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'''Series 5''' of '''''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''''' began airing on [[CBBC]] on 3 October 2011.  
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|broadcast year  = 2011
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|story count    = 3
|ep count        = 6
|first ep        = Sky (TV story)
|main character  = Sarah Jane Smith
|starring        = Clyde Langer
|starring2      = Luke Smith
|starring3      = Rani Chandra
|starring4      = Sky Smith
|starring5      = Mr Smith
|producer        = Brian Minchin
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|exec prod      = Russell T Davies
|exec prod2      = Nikki Wilson
|start date      = [[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|end date        = [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] (series finale)
|network        = CBBC
|runtime        = 25'
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'''Series 5''' of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' ran between [[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] and [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] 2011. 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 [[Sinead Michael]] as [[Sky Smith]]. The series opened with ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'' and concluded with ''[[The Man Who Never Was (TV story)|The Man Who Never Was]]''.


On 4 March 2010, the BBC announced that it had officially commissioned both a [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|4th]] and 5th series of the spin-off.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/04/sarah_jane.shtml</ref> Part of the series was planned to film in 2010 alongside Series 4<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s47/sarah-jane-adventures/tubetalk/a208123/sarah-jane-exec-talks-series-four-five.html</ref> and it was later announced that half the series had been completed as planned.<ref name="Series 5 update">http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/sarah-jane-adventures-series-5-update-13009.htm</ref>
== Overview ==
It consisted of three stories and six episodes. On [[4 March (production)|4 March]] [[2010 (production)|2010]], the BBC announced that it had officially commissioned both a [[Series 4 (SJA)|fourth]] and fifth series of the spin-off.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/04/sarah_jane.shtml</ref> Part of the series was planned to film in 2010 alongside Series 4<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s47/sarah-jane-adventures/tubetalk/a208123/sarah-jane-exec-talks-series-four-five.html</ref> and it was later announced that half the series had been completed as planned.<ref name="Series 5 update">http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/sarah-jane-adventures-series-5-update-13009.htm</ref>


With the death of [[Elisabeth Sladen]] in [[April]] [[2011]]<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674</ref>, the BBC announced that no new episodes will be made<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110504_03/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventure</ref>. Three stories (six episodes) of Series 5 were completed<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html Doctor Who News Page Elisabeth Sladen obituary], accessed 19th April 2011</ref>, and are presently airing as an abbreviated final season.
With the death of [[Elisabeth Sladen]] in [[April (production)|April]] [[2011 (production)|2011]],<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674</ref> the BBC announced that no new episodes would be made.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110504_03/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventure</ref> Three stories (six episodes) of series 5 were completed.<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html Doctor Who News Page Elisabeth Sladen obituary], accessed 19th April 2011</ref> The final episodes aired between [[3 October (releases)|3 October]] 2011 and [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] 2011.
==Cast==
===Main cast===
[[File:Sjaseres5promo6.jpg|thumb|354px|Gang]]


*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]  
Three stories, however, were left unproduced: ''[[Meet Mr Smith (TV story)|Meet Mr Smith]]'', ''[[The Thirteenth Floor (TV story)|The Thirteenth Floor]]'', ''[[The Battle of Bannerman Road (TV story)|The Battle for Bannerman Road]]''. Also planned, but unproduced, were four [[Halloween]] specials: ''[[Full Moon (TV story)|Full Moon]]'', ''[[The Station (TV story)|The Station]]'', [[Halloween Special (unproduced SJA TV story)|an unnamed story]] and ''[[Night of the Spectre (TV story)|Night of the Spectre]]''. ([[DWMSE 32]])
*[[Rani Chandra]] - [[Anjli Mohindra]]  
*[[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]  
*[[Sky Smith]] - [[Sinead Michael]]  


=== Secondary Cast===
== Cast ==
*[[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]  
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Rani Chandra]] - [[Anjli Mohindra]]
* [[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]]
* [[Sky Smith]] - [[Sinead Michael]]
* [[Luke Smith]] - [[Tommy Knight]]
* [[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
* [[Haresh Chandra]] - [[Ace Bhatti]]


===Guest cast===
=== Recurring ===
*[[Myers (Sky)|Miss Myers]] - [[Christine Stephen-Daly]]
* [[Gita Chandra]] - [[Mina Anwar]]
*[[Lionel Carson]] - Peter Bowles ([[DWM 429]])<ref name="Series 5 update"></ref>
* [[Celeste Rivers|Professor Rivers]] - [[Floella Benjamin]]
*[[Harrison]] - James Dreyfus ([[DWM 429]]) <ref name="Series 5 update"></ref>
* [[Carla Langer]] - [[Jocelyn Jee Esien]]
* [[Steve Wallace]] - [[Elijah Baker]]


==Stories==
=== Guest ===
The series will be made up of 3 full [[serial]]s. The series began on the 3rd of October. Luke Smith will make an appearance in the third story.
* [[Myers (Sky)|Miss Myers]] - [[Christine Stephen-Daly]]
* [[Ellie Faber]] - [[Lily Loveless]]
* [[Lionel Carson]] - [[Peter Bowles]]
* [[John Harrison]] - [[James Dreyfus]]
* [[Plark]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
 
