into a ventilation shaft.
Still caught in the energy beam, the Doctor disappears, and Clyde reappears. He and Clyde keep swapping places. The energy beam disengaged, the Doctor, Jo, Sarah Jane, Rani, and Santiago run away from the Shansheeth, find safety behind a locked door. The Doctor takes Jo and Sarah by the hand, and all three swap places with Clyde on the alien planet. As the Doctor works on the machine he used to swap places, they talk. The Doctor says that he looked back on Jo and all his old companions before he last regenerated. He tells Jo that her forthcoming thirteenth grandchild will be dyslexic, but also a great swimmer. With the help of Sarah's sonic lipstick and some natural juice being carried by Jo, the Doctor enhances the machine so that they can travel to Earth without sending Clyde to the planet.


Clyde and Rani talk with Santiago, who reveals he hasn't spoken to his parents in six months. Colonel Karim meanwhile is working with the Shansheeth. They are plotting to use Jo and Sarah Jane's memories of the TARDIS to create a new TARDIS Key, so the Shansheeth can stop death across the universe by interfering with the timelines.
Meanwhile, [[Azure of the Claw Shansheeth]] is "filleting the Cradle" - using the harp from the remembrance to view the memories of the Doctor that were collected at the gathering. The Shansheeth wearing red and yellow agree Sarah Jane and Jo have the strongest memories. They play more music through the vents, putting Sarah Jane and Jo into a trance. Clyde, Rani, and Santiago follow the Groske into the vent, where they lose him, but overhear the Shansheeth discussing their plot to use a [[memory weave]] to steal Jo and Sarah Jane's memories — which will kill them. The artron energy on Clyde's hand returns with a bright, blue light, alerting the Shansheeth to their presence. The youngsters shuffle their way backwards out of the vent. Sarah Jane and Jo hear the clatter, which breaks their trance. They run into the corridors and bump into the others. Clyde tells Sarah Jane and Jo that this is a trap and they are the prize.


Rani, Santiago and Clyde are rescued by a Groske, and are taken through the ventilation shafts. The location where they are hiding is heated up so it is possible the children may boil. The Doctor, Jo and Sarah Jane come to the rescue, but the two companions are kidnapped, and strapped into the Memory Weave. Their minds are scanned and they begin remembering the TARDIS. These memories begin to generate a new TARDIS Key as the Shansheeth and Colonel Karim make their intentions clear.
[[File:EleventhdoctorSJA.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor after swapping places with Clyde.]]
[[File:Jo, Sarah and the Shansheeth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Jo, Sarah Jane and the Shansheeth.]]
Clyde freezes and starts talking in a different voice, a voice that knows Clyde, Rani, Jo, and Sarah Jane. Clyde regains control of his voice and realises he has someone else's hand. Clyde disappears and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] takes his place. Rani, not recognising the Doctor, asks who he is before demanding to know what has happened to Clyde. The Doctor explains that he used Clyde's residual artron energy to switch places with him, which is trouble for Clyde, who is now in a red, wasteland-like planet full of debris. Although she had mentioned that she expected it, Sarah Jane marvels that the Doctor has [[regeneration|regenerated]] again, and helps Rani and Jo see him as the Doctor. At this point, the Shansheeth arrive, and the Doctor strides forward to meet them. Azure shoots the Doctor with an energy beam.
The Doctor, Rani, Clyde, Santiago and a Groske come to the door of the room where Sarah Jane and Jo are strapped into the Memory Weave. The door is locked. The Doctor tells them to remember all of their adventures with him, in as much detail as possible. Sarah Jane and Jo both remember past encounters with the Doctor and all the creatures and enemies they met. Clyde and Rani tell Sarah Jane to remember their experiences fighting aliens as well, and Santiago tells Jo to remember all the places she's visited. Jo remembers all the countries she has been to as Sarah Jane remembers her battles with aliens. The memory weave overloads and explodes.


Sarah Jane and Jo enter the Doctors coffin and shut themselves inside to survive the explosion. Later, they are taken to Sarah Jane’s house, alive and well. Jo and Sarah Jane are with the Doctor inside the TARDIS. Jo mentions the Time Lords. Sarah and Jo share their feeling that if the Doctor were to ever die, that they would know somehow. The Doctor says that if he ever were to die, the entire universe would probably shiver. He then laughs, and the two companions depart. The TARDIS dematerialises as Jo, Sarah, Rani, and Clyde look on. Jo and Santiago leave for Norway, and the trio are left behind. Sarah Jane says that she googled TARDIS and learned of others whom she believes to have been companions of the Doctor. She tells them of [[Tegan Jovanka]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], [[Harry Sullivan]], [[Ben Jackson]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]] and a [[Ace|Dorothy]]. They say that with friends like themselves, the Doctor would never die.
=== Part 2 ===
Caught in the energy beam, the Doctor disappears and Clyde reappears. He and Clyde keep swapping places. The energy beam disengaged, the Doctor, Jo, Sarah Jane, Rani, and Santiago run from the Shansheeth and find safety behind a locked door. The Doctor takes Jo and Sarah Jane by the hand. All three swap places with Clyde on the alien planet. As the Doctor works on the machine he used to swap places, they talk. The Doctor says he looked in on Jo and all his old companions before he last regenerated. He tells Jo that her forthcoming thirteenth grandchild will be dyslexic, but a great swimmer. With the help of Sarah Jane's sonic lipstick and some natural tea carried by Jo, the Doctor adjusts the machine so they can travel to Earth without sending Clyde to the planet.


