Talk:Sarah Jane's Alien Files

Caonicity

When I encountered it, the article read:

Unlike the Monster Files and other web-originated content, the canonicity of Sarah Jane's Alien Files is clear. The only aliens mentioned are those which the children had encountered before on-screen, and no information contradicts the main series. The TV edition also features new material taking place within Sarah Jane Adventures continuity, and establishes the Alien Files as an in-universe database created and maintained by the characters. However, on occasion out-of-universe material is used (i.e cropped promotional images), and the characters sometimes display knowledge of events they wouldn't be aware in the main series' narrative.

Which begs at least two questions. If out-of-universe material is used, and the characters have knowledge that's narratively implausible, how can the canonicity be "clear"? And, what's so unclear about the Monster Files? At least in the Captain Jack days, I thought that was all plausible knowledge for him to have, given his access to UNIT, Torchwood and Time Agent wisdom. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 14:11, December 11, 2010 (UTC)

The promotional images are not an issue; once an image is used on-screen, it's an in-universe image. Compare the photo of Troughton printed out by Eleven's TARDIS console, the photo of Hartnell appearing on Eleven's library card, etc; they may have come from initially promotional photos, but since they're shown to exist as photos of the Doctor within the DWU their promotional origins are immaterial. In canon, at some point the First Doctor posed for that library card, and in canon every image on Mr Smith's screen came from some in-universe source. Possibilities include UNIT, Torchwood, K9, and the TARDIS itself, all of which Mr Smith is known to have directly interfaced with.

As for characters knowing info they "shouldn't," the narrative clearly specifies that enough time has passed between the discussed events and their being related to Mr Smith for the Alien Files for the characters to have discussed things off-screen. Did you have any particular instances in mind in which this remains implausible? Rob T Firefly 12:21, April 14, 2011 (UTC)

Relate broadcast

This says there where no repeat broadcast’s however is distinctly remember many a repeat. In fact it got to the point that I would be annoyed because it was not an episode of the main show. The one’s regularly repeated was the Androvax one. Anastasia Cousins ☎ 09:52, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Split?

Between the different names (The Alien Files vs. Sarah Jane's Alien Files), different media (webcasts and TV stories), and (as far as I could find) lack of any official acknowledgement of these two series being part of one whole, shouldn't the 2009 web series and the 2010 TV series be covered separately? I'd add a notice template to the page myself, but I can't find an entire-series or alternatively less specific equivalent to MultiStory (which I'm not even sure is still in use). Look-a-troopa ☎ 07:08, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

({{Cleanup}} is usually used to suggest a page split.) Aquanafrahudy 📢 🖊️ 10:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)