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|season number = [[Series 1 (SJA)|1]] | |season number = [[Series 1 (SJA)|1]] | ||
|story number = 6 | |story number = 6 | ||
|main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah | |main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] | ||
|featuring = [[Alan Jackson|Alan]], [[K9 Mark IV|K9]], [[Chrissie Jackson|Chrissie]] | |featuring = [[Alan Jackson|Alan]], [[K9 Mark IV|K9]], [[Chrissie Jackson|Chrissie]] | ||
|enemy = [[Mr Smith]], [[Slitheen]] | |enemy = [[Mr Smith]], [[Slitheen]] | ||
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'''''The Lost Boy''''' was the sixth and final story of [[series 1 (SJA)|series 1]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was comprised of episodes 9 & 10 of the regular series and saw the reappearance of the [[Slitheen family]]. Additionally, [[K9 Mark IV]] returned briefly in the second episode. | '''''The Lost Boy''''' was the sixth and final story of [[series 1 (SJA)|series 1]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was comprised of episodes 9 & 10 of the regular series and saw the reappearance of the [[Slitheen family]]. Additionally, [[K9 Mark IV]] returned briefly in the second episode. | ||
During this adventure, [[Mr Smith]], Sarah | During this adventure, [[Mr Smith]], Sarah's thus far loyal supercomputer, had his alien origin unveiled, along with the unsettling discovery of his true colours. Up to this point he was operating under a friendly pretext, but the facade dropped to reveal a malicious alien underneath the indiscernible guise. Sarah had him subjected to a computer virus to erase the part of his memory that drove him to hostility. After this, his disposition became genuinely benevolent. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
A missing [[child]] turns out to be, both visually and genetically, [[Luke Smith|Luke]]. [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah | A missing [[child]] turns out to be, both visually and genetically, [[Luke Smith|Luke]]. [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] is forced to hand him over to the "parents". Heartbroken, Sarah Jane rejects Maria and Clyde, and with Maria's dad threatening to sell the house to keep his daughter out of danger, it seems the gang's adventures have come to an end, whilst Luke discovers his new "parents" are not all they seem — an [[Slitheen|old enemy]] has returned, and this time, they are in league with [[Mr Smith|a member]] of Sarah Jane's faithful team in a plot to bring the [[moon]] crashing to Earth... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part 1 === | === Part 1 === | ||
Having discovered what Sarah | Having discovered what Sarah, Maria, Clyde and Luke do together, [[Alan Jackson]] threatens to move house again, only to have a change of heart when he sees how upset Maria is. His condition for not moving away, however, is that he is kept up to date on their battles against aliens. | ||
A [[BBC News 24|BBC news report]] on a family searching for their son, [[Ashley Stafford|Ashley]], missing for five months and last seen boarding the [[Bubble Shock]] bus, brings a shock. Ashley looks exactly like Luke. [[Mr Smith]] compares their DNA, and confirms that Luke and Ashley are genetic matches. Apparently, Luke was not "grown" by the Bane, but was in fact a kidnapped boy whose memory was wiped. His lack of a navel is explained as the result of its removal by the Bane, who are eggborn and find navels offensive. | A [[BBC News 24|BBC news report]] on a family searching for their son, [[Ashley Stafford|Ashley]], missing for five months and last seen boarding the [[Bubble Shock]] bus, brings a shock. Ashley looks exactly like Luke. [[Mr Smith]] compares their DNA, and confirms that Luke and Ashley are genetic matches. Apparently, Luke was not "grown" by the Bane, but was in fact a kidnapped boy whose memory was wiped. His lack of a navel is explained as the result of its removal by the Bane, who are eggborn and find navels offensive. | ||