==Cast==
Clyde and Rani talk with Santiago. He hasn't spoken to his parents in six months. Meanwhile, Colonel Karim is working with the Shansheeth. They are plotting to use Jo and Sarah Jane's memories of the TARDIS to create a new [[TARDIS key]], so the Shansheeth can stop death across the universe by interfering with the timelines.
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
*[[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
*[[Rani Chandra]] - [[Anjli Mohindra]]
*[[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
*[[Jo Jones]] - [[Katy Manning]]
*[[Santiago Jones|Santiago ]]- [[Finn Jones]]
*[[Tia Karim]] - [[Laila Rouass]]
*[[Shansheeth]] - [[Paul Kasey]], [[Ruari Mears]], Ben Ashley, [[David Bradley]]
*[[Groske]] - [[Jimmy Vee]] (body), [[Philip Hurd-Wood]] (voice)
*[[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]


==Crew==
Rani, Santiago, and Clyde are rescued by a Groske and taken through the ventilation shafts. They come to a hiding place, but Karim discovers them. She locks them in and turns on the heat, making the place so hot the children may boil. The Doctor, Jo, and Sarah Jane come to the rescue, but the two companions are kidnapped and strapped into the memory weave. Their minds are scanned and they begin remembering the TARDIS. These memories begin to generate a new TARDIS key as the Shansheeth and Colonel Karim make their intentions clear.
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The Doctor, Rani, Clyde, Santiago, and the Groske come to the door of the room where Sarah Jane and Jo are strapped into the memory weave. It is locked. The Doctor tells them to remember all of their adventures with him, in as much detail as possible. Sarah Jane and Jo both remember past encounters with the Doctor and all the creatures and enemies they met. Clyde and Rani tell Sarah Jane to remember their experiences fighting aliens as well. Santiago tells Jo to remember all the places she's visited. Jo remembers all the countries she has been to as Sarah Jane remembers her battles with aliens.
 
The Shansheeth begin panicking as the memory weave reaches critical. The Doctor reminds Sarah Jane and Jo that there is an empty, lead-lined coffin waiting next to them to be used. Karim tries to get in the coffin with them, but they keep her out as the memory weave explodes, frying the Shansheeth to "fried chicken", killing Karim, and blasting the doors off. The Doctor and Sarah Jane's companions enter the room and open the coffin, to find Sarah Jane and Jo hugging each other out of fear. They notice the Doctor and everyone else looking down at them and laugh happily that they survived.
 
[[File:TARDIS in Sarah Janes attic.jpg|thumb|right|The TARDIS materialising in Sarah Jane's attic.]]
The Doctor takes them in the TARDIS and materialises in Sarah Jane's attic. [[Mr Smith]] detects the time fluctuations of the incoming TARDIS and activates to state that it has landed. Clyde and Rani exit the TARDIS and Clyde is stunned to find they're back at Bannerman Road. Rani complains to Mr Smith that the Shansheeth were evil but Mr Smith tells her that they actually encountered a rogue group and the Wide Wing of the High Shansheeth Nest have sent their apologies. Santiago is shocked that they have a sentient computer, which trumps anything he's seen. In the TARDIS, Sarah Jane and Jo examine the new interior. Jo feels the TARDIS is the same no matter how it looks. Jo says she could stay and travel with the Doctor forever, but notes he could get in trouble with the Time Lords. Sarah Jane and the Doctor remain quiet, but the Doctor tells her that it's about time he got going. Sarah Jane and Jo tell the Doctor that if he ever did die, they believe they'd feel something. The Doctor agrees and whispers that the entire universe might shiver if he died. He then shouts to make his old friends jump and they exit the TARDIS. They all watch as it dematerialises.
 
Jo and Santiago leave for Norway and the trio are left behind. Sarah Jane says that she googled TARDIS and learned of others whom she believes to have been companions of the Doctor. She tells them of [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], fighting for aboriginal rights in Australia; [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]], Cambridge professors who are rumoured not to have aged since the 1960s; [[Harry Sullivan]], her old friend from UNIT, who worked on finding remedies for diseases; [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]], running an orphanage; and "a [[Ace|Dorothy]]-something" who has raised millions of pounds through her company "[[A Charitable Earth]]".
 
As they watch Jo and Santiago leave, Sarah says, "With friends like us, he's not really going to die, is he?"
 
== Cast ==
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
* [[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* [[Rani Chandra]] - [[Anjli Mohindra]]
* [[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
* [[Jo Jones]] - [[Katy Manning]]
* [[Santiago Jones|Santiago]] - [[Finn Jones]]
* [[Tia Karim]] - [[Laila Rouass]]
* [[Haresh Chandra]] - [[Ace Bhatti]]
* [[Shansheeth]] - [[Paul Kasey]], [[Ruari Mears]], [[Ben Ashley]]
* [[Azure of the Claw Shansheeth|Voice of Shansheeth Blue]] - [[David Bradley]]
* [[Shansheeth|Additional Shansheeth Voices]] - [[Jon Glover]]
* [[Groske]] - [[Jimmy Vee]] (body), [[Philip Hurd-Wood]] (voice)
* [[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
 
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|Director=Ashley Way
|ExecutiveProd=Russell T Davies
|ExecutiveProd2=Nikki Wilson
|ExecutiveProd3=
|DedicatedTo=<!--This exact credit never actually used as of April 2010; left for future use-->
|InMemoryOf=
|Note=Unlike most other SJA stories, [[Russell T Davies]], being the writer of this story, did not get a "created by" credit.
}}
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
* Santiago mentions [[Santiago Jones' father|his father]] and [[Santiago Jones' mother|mother]].
* [[Robert Mugabe]] is a politician from Earth.
* Haresh mentions [[Ram Vermas|Rani's grandfather]].
* [[Jo Grant's thirteenth grandchild]] will be [[Dyslexia|dyslexic]] but a great swimmer.
* [[Sanjay (Death of the Doctor)|Sanjay]] is a friend of [[Luke Smith|Luke's]].
* Clifford Jones is at [[Ascension Islands]].
 
