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

The Only story of this series to recieve novelisation was The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.

Home video releases

The Complete Third Series boxset was released on BBC DVD on the 18th October 2010.

Series 3 region 2 cover.

Footnotes

Previous series: SJA Series 2

Next series: SJA Series 4