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The '''Second Series''' of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' featured 12 episodes split over 6 two-part stories which were broadcast in the UK in the fall of 2008. The season initially began with all of the first-season cast (with the exception of [[John Leeson]]'s [[K-9 Mark IV|K-9]], who did not appear in any regular episodes). A major cast change occurred following the initial two-part storyline, with [[Yasmin Paige]] ([[Maria Jackson]]) leaving the series and being replaced by [[Anjli Mohindra]] as [[Rani Chandra]]. (Despite this, references to Maria including flashback footage a photos were incorporated into the other story arcs, with Paige herself returning for a guest appearance in ''[[The Mark of the Berserker]]''.)

The season was also noted for featuring the return of [[Nicholas Courtney]] as now-Sir [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], for the first time (on screen) since the independent film [[BBV]]: ''[[Downtime]]'' in 1995 and for the first time in a BBC production since [[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'' in 1989. [[UNIT]] also makes its first on-screen appearance in the spin-off. Returning villains include the [[Bane]], the [[Trickster]] and the [[Graske]], and [[Sontaran]]s appear for the first time in the spin-off in an episode that is a direct sequel to the ''Doctor Who'' episodes ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]''.

Several months after the season ended, the cast -- including K-9 in his only Series 2-era appearance -- reunited for ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]'', a mini-episode produced for the 2009 Comic Relief Red Nose Day appeal.

*North American release occurred the next day, 10 November. This marked the first time a complete season of a ''Doctor Who'' franchise programme has been released to DVD in North America without it first having been viewed on TV.