=== Culture ===
* Karim refers to Clyde, Rani and Santiago as "three [[ASBO]] kids".
* Karim refers to the kids as the ''[[Brady Bunch]]''.


==References==
=== Planets ===
===[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]===
* Jo mentions [[Metebelis III]].
*The Doctor says he can [[regeneration|regenerate]] 507 times and change to any colour of skin. ''When the three digits are added together the sum is 12.''
* A [[honeymoon planet]] is a planet on a honeymoon.
*Jo says she should leave before the Doctor "gets in trouble with the Time Lords", he does not tell her that the Time Lords are dead.


===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
=== Organisations ===
*[[Liz Shaw]] is mentioned as being stranded on a [[The Moon|Moon]] Base.
* The [[Gay Dads Organisation]] is an organisation for gay dads.
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] is mentioned as being stranded in [[Peru]], an ongoing mission.
* The [[15th Funeral Fleet]] is the fleet of the [[Claw Shansheeth]].
*Jo has seven children and twelve grandchildren with a thirteenth on the way, at this time. The Doctor mentions that the thirteenth will be [[Dyslexic]] but a great swimmer.
* The [[Wide Wing of the High Shansheeth Nest]] apologises for the behaviour of [[Azure of the Claw Shansheeth|Azure]], [[Aureolin of the Claw Shansheeth|Aureolin]] and [[Amaranth of the Claw Shansheeth|Amaranth]] of the Claw.
*[[Tegan Jovanka]] is mentioned to be fighting for aboriginal rights.
*[[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] are mentioned to be running an orphanage in India.
*[[Harry Sullivan]] is said to have worked with vaccines and saved thousands of lives. He is referred to in the past tense by Sarah, in tones that imply he's died: Harry was previously implied to be dead in the [[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (novelisation)|novelisation]] of ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''.
*[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]] are mentioned to be professors at Cambridge and according to rumour haven't aged since the [[1960s]].
*One companion is called Dorothy, said to have raised billions of pounds through her charity "A Charitable Earth". As the charity spells out the words "ACE", this is presumably a reference to [[Ace]].


===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
=== Locations ===
*Jo mentions [[Metebelis III]].
* Santiago visited [[Mount Everest]], the [[Andes]] and [[Santiago]].
*Jo and Sarah both reminisce their trips to [[Peladon (planet)|Peladon]], specifically their encounter with [[Aggedor]]. The Harp music reminded Jo of The Royal Palace on Peladon.
* The [[Nambikwara]] are a tribe from the [[Mato Grosso]].
*Jo mentions visiting [[Karfel]].
* Jo sailed down the [[Yangtze]] river in a [[tea chest]]; she also flew [[kite]]s on [[Kilimanjaro]].
*The Doctor mentions that he had left [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] on a honeymoon planet - that is, a planet which had gotten married to and was on honeymoon with an asteroid.
* [[UNIT Base 5]] is located at [[Mount Snowdon]].
* Jo and Santiago took a [[hovercraft]] as transport to [[Norway]].


===[[:Category:Races and species|Races and species]]===
=== Objects ===
*Tia Karim mentions that the [[Groske]] are just like the [[Graske]] but blue and tame. The Groske were stranded on the [[Earth]] in [[2006]].
* [[X-15]] is a rocket in possession of UNIT.
*Sarah Jane and Jo mention [[Drashig]]s, [[Axon]]s, [[Ogron]]s, [[Daleks]], [[Cybermen]], [[Zygons]], and [[Azal]].
* The Shansheeth use an [[Epitaph stone]].


==Story notes==
=== Races and species ===
*Russell T. Davies thought about using ''Death of the Doctor'' as the name for the ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|End of Time Part 2]]'' ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|The Writers Tale: The Final Chapter]]'')
* Karim mentions that the [[Groske]] are just like the [[Graske]], but blue and tame.
*The Doctor says "[[Smith and Jones]]", the title of the ''Doctor Who'' [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] opening episode.
* Sarah Jane and Jo mention [[Drashig]]s, [[Axon]]s, [[Ogron]]s, [[Dalek]]s, [[Cybermen]], [[Zygon]]s, and [[Aggedor]] and [[Azal]].
*As UNIT arrives at 13 Bannerman Road, UNIT musical cues are played as the incidental music.
* The [[Claw Shansheeth]] lie that the Doctor died saving children from the [[Scarlet Monstrosity]].
*This is only the second time that the Doctor has appeared in one of the televised spin-offs. The first was also on The Sarah Jane Adventures in ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''.
* While trapped with the Groske, Rani and Santiago, Clyde mentions the [[Judoon]].
*This is one of the first times since ''Doctor Who's'' revival that the issues of how many regenerations has been mentioned, with the number being stated as 507, despite the fact that (onscreen) it was only mentioned as Russell T Davies stated in an interview ''"they only said 13 once or twice."'' <ref>[http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/10/26/interview-russell-t-davies-talks-about-that-sarah-jane-adventures-line/#ixzz15c1mcDa8 SFX - INTERVIEW Russell T Davies talks about THAT Sarah Jane Adventures line] <small>accessed 18th November 2010</small></ref>
* Jo met the [[Aborigine]]s.
*Steven Moffat stated in an interview that the controversial topic of the regeneration limit for Time Lords would be "addressed in a very, very cheeky way by an old friend of mine" at some point in Series 5. [http://www.kasterborous.com/2010/04/16/regeneration-limit-explained/ [5]] It turns out that the "old friend" was Russell T. Davies and the "very, very cheeky way" was the 507 line.
* Jo has seen many [[whale]]s during her journeys.


