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|featuring = <ul><li>[[Sarah Jane Smith]]</li><li>[[Rani Chandra]]</li><li>[[Clyde Langer]]</li><li>[[Mr Smith]]</li><li>[[Sky Smith]] </li></ul> | |featuring = <ul><li>[[Sarah Jane Smith]]</li><li>[[Rani Chandra]]</li><li>[[Clyde Langer]]</li><li>[[Mr Smith]]</li><li>[[Sky Smith]] </li></ul> | ||
|enemy = [[Hetocumtek]] | |enemy = [[Hetocumtek]] | ||
|setting =[[Ealing]], [[London]], [[2011]]<br> Museum of Culture [[London]], [[2011]] | |setting =[[Ealing]], [[London]], [[2011]]<br /> Museum of Culture [[London]], [[2011]] | ||
|writer = [[Phil Ford]] | |writer = [[Phil Ford]] | ||
|director = [[Ashley Way]] | |director = [[Ashley Way]] | ||
|producer = [[Brian Minchin]] | |producer = [[Brian Minchin]] | ||
|broadcast date = [[10th October]] [[2011]] (Part 1)<br>[[11th October]] 2011 (Part 2) | |broadcast date = [[10th October]] [[2011]] (Part 1)<br />[[11th October]] 2011 (Part 2) | ||
|format = 2x30 minute episodes | |format = 2x30 minute episodes | ||
|previous story = [[Sky (TV story)|Sky]] | |previous story = [[Sky (TV story)|Sky]] | ||
|next story = [[The Man Who Never Was]]}}{{TV stub}} | |next story = [[The Man Who Never Was]]}}{{TV stub}} | ||
'''''The Curse of Clyde Langer''''' was the second story of [[Series 5 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 5]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. | '''''The Curse of Clyde Langer''''' was the second story of [[Series 5 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 5]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. | ||
==Synopsis== | == Synopsis == | ||
===Part one=== | === Part one === | ||
It's raining fish from the skies, and Sarah Jane's investigations lead the gang to the Museum of Culture, where the ancient god Hetocumtek may offer answers. Yet when Clyde acts the fool once too often, family and friends savagely turn against him, and he is thrown out of their lives! | It's raining fish from the skies, and Sarah Jane's investigations lead the gang to the Museum of Culture, where the ancient god Hetocumtek may offer answers. Yet when Clyde acts the fool once too often, family and friends savagely turn against him, and he is thrown out of their lives! | ||
===Part two=== | === Part two === | ||
Clyde is alone and abandoned on the streets of London, living rough, cold and hungry. One person reaches out to him, but as they become friends, he's warned about the legendary Night Dragon. In Bannerman Road, Sky knows something's wrong – why do Sarah Jane and Rani suddenly hate Clyde? | Clyde is alone and abandoned on the streets of London, living rough, cold and hungry. One person reaches out to him, but as they become friends, he's warned about the legendary Night Dragon. In Bannerman Road, Sky knows something's wrong – why do Sarah Jane and Rani suddenly hate Clyde? | ||
==Plot == | == Plot == | ||
===Part One=== | === Part One === | ||
Clyde shows Rani ‘[[The Silver Bullet]]’, a superhero comic strip he has written and illustrated. Rani is impressed with her friend’s latest project, but isn’t quite as taken with his idea for another tale, starring an adventurer named “Susie June Jones”! Meanwhile, Rani’s father, headmaster Haresh Chandra, meets with Sarah Jane and her newly-adopted daughter to discuss Sky’s enrolment at the school. When their conversation is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a fish on the window-ledge outside the office, Haresh suspects a student prank. However, when Sarah Jane, Sky and he go outside, they are astonished to find that it is raining fish! | Clyde shows Rani ‘[[The Silver Bullet]]’, a superhero comic strip he has written and illustrated. Rani is impressed with her friend’s latest project, but isn’t quite as taken with his idea for another tale, starring an adventurer named “Susie June Jones”! Meanwhile, Rani’s father, headmaster Haresh Chandra, meets with Sarah Jane and her newly-adopted daughter to discuss Sky’s enrolment at the school. When their conversation is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a fish on the window-ledge outside the office, Haresh suspects a student prank. However, when Sarah Jane, Sky and he go outside, they are astonished to find that it is raining fish! | ||
