Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)

Mona Lisa's Revenge is the fifth story in The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3.

Mona Lisa's Revenge
Featuring:	Sarah Jane Smith Luke Smith Clyde Langer Rani Chandra K-9 Mark IV
Main enemy:	Mona Lisa
Main setting:	2009
Key crew
Writer:	Phil Ford
Director:	Joss Agnew
Producer:	Nikki Smith
Release details
Release number:	18
Premiere broadcast:	12 November 2009 (part 1) 13 November 2009 (part 2)[1]
Format:	2 - 30 minute episodes

Synopsis

Strange forces bring the Mona Lisa, visiting an art gallery in London to life, as Clyde, Rani and Luke are at the art gallery on a school trip As the Mona Lisa runs rampant with a Sontaran blaster, taken from another painting, Sarah Jane comes to the rescue, but ends up trapped in a painting. It's all down to Clyde, Rani and Luke to save the day as the Mona Lisa searches for her brother, The Abomination, hidden in another piece of art.

Cast

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
• Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
• Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
• Voice of K-9 - John Leeson
• Haresh Chandra - Ace Bhatti
• Mona Lisa - Suranne Jones
• Lionel Harding - Jeff Rawle
• Phyllis Trupp - Liza Sadovy
• Highwayman - Paul Kasey
• Himself - Lizo Mzimba

Crew

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References

• The Bane were mentioned
• The Cup of Athelstan was mentioned.
• Clyde's painting featured a Sontaran weapon

Story Notes

• Jeff Rawle previously appeared in DW: Frontios, this is the third time a guest star of the classic series of Doctor Who has appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures

Ratings

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Myths

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Filming Locations

• The Mona Lisa chamber at the art gallery is a redress of the Platform One meeting room set from DW: End of the World

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

• The International Gallery is located in London, but outside you can see the bay mark for Buses is in Welsh "Bysiau" on the road. 
• Mr Smith did not appear in part 2 at all yet he was still credited.
• In the vault after, everything has been reversed, Rani says "And that's the last of her" as she says "I hope", a microphone can be seen at the top of the shot.
• Sarah-Jane is surprised when she hears about the trip to the gallery on the news, but unless there's forgery or law breaking going on this doesn't make sense. Since Luke and the others are minors, the school would have had to send out permission slips to go on a trip, (even if it is in the same town, because they're being transported by another adult) so unless Luke faked Sarah-Jane's signature, or the school is breaking the law, she would have known about the trip or Luke couldn't have gone without permission from his parent/guardian.

Continuity

• A smiliar story, involving Edward Munch's The Scream appeared in BFA: Dust Breeding
• The Mona Lisa paintings appeared in DW: City of Death, however that story indicates that the picture currently hanging in the Louvre is one of the six copies of the original made by Leonardo at the request of Captain Tancredi (on canvasses on which the Doctor wrote 'This is a fake' in indelible black felt tip).  This copy replaced the original during City.  Revenge sheds some clarity in that the alien materiel used in the pigment of this copy was not used in the other five, implying that this version was the last of the group, however when Mona Lisa says she recalls people staring at her for 500 years, this cannot be right, because until the Doctor intervened, all six fakes were in cupboards in a Paris cellar.  Maybe she was in some way able to see through the eyes of the original.
• The Cup of Athelstan and the International Gallery appeared in DW: Planet of the Dead.
• A smiliar story, featuring paintings and drawings coming to life appeared in DW: Fear Her.

Timeline

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External Links

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