Comeback (audio story)

Comeback
Main character(s):	Sarah Jane Smith
Featuring:	Josh, Natalie
Main enemy:	Harris, the Squire
Main setting:	Cloots Coombe, 2002
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish
Writer:	Terrance Dicks
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	David Darlington
Release details
Release number:	1
Release date:	31 July 2002
Format:	1xCD
Production code:	SJ01
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903654-92-0
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Comeback was the first release in the Sarah Jane Smith audio series from Big Finish Productions.

Publisher's summary

VILLAGERS MISSING IN POSSIBLE MOD COVER-UP

Six months after the last part of her undercover investigative TV series for Planet 3 Broadcasting went out, Sarah Jane Smith is running scared. Living under a false name, her true identity compromised, she has few friends and fewer clues as to her pursuers. Enter three people who will change her life – the mysterious Mr Harris, old friend Ellie Martin and a guardian angel in the shape of the roguish Josh. Now, all roads lead to the village of Cloots Coombe in Wiltshire. But will she find answers she needs there?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
• Harris - Robin Bowerman
• Mr Venables - Alistair Lock
• Josh Townsend - Jeremy James
• Bank Robber - Matthew Brenher
• Bank Robber - David John
• Mr Hedges - Nicholas Briggs
• Natalie Redfern - Sadie Miller
• The Squire - David Jackson
• Reverend Gosforth - Peter Sowerbutts
• Ellie Martin - Juliet Warner
• Maude Fletcher - Patricia Leventon

References

• Sarah drives a red Volkswagen Beetle called "Ethel," which is blown up.
• Sarah used to work for Planet 3.
• Sarah uses the aliases Marie Samuels and Lila Quest.
• Brendan Richards, the former ward of Lavinia Smith, is working in Silicon Valley in San Francisco and is consequently unable to attend Lavinia's funeral.

Notes

• Sadie Miller (Natalie Redfern) is the real life daughter of Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith).
• This audio drama was recorded on 7 March 2002.

Continuity

• Moreton Harwood appeared in TV: A Girl's Best Friend.
• K9 Mark III has completely broken down and is in a box in Sarah Jane's attic. K9 was still broken down when Sarah Jane encountered the Tenth Doctor in 2007, who repaired him, though he would soon give his life to defeat the Krillitanes. (TV: School Reunion)
• After Lavinia's funeral, Juno Baker holds a memorial service for her late friend at her house. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend)

External links

• Official Comeback page at bigfinish.com
• Comeback at the Doctor Who Reference Guide