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On the run, Clyde tries to get some money from a cash machine, only to watch as the screen just fills up with his name, repeated over and over again, Night soon falls and a thunderstorm begins. Soaked through, with no home, no family and no friends, Clyde tries to find shelter in a doorway and begins to cry in despair at the situation he's in; all seems lost, but then Clyde finally gets a break: the homeless girl appears before him and offers to help. | On the run, Clyde tries to get some money from a cash machine, only to watch as the screen just fills up with his name, repeated over and over again, Night soon falls and a thunderstorm begins. Soaked through, with no home, no family and no friends, Clyde tries to find shelter in a doorway and begins to cry in despair at the situation he's in; all seems lost, but then Clyde finally gets a break: the homeless girl appears before him and offers to help. | ||
===Part Two=== | === Part Two === | ||
Clyde awakes to find himself lying on a makeshift bed beneath a bridge, in a ‘cardboard city’ occupied by the homeless girl who introduces herself as Ellie Faber, as well as a number of other homeless people. When Ellie asks her new friend his name, Clyde knows that he will lose her if she were to speak his real name; taking inspiration from a discarded pizza box, he calls himself “Enrico Box”. Ellie explains that she has been living rough for the last two years, after her father died and her mother remarried; she tells Clyde that there are other perils threatening the homeless: something called “The Night Dragon” causes people to disappear for no reason. | Clyde awakes to find himself lying on a makeshift bed beneath a bridge, in a ‘cardboard city’ occupied by the homeless girl who introduces herself as Ellie Faber, as well as a number of other homeless people. When Ellie asks her new friend his name, Clyde knows that he will lose her if she were to speak his real name; taking inspiration from a discarded pizza box, he calls himself “Enrico Box”. Ellie explains that she has been living rough for the last two years, after her father died and her mother remarried; she tells Clyde that there are other perils threatening the homeless: something called “The Night Dragon” causes people to disappear for no reason. | ||
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With his nightmare finally over, Clyde goes home and receives a heart-felt welcome from his mum. Sometime later, Clyde, Sarah and Rani go looking for Ellie, but can find no trace of the girl in either the ‘cardboard city’ under the bridge, or at the mission. Clyde is understandably worried, concerned that Ellie will have thought he abandoned her, and resolves to find her; however, after noticing a poster about a singer called ‘Ellie Faber’, he realises that he doesn’t even know his friend’s real name – and then a truck drives past, with the name ‘Night Dragon Haulage’ emblazoned on its side. Hearing Clyde’s surprise, a nearby homeless person explains that the company’s drivers often give lifts to people living rough on the streets... That night, Clyde lies in bed thinking of Ellie, hoping that she has found a better life for herself, and knowing that all he has left is the picture he drew of her… | With his nightmare finally over, Clyde goes home and receives a heart-felt welcome from his mum. Sometime later, Clyde, Sarah and Rani go looking for Ellie, but can find no trace of the girl in either the ‘cardboard city’ under the bridge, or at the mission. Clyde is understandably worried, concerned that Ellie will have thought he abandoned her, and resolves to find her; however, after noticing a poster about a singer called ‘Ellie Faber’, he realises that he doesn’t even know his friend’s real name – and then a truck drives past, with the name ‘Night Dragon Haulage’ emblazoned on its side. Hearing Clyde’s surprise, a nearby homeless person explains that the company’s drivers often give lifts to people living rough on the streets... That night, Clyde lies in bed thinking of Ellie, hoping that she has found a better life for herself, and knowing that all he has left is the picture he drew of her… | ||
==Cast== | == Cast == | ||
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]] | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]] | ||
*[[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]] | * [[Clyde Langer]] - [[Daniel Anthony]] | ||
*[[Rani Chandra]] - [[Anjli Mohindra]] | * [[Rani Chandra]] - [[Anjli Mohindra]] | ||
*[[Sky Smith]] - [[Sinead Michael]] | * [[Sky Smith]] - [[Sinead Michael]] | ||
