DWMSE 32
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DWMSE 32 was the third and final volume in a mini-series within Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition that investigated the production of The Sarah Jane Adventures. This issue dealt with series 5 and the plans that never came to fruition because of the untimely death of Elisabeth Sladen. It was released on 16 August 2012.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | edit source]
The ultimate guide to the exploits of the Doctor's most enduring companion in her own spin-off series – The Sarah Jane Adventures!
- Full production guides for the three Series Five SJA stories
- Details of the storylines for the unmade Series Five adventures
- Further plots and ideas for the stories that never were
- The full transcript of a 1993 interview with Elisabeth Sladen
Contents[[edit] | edit source]
Episode Guide[[edit] | edit source]
(Each episode is given a synopsis, production details, broadcast and ratings details, full cast and crew credits, fact file, Radio Times coverage, script snippets and connections)
Series Five[[edit] | edit source]
- 5.1 /5.2 Sky
- 5.3 / 5.4 The Curse of Clyde Langer
- 5.5 / 5.6 The Man Who Never Was
- Unmade stories
- 5.7 /5.8 Meet Mr Smith (full synopsis)
- 5.9 / 5.10 The Thirteenth Floor (partial synopsis of opening scenes only, with Russell T Davies indicating that the storyline is to be reused for an episode of Wizards vs. Aliens and so could not be revealed)[nb 1]
- 5.11 / 5.12 The Battle for Bannerman Road (general description only, as the episode had not yet reached the outline/storyline stage at the time of Sladen's death)
The Untold Stories[[edit] | edit source]
- Andrew Pixley and Russell T Davies examine untold SJA tales and what might have become of them. Major discussion includes unfulfilled plans for a 2010 Christmas special possibly guest-starring Tom Baker, a live 2011 Halloween episode, an animated episode featuring the return of Maria Jackson, and a Series 6 storyline featuring Sophie Aldred as Ace with a possible cameo by Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.
Elisabeth Sladen[[edit] | edit source]
- Her full interview with documentary director Kevin Jon Davies from 1993's 30 Years in the TARDIS
Credits[[edit] | edit source]
- Editor: Tom Spilsbury
- Assistant Editor: Peter Ware
- Editorial Assistant: Mark Wright and John Ainsworth
- Designer: Peri Godbold
- Written and researched by Andrew Pixley
- Consultant: Russell T Davies
- Production: Mark Irvine
- Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
- Managing Director: Mike Riddell
Additional details[[edit] | edit source]
- This was the thirty-second in a series of quarterly specials given over to a specific Who-related theme.
- The cover proclaimed this publication as “The official guide to The Sarah Jane Adventures” with outlines to the unmade stories and contributions from head writer Russell T Davies.
- Researcher Andrew Pixley respectfully dedicates this overview of the stories to the memory of Elisabeth Sladen in gratitude for four decades of her wonderful adventures in space and time.
- This standard sized, bound magazine was printed in August 2012 and had a cover price of £4.99. (UK) It was published in North America on 12 September 2012 with a cover price of $12.99 (US).
- This issue had the indicia title of Doctor Who Special Edition #32 – The Sarah Jane Companion: Volume Three.
Footnotes[[edit] | edit source]
- ↑ The two-part Wizards vs. Aliens episode eventually aired on CBBC in 2013.
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