[[Chrissie Jackson]] calls the [[police]] and reports Sarah | [[Chrissie Jackson]] calls the [[police]] and reports Sarah as a child abductor. As Clyde arrives wanting answers, Sarah is arrested and the police put Luke into the charge of Ashley's parents, [[Jay Stafford|Jay]] and [[Heidi Stafford|Heidi]]. Sarah is detained by the police until [[UNIT]] intervene and have her released. Depressed, Sarah decides she was wrong to involve children and tells Maria to stay away from her, suggesting that she and her father move away. Mr Smith suggests she take on a case to take her mind off things. She visits the [[Pharos Institute]], a research centre where alien technology is being used to conduct experiments into telekinesis. Here she meets the annoying child prodigy [[Nathan Goss]]. That night, Luke's new parents watch television and switch to a channel that glows green. They announce to the [[Xylok]] that they have the boy in their possession. | ||
Luke's new parents are very unpleasant. They keep Luke locked up in his room at all times. [[Clyde Langer]] cuts school to visit Luke, but Heidi does not let them see each other. She claims that her son is a keen [[skateboard]]er, which worries Clyde; he knows Luke has a poor sense of balance and is a dreadful skateboarder. He decides to bring a photo of Jay and Heidi to Mr Smith. | Luke's new parents are very unpleasant. They keep Luke locked up in his room at all times. [[Clyde Langer]] cuts school to visit Luke, but Heidi does not let them see each other. She claims that her son is a keen [[skateboard]]er, which worries Clyde; he knows Luke has a poor sense of balance and is a dreadful skateboarder. He decides to bring a photo of Jay and Heidi to Mr Smith. | ||
Luke becomes frantic upon seeing Clyde leave the house. He tries desperately to escape. Mr Smith, meanwhile, sends Sarah | Luke becomes frantic upon seeing Clyde leave the house. He tries desperately to escape. Mr Smith, meanwhile, sends Sarah back to the lab to steal one of their headsets, which he needs to work out Nathan's plans. | ||
Back at Luke's new home, his "parents" are meeting with Nathan, just as Luke is breaking out of his room. He fails to escape, but finds his parents are actually [[Slitheen]]. Luke asks how they are not fat, as Slitheen wearing [[skin suit]]s are known to be, and they explain they are using improved [[compression field]] technology. Nathan Goss is [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]], a child Slitheen Luke met before, now in a new disguise and looking for revenge. | Back at Luke's new home, his "parents" are meeting with Nathan, just as Luke is breaking out of his room. He fails to escape, but finds his parents are actually [[Slitheen]]. Luke asks how they are not fat, as Slitheen wearing [[skin suit]]s are known to be, and they explain they are using improved [[compression field]] technology. Nathan Goss is [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]], a child Slitheen Luke met before, now in a new disguise and looking for revenge. | ||
Clyde gets to the house only seconds after Sarah | Clyde gets to the house only seconds after Sarah has left. He takes the photo to Mr Smith, asking if the photo can be checked to see if it is a fake. Mr. Smith tells Clyde it is a fake, and he knows... because Mr. Smith faked it. Clyde is confused, as Mr Smith ''is'' the Xylok who has been behind everything. Noting that Clyde is not a part of his plan, he fires a bolt of energy at the boy, causing him to digitise and vanish from the real world, and laughs fiendishly. | ||
=== Part 2 === | === Part 2 === | ||
Clyde wakes to find himself inside Mr Smith. Sarah Jane Smith returns from the Pharos Institute, having stolen a telekinetic headset. Elsewhere, Maria and Alan go to Ashley's house, where they find a skinsuit. Maria realises the Slitheen have Luke. Alan gets a message on his computer from Clyde, who states Mr Smith has turned evil. The Jacksons and Sarah Jane confront Mr Smith and are nearly killed as it fires a bolt of energy from a built-in gun. | Clyde wakes to find himself inside Mr Smith. Sarah Jane Smith returns from the Pharos Institute, having stolen a telekinetic headset. Elsewhere, Maria and Alan go to Ashley's house, where they find a skinsuit. Maria realises the Slitheen have Luke. Alan gets a message on his computer from Clyde, who states Mr Smith has turned evil. The Jacksons and Sarah Jane confront Mr Smith and are nearly killed as it fires a bolt of energy from a built-in gun. | ||
[[File:K9DefendsSJS.jpg|thumb|left|[[K9 Mark IV|K9]] takes a break from black holes long enough to protect Sarah | [[File:K9DefendsSJS.jpg|thumb|left|[[K9 Mark IV|K9]] takes a break from black holes long enough to protect Sarah from Mr. Smith.]] | ||
