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It contained the only 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'', apart from a minor appearance in [[The Man Who Never Was (TV story)|The Man Who Never Was]] during the ending ‘flashback’ scene. | It contained the only 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'', apart from a minor appearance in [[The Man Who Never Was (TV story)|The Man Who Never Was]] during the ending ‘flashback’ scene. | ||
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. | 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 [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|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]]''. | ||
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The Doctor takes them in the TARDIS and materialises in Sarah's attic. [[Mr Smith]] detects the time fluctuations of the incoming TARDIS and activates to state that it has landed. Clyde and Rani exit the TARDIS. Santiago is shocked that they have a sentient computer, which trumps anything he's seen. In the TARDIS, Sarah and Jo examine the new interior. Jo feels the TARDIS is the same no matter how it looks. Jo says she could stay and travel with the Doctor forever, but notes he could get in trouble with the Time Lords. Sarah and the Doctor remain quiet, but the Doctor tells her that it's about time he got going. Sarah and Jo tell the Doctor that if he ever did die, they believe they'd feel something. The Doctor agrees and whispers that the entire universe might shiver if he died. He then shouts to make his old friends jump and they exit the TARDIS. They all watch as it dematerialises. | The Doctor takes them in the TARDIS and materialises in Sarah's attic. [[Mr Smith]] detects the time fluctuations of the incoming TARDIS and activates to state that it has landed. Clyde and Rani exit the TARDIS. Santiago is shocked that they have a sentient computer, which trumps anything he's seen. In the TARDIS, Sarah and Jo examine the new interior. Jo feels the TARDIS is the same no matter how it looks. Jo says she could stay and travel with the Doctor forever, but notes he could get in trouble with the Time Lords. Sarah and the Doctor remain quiet, but the Doctor tells her that it's about time he got going. Sarah and Jo tell the Doctor that if he ever did die, they believe they'd feel something. The Doctor agrees and whispers that the entire universe might shiver if he died. He then shouts to make his old friends jump and they exit the TARDIS. They all watch as it dematerialises. | ||
Jo and Santiago leave for Norway and the trio are left behind. Sarah says that she googled TARDIS and learned of others whom she believes to have been companions of the Doctor. She tells them of [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], fighting for aboriginal rights in Australia; [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]], Cambridge professors who are rumoured not to have aged since the 1960s; [[Harry Sullivan]], her old friend from UNIT, who worked on finding remedies for diseases; [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]], running an orphanage; and a [[Ace|Dorothy]]-something who has raised millions of pounds (money) through her company "[[A Charitable Earth | Jo and Santiago leave for Norway and the trio are left behind. Sarah says that she googled TARDIS and learned of others whom she believes to have been companions of the Doctor. She tells them of [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], fighting for aboriginal rights in Australia; [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]], Cambridge professors who are rumoured not to have aged since the 1960s; [[Harry Sullivan]], her old friend from UNIT, who worked on finding remedies for diseases; [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]], running an orphanage; and a [[Ace|Dorothy]]-something who has raised millions of pounds (money) through her company "[[A Charitable Earth]]". | ||
As they watch Jo and Santiago leave, Sarah says, "With friends like us, he's not really going to die, is he?" | As they watch Jo and Santiago leave, Sarah says, "With friends like us, he's not really going to die, is he?" | ||
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** [[Liz Shaw]] is stranded on a [[UNIT Moonbase]] and cannot get back until Sunday. The fact she's alive and well contradicts the events of the novel ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'', set in the early 2000s, in which she died, though in that novel she was also working on the Moon for UNIT. The reference means all three of the Third Doctor's female companions are recognised in this story. | ** [[Liz Shaw]] is stranded on a [[UNIT Moonbase]] and cannot get back until Sunday. The fact she's alive and well contradicts the events of the novel ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'', set in the early 2000s, in which she died, though in that novel she was also working on the Moon for UNIT. The reference means all three of the Third Doctor's female companions are recognised in this story. | ||
** [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] is stranded in [[Peru]], on an ongoing mission. He is also said to be in South America in ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' and ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]''. | ** [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] is stranded in [[Peru]], on an ongoing mission. He is also said to be in South America in ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' and ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]''. | ||
** Sarah arrived at | ** Sarah arrived at UNIT "just after" Jo left. | ||
** Jo has seven children and twelve grandchildren, with a thirteenth on the way. The Doctor says that the thirteenth will be [[dyslexic]], but a great swimmer. | ** Jo has seven children and twelve grandchildren, with a thirteenth on the way. The Doctor says that the thirteenth will be [[dyslexia|dyslexic]], but a great swimmer. | ||
** As far as she is aware, Jo hasn't seen the Doctor since the events of ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', though she did try to call him through | ** As far as she is aware, Jo hasn't seen the Doctor since the events of ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', though she did try to call him through UNIT but was told he had left (''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'' has Jo corresponding with the Doctor and UNIT via mail, however). | ||
** [[Tegan Jovanka]] is fighting for Aboriginal rights. Sarah actually met Tegan in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', but ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'' implied that she does not appear to remember this adventure. This is supported by her apparent "discovery" of Tegan via Google here — Sarah does, however, remember speaking to K9 and going to the bus-stop, as those images appear when she is remembering. This reference indicates that Tegan is still alive in 2010, despite having a life-threatening health condition in 2006 ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]''). | ** [[Tegan Jovanka]] is fighting for Aboriginal rights. Sarah actually met Tegan in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', but ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'' implied that she does not appear to remember this adventure. This is supported by her apparent "discovery" of Tegan via Google here — Sarah does, however, remember speaking to K9 and going to the bus-stop, as those images appear when she is remembering. This reference indicates that Tegan is still alive in 2010, despite having a life-threatening health condition in 2006 ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]''). | ||
** [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] are running an orphanage in India. | ** [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] are running an orphanage in India. | ||
