The Gift (TV story)

The Gift is the sixth and final story in The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3.

The Gift
Featuring:	Sarah Jane Smith Luke Smith Clyde Langer Rani Chandra
Main enemy:	Slitheen Blathereen
Key crew
Writer:	Rupert Laight
Director:	Alice Troughton
Producer:	Nikki Smith
Release details
Release number:	19
Premiere broadcast:	19 November 2009 (part 1) 20 November 2009 (part 2)[1]
Format:	2 - 30 minute episodes

Synopsis

Part 1 

Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Rani face an old enemy, the green Slitheen. When the Slitheen's latest scheme is halted, their rivals, the Blathereen, arrive. Declaring peace between the planets, they offer Sarah Jane a gift – one that might change the future of the human race forever.

Part 2

When the Blathereens' gift runs riot, Sarah Jane faces the battle of her life to save her son, Luke. With Clyde, Rani and K9 trapped in a school under siege, and the whole of London convulsing under the alien threat, everything heads for a final showdown in the attic - and not everyone is getting out alive

Plot

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Cast

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
• Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
• Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
• Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
• TBC (Voice Work) - Miriam Margolyes
• TBC (Voice Work) - Simon Callow

Crew

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References

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Story Notes

• A CBBC literature statement confirmed both the Slitheen and Blathereen would appear in the series.
• In an interview with Nikki Wilson for SFX she confirmed the Blathereen as appearing in these episode. A series preview by Digital Spy also confirmed the Blathereen as appearing in the Finale
• The Blathereen and Slitheen both appeared in the NSA: The Monsters Inside
• This episode marks the return of the Slitheen in the Sarah Jane Adventures they previously appeared in SJA: Revenge of the Slitheen, The Lost Boy, From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love
• The Blathereen are supposedly orange compared to their green cousins.
• Simon Callow previously played Charles Dickens in DW: The Unquiet Dead

Ratings

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Myths

• The Judoon will appear. This is a rumour, because in the previous two series the alien from the first episode appeared the the finale.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

• If the Blathereen are orange then why didn't the Ninth Doctor or Rose Tyler reference this in NSA: The Monsters Inside

Continuity

• The Blathereen first appeared in NSA: The Monsters Inside.

• The Slitheen first appeared in DW: Aliens of London / World War Three, and SJA: Revenge of the Slitheen SJA: The Lost Boy and SJA: From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love.

Timeline

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External Links

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