Sky (TV story)

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Sky was the first story of Series 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It introduced Sky Smith, who would later become the adoptive daughter of Sarah Jane.

Synopsis

Part one

Sarah Jane finds a baby girl on her doorstep and tries to find out who abandoned her. At a nearby nuclear power station, a beautiful woman appears out of thin air and uses alien powers to take control. She's looking for something – and realises Sarah Jane may have it.

Part two

Sky has undergone an amazing transformation, but in doing so has triggered a countdown that no one can stop. As Sarah Jane and Sky find themselves trapped between the alien war fought by Metalkind and Fleshkind, Clyde and Rani face a race against time to stop the biggest bang in history...

Plot

Part 1

In the attic, Sarah Jane Smith watches the star-filled sky with her telescope, narrating the wonderful things she has seen. A seeming meteor approaches Earth and crashes in a junkyard. A homeless person witnesses this and sees a metalloid figure emerge, scan the area and then make itself invisible. Back in the attic, Sarah Jane speaks via the computer to her son, Luke Smith, with her friends Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra. Sarah Jane misses her son but Rani comforts her, saying Luke will be back soon and that Sarah Jane should make the most of her peace and quiet.

Very early next morning, Sarah Jane is awoken by the doorbell. She finds a baby girl on her doorstep. When the baby cries, nearby light bulbs burst. Rani is woken later by a text from Sarah Jane saying to come right away. Rani reports to Sarah Jane that all of the light bulbs on Bannerman Road have gone out. Sarah Jane reveals to Rani and Clyde, who appears later, that the child is an alien. Clyde feeds the baby milk, calming her down.

Meanwhile at a power plant, an orb of energy appears and an attractive woman walks out. She confronts a fallen worker, introducing herself as Miss Myers. She is looking for her child. She hypnotises the fallen worker, putting the rest of the power plant personnel into an unconscious state. Miss Myers learns that her daughter is at Bannerman Road and heads there.

Gita Chandra encounters Sarah Jane and the others with the baby. She assumes that Sarah has begun taking in foster children, an idea which the others go along with, calling the baby Sky (as she essentially "fell out of the sky"). Gita then tells them about the meteor which that fell the previous night. Sarah Jane and Rani go to investigate. With Professor River's help and the eyewitness account of the homeless man, they discover that the metalloid alien is headed for Bannerman Road.

Clyde is babysitting Sky, when the alien attacks them. He is rescued by Miss Myers and taken to the power plant. Miss Myers tells Clyde a little of "Sky's" purpose. Clyde is suspicious of Miss Myers, and runs away with Sky. He evades Miss Myers and her henchmen while Sarah Jane and Rani break into the plant. They reunite with Clyde and Sky. The metal alien arrives, and corners them. It reveals that the baby is a weapon. The child begins a metamorphosis. Myers is delighted that the weapon is "priming" itself; an energy aura surrounds Sky and she becomes a pre-teen...

Part 2

Sky, having just transformed, launches a powerful jolt of electricity at the metal alien, sending it crashing into the wall. Miss Myers encourages Sky to finish off the Metalkind but Sky is scared and confused until she is comforted by Sarah Jane. Miss Myers reveals that she created Sky. The Bannerman Road gang escape with Sky to Sarah Jane's house, where Mr Smith can scan her. He determines that Sky was created to be a bomb to destroy the whole Metalkind species across the entire universe, killing Sky in the process.

Rani tells Sky of Sarah Jane adopting Luke and about what it is to be a girl. Sky learns of her purpose and with the Bannerman Road gang returns to the power plant, as Miss Myers is the only person who can "defuse" Sky. They break in again and Sarah Jane confronts Miss Myers alone, leaving Sky at the car with Rani and Clyde. Myers is a member of the the Fleshkind species, who have been locked in war with the Metalkind for centuries. The Metalkind that was injured has been hooked up to the power plant. Myers plans to have it summon the entire Metalkind species, so Sky can destroy them all. Miss Myers tells Sarah Jane that she will be forced to hand over Sky to save Earth from the cruelty of the Metalkind, who have vowed to destroy all Fleshkind. The injured Metalkind tells Sarah Jane that the Fleshkind invaded his home planet and mined the ore, which was actually the Metalkind children. Myers is determined that Sky fulfil her destiny. Sky believes that she should fulfil her purpose to save Earth from the oncoming Metalkind army, even if it means dying, and runs from the others to confront the Metalkind. Sarah Jane goes after her, tasking Clyde and Rani to shut down the power, thus closing the portal which the Metalkind will use to come to Earth.

Rani and Clyde find a room in the power plant where they begin to manually shut down the power. Sarah Jane finds Sky, and tries to convince her that she doesn't have to sacrifice herself and destroy the Metalkind. Sky is fully primed and ready to "fulfil her purpose" when Clyde and Rani succeed in deactivating the power in the plant (and Bannerman Road as well). Sky absorbs the energy of the portal and collapses. She revives, and reports that she feels different. Myers confirms that Sky is different, and her genetic programming has been altered. She is no longer a weapon. Miss Myers says that she has lost her daughter. The Metalkind breaks free, grabs Myers and uses her own pendant to teleport them both away from Earth.

Sky is adopted.

The gang return to Bannerman Road. Gita is confused seeing Sky now much older than the baby she saw Sarah Jane with earlier, but Sarah Jane explains that there was a mix-up at the foster agency with the "other Sky". This girl — now called Sky Smith — will be staying for awhile. Sarah Jane and Sky go to the attic and are surprised to see Captain and the Shopkeeper. They were the ones who left Sky on Sarah Jane's doorstep; the young girl would be safe with the former time-traveller. It is the Shopkeeper's task to put things in the right place as a "servant of the Universe". Sky expresses her desire to stay with Sarah Jane, and the Shopkeeper agrees. He tells Sarah Jane she will find out who he is in good time, then teleports away with Captain, leaving Sarah Jane confused just like last time. Sarah Jane offers Sky pizza but the young girl is unaware of what it is.

Cast

Crew

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics


General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound



Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


References

  • The homeless man in the episode got his idea of what robots are like from the movie series Star Wars.
  • Rani describes shutting down a nuclear reactor as "James Bond meets Mario". Clyde claims to be excellent at the latter.
  • Clyde objects to Sky entering a power station, saying it would be like a "Houses of Parliament tour with Guy Fawkes."
  • Rani likens herself to Wikipedia by calling herself "Ranipedia".
  • Clyde calls the attic the Bat Cave and mentions Jedward.
  • Professor Rivers uses her own lipstick to imitate Sarah Jane's sonic lipstick.

Story notes

Ratings

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Rumours

  • The Doctor was originally going to appear. Confirmed in REF: The Sarah Jane Companion Volume Three.

Filming locations

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Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • Luke Smith is credited in the credits for Part 2 although he only appeared in Part 1.
  • Baby Sky is credited in the credits for Part 2 although she only appeared in Part 1.

Continuity

Home video releases

DVD releases

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Blu-ray releases

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Footnotes

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