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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Reports of strange lights around the Tycho Radio Telescope lead Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Maria into a terrifying forest encounter, where Sarah Jane comes face-to-face with her oldest enemy.  
Reports of strange lights around the Tycho Radio Telescope lead [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], Clyde, and [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] into a terrifying forest encounter, where Sarah Jane comes face-to-face with her oldest enemy.  


Meanwhile Maria wrestles with a huge decision when her dad is offered a new job in America.
Meanwhile Maria wrestles with a huge decision when her dad is offered a new job in America.


==Plot==
==Plot==
===Part 1===
At the [[Tycho Radio Telescope]]  in rural [[Goblin's Copse]], [[Lucy Skinner]] and her astronomer dad, Professor [[Nicholas Skinner]], are observing the night sky when they spot strange lights floating in the sky. Professor Skinner investigates, but goes missing--so Lucy investigates, and is promptly captured herself.


===Part One===
The following day, investigative journalist [[Sarah Jane Smith]] hears reports of the strange lights and, despite [[Mr Smith]]'s assurances that strange lights rarely herald alien activity, decides to pursue the story.  She recruits [[Luke Smith|Luke]] and [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] to help; [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] comes, too, though she seems sad and hints that she may be leaving soon.


[[Lucy Skinner]] and her Dad [[Nicholas Skinner]] are in his lab he has spotted lights floating in the sky. Unaware that they are drones working for a Sontaran. Skinner investigates but goes missing so Lucy investigates and is captured by the Sontaran known as [[Kaagh|Commander Kaagh]]. The next day [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] walks down the stairs and her [[Alan Jackson|dad]] tells her that he has been offered a job in [[America]]. Meanwhile [[Luke Smith|Luke]] and [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] are playing a game on [[Mr Smith]] when [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] walks in and tells them that she needs to use Mr Smith as lights have been spotted around the area where Lucy and her dad went missing. Sarah Jane picks up Maria from her home, and they head to the area . When they arrive they find Lucy and she tells them that her dad is missing. Back on Bannerman Road Alan tells Chrissie that he has got a knew job and that he is moving, she accepts. Luke and Clyde go into the woods and encounter a force field they then discover that it is a Ship. He phones Sarah Jane and Maria, and tells them to get there. When They arrive, Sarah Jane finds out that it is a Sontaran Ship.  While they are there, they encounter Kaagh.  Maria tricks him, and they manage to escape, with Kaagh chasing them. Luke and Maria crawl into a bent and see that Sarah Jane and Clyde are in the lab with Nicholas, only he is being controlled by the Sontaran and he is going to make all of Earth's satellites crash and make it burn. He then reveals that he survived the attack by the Doctor, and wants to kill him.  He says he will take Clyde to help him, and when Sarah refuses, he aims a gun at SJ and shoots her.
In fact, Maria's dad [[Alan Jackson|Alan]] has been offered a job in [[United States|America]], at the head office of his firm. Maria is ambivalent about the news: happy for her dad, but sad that she must leave her friends behind.


===Part Two===
At [[Goblin's Copse]], the team finds Lucy, who tells them that her dad is still missing.  But no sooner has she said so than Professor Skinner appears, though he seems strangely detached and unemotional, and orders the investigators to leave immediately.


Sarah Jane is knocked out on the floor and Kaagh tells Clyde that she will be taken to [[Sontar]] and Kaagh will be given a new [[Sontaran]] name such as "Kaagh the Avenger". Luke and Maria are watching through a vent and call for Clyde to crawl in there. Sarah Jane is put in a store room with Lucy and finds out that she has lost her [[Sonic Lipstick]]. Instead she and Lucy start to build a device that will attract Kaagh attention. Meanwhile Kaagh starts to chase Luke, Maria and Clyde through tunnels and they escape through into the forest and block Kaagh from getting out. They run to Kaagh's shuttle and Luke begins to make a knock out gas that will knock him out. Sarah Jane activates her new invention and Kaagh walks in. Sarah Jane and Lucy sneak out and try to figure out a way to disarm the satellites so they wont crash into the [[Earth]]. Maria tells Luke that she is moving away and then calls her dad to access Mr Smith. He does so but Chrissie pursues him and follows him. She wonders what is going and, He then tells her about Sarah Jane and that she fights aliens and Maria is helping her. Chrissie realizes he is telling the truth as his lip twitches when he is lying. Luke try's to disarm the super computer and does so. Only Kaagh reactivates it, by revealing that he put a chip on Lucy. Lucy starts to activate the computer but Luke stops it again. Chrissie creeps up behind Kaagh and sticks the heal of her shoe into his [[Probic Vent]], stunning him. kaagh is escorted to his ship and is embarrassed that he was defeated by Halflings and a woman. He is then flys into space, Sarah Jane thinks that he might come back.  
Sarah Jane and her friends have no choice but to leave the observatory. Luke and Clyde have found a strange invisible spaceship in the woods around the observatory; when the cloaking field is disabled and Sarah Jane sees the ship, she immediately recognises a Sontaran ship--and, as the group discovers too late, its Sontaran occupant has just found ''them''.