The Slitheen take Luke to the Pharos Institute, where they test his abilities. Luke overcomes the Slitheen and escapes as Maria, Alan and Sarah | The Slitheen take Luke to the Pharos Institute, where they test his abilities. Luke overcomes the Slitheen and escapes as Maria, Alan and Sarah arrive. Working together, Sarah's gang and the Slitheen discover Mr Smith's intentions. Alan adapts a computer virus to destroy Mr Smith. Using the Slitheen teleporter, Sarah arrives in her attic, where Mr Smith is using Luke to awaken other [[Xylok]] from the Earth's core. He plans to crash [[the Moon]] into the planet, cracking it open like an egg and freeing the other Xylok. Clyde returns when Mr Smith states he is merciful, but Mr Smith then threatens the humans with its gun. Sarah unlocks a safe and calls on [[K9 Mark IV|K9]]. The robots battle and Sarah inputs the virus, which makes Mr Smith forget its purpose. As the Moon grows closer to the Earth, Sarah tells Mr Smith it has a new purpose: to safeguard planet Earth. | ||
The Moon returns to its original position, K9 goes back to the safe to guard the black hole and the Slitheen return to [[Raxacoricofallapatorius]]. As Sarah | The Moon returns to its original position, K9 goes back to the safe to guard the black hole and the Slitheen return to [[Raxacoricofallapatorius]]. As Sarah, Maria, Luke, Clyde, Alan and Chrissie watch the ship leave, Sarah reflects that she never thought she could be part of a family. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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=== Organisations === | === Organisations === | ||
* When the inspector questions Sarah | * When the inspector questions Sarah, a page of her confidential [[UNIT]] file is visible on screen. | ||
* Alan mentions the [[FBI]]. | * Alan mentions the [[FBI]]. | ||
=== Objects === | === Objects === | ||
* A telekinesis experiment conducted by the Pharos Institute involves levitating a [[basketball]]. | * A telekinesis experiment conducted by the Pharos Institute involves levitating a [[basketball]]. | ||
* Sarah | * Sarah uses the [[Slitheen transporter pendant]] | ||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
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=== Other === | === Other === | ||
* [[Telekinesis|Telekinetic control]] is valuable in some parts of the galaxy. | * [[Telekinesis|Telekinetic control]] is valuable in some parts of the galaxy. | ||
* Sarah | * Sarah and her friends are watching the [[Kalazian Lights]]. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This episode ends with Sarah | * This episode ends with Sarah narrating. This closes the first series, just as a narration by her opened the series in ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''. This would carry on throughout the remaining four series. | ||
* Both episodes were aired on the CBBC channel, and were broadcast a week later on BBC 1. | * Both episodes were aired on the CBBC channel, and were broadcast a week later on BBC 1. | ||
* When the inspector questions Sarah | * When the inspector questions Sarah, a page of her confidential [[UNIT]] file is visible on screen. The text is taken from the BBC's UNIT website and includes the in-joke that UNIT's activities span "the sixties, the seventies and some would say the eighties." This is the first on-screen reference in SJA (and indeed the entire ''Doctor Who'' TV franchise) to the [[UNIT dating controversy]]. It was followed by a similar in-joke spoken by the [[Tenth Doctor]], as he reminisced about working for UNIT in the '70s, "or was it the 80s?" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | ||
* This episode marks the last major appearance of the [[Slitheen]]. | * This episode marks the last major appearance of the [[Slitheen]]. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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* At one point, it says "21" on Sarah Jane's door, which is the real-life number of the house that is used for Sarah Jane's house. | * At one point, it says "21" on Sarah Jane's door, which is the real-life number of the house that is used for Sarah Jane's house. | ||
* At another point, when the moon is crashing down onto Earth, the moon can clearly be seen over lapping the building outside the window. | * At another point, when the moon is crashing down onto Earth, the moon can clearly be seen over lapping the building outside the window. | ||
* At '25:58' on "Part 1", Clyde as he opens Sarah | * At '25:58' on "Part 1", Clyde as he opens Sarah's door, looks behind him and looks to the camera until he closes the door. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
