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|enemy = [[Claw Shansheeth]], [[Tia Karim]] | |enemy = [[Claw Shansheeth]], [[Tia Karim]] | ||
|setting = {{il|[[Ealing]], [[2010]]|[[UNIT Base 5]], [[2010]]| | |setting = {{il|[[Ealing]], [[2010]]|[[UNIT Base 5]], [[2010]]|[[Crimson Heart]], [[2010]]}} | ||
|writer = [[Russell T Davies]] | |writer = [[Russell T Davies]] | ||
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'''''Death of the Doctor''''' was the third serial of [[Series 4 (SJA)|series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Russell T Davies|Russell T. Davies]] | '''''Death of the Doctor''''' was the third serial of [[Series 4 (SJA)|series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It was written by [[Russell T Davies|Russell T. Davies]] and directed by [[Ashley Way]]. It featured [[Elisabeth Sladen]] as [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Daniel Anthony]] as [[Clyde Langer]], [[Anjli Mohindra]] as [[Rani Chandra]], [[Alexander Armstrong]] as [[Mr Smith]], [[Katy Manning]] as [[Jo Jones]], [[Finn Jones]] as [[Santiago Jones]] and [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. | ||
It contained the first televised meeting between classic-era companions Sarah Jane and [[Jo Grant]], and the first televised appearance of Jo since ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''. It also contained the only appearance of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] on ''SJA'', since he was never included in any flashbacks during the remaining [[serial]]s the programme had yet to broadcast. | It contained the first televised meeting between classic-era companions Sarah Jane and [[Jo Grant]], and the first televised appearance of Jo since ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''. It also contained the only appearance of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] on ''SJA'', since he was never included in any flashbacks during the remaining [[serial]]s the programme had yet to broadcast. | ||
It was also narratively important for the changes it made to other stories. It added to ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' by stating that the [[Tenth Doctor]] had visited ''all'' his former [[companion]]s, not just the original-to-[[BBC Wales]] companions seen in that story. | It was also narratively important for the changes it made to other stories. It added to ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' by stating that the [[Tenth Doctor]] had visited ''all'' his former [[companion]]s, not just the original-to-[[BBC Wales]] companions seen in that story. It established something not strongly asserted in [[season 11|Sarah's first season]]: the [[Third Doctor]] and members of [[UNIT]] had vividly described Jo, such that Sarah was able to recognise her in ''this'' story without ever having met her before. | ||
Behind the scenes, it was the only time that [[Russell T Davies]] wrote for the Eleventh Doctor for television, having completely turned over his production responsibilities to the programme the instant that [[David Tennant]]'s side of the [[regeneration]] sequence was completed on ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | Behind the scenes, it was the only time that [[Russell T Davies]] wrote for the Eleventh Doctor for television, having completely turned over his production responsibilities to the programme the instant that [[David Tennant]]'s side of the [[regeneration]] sequence was completed on ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | ||
