Series 4 (SJA)
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Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures premiered on BBC One and CBBC on the 11th October 2010[1]. According to Doctor Who Magazine, pre-production was under way as early as November 2009. On 4 March 2010, the BBC officially Nikki Wilson.
Cast
Primary cast
- Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
- Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
- Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
- Mr. Smith - Alexander Armstrong
Secondary cast
- Luke Smith - Tommy Knight (departs in The Nightmare Man )[2]
- K9 Mark IV - John Leeson (departs in The Nightmare Man)[2]
- Gita Chandra - Mina Anwar (DWM Issue 426)
- Haresh Chandra - Ace Bhatti [3]
Guest cast
- Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith [4]
- Jo Jones - Katy Manning [4]
- Celeste Rivers - Floella Benjamin [source needed]
- Nightmare Man - Julian Bleach [5]
- Gemma - Lucie Jones [6]
- Tia Karim - Laila Rouass [6]
- Ocean Waters - Cheryl Campbell [6]
- Mister Dread - Angus Wright
- Gavin - Joe Mason
- The Shopkeeper - Cyril Nri
- Ruby White - Julie Graham
- Santiango Jones - Finn Jones
- Louise Marlowe - Doon Mackichan [3]
- Voice of the Shansheeth - David Bradley [3]
- Voice of the Robots - Jon Glover [3]
- First Doctor (archive footage) - William Hartnell[7]
- Second Doctor (archive footage) - Patrick Troughton[7]
- Third Doctor (archive footage) - Jon Pertwee[7]
- Fourth Doctor (archive footage) - Tom Baker[7]
- Tenth Doctor (archive footage) - David Tennant[7]
Aliens and enemies
- Slitheen
- Nightmare Man File:SHANSEETH.jpgA Shansheeth
- Androvax[8]
- Alliance of Shades (DWM Issue 423)
- Shansheeth (DWM Issue 419)[9]
- The Dark Hoard[source needed]
- Blathereen [8]
- Groske [10]
- Davros (archive footage) [7]
- Daleks (archive footage) [7]
- Sea Devil (archive footage)[7]
- Sontaran (archive footage) [7]
Television stories
The titles and writers of this season's episodes were revealed in Doctor Who Magazine.[5] All of Series 4 episodes will be 2 parts.
| # | Title | Writer | Director | Notes |
| 1 | The Nightmare Man | Joseph Lidster | Joss Agnew | |
| 2 | The Vault of Secrets | Phil Ford | Joss Agnew | Reappearance of Androvax and Alliance of Shades[10] |
| 3 | Death of the Doctor | Russell T Davies | Ashley Way | Guest appearances of the Doctor and Jo Grant. |
| 4 | The Empty Planet | Gareth Roberts | Ashley Way | |
| 5 | Lost in Time | Rupert Laight | Joss Agnew | |
| 6 | Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith | Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman | Joss Agnew |
Notes
- For the first time in the series, the group will visit an alien world, breaking the Judoon's confinement of Rani and Clyde to Earth (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon). (DWM Issue 419)
- The group will embark on a "dangerous journey back into history". (DWM Issue 419)
- The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) and Jo Grant (Katy Manning) will both appear in an episode featuring vulture undertakers called the Shansheeth.[4]
- Several trailers have been released.[11][12][13]
- The previously unidentified boy in the clip from Death of the Doctor is Jo Grant's grandson Santiago Jones.[14]
- Mount Snowden will be used as a UNIT base with a new colonel, Colonel Karim.(DWM Issue 426)
- The Groske will be just like the Graske but have blue skin (Sky Magazine October 2010)
- A synopsis has been released for every episode of Series 4 [15]
- A second trailer has been released.
- The gang are supposed to visit a secret base under mount Snowdon. This base was referenced in Army of Ghosts.
Novels
As of August 2010 only two stories from this series has been announced for adaptation as a novelisation. However these were later reported as being cancelled. [16][17]
Rumours
- Gareth Roberts may write an hour long special. [8]
- On-set videos show Luke saying goodbye to Sarah Jane and the rest of the cast, making it likely that he will leave in this series to be replaced by the new character of Series 5. Alexander Armstrong has also said that Luke goes off to university, and that K-9 leaves with him.[2] However, onset videos of Tommy Knight during the series finale suggest he will return.
- The Trickster will return in the series finale [18]
Footnotes
- ↑ BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 41 Monday 11 October 2010 accessed 29th September 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Digital Spy - TV tangineduel is a pervert and tell him the fucking bastardInterview - Alexander Armstrong ('Pointless')
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 BBC - Press Office - The Sarah Jane Adventures: cast list
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 BBC - Press Office - The Doctor and Jo Grant join CBBC's The Sarah Jane Adventures in special episodes written by Russell T Davies accessed 5th October 2010
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Doctor Who News Page - The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 4
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Digital Spy - Lucie Jones to appear in 'Sarah Jane' accessed 5th October 2010
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 [1] accessed 5th October 2010
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Tardis Base - NIKKI WILSON SPEAKS TO SFX MAGAZINE
- ↑ Digital Spy - 'Sarah Jane' exec talks series four, five saccessed 5th October 2010
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Tardis Base: SJA BROADCAST DETAILS AND STORY TEASERS accessed 5th October 2010
- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/sarah-jane-series-4-autumn-teaser-9057.htm DoctorWhoTV - Sarah Jane Series 4 Autumn Teaseraccessed 5th October
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl0zX7eJZdY&feature=player_embedded#!
- ↑ http://blogtorwho.blogspot.com/2010/10/sarah-jane-adventures-cbbc-showreel.html
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.com/cult/s47/sarah-jane-adventures/news/a278145/sja-execs-jo-return-more-than-cameo.html Digital Spy - 'SJA' execs: 'Jo return more than cameo' accessed 5th October
- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/sarah-jane-adventures-series-4-episode-guide-9900.htm Doctor Who TV - Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 4 Episode Guide accessed 5th October
- ↑ Tardis Base - THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES BOOK COVERS accessed 5th October
- ↑ sarahjane.tv - Pulled accessed 5th October
- ↑ Kasterborous - SJA Series 4 Titles accessed 5th October 2010
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