Series 3 (SJA)

The Third Series of The Sarah Jane Adventures aired on CBBC and BBC One in autumn 2009. The series consisted of six stories of two episodes each.

In a change of broadcast format, two episodes aired each week, on Thursday and Friday, meaning the entire series aired over a six-week period, with a complete storyline told each week.

A slight change to the opening was made: Before the title sequence, Clyde would narrate the basic premise of the series over a montage of scenes.

Among notable appearances this series, K-9 Mark IV appeared in six of the twelve episodes and David Tennant appeared as the Tenth Doctor in the two-part story The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith which aired in late October.

Thanks in part to Tennant's appearance, the series scored higher-than-average ratings for children's programming, and also consistently scored high Appreciation Index ratings from viewers.

Cast

Primary cast

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
  

  A promotional wallpaper featuring the cast of Series 3
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
• Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
• Luke Smith - Tommy Knight (exc. The Eternity Trap)
• Mr. Smith - Alexander Armstrong (voice)

Secondary cast

• K-9 - John Leeson (voice)
• Haresh Chandra - Ace Bhatti
• Gita Chandra - Mina Anwar

Guest cast

• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Professor Celeste Rivers - Floella Benjamin
• Peter Dalton - Nigel Havers
• Harry - Brian Miller
• Rani Chandra (older version) - Souad Faress
• Eve - Eleanor Tomlinson
• Registrar - Zienia Merton
• Toby Silverman - Adam Gillen
• Erasmus Darkening - Donald Sumpter
• Mona Lisa - Suranne Jones
• Lionel Harding - Jeff Rawle
• Phyllis Trupp - Liza Sadovy
• Tree Blathereen - Miriam Margolyes
• Leef Blathereen - Simon Callow

Television stories

Episode Number	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Notes
1	Prisoner of the Judoon	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	Reintroduction of the Judoon.
2	The Mad Woman in the Attic	Joseph Lidster	Alice Troughton	First regular appearance of K9 Mark IV
3	The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith	Gareth Roberts	Joss Agnew	Reintroduction of The Trickster, guest appearance by the Doctor
4	The Eternity Trap	Phil Ford	Alice Troughton
5	Mona Lisa's Revenge	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew
6	The Gift	Rupert Laight	Alice Troughton	Guest appearance of the Slitheen

Aliens and enemies

• Judoon
• Captain Tybo
• Androvax
• Nanoforms
• Eve
• Adam
• Ship
• Travist Polong
• The Trickster
• Erasmus Darkening
• Mona Lisa
• Highwayman
• The Abomination
• Slitheen family
• Blathereen family

Audiobooks

• The Shadow People
• The White Wolf

Novels

As of November 2009 only one story from this series has been announced for adaptation as a novelisation.

• The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith

Home video releases

The Complete Third Series boxset is set to be released on BBC DVD on the 18th October 2010

Footnotes

Previous series: SJA Series 2

Next series: SJA Series 4