Children of Steel (audio story)
Children of Steel was the ninth Sarah Jane Adventures audiobook release. It was written by Martin Day, produced for AudioGO and read by Daniel Anthony. It accompanied the CBBC broadcast of series 5, and was one of only two releases in the range read by someone other than Elisabeth Sladen, as the actress had died earlier that year.
Publisher's summary
A steam-powered robot causes chaos for Sarah Jane and friends, in this exclusive audio story read by Daniel Anthony.
Sarah Jane is thrilled when she successfully bids for a Victorian brass head in an antiques auction. On taking the metal model home, Mr Smith informs her that it contains a research probe from the future.
Sarah Jane speculates that the probe was used as the ‘brain’ that powered the ‘Difference Golem’; a mechanical servant built by eccentric inventor Sir Joseph Montague. She suggests destroying it, to prevent such advanced technology from falling into the wrong hands, but Rani persuades her that this would be wrong, as the golem could have been sentient. So she, Rani, Sky and Clyde travel to Holcote House, the former residence of Sir Joseph, in search of its body. But they are soon to discover that meddling with artificial intelligence can have dangerous consequences...
Plot
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Characters
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Sky Smith
- Rani Chandra
- Clyde Langer
- Oliver Guide
- Adam
- Adam's daughter
- Joseph Montague
- James Montague
References
- Karel Capek invented the word robot in 1920.
- Sarah Jane Smith mentioned the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the Grandfather paradox.
- During the Bloody Sunday demonstration on the Trafalgar Square three protesters were killed.
- James Montague showed the game ducks and drakes to Adam.
- Clyde Langer thought that Holcote House was the sort of place where one might have expected to find Hercule Poirot trying to solve a murder.
- Adam's daughter was a tall woman, dressed from heads to foots in a dark pink striped suit as immaculate as if she just went off the catwalk in Milan.
- Charles Babbage built the difference engine.
Notes
- This is the first audiobook of The Sarah Jane Adventures to be read by someone other than Elisabeth Sladen due to the actress' unexpected death.
Continuity
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