Six weeks later Maria and Alan move away leaving there house empty and Chrissie whispers to Sarah Jane that she knew about the Sontaran.
The Sontaran is [[Kaagh|Commander Kaagh]], badly wounded when [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] defeated the Sontaran army in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]] / [[The Poison Sky]]''.  The only survivor of the botched invasion, he has vowed revenge on [[Earth]] for his people's humiliation. 
 
The humans quickly manage to escape, with Kaagh chasing them.  Outside the observatory, they split up: Luke and Maria crawl into a vent that pierces the observatory, while Sarah Jane and Clyde attempt to reason with Professor Skinner--only to discover that he is under mind control by the Sontaran.  Kaagh's plan is revealed: he will use the Tycho radio telescope to take control of Earth's satellites, and steer them to crash into nuclear stockpiles on Earth, triggering nuclear annihilation.
 
===Part 2===
Kaagh shoots Sarah Jane, who sprawls, unconscious, on the floor.  He then boasts to Clyde that she will be taken to [[Sontar]] as a prize, and he will be hailed as a hero instead of a laughingstock--perhaps even given a more honourable epithet, such as "Kaagh the Avenger".
 
Luke and Maria are hidden in a nearby vent, watching the scene unfold.  They catch Clyde's attention and motion for him to join them.
 
Sarah Jane awakens to find that she is being held in a store room, along with Lucy Skinner, and that Kaagh has taken her [[Sonic lipstick|sonic lipstick]].  Undeterred, she and Lucy start to build a device to jam the satellite, hoping that it will attract Kaagh's attention away from the observatory's control centre.
 
Luke, Maria, and Clyde provoke Kaagh into chasing them through the observatory's corridors and service tunnels; the teens escape into the forest and block Kaagh from getting out. They run to Kaagh's shuttle, where Luke uses the alien chemicals stored inside to synthesise a knockout gas that will incapacitate the Sontaran.
 
Sarah Jane activates her new invention; just as she expected, Kaagh soon appears to search for it. Sarah Jane and Lucy sneak out, and try to figure out a way to disarm the satellites.
 
Maria, not sure that Luke will be able to synthesise the gas in time, decides to ask [[Mr Smith]] for more information on defeating Sontarans.  As [[Mr Smith]] is still in [[Ealing]], she calls her dad and asks him to contact the computer.  Alan does so, unaware that he has been followed into Sarah Jane's attic by his ex-wife [[Chrissie Jackson|Chrissie]].  Chrissie demands to know what is going on; Alan quickly brings her up to speed on Sarah Jane's alien hunting and Maria's role as her assistant.  Chrissie realizes he is telling the truth as his lip twitches when he is lying.  Maria's parents, fearful for her safety, decide to join their daughter at Goblin's Copse.
 
Luke tries to break into the observatory's main computers, eventually succeeding when he realises that Sontarans, who have three fingers on each hand, probably use base six mathematics.  But Kaagh reveals that Lucy is a sleeper agent, activates the mind-control chip he had implanted in her, and instructs her to re-activate the transmitter.  All appears lost--until Chrissie bursts into the observatory and attacks Kaagh's probic vent with her high-heeled shoe, incapacitating him more effectively than Luke's knockout gas was able to.  The transmitter is de-activated, this time for good.
 
Kaagh is escorted back to his ship and ordered to return to [[Sontar]], which he is only too glad to do; he is humiliated that he was defeated by "half-forms" (children) and a woman.  Sarah Jane is relieved, even if she is not entirely convinced that the Sontaran is gone for good.
 