*[[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]] | * [[Mr Smith]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]] | ||
*[[Haresh Chandra]] - [[Ace Bhatti]] | * [[Haresh Chandra]] - [[Ace Bhatti]] | ||
*[[Carla Langer]] - [[Jocelyn Jee Esien]] | * [[Carla Langer]] - [[Jocelyn Jee Esien]] | ||
*[[Ellie Faber|Ellie]] - [[Lily Loveless]] | * [[Ellie Faber|Ellie]] - [[Lily Loveless]] | ||
*[[Madigan|Doctor Madigan]] - [[Sara Houghton]] | * [[Madigan|Doctor Madigan]] - [[Sara Houghton]] | ||
*[[Mags (The Curse of Clyde Langer)|Mystic Mags]] - [[Angela Pleasence]] | * [[Mags (The Curse of Clyde Langer)|Mystic Mags]] - [[Angela Pleasence]] | ||
*[[Max (The Curse of Clyde Langer)|Max]] - [[Ewart Jones]] | * [[Max (The Curse of Clyde Langer)|Max]] - [[Ewart Jones]] | ||
*[[Security Guard (The Curse of Clyde Langer)|Security Guard]] - [[Anwar Lynch]] | * [[Security Guard (The Curse of Clyde Langer)|Security Guard]] - [[Anwar Lynch]] | ||
*[[Steve Wallace]] - [[Elijah Baker]] | * [[Steve Wallace]] - [[Elijah Baker]] | ||
==Crew== | == Crew == | ||
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|CreatedBy=Russell T Davies | |CreatedBy=Russell T Davies | ||
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==References== | == References == | ||
*Sky says "I love this planet" much like [[Jack Harkness]] in ''[[Everything Changes]]''. | * Sky says "I love this planet" much like [[Jack Harkness]] in ''[[Everything Changes]]''. | ||
==Story notes== | == Story notes == | ||
*[[Angela Pleasence]] previously played [[Elizabeth I|Queen Elizabeth I]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]''. | * [[Angela Pleasence]] previously played [[Elizabeth I|Queen Elizabeth I]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]''. | ||
*This episode premièred Sky being included in Clyde's description of 13 Bannerman Road in the pre-titles sequence. | * This episode premièred Sky being included in Clyde's description of 13 Bannerman Road in the pre-titles sequence. | ||
===Ratings=== | === Ratings === | ||
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===Rumours=== | === Rumours === | ||
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===Filming locations=== | === Filming locations === | ||
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===Production errors=== | === Production errors === | ||
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==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
*According to Sarah Jane, Sky has only been with her for 'under a month' since the events of [[SJA]] :''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]''. | * According to Sarah Jane, Sky has only been with her for 'under a month' since the events of [[SJA]] :''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]''. | ||
*Clyde's drawing that was put in the museum in [[SJA]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'' is seen on his bedroom wall. | * Clyde's drawing that was put in the museum in [[SJA]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'' is seen on his bedroom wall. | ||
*Clyde's friend, [[Steve Wallace]], previously appeared in [[SJA]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'' and [[SJA]]: ''[[The Mark of the Berserker]]''. | * Clyde's friend, [[Steve Wallace]], previously appeared in [[SJA]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'' and [[SJA]]: ''[[The Mark of the Berserker]]''. | ||
*Clyde is seen reading a book about the [[French Revolution]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | * Clyde is seen reading a book about the [[French Revolution]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | ||
==Home video releases== | == Home video releases == | ||
===DVD releases=== | === DVD releases === | ||
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==See also== | == See also == | ||
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==External links== | == External links == | ||
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==Footnotes== | == Footnotes == | ||
{{reflist}} {{SJATV}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Curse of Clyde Langer, The}} | {{reflist}} {{SJATV}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Curse of Clyde Langer, The}} | ||
[[Category:SJA television stories]] | [[Category:SJA television stories]] | ||
[[Category:Series 5 (SJA) stories]] | [[Category:Series 5 (SJA) stories]] | ||
