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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, K9 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
- Luke Smith - Tommy Knight (exc. The Eternity Trap)
- Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
- Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
- Mr. Smith - Alexander Armstrong (voice)
Secondary cast
- K9 - 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 | First appearance of Androvax |
| 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 Tenth 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 | Reintroduction and guest appearance of the Slitheen |
Aliens and enemies
Audiobooks
Novels
The Only story of this series to be novelised was The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.
Home video releases
The Complete Third Series boxset was released on BBC DVD on 1 November 2010.
Region 2 cover
Footnotes
| Previous series: SJA Series 2 |
Next series: SJA Series 4 |