Six weeks later, Maria and Alan say their goodbyes to Sarah Jane, Luke, and Clyde, as they leave for their new life in America.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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== References ==
== References ==
*Sarah Jane refers to her two encounters with Sontarans in [[Doctor Who]], one a long time ago ([[DW]]:[[The Time Warrior]]) and one in the future ([[DW]]:[[The Sontaran Experiment]])
*Sarah Jane refers to her two previous encounters with Sontarans: one a long time ago ([[DW]]:[[The Time Warrior]]) and one in the future ([[DW]]:[[The Sontaran Experiment]])
*The Sontaran is a survivor of [[DW]]:[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]/ [[The Poison Sky]].  He was on his way to Earth when the spaceship was destroyed by [[The Doctor]], and his ship crashed on Earth.  
*The Sontaran is a survivor of [[DW]]:[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]/ [[The Poison Sky]].  He was on his way to Earth when the spaceship was destroyed by [[The Doctor|the Doctor]], and his ship crashed on Earth.  
*The events of stories in [[Series 1 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 1]] are referred to.  Maria mentions the [[Bane]], the [[Slitheen]], [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]], the [[Graske]] and [[The Trickster]], while Alan refers to the moon coming towards Earth ([[SJA]]:[[The Lost Boy]]).
*The events of stories in [[Series 1 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 1]] are referred to.  Maria mentions the [[Bane]], the [[Slitheen]], [[Uvlavad Kudlak|Kudlak]], the [[Graske]] and [[The Trickster]], while Alan refers to the moon coming towards Earth ([[SJA]]:[[The Lost Boy]]).
*Sarah Jane says she will phone [[UNIT]] to deal with the Sontaran.
*Sarah Jane says she will phone [[UNIT]] to deal with the Sontaran.

Revision as of 00:17, 6 October 2008

The Last Sontaran is the first story of The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2.


Synopsis

Reports of strange lights around the Tycho Radio Telescope lead Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde, and Maria into a terrifying forest encounter, where Sarah Jane comes face-to-face with her oldest enemy.

Meanwhile Maria wrestles with a huge decision when her dad is offered a new job in America.

Plot

Part 1

At the Tycho Radio Telescope in rural Goblin's Copse, Lucy Skinner and her astronomer dad, Professor Nicholas Skinner, are observing the night sky when they spot strange lights floating in the sky. Professor Skinner investigates, but goes missing--so Lucy investigates, and is promptly captured herself.

The following day, investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith hears reports of the strange lights and, despite Mr Smith's assurances that strange lights rarely herald alien activity, decides to pursue the story. She recruits Luke and Clyde to help; Maria comes, too, though she seems sad and hints that she may be leaving soon.

In fact, Maria's dad Alan has been offered a job in America, at the head office of his firm. Maria is ambivalent about the news: happy for her dad, but sad that she must leave her friends behind.

At Goblin's Copse, the team finds Lucy, who tells them that her dad is still missing. But no sooner has she said so than Professor Skinner appears, though he seems strangely detached and unemotional, and orders the investigators to leave immediately.

Sarah Jane and her friends have no choice but to leave the observatory. Luke and Clyde have found a strange invisible spaceship in the woods around the observatory; when the cloaking field is disabled and Sarah Jane sees the ship, she immediately recognises a Sontaran ship--and, as the group discovers too late, its Sontaran occupant has just found them.

The Sontaran is Commander Kaagh, badly wounded when the Doctor defeated the Sontaran army in DW: The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky. The only survivor of the botched invasion, he has vowed revenge on Earth for his people's humiliation.

The humans quickly manage to escape, with Kaagh chasing them. Outside the observatory, they split up: Luke and Maria crawl into a vent that pierces the observatory, while Sarah Jane and Clyde attempt to reason with Professor Skinner--only to discover that he is under mind control by the Sontaran. Kaagh's plan is revealed: he will use the Tycho radio telescope to take control of Earth's satellites, and steer them to crash into nuclear stockpiles on Earth, triggering nuclear annihilation.

Part 2

Kaagh shoots Sarah Jane, who sprawls, unconscious, on the floor. He then boasts to Clyde that she will be taken to Sontar as a prize, and he will be hailed as a hero instead of a laughingstock--perhaps even given a more honourable epithet, such as "Kaagh the Avenger".

Luke and Maria are hidden in a nearby vent, watching the scene unfold. They catch Clyde's attention and motion for him to join them.

Sarah Jane awakens to find that she is being held in a store room, along with Lucy Skinner, and that Kaagh has taken her sonic lipstick. Undeterred, she and Lucy start to build a device to jam the satellite, hoping that it will attract Kaagh's attention away from the observatory's control centre.

