Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story): Difference between revisions

Luke rushes home to tell [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] about the competition. She interrupts him over the state of his bedroom. Luke snaps and accuses her of wanting him to be perfect, the way the [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|Bane]] had created him. The next day, after arriving at the gallery, Luke confides his troubles to Clyde and Rani before being led away by Phyllis. After they notice a [[Chinese Puzzle Box]], Lionel arrives to show Clyde his winning painting. Meanwhile, Phyllis reveals her feelings whilst looking at the ''Mona Lisa'', who reaches out to grab her.

Clyde's painting, showing three women holding [[Sontaran]] blaster guns, is shown to the class, who applaud his work. Despite feeling slightly embarrassed, Clyde says that he takes comfort in drawing and asks Luke not to tell Sarah that he drew [[K9]]. Lionel takes the class to see the ''Mona Lisa'', but is shocked to find Phyllis in the portrait and calls security. [[Haresh Chandra|Mr Chandra]] ushers the class out of the gallery, but Luke, Clyde and Rani sneak away to investigate.

Meanwhile, [[Mr Smith]] informs Sarah of the incident at the gallery to distract her from worrying about Luke. She decides to investigate despite a lack of alien activity. After revisiting Clyde's painting, Rani notices one of the Sontaran guns is missing. Moments after Lionel arrives, the ''Mona Lisa'' appears and holds the missing gun on them. She opens fire on the group before cooperating with Lionel.

As they try to escape, Luke notices Sarah's car outside. Meanwhile, Sarah enters the chamber where Phyllis is held, where she is discovered when Lionel and the ''Mona Lisa'' arrive. The ''Mona Lisa'' tells Sarah not to interfere, referencing Luke's earlier conversations, and imprisons her in a painting. Luke, Clyde and Rani arrive too late to save her after they hear her screaming.

Luke, Rani and Clyde beg the ''Mona Lisa'' to release Sarah from the painting. When she refuses, Luke pushes her over and escapes with Sarah's painting. Rather than chase after them, the ''Mona Lisa'' brings ''[[the Dark Rider]]'' from his painting to eliminate them. The three youngsters avoid his shots, while Lionel and the ''Mona Lisa'' proceed through the gallery to locate her "brother", ''The Abomination'', whose groans and grunts echo through the building. ''Mona Lisa'' pauses on her quest when she catches sight of a window. She asks to step outside. Lionel opens the window for her, but she panics when her outstretched arm returns to its painted self. The two enter an unfinished room in the gallery, where Clyde walks in on them. He tries to hide, but is captured by the Dark Rider after overhearing their plans to release ''The Abomination''.

Luke and Rani try to figure out why the ''Mona Lisa'' is alive. Clyde is forced to accompany ''Mona Lisa'' and Lionel as they try to find the hidden painting in the [[basement]]. Luke and Rani realise the paint used to create both paintings came from a sentient rock that fell to [[Earth]]. Meanwhile, the ''Mona Lisa'', Lionel, Clyde and the Dark Rider discover the caged ''Abomination'' painting in a locked cabinet. However, the puzzle lock is missing. Luke realises the Chinese Puzzle Box is needed to release ''The Abomination''. He is confronted by the ''Mona Lisa'' and Lionel. The ''Mona Lisa'' tells them she has Clyde in her possession. Upon receiving the box from Luke, Lionel smashes the box. Before she can shoot Lionel, Luke tells her of another way to release ''The Abomination''.

''Mona Lisa'' takes Luke and Rani to Clyde, whom Luke tells to draw a new Chinese Puzzle Box. Despite his and Rani's concerns, Clyde draws a new one. The ''Mona Lisa'' animates the box and uses it to open the cabinet holding ''The Abomination''. As the door opens and the energy is released, Luke opens the sketchpad to the [[K9 Mark IV drawing|drawing of K9]], allowing it to animate. The drawn K9 zaps ''The Abomination'', which prevents it from escaping, sending the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Dark Rider'' back into their paintings forever. Clyde is left puzzled when he looks round for K9 and discovers he has vanished. Everyone who was imprisoned in the paintings is now released, and Luke and Sarah are reunited, as well as Lionel and Phyllis. Despite his apologies and eagerness to start a relationship, Phyllis angrily leaves Lionel in the chamber while Sarah and the group reflect on the day's events. Sarah almost feels sorry that ''Mona Lisa'' is a [[consciousness]] trapped in a painting, though being trapped in a painting has soured her opinion of the woman. She praises Luke for being her clever, resourceful, and dependable son, who notes he is also messy and promises to clean his room when they get home. In the meantime, Sarah thinks she needs to have a chat with Clyde about featuring Sontaran blasters in his artwork. He looks at her discouragingly until she puts her arm around him, letting him know she's just teasing, and the group smiles.