Series 4 (SJA)

Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures premiered on BBC One and CBBC on the 11th October 2010. According to Doctor Who Magazine, pre-production was under way as early as November 2009. On 4 March 2010, the BBC officially announced that production had been commissioned, with filming expected to begin by the end of March. (The same announcement also confirmed that a 5th series for 2011 had also been commissioned.)

The 4th series began on Monday 11 October, 2010 at 5:15pm on the CBBC channel. The season will see the return of all the core cast members for a 12-episode series.

For the new series, Brian Minchin joins as producer, with Phil Ford as co-producer. Russell T Davies remains as executive producer along with Nikki Wilson.

Cast

The Crew followed by a Veil, Shansheeth, the Dark Hoard and the Graske

Primary cast

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
• Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
• Mr. Smith - Alexander Armstrong

Secondary cast

• Luke Smith - Tommy Knight (departs in The Nightmare Man )
• K9 Mark IV - John Leeson (departs in The Nightmare Man)
• Gita Chandra - Mina Anwar (DWM Issue 426)
• Haresh Chandra - Ace Bhatti

Guest cast

• Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
• Jo Jones - Katy Manning
• Celeste Rivers - Floella Benjamin
• Nightmare Man - Julian Bleach
• Gemma - Lucie Jones
• Tia Karim - Laila Rouass
• Ocean Waters - Cheryl Campbell
• Mister Dread - Angus Wright
• Gavin - Joe Mason
• The Shopkeeper - Cyril Nri
• Ruby White - Julie Graham
• Santiago Jones - Finn Jones
• Louise Marlowe - Doon Mackichan
• Voice of the Shansheeth - David Bradley
• Voice of the Robots - Jon Glover
• First Doctor (archive footage) - William Hartnell
• Second Doctor (archive footage) - Patrick Troughton
• Third Doctor (archive footage) - Jon Pertwee
• Fourth Doctor (archive footage) - Tom Baker
• Tenth Doctor (archive footage) - David Tennant

Aliens and enemies

• Slitheen
• Nightmare Man
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  A Shansheeth
• Androvax
• Alliance of Shades (DWM Issue 423)
• Mister Dread
• Shansheeth (DWM Issue 419)
• The Dark Hoard
• Blathereen
• Groske All of Series 4 episodes will be 2 parts.

#	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
1	The Nightmare Man	Joseph Lidster	Joss Agnew	Departure of Luke Smith and K9 Mark IV.
2	The Vault of Secrets	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	Reappearance of Androvax and Alliance of Shades
3	Death of the Doctor	Russell T Davies	Ashley Way	Guest appearances of the Doctor, Jo Grant and the Groske.
4	The Empty Planet	Gareth Roberts	Ashley Way
5	Lost in Time	Rupert Laight	Joss Agnew
6	Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith	Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman	Joss Agnew

Notes

• For the first time in the series, the group will visit an alien world, breaking the Judoon's confinement of Rani and Clyde to Earth (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon). (DWM Issue 419)
• The group will embark on a "dangerous journey back into history". (DWM Issue 419)
• The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) and Jo Grant (Katy Manning) will both appear in an episode featuring vulture undertakers called the Shansheeth.
• Several trailers have been released.
• The previously unidentified boy in the clip from Death of the Doctor is Jo Grant's grandson Santiago Jones.
• Mount Snowden will be used as a UNIT base with a new colonel, Colonel Karim.(DWM Issue 426)
• The Groske will be just like the Graske but have blue skin (Sky Magazine October 2010)
• A synopsis has been released for every episode of Series 4
• A second trailer has been released.
• The gang are supposed to visit a secret base under mount Snowdon. This base was referenced in Army of Ghosts.

Novels

As of August 2010 only two stories from this series has been announced for adaptation as a novelisation. However these were later reported as being cancelled.

Rumours

• Gareth Roberts may write an hour long special.
• On-set videos show Luke saying goodbye to Sarah Jane and the rest of the cast, making it likely that he will leave in this series to be replaced by the new character of Series 5. Alexander Armstrong has also said that Luke goes off to university, and that K-9 leaves with him. It was proven true. However, onset videos of Tommy Knight during the series finale suggest he will return.
• The Trickster will return in the series finale