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|image = Eye of the Gorgon.jpg | |image = Eye of the Gorgon.jpg | ||
|series = [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures television stories|''SJA'' television stories]] | |series = [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures television stories|''SJA'' television stories]] | ||
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|season serial number = 2 | |season serial number = 2 | ||
|story number = 3 | |story number = 3 | ||
|scripturl = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/sja-series-1-episode-3-eye-of-the-gorgon-part-one-yellow-revisions-18052007.pdf | |||
|scripturl2 = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/sja-series-1-episode-4-eye-of-the-gorgon-part-two-draft-4-12022007.pdf | |||
|main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Mr Smith]] | |main character = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], [[Luke Smith|Luke]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Mr Smith]] | ||
|featuring = Alan Jackson | |featuring = Alan Jackson | ||
|featuring2 = Chrissie Jackson | |featuring2 = Chrissie Jackson | ||
|enemy = [[The Abbess (Eye of the Gorgon)|The Abbess]] | |enemy = [[The Abbess (Eye of the Gorgon)|The Abbess]] | ||
|setting = [[Lavender Lawns Rest Home]] and [[St Agnes Abbey]], [[2000s]] | |setting = [[Lavender Lawns Rest Home]] and [[St Agnes Abbey]], [[2000s]]{{note|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', outside of ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] being set shortly after [[9 October]] in an undisclosed year. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the second series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is explicitly described as being set a year after ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' from the first series, ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s fourth series is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]] (heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' as well), and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Phil Ford | ||
|director = [[Alice Troughton]] | |director = [[Alice Troughton]] | ||
|producer = [[Matthew Bouch]] | |producer = [[Matthew Bouch]] | ||
|novelisation = Eye of the Gorgon (novelisation) | |novelisation = Eye of the Gorgon (novelisation) | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 1 - 8 October 2007 | ||
|format = 2x30 minute episodes | |format = 2x30 minute episodes | ||
|prev = Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story) | |prev = Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story) | ||
|next = Warriors of Kudlak (TV story) | |next = Warriors of Kudlak (TV story) | ||
|network = | |network = CBBC | ||
|clip = The Gorgon Turns Maria's Dad to Stone The Eye of the Gorgon The Sarah Jane Adventures | |clip = The Gorgon Turns Maria's Dad to Stone The Eye of the Gorgon The Sarah Jane Adventures | ||
|clip2 = Trapped By Nuns (Serve The Gorgon!) The Eye of the Gorgon The Sarah Jane Adventures | |clip2 = Trapped By Nuns (Serve The Gorgon!) The Eye of the Gorgon The Sarah Jane Adventures | ||
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=== Part 2 === | === Part 2 === | ||
Having gotten what they came for, the nuns and Gorgon leave. Maria is distraught to see her father petrified and falls to tears, | Having gotten what they came for, the nuns and Gorgon leave. Maria is distraught to see her father petrified and falls to tears, blaming Sarah Jane for her own mistakes. Sarah Jane consoles Maria and gets her to accept that it was in her favour to learn about the truth, promising they can find a way to rescue Alan before he dies. Sarah Jane and Maria talk with Mr Smith to see if there is any chance to save Alan's life. Mr Smith tells Maria and Sarah Jane that Alan's body is undergoing a slow molecular conversion into stone, but the process will not be complete until 4:00 PM; the time is 2:30 PM, giving them ninety minutes to undo the petrification. They conjecture that the talisman may be able to reverse Alan's molecules back to flesh if they can reclaim it from the nuns. Sarah Jane returns to the abbey to take it back. On the way there, she drops off Maria at Lavender Lawns so that she may get Bea to break through her Alzheimer's and divulge answers about the talisman's alien properties. | ||
Back at the abbey, Luke and Clyde ponder their escape. At first, Luke throws out a few facts about the history surrounding the abbey, making Clyde think he's getting off track with useless facts, until it becomes clear Luke's thoughts are leading him to an answer: he remembers that the abbey they are trapped inside was built during a time of refuge. It could have secret passages hidden away. He finds a bust of a Gorgon's head and twists it to the side, unlocking a hidden chamber. The boys escape via a secret passage. As Luke and Clyde sneak out of the abbey, they see the Gorgon stumble. Continuing their escape, they find the gardens in the courtyard filled to the brim with statues of the victims that were permanently petrified by the Gorgon's gaze, ushering them to make haste to save Sarah Jane. | Back at the abbey, Luke and Clyde ponder their escape. At first, Luke throws out a few facts about the history surrounding the abbey, making Clyde think he's getting off track with useless facts, until it becomes clear Luke's thoughts are leading him to an answer: he remembers that the abbey they are trapped inside was built during a time of refuge. It could have secret passages hidden away. He finds a bust of a Gorgon's head and twists it to the side, unlocking a hidden chamber. The boys escape via a secret passage. As Luke and Clyde sneak out of the abbey, they see the Gorgon stumble. Continuing their escape, they find the gardens in the courtyard filled to the brim with statues of the victims that were permanently petrified by the Gorgon's gaze, ushering them to make haste to save Sarah Jane. | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[First Doctor]] encountered a different type of Gorgon in the company of [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Gaze of the Gorgon (comic story)}}) | * The [[First Doctor]] encountered a different type of Gorgon in the company of [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Gaze of the Gorgon (comic story)}}) | ||
* Sarah Jane has met the [[Sontaran]]s | * Sarah Jane has met the [[Sontaran]]s twice before, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)}}) and will eventually meet them again. (TV: The Last Sontaran | ||
* Clyde says that one day, he is going to put his brain inside a | * Clyde says that one day, he is going to put his brain inside a robotic body to achieve immortality; leading to Sarah Jane looking at him exasperatedly, thinking back to her encounters with the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] including members of the [[Early CyberFaction|Early Cyber Faction]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Scourge of the Cybermen (audio story)|Scourge of the Cybermen]]'') [[CyberNomad|Cyber-Nomads]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)}}) [[CyberNeomorph|Cyber-Neomorphs]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}}) and [[Cybusman|Cybus Cybermen]] in the then-recent [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}) | ||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
* This was to be released on a vanilla [[DVD]] along with ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'' on 17 March 2008, but the release was cancelled. It was instead first featured in the Series One box set, which was released in North America on [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] and in the UK on [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2008. | * This was to be released on a vanilla [[DVD]] along with ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'' on 17 March 2008, but the release was cancelled. It was instead first featured in the Series One box set, which was released in North America on [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] and in the UK on [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2008. | ||
* It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012). | * It was also released in the Complete Collection Series 1-5 boxset release (Region 2 release: 6th February 2012). | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
