The Sarah Jane Adventures
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Sarah Jane Adventures |
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| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2006-2011 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 53 in 5 seasons |
| genre | Science fiction |
| idea | Russell T Davies |
| First broadcast | January 1, 2007 (UK) on CBBC |
| occupation | |
The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British television series and an offshoot of the popular Doctor Who series . The series was produced by BBC Wales between 2006 and 2011 for children's broadcaster CBBC . Like the other offshoot Torchwood , the conception of the series comes from Russell T Davies , the creative director of the Doctor Who series . Unlike Doctor Who , which functions as classic family television, and Torchwood , which is aimed at adult audiences, The Sarah Jane Adventures was produced specifically for younger viewers.
prehistory
The main character of the series is Sarah Jane Smith , who has been working as a freelance investigative journalist since the 1970s - among others on behalf of the magazine "Metropolitan". In the course of her investigative work she met an alien time traveler who calls himself " The Doctor ". She traveled with him through time and space for several years and experienced various adventures. Ultimately, however, they parted ways and the doctor traveled on without them. As consolation for the abrupt farewell, she received a "pet" from him - a mobile computer in the shape of a tinny dog named K-9 .
action
After traveling with the doctor, she initially finds it difficult to cope with her new, old life. She continues her journalistic work, but only after she meets the doctor again - as part of her investigation in the Deffry Vale School ( Doctor Who - episode 2-03: "Class Reunion (School Reunion)") - can Sarah Jane finally get on with the Complete past. Thereupon she devotes herself again to the numerous extraterrestrials who visit Earth.
The pilot of the new series, "Invasion of the Bane", was broadcast as a so-called Holiday Special on January 1, 2007 on BBC1 . The entire first season ran with 10 episodes from the end of September 2007 on the children's channel CBBC Channel . From March 2008 a second season with 12 episodes was produced.
A fifth should be completed in 2011, but leading actress Elisabeth Sladen died in April 2011. The BBC officially announced on May 4, 2011 that the six episodes already filmed would be broadcast as a tribute to Sladen as the final season, but the series has officially ended and no more episodes are shot. Some elements from the Sarah Jane Adventures were included in the follow-up series Wizards vs Aliens . The screenplay for the unfilmed Sarah Jane Adventures episode The Thirteenth Floor was rewritten by Phil Ford into an episode of Wizards vs. Aliens and broadcast under the title of the same name.
German-language publication
On January 15, 2019, Polyband announced the German-language release of the pilot episode Invasion of the Bane . It will be released on DVD on April 5, 2019. From January 31 to February 4, 2019 and from February 14 to 17, 2019, readers could vote online between two or four DVD covers and decide which one they liked best for the DVD.
occupation
main actor
| actor | figure | Voice actor | Seasons | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||
| Elisabeth Sladen | Sarah Jane Smith | Dagmar Dempe | Leading actress | ||||
| Daniel Anthony | Clyde Langer | main actor | |||||
| Alexander Armstrong | Mr. Smith (voice) | Matthias Keller | main actor | ||||
| Tommy Knight | Luke Smith | Christian Pointer | main actor | supporting cast | |||
| Yasmin Paige | Maria Jackson | Julia Meynen | Leading actress | Supporting actress | |||
| Anjli Mohindra | Rani Chandra | Leading actress | |||||
| John Leeson | K9 (voice) | Kai Taschner | supporting cast | main actor | supporting cast | ||
| Sinead Michael | Sky Smith | Leading actress | |||||
supporting cast
| actor | role | Voice actor | Supporting role (episode) |
Number of episodes | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Millson | Alan Jackson | Jan Langer | 1x00–2x08 | 12 | Father of Maria Jackson |
| Juliet Cowan | Chrissie Jackson | Andrea Dewell | 1x00–2x02 | 11 | Mother of Maria Jackson |
| Paul Marc Davis | The trickster | 1x07-3x06 | 6th | Antagonist of Sarah Jane | |
| Floella Benjamin | Professor Celeste Rivers | 1x09-5x02 | 8th | Scientist at the Pharos Institute | |
| Ace Bhatti | Haresh Chandra | 2x03-5x04 | 24 | Father of Rani Chandra | |
| Mina Anwar | Gita Chandra | 2x03-5x02 | 18th | Mother of Rani Chandra | |
| Jocelyn Jee Esien | Carla Langer | 2x07-5x04 | 6th | Mother of Clyde Langer |
Doctor Who figures
| actor | role | Supporting role (episode) |
Number of episodes | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laugh Carl | Trinity Wells | 1x01–2x06 | 4th | BBC television presenter |
| Nicholas Courtney | Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge – Stewart | 2x11-2x12 | 4th | UNIT |
| David Tennant | Tenth doctor | 3x05-3x06 | 2 | Time lord |
| Katy Manning | Jo Jones (nee Grant) | 4x05-4x06 | 2 | Companion to the third doctor |
| Matt Smith | Eleventh doctor | 4x05-4x06 | 2 | Time lord |
Episodes