===Ratings===
== Notes ==
*Part 1 - 0.92 Million<ref name="Tops Ratings">[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/11/death-of-doctor-tops-ratings.html The Doctor Who News Page - Death of the Doctor Tops Ratings] <small>accessed 18th November 2010</small></ref>
* A [[Death of the Doctor (trailer)|trailer]] was broadcast featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
*Part 2 - 0.96 Million<ref name="Tops Ratings"/>
* [[Russell T Davies]] thought about using ''Death of the Doctor'' as the name for ''[[The End of Time (TV story)#Part two|The End of Time Part 2]]''.<ref>''[[The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]''</ref>
''Part 2 is currently the highest rated show on the CBBC channel ever.''<ref name="Tops Ratings"/>
* This episode marks the last on-screen adventure that Sarah Jane has with the Doctor.
* This story features the last appearance of the Eleventh Doctor's original tweed coat.
* This is one of the first times since the revival of ''Doctor Who'' that the issue of how many regenerations has been mentioned, with the number given as 507. This is in contrast to the fact that it has previously been mentioned as being only twelve, giving each Time Lord a total of thirteen lives. [[Russell T Davies]], who wrote this episode, stated in an interview, "They only said 13 once or twice." <ref>[http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/10/26/interview-russell-t-davies-talks-about-that-sarah-jane-adventures-line/#ixzz15c1mcDa8 SFX - INTERVIEW Russell T Davies talks about THAT Sarah Jane Adventures line] <small>accessed 18th November 2010</small></ref>{{note|Contrary to Davies's comments, the 12-regeneration limit has in fact been referenced on numerous occasions, and was a major plot point in at least three television stories: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'', and ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]''. The idea of regeneration limits had been addressed numerous times as well, such as in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]''.}} It's worth noting that, within the context of the episode, the Doctor is simply teasing Clyde. In a serious context, he really is limited to twelve regenerations, which he confirms in {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}.
* The death of Tia Karim marks one of the few times in the young viewer-friendly ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' that a human adversary has been killed through the direct actions of the heroes. In contrast, in ''[[Secrets of the Stars (TV story)|Secrets of the Stars]]'', it is left ambiguous as to whether [[Martin Trueman]] is killed or not.
* [[Steven Moffat]] suggested that [[Amy Pond]] make a cameo, but the budget didn't stretch to hiring [[Karen Gillan]].
* [[Finn Jones]] and [[David Bradley]] both had roles on ''[[Game of Thrones]],'' Jones as Loras Tyrell and Bradley as Walder Fey. [[Matt Smith]] would later star in the prequel series {{wi|House of the Dragon}}.
* [[Finn Jones]] would later star in {{wi|Iron Fist (TV_series)|Iron Fist}} opposite [[Sacha Dhawan]].
* This story contains the most extensive updates of past companions since ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''.
** [[Liz Shaw]] is stranded on a [[UNIT Moonbase]] and cannot get back until Sunday. The fact she's alive and well contradicts the events of the novel ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'', set in the early 2000s, in which she died, though in that novel she was also working on the Moon for UNIT. The reference means all three of the Third Doctor's female companions are recognised in this story.
** [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] is stranded in [[Peru]], on an ongoing mission. He is also said to be in South America in {{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}} and ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''.
** Jo has seven children and twelve grandchildren, with a thirteenth on the way. The Doctor says that the thirteenth will be [[dyslexia|dyslexic]], but a great swimmer.
** As far as she is aware, Jo hasn't seen the Doctor since the events of ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', though she did try to call him through UNIT but was told he had left, though ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'' has Jo corresponding with the Doctor and UNIT via mail, however.
** [[Tegan Jovanka]] is fighting for Aboriginal rights. This reference indicates that Tegan is still alive in 2010, despite having a life-threatening health condition in 2006, as shown in ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]''.
** [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] are running an orphanage in India.
** [[Harry Sullivan]] is said to have worked with vaccines and saved thousands of lives. He is referred to in the past tense by Sarah. Harry was previously implied to be dead in [[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (novelisation)|the novelisation]] of ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''. The actor who played Harry, [[Ian Marter]], died in 1986.
** [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]] are professors at Cambridge and, according to rumours, haven't aged since the [[1960s]], suggesting something they encountered in their travels with the Doctor caused them to stop ageing. The reference is the first on-screen confirmation that the two married at some point after the events of ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''; the wedding was later depicted in the comic story ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]''. Other stories showed the rumour about their age to be false, such as ''[[Ian Chesterton: An Introduction (home video)|Ian Chesterton: An Introduction]]'', ''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]'', ''[[Sphere of Influence (audio story)|Sphere of Influence]]'' and {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}}.
** A companion called Dorothy is said to have raised billions of pounds through her charity "[[A Charitable Earth]]." As the charity spells out the words "ACE," this is likely the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s companion [[Ace]]. Different media have offered differing futures for Ace, so this does not necessarily contradict any particular one. In [[DWMSE 32]], Davies indicates that, had the series continued, he intended to reintroduce Ace in a future storyline.