== Stories ==
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{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Story number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
!width="50"| Episodes || Title || Writer(s) || Director || Notes
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|1 ||''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]''||[[Phil Ford]]||TBA||
|1  
|''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]''  
|rowspan=2|[[Phil Ford]]  
|rowspan=2|[[Ashley Way]]
|First appearance of [[Sky Smith]]. Final appearances of [[Gita Chandra]], [[The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time)|the Shopkeeper]] and [[Captain (Lost in Time)|Captain]].
|-
|-
|2 ||''[[The Curse of Clyde Langer]]''|| [[Phil Ford]]||TBA||
|2  
|''[[The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)|The Curse of Clyde Langer]]''
|Final appearances of [[Haresh Chandra]] and [[Carla Langer]].
|-
|-
|3 ||''The Man Who Never Was''||[[Gareth Roberts]]||TBA||Appearance of Luke Smith.
|3  
|''[[The Man Who Never Was (TV story)|The Man Who Never Was]]''  
|[[Gareth Roberts]]  
|[[Joss Agnew]]
|Final televised appearances of [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Luke Smith]], [[Clyde Langer]], [[Rani Chandra]] and [[Mr Smith]] and the final appearances of [[Sky Smith]] and the [[13 Bannerman Road]] residence. Final episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', with the series coming to an end prematurely after Elisabeth Sladen's passing.
|}
|}


==Rumours==
=== Notes ===
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This is the only series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' not to contain an episode that has Sarah's name in the title. This would have remained the case even if the series had been completed, as none of the three unproduced serials featured such a title. Interestingly, it would also turn out to be the only series to contain episode titles featuring the names of some of the shows other main characters, those being ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'' and ''[[The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)|The Curse of Clyde Langer]]''.
*[[The Shopkeeper]] will return. ([[DWM 429]])<ref name="Series 5 update"></ref>''This was true. The Shopkeeper reappeared again in Sky.''
*They will introduce a new character into the gang.<ref name="Nikki Wilson speaks">http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/2010/04/nikki-wilson-speaks-to-sfx-magazine.html</ref>''This is true. Sky joined at the end of the first episode.''
*A [[Sontaran]] will appear.<ref>http://doctorwhospoilers.com/2011/2011/01/unmasking-the-sontaran/</ref>
*[[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] and [[Rani Chandra|Rani]] will get married in The Man Who Never Was episode 2.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/sarah-jane-adventures-series-5-synopses-26838.htm</ref>


==References==
=== Rumours ===
Shortly after Elisabeth Sladen's passing, reports began to circulate that production on the series' three remaining serials would continue without Sladen, with the scripts rewritten to explain her absence. ''Series writer Gareth Roberts confirmed that these reports were false.''<ref>https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a317726/sarah-jane-writer-denies-series-rumours/</ref>
 
== DVD and Blu-ray releases ==
* DVD and Blu-ray release occurred in the UK on 6 February 2012 in a single-disc edition that includes the featurette "Goodbye Bannerman Road: Remembering Elisabeth Sladen". A North American release, on DVD only, occurred on 12th June 2012 with the same bonus feature.
 
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Series 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures ran between 3 October 2011 and 18 October 2011. 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 Sinead Michael as Sky Smith. The series opened with Sky and concluded with The Man Who Never Was.

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

It consisted of three stories and six episodes. On 4 March 2010, the BBC announced that it had officially commissioned both a fourth and fifth series of the spin-off.[1] Part of the series was planned to film in 2010 alongside Series 4[2] and it was later announced that half the series had been completed as planned.[3]

With the death of Elisabeth Sladen in April 2011,[4] the BBC announced that no new episodes would be made.[5] Three stories (six episodes) of series 5 were completed.[6] The final episodes aired between 3 October 2011 and 18 October 2011.

Three stories, however, were left unproduced: Meet Mr Smith, The Thirteenth Floor, The Battle for Bannerman Road. Also planned, but unproduced, were four Halloween specials: Full Moon, The Station, an unnamed story and Night of the Spectre. (DWMSE 32)

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Recurring[[edit] | [edit source]]

Guest[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episodes Title Writer(s) Director Notes
1 Sky Phil Ford Ashley Way First appearance of Sky Smith. Final appearances of Gita Chandra, the Shopkeeper and Captain.
2 The Curse of Clyde Langer Final appearances of Haresh Chandra and Carla Langer.
3 The Man Who Never Was Gareth Roberts Joss Agnew Final televised appearances of Sarah Jane Smith, Luke Smith, Clyde Langer, Rani Chandra and Mr Smith and the final appearances of Sky Smith and the 13 Bannerman Road residence. Final episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures, with the series coming to an end prematurely after Elisabeth Sladen's passing.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This is the only series of The Sarah Jane Adventures not to contain an episode that has Sarah's name in the title. This would have remained the case even if the series had been completed, as none of the three unproduced serials featured such a title. Interestingly, it would also turn out to be the only series to contain episode titles featuring the names of some of the shows other main characters, those being Sky and The Curse of Clyde Langer.

Rumours[[edit] | [edit source]]

Shortly after Elisabeth Sladen's passing, reports began to circulate that production on the series' three remaining serials would continue without Sladen, with the scripts rewritten to explain her absence. Series writer Gareth Roberts confirmed that these reports were false.[7]

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

  • DVD and Blu-ray release occurred in the UK on 6 February 2012 in a single-disc edition that includes the featurette "Goodbye Bannerman Road: Remembering Elisabeth Sladen". A North American release, on DVD only, occurred on 12th June 2012 with the same bonus feature.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]