Luke, Maria, and Clyde provoke Kaagh into chasing them through the observatory's corridors and service tunnels; the teens escape into the forest and block Kaagh from getting out. They run to Kaagh's shuttle, where Luke uses the alien chemicals stored inside to synthesise a knockout gas that will incapacitate the Sontaran.

Sarah Jane activates her new invention; just as she expected, Kaagh soon appears to search for it. Sarah Jane and Lucy sneak out, and try to figure out a way to disarm the satellites.

Maria, not sure that Luke will be able to synthesise the gas in time, decides to ask Mr Smith for more information on defeating Sontarans. As Mr Smith is still in Ealing, she calls her dad and asks him to contact the computer. Alan does so, unaware that he has been followed into Sarah Jane's attic by his ex-wife Chrissie. Chrissie demands to know what is going on; Alan quickly brings her up to speed on Sarah Jane's alien hunting and Maria's role as her assistant. Chrissie realizes he is telling the truth as his lip twitches when he is lying. Maria's parents, fearful for her safety, decide to join their daughter at Goblin's Copse.

Luke tries to break into the observatory's main computers, eventually succeeding when he realises that Sontarans, who have three fingers on each hand, probably use base six mathematics. But Kaagh reveals that Lucy is a sleeper agent, activates the mind-control chip he had implanted in her, and instructs her to re-activate the transmitter. All appears lost--until Chrissie bursts into the observatory and attacks Kaagh's probic vent with her high-heeled shoe, incapacitating him more effectively than Luke's knockout gas was able to. The transmitter is de-activated, this time for good.

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

Six weeks later, Maria and Alan say their goodbyes to Sarah Jane, Luke, and Clyde, as they leave for their new life in America.

Cast

Production crew

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References

  • Sarah Jane refers to her two previous encounters with Sontarans: one a long time ago (DW:The Time Warrior) and one in the future (DW:The Sontaran Experiment)
  • The Sontaran is a survivor of DW:The Sontaran Stratagem/ The Poison Sky. He was on his way to Earth when the spaceship was destroyed by the Doctor, and his ship crashed on Earth.
  • The events of stories in Series 1 are referred to. Maria mentions the Bane, the Slitheen, Kudlak, the Graske and The Trickster, while Alan refers to the moon coming towards Earth (SJA:The Lost Boy).
  • Sarah Jane says she will phone UNIT to deal with the Sontaran.
  • Sarah Jane mentions the war between the Sontarans and the Rutan Host.
  • Upon entering the empty observatory Sarah Jane likens it to the Marie Celeste, the ship made famous for being found deserted. The reason in this universe, is due to Daleks (DW:The Chase).
  • As Chrissie breaks into Sarah Jane's house she notes "Some people never learn." This is in reference to how she broke into Sarah Jane's house through the same window in "Eye of the Gorgon."
  • Sarah Jane's initial reaction to Maria's departure is uncanny to the Fourth Doctor's when Sarah herself threatened to leave in The Hand of Fear. As in the said episode however, Sarah became far more sensitive later on.
  • When Sarah-Jane asks Mr Smith if he has developed a sense of humour, he produces the sound effect used in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" when somebody accesses an entry in the eponymous book.

Story notes

  • Episode 1 was shown on BBC 1, followed by the second episode on the CBBC channel later on the same day. Episode two will be shown on 6th October on BBC1.
  • This is Maria Jackson's last story. Actress Yasmin Paige is in her GCSE year, so chose to concentrate on her studies.

Ratings

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Myths

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Filming Locations

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • There is no indication of where this story fits in with The Stolen Earth / Journey's End - no references to the Daleks or Davros are made, and Mr Smith's reset is treated as having happened recently. It is possible that the phone transmission Mr Smith carried out in the episode damaged him which required him to reboot again.
  • Maria was briefly mentioned in The Stolen Earth by Luke as being on holiday in Cornwall.
  • To add further confusion to where this story lies in relation to DW:The Stolen Earth / Journeys End, Chrissie Jackson is incredulous about the existence of aliens. Which she wouldn't be after experiencing the Daleks pulling Earth across the universe.As in Doomsday the Government probably made a cover story for this event. But a BBC News report in Journey's End broadcasted worldwide, the fact that Earth had returned to its original position after being moved. (Yet this didn't mention aliens)

Continuity

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DVD and Other releases

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See also

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External links

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