===Myths===
=== Ratings ===
*[[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] would appear.{{fact}} ''This rumour was false, but a reason was given for why they didn't appear (see Continuity)''
* Part 1 — 0.92 Million<ref name="Tops Ratings">[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/11/death-of-doctor-tops-ratings.html The Doctor Who News Page - Death of the Doctor Tops Ratings] <small>accessed 18th November 2010</small></ref>
* Part 2 — 0.96 Million<ref name="Tops Ratings" />


===Filming locations===
=== Filming locations ===
*Clinton Road
* [[Clinton Road]]
*Millennium Stadium
* [[Millennium Stadium]]
*[[Upper Boat Studios]]
* [[Upper Boat Studios]]


===Production errors===
=== Production errors ===
{{SJA discontinuity}}
{{SJA discontinuity}}
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
*Sarah Jane refers to when she last met the Doctor and correctly thinks he regenerated. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* Clyde is still fascinated with UNIT. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran (TV story)|The Last Sontaran]]'')
*As Sarah reminisces about the Doctor, flashbacks are shown of the [[Tenth Doctor]] from [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', the [[Fourth Doctor]] from [[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'', and the [[Third Doctor]].
* Sarah Jane refers to when she last saw the Doctor and correctly assumes that he regenerated shortly afterwards. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}})
*As Rani and Clyde remember the Doctor, flashbacks are shown from [[SJA]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''.
* Sarah Jane notes that she arrived at UNIT ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') soon after Jo had left. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
*Sarah Jane notes that she arrived ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'') soon after Jo left. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'')
* Sarah Jane tells Jo that it has "been about four years" since she first met the Doctor again. ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}})
*Clyde is still fascinated with UNIT. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran]]'')
* Jo and Sarah Jane recall their separate visits to Peladon with the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'')
*Jo is aware that the Doctor can "change his face" despite never actually ever witnessing him regenerating, as she had met the First and Second Doctors in ([[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'')
* Clyde still has some residue [[Artron energy]] inside him from when he slammed into [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
*The Doctor previously visited a Moonbase with [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Ben Jackson|Ben]], and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
* Jo mentions visiting [[Karfel]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')
*The Doctor and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] have previously visited a Moon base. ([[NSA]]: ''[[Apollo 23 (novel)|Apollo 23]]'')
* Jo is aware that the Doctor can "change his face" because she met the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') She also witnessed the Third Doctor regenerate into his [[fourth incarnation]] prematurely before a [[Nurazh]] reverted him back to his third body during the regeneration. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh (short story)|The Touch of the Nurazh]]'') Likewise, Rani is also aware of the Doctor's ability to regenerate, having been shown footage of his [[Third Doctor|third]] and [[ninth incarnation]]s by Mr Smith. ([[WC]]: ''[[Alien File: The Doctor (webcast)|Alien File: The Doctor]]'')
*The [[Sixth Doctor]] serial, ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'' is referenced by Jo. In that serial it is established that the [[Third Doctor]] and Jo had previously visited the planet [[Karfel]] (the story's setting) in an off-screen adventure hundreds of years before ''Timelash'' is set. Additionally, the Singing Plants and Gardens are a reference to the numerous plants on Karfel (they were a minor plot point).
* Jo mentions the Doctor's promise to visit her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
*The Doctor mentions [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] getting married. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
* The Doctor says he looked back on every companion, prior to his last regeneration, not only those of his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}})
*According to the Doctor, Amy and Rory are on a honeymoon planet; literally on a Honeymoon (it married an asteroid).
* The Doctor tells Sarah Jane and Jo, "Ventilation shaft, that takes me back, or forwards." Sarah Jane once got stuck crawling through a duct. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] also used ventilation shafts shortly before Sarah Jane and he parted ways, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') and Jo previously used ventilation shafts to escape as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'')
*The Doctor states he looked back on every past companion, prior to his last regeneration, not only the ones that were shown on-screen. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* After Rani reminds Sarah Jane of their previous encounter with the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'') the Doctor asks an unanswered question of what incident they were referring to. He had his own dealings with the ''Mona Lisa'', which did not involve Sarah Jane. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'')
*The Doctor tells Sarah Jane and Jo "ventilation shaft, that takes me back, or forwards". Sarah Jane once got stuck crawling through a duct ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'') Other ventilation shafts used during the times of Sarah and Jo include: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' ([[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] used ventilation shafts, and it was the last episode to feature Sarah Jane as a main companion) and ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'' (Jo used ventilation shafts to escape, and the shafts were also being used to channel heat).
* A newspaper article in Sarah Jane's attic refers to [[Bilis Manger]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)}})
*Flashbacks are shown of Sarah Jane and Jo's past adventures. ([[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]], [[Death to the Daleks]], [[The Stolen Earth]], [[The Time Warrior]], [[The Masque of Mandragora]], [[The Android Invasion]], [[Terror of the Zygons]], [[Genesis of the Daleks]], [[The Monster of Peladon]], [[Pyramids of Mars]], [[The Hand of Fear]], [[The Seeds of Doom]], [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]], [[Robot]], [[Planet of Evil]], [[Planet of the Daleks]], [[The Time Monster]], [[Carnival of Monsters]], [[The Sea Devils]], [[The Daemons]], [[Frontier in Space]], [[The Mutants]], [[The Curse of Peladon]]'', [[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]], [[Revenge of the Slitheen]], [[Eye of the Gorgon]], [[Warriors of Kudlak]], [[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]], [[The Lost Boy]], [[The Last Sontaran]], [[Day of the Clown]], [[Secrets of the Stars]], [[The Mark of the Berserker]], [[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
*Sarah Jane "googled" TARDIS. [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] did a similar thing to find [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
*The Doctor tells Sarah Jane "Come along, Smith.", similar to how he often tells Amy "Come along, Pond."
*The Doctor refers to Sarah Jane and Jo as "Smith and Jones".
*Jo mentioned the Doctor's promise to visit her. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'')
*After Rani reminds Sarah Jane of their previous encounter with the [[Mona Lisa]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge]]''), the Doctor asks an unanswered question of what incident they were referring to. He had his own dealings with the Mona Lisa, which did not involve Sarah. ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'')
*The Doctor refers to Amy and Rory as Mr. and Mrs. Pond. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')