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (D) | First broadcast (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 (1-00) | Invasion of the Bane | Invasion of the Bane | April 5, 2019 (DVD) | January 1, 2007 |
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (D) | First broadcast (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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01 (1-01) 02 (1-02) |
Revenge of the Slitheen | September 24, 2007 | ||
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03 (1-03) 04 (1-04) |
Eye of the Gorgon | October 1, 2007 October 8, 2007 |
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05 (1-05) 06 (1-06) |
Warriors of the Kudlak | October 15, 2007 October 22, 2007 |
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07 (1-07) 08 (1-08) |
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? | October 29, 2007 November 5, 2007 |
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09 (1-09) 10 (1-10) |
The Lost Boy | November 12, 2007 November 19, 2007 |
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (D) | First broadcast (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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11 (2-01) 12 (2-02) |
The Last Sontaran | September 29, 2008 | ||
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13 (2-03) 14 (2-04) |
Day of the clown | October 6, 2008 October 13, 2008 |
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15 (2-05) 16 (2-06) |
Secrets of the Stars | October 20, 2008 October 27, 2008 |
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17 (2-07) 18 (2-08) |
The Mark of Berserker | November 3, 2008 November 10, 2008 |
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19 (2-09) 20 (2-10) |
The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith | November 17, 2008 November 24, 2008 |
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21 (2-11) 22 (2-12) |
Enemy of the Bane | December 1, 2008 December 8, 2008 |
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (D) | First broadcast (GB) |
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| 00 (3-00) | From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love | March 13, 2009 |
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (D) | First broadcast (GB) |
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23 (3-01) 24 (3-02) |
Prisoner of the Judoon | October 15, 2009 October 16, 2009 |
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25 (3-03) 26 (3-04) |
The Mad Woman in the Attic | October 22, 2009 October 23, 2009 |
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27 (3-05) 28 (3-06) |
The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith | October 29, 2009 October 30, 2009 |
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29 (3-07) 30 (3-08) |
The Eternity Trap | November 5, 2009 November 6, 2009 |
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31 (3-09) 32 (3-10) |
Mona Lisa's Revenge | November 12, 2009 November 13, 2009 |
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33 (3-11) 34 (3-12) |
The Gift | November 19, 2009 November 20, 2009 |
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (D) | First broadcast (GB) |
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35 (4-01) 36 (4-02) |
The Nightmare Man | October 11, 2010 October 12, 2010 |
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37 (4-03) 38 (4-04) |
The Vault of Secrets | October 18, 2010 October 19, 2010 |
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39 (4-05) 40 (4-06) |
Death of the Doctor | October 25, 2010 October 26, 2010 |
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41 (4-07) 42 (4-08) |
The Empty Planet | November 1, 2010 November 2, 2010 |
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43 (4-09) 44 (4-10) |
Lost in Time | November 8, 2010 November 9, 2010 |
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45 (4-11) 46 (4-12) |
Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith | November 15, 2010 November 16, 2010 |
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (D) | First broadcast (GB) |
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47 (5-01) 48 (5-02) |
Sky | October 3, 2011 October 4, 2011 |
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49 (5-03) 50 (5-04) |
The Curse of Clyde Langer | October 10, 2011 October 11, 2011 |
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51 (5-05) 52 (5-06) |
The Man Who Never Was | October 17, 2011 October 18, 2011 |
Merchandising
Audio books
To The Sarah Jane Adventures ten audio books were published. The first eight books were all read by Elisabeth Sladen , who also plays the title character Sarah Jane. After she passed away, the last two audio books were read by Daniel Anthony (Clyde Langer) and Anjli Mohindra (Rani Chandra). All ten audiobooks were later published together in The Sarah Jane Adventures Collection .
| title | author | Release date | Read by |
|---|---|---|---|
| The glittering storm | Stephen Cole | November 5, 2007 | Elisabeth Sladen |
| The Thirteenth Stone | Justin Richards | ||
| The Time Capsule | Peter Anghelides | November 13, 2008 | |
| The ghost house | Stephen Cole | ||
| The White Wolf | Gary Russell | September 3, 2009 | |
| The Shadow People | Scott Handcock | ||
| Deadly download | Jason Arnopp | October 7, 2010 | |
| Wraith World | Cavan Scott & Mark Wright | ||
| Children