==Timeline==
== Home video releases ==
===For [[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]===
*This story occurs after: [[SJA]]: ''[[The Vault of Secrets]]''
*This story occurs before: [[SJA]]: ''[[The Empty Planet]]''


===For [[Doctor Who]]===
=== DVD releases ===
*This story occurs after: [[DW]] : [[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|''A Christmas Carol'']]
* This story was included in the Complete 4th Series DVD release (Region 2 release: 31st October 2011).
*This story occurs before: TBA
* It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 box set release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).
* ''Death of the Doctor'' was also included as a special feature on the special edition DVD of ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', with optional commentary by Katy Manning and Russell T Davies.


==Home video releases==
=== Blu-ray releases ===
===DVD releases===
* ''Death of the Doctor'' was included as a special feature in ''[[The Collection|Doctor Who: The Collection]] - [[Season 10 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 10]]'', released in the UK on 8th July 2018, and released in the US (as ''Jon Pertwee - Complete Season Four'') on 15th October, 2019.
''to be added''


===Blu-ray releases===
== External links ==
''to be added''
* {{briefhistory|sarahjane/2010ef.html|Death of the Doctor}}
* {{locguide|deathofthedoctor|Death of the Doctor}}


==See also==
== Footnotes ==
*''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''
=== Notes ===
{{notelist}}


==External links==
=== Sources ===
*{{briefhistory|sarahjane/2010ef.html|Death of the Doctor}}
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*{{locguide|deathofthedoctor|Death of the Doctor}}
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==Footnotes==
[[Category:SJA television stories]]
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You may be looking for the comic story Death to the Doctor! or the unproduced TV story of that same name.

Death of the Doctor was the third serial of series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Ashley Way. It featured guest appearances by Katy Manning as Jo Jones and Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, as part of a second crossover episode with Doctor Who.

It contained the only televised meeting between classic-era companions Sarah Jane and Jo Grant, and the first televised appearance of Jo since The Green Death in 1973.

Behind the scenes, it was the only time that Russell T Davies wrote for the Eleventh Doctor for television, having completely turned over his production responsibilities to the programme the instant that David Tennant's side of the regeneration sequence was completed in The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"].

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the Doctor is declared dead, old companions Sarah Jane Smith and Jo Grant meet for the first time and join forces to discover the truth. As an interstellar conspiracy gathers around UNIT HQ, Clyde finds he holds the fate of the Time Lord in his hand – quite literally!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Sarah Jane and the gang are talking to Luke on a webcam when UNIT arrive on Bannerman Road outside her house. She is told by Colonel Tia Karim that the Doctor is dead, but she doesn't believe it. Colonel Karim tells the gang that alien undertakers, the Shansheeth, are organising the funeral. This makes Sarah Jane more suspicious, so much so that she asks who would believe the Shansheeth based on their appearance. Mr Smith tells her the Shansheeth are called the galactic undertakers. That night, Sarah Jane tells Luke the news and that she thinks the Doctor is still alive. Luke thinks the idea is crazy. The next day Sarah Jane goes to the funeral, accompanied by Rani and Clyde. Just as he is getting into the private car, Clyde receives what seems to be a static electric shock to his hand. The gang go to Mount Snowden, home to the UNIT base which will host the Doctor's funeral.

At Snowden, the gang bump into the Groske, a blue, tame version of the Graske. One of the Groske follows them and tells Clyde he "smells like time." Clyde looks at his hand, where he sees artron energy. The gang are taken to the parlour where a gathering of remembrance is taking place. Sarah Jane asks to see the body, but Karim refuses, and Sarah Jane is suspicious until told that his body was too badly damaged. She sits down with Rani and Clyde, confessing that she thinks the Doctor regenerated, and she doesn't even know what face he could be wearing. The Shansheeth play music on the Cradle|a harp to help the mourners remember the Doctor, but their thoughts of him are interrupted by the entry of Jo Jones, who has dropped the flowers she brought. Jo chatters while she and her grandson Santiago pick up the flowers. When they recognise each other, Jo sits next to Sarah Jane. Santiago sits behind Rani and Clyde. Sarah Jane and Jo talk and make friends, as do Santiago, Clyde, and Rani.

After the remembrance, the gang is in a bedroom where Jo agrees with Sarah Jane's belief that the Doctor is still alive. As Clyde, Rani, and Santiago leave the room, they again meet the Groske who told Clyde that he "smells like time". Clyde gives chase, but the Groske jumps into a ventilation shaft.

Meanwhile, Azure of the Claw Shansheeth is "filleting the Cradle" - using the harp from the remembrance to view the memories of the Doctor that were collected at the gathering. The Shansheeth wearing red and yellow agree Sarah Jane and Jo have the strongest memories. They play more music through the vents, putting Sarah Jane and Jo into a trance. Clyde, Rani, and Santiago follow the Groske into the vent, where they lose him, but overhear the Shansheeth discussing their plot to use a memory weave to steal Jo and Sarah Jane's memories — which will kill them. The artron energy on Clyde's hand returns with a bright, blue light, alerting the Shansheeth to their presence. The youngsters shuffle their way backwards out of the vent. Sarah Jane and Jo hear the clatter, which breaks their trance. They run into the corridors and bump into the others. Clyde tells Sarah Jane and Jo that this is a trap and they are the prize.

The Doctor after swapping places with Clyde.

Clyde freezes and starts talking in a different voice, a voice that knows Clyde, Rani, Jo, and Sarah Jane. Clyde regains control of his voice and realises he has someone else's hand. Clyde disappears and the Eleventh Doctor takes his place. Rani, not recognising the Doctor, asks who he is before demanding to know what has happened to Clyde. The Doctor explains that he used Clyde's residual artron energy to switch places with him, which is trouble for Clyde, who is now in a red, wasteland-like planet full of debris. Although she had mentioned that she expected it, Sarah Jane marvels that the Doctor has regenerated again, and helps Rani and Jo see him as the Doctor. At this point, the Shansheeth arrive, and the Doctor strides forward to meet them. Azure shoots the Doctor with an energy beam.

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Caught in the energy beam, the Doctor disappears and Clyde reappears. He and Clyde keep swapping places. The energy beam disengaged, the Doctor, Jo, Sarah Jane, Rani, and Santiago run from the Shansheeth and find safety behind a locked door. The Doctor takes Jo and Sarah Jane by the hand. All three swap places with Clyde on the alien planet. As the Doctor works on the machine he used to swap places, they talk. The Doctor says he looked in on Jo and all his old companions before he last regenerated. He tells Jo that her forthcoming thirteenth grandchild will be dyslexic, but a great swimmer. With the help of Sarah Jane's sonic lipstick and some natural tea carried by Jo, the Doctor adjusts the machine so they can travel to Earth without sending Clyde to the planet.

Clyde and Rani talk with Santiago. He hasn't spoken to his parents in six months. Meanwhile, Colonel Karim is working with the Shansheeth. They are plotting to use Jo and Sarah Jane's memories of the TARDIS to create a new TARDIS key, so the Shansheeth can stop death across the universe by interfering with the timelines.

Rani, Santiago, and Clyde are rescued by a Groske and taken through the ventilation shafts. They come to a hiding place, but Karim discovers them. She locks them in and turns on the heat, making the place so hot the children may boil. The Doctor, Jo, and Sarah Jane come to the rescue, but the two companions are kidnapped and strapped into the memory weave. Their minds are scanned and they begin remembering the TARDIS. These memories begin to generate a new TARDIS key as the Shansheeth and Colonel Karim make their intentions clear.

The Doctor, Rani, Clyde, Santiago, and the Groske come to the door of the room where Sarah Jane and Jo are strapped into the memory weave. It is locked. The Doctor tells them to remember all of their adventures with him, in as much detail as possible. Sarah Jane and Jo both remember past encounters with the Doctor and all the creatures and enemies they met. Clyde and Rani tell Sarah Jane to remember their experiences fighting aliens as well. Santiago tells Jo to remember all the places she's visited. Jo remembers all the countries she has been to as Sarah Jane remembers her battles with aliens.

The Shansheeth begin panicking as the memory weave reaches critical. The Doctor reminds Sarah Jane and Jo that there is an empty, lead-lined coffin waiting next to them to be used. Karim tries to get in the coffin with them, but they keep her out as the memory weave explodes, frying the Shansheeth to "fried chicken", killing Karim, and blasting the doors off. The Doctor and Sarah Jane's companions enter the room and open the coffin, to find Sarah Jane and Jo hugging each other out of fear. They notice the Doctor and everyone else looking down at them and laugh happily that they survived.

The TARDIS materialising in Sarah Jane's attic.

The Doctor takes them in the TARDIS and materialises in Sarah Jane's attic. Mr Smith detects the time fluctuations of the incoming TARDIS and activates to state that it has landed. Clyde and Rani exit the TARDIS and Clyde is stunned to find they're back at Bannerman Road. Rani complains to Mr Smith that the Shansheeth were evil but Mr Smith tells her that they actually encountered a rogue group and the Wide Wing of the High Shansheeth Nest have sent their apologies. Santiago is shocked that they have a sentient computer, which trumps anything he's seen. In the TARDIS, Sarah Jane and Jo examine the new interior. Jo feels the TARDIS is the same no matter how it looks. Jo says she could stay and travel with the Doctor forever, but notes he could get in trouble with the Time Lords. Sarah Jane and the Doctor remain quiet, but the Doctor tells her that it's about time he got going. Sarah Jane and Jo tell the Doctor that if he ever did die, they believe they'd feel something. The Doctor agrees and whispers that the entire universe might shiver if he died. He then shouts to make his old friends jump and they exit the TARDIS. They all watch as it dematerialises.

Jo and Santiago leave for Norway and the trio are left behind. Sarah Jane says that she googled TARDIS and learned of others whom she believes to have been companions of the Doctor. She tells them of Tegan, fighting for aboriginal rights in Australia; Ian and Barbara Chesterton, Cambridge professors who are rumoured not to have aged since the 1960s; Harry Sullivan, her old friend from UNIT, who worked on finding remedies for diseases; Ben and Polly, running an orphanage; and "a Dorothy-something" who has raised millions of pounds through her company "A Charitable Earth".

As they watch Jo and Santiago leave, Sarah says, "With friends like us, he's not really going to die, is he?"

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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.
          

Unlike most other SJA stories, Russell T Davies, being the writer of this story, did not get a "created by" credit.


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  • Karim refers to Clyde, Rani and Santiago as "three ASBO kids".
  • Karim refers to the kids as the Brady Bunch.

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  • A trailer was broadcast featuring the Eleventh Doctor.
  • Russell T Davies thought about using Death of the Doctor as the name for The End of Time Part 2.[1]
  • This episode marks the last on-screen adventure that Sarah Jane has with the Doctor.
  • This story features the last appearance of the Eleventh Doctor's original tweed coat.
  • This is one of the first times since the revival of Doctor Who that the issue of how many regenerations has been mentioned, with the number given as 507. This is in contrast to the fact that it has previously been mentioned as being only twelve, giving each Time Lord a total of thirteen lives. Russell T Davies, who wrote this episode, stated in an interview, "They only said 13 once or twice." [2][nb 1] It's worth noting that, within the context of the episode, the Doctor is simply teasing Clyde. In a serious context, he really is limited to twelve regenerations, which he confirms in The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"].
  • The death of Tia Karim marks one of the few times in the young viewer-friendly Sarah Jane Adventures that a human adversary has been killed through the direct actions of the heroes. In contrast, in Secrets of the Stars, it is left ambiguous as to whether Martin Trueman is killed or not.
  • Steven Moffat suggested that Amy Pond make a cameo, but the budget didn't stretch to hiring Karen Gillan.
  • Finn Jones and David Bradley both had roles on Game of Thrones, Jones as Loras Tyrell and Bradley as Walder Fey. Matt Smith would later star in the prequel series House of the Dragon.
  • Finn Jones would later star in Iron Fist opposite Sacha Dhawan.
  • This story contains the most extensive updates of past companions since The Five Doctors.
    • Liz Shaw is stranded on a UNIT Moonbase and cannot get back until Sunday. The fact she's alive and well contradicts the events of the novel Eternity Weeps, set in the early 2000s, in which she died, though in that novel she was also working on the Moon for UNIT. The reference means all three of the Third Doctor's female companions are recognised in this story.
    • The Brigadier is stranded in Peru, on an ongoing mission. He is also said to be in South America in The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"] and The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.
    • Jo has seven children and twelve grandchildren, with a thirteenth on the way. The Doctor says that the thirteenth will be dyslexic, but a great swimmer.
    • As far as she is aware, Jo hasn't seen the Doctor since the events of The Green Death, though she did try to call him through UNIT but was told he had left, though Planet of the Spiders has Jo corresponding with the Doctor and UNIT via mail, however.
    • Tegan Jovanka is fighting for Aboriginal rights. This reference indicates that Tegan is still alive in 2010, despite having a life-threatening health condition in 2006, as shown in The Gathering.
    • Ben Jackson and Polly Wright are running an orphanage in India.
    • Harry Sullivan is said to have worked with vaccines and saved thousands of lives. He is referred to in the past tense by Sarah. Harry was previously implied to be dead in the novelisation of The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith. The actor who played Harry, Ian Marter, died in 1986.
    • Ian and Barbara Chesterton are professors at Cambridge and, according to rumours, haven't aged since the 1960s, suggesting something they encountered in their travels with the Doctor caused them to stop ageing. The reference is the first on-screen confirmation that the two married at some point after the events of The Chase; the wedding was later depicted in the comic story Hunters of the Burning Stone. Other stories showed the rumour about their age to be false, such as Ian Chesterton: An Introduction, The Five Companions, Sphere of Influence and The Power of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"].
    • A companion called Dorothy is said to have raised billions of pounds through her charity "A Charitable Earth." As the charity spells out the words "ACE," this is likely the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace. Different media have offered differing futures for Ace, so this does not necessarily contradict any particular one. In DWMSE 32, Davies indicates that, had the series continued, he intended to reintroduce Ace in a future storyline.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Part 1 — 0.92 Million[3]
  • Part 2 — 0.96 Million[3]

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If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

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  • This story was included in the Complete 4th Series DVD release (Region 2 release: 31st October 2011).
  • It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 box set release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012).
  • Death of the Doctor was also included as a special feature on the special edition DVD of The Green Death, with optional commentary by Katy Manning and Russell T Davies.

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  • Death of the Doctor was included as a special feature in Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 10, released in the UK on 8th July 2018, and released in the US (as Jon Pertwee - Complete Season Four) on 15th October, 2019.

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  1. ↑ Contrary to Davies's comments, the 12-regeneration limit has in fact been referenced on numerous occasions, and was a major plot point in at least three television stories: The Deadly Assassin, Mawdryn Undead, and Doctor Who: The TV Movie. The idea of regeneration limits had been addressed numerous times as well, such as in The Five Doctors and The Twin Dilemma.

Sources[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter
  2. ↑ SFX - INTERVIEW Russell T Davies talks about THAT Sarah Jane Adventures line accessed 18th November 2010
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Doctor Who News Page - Death of the Doctor Tops Ratings accessed 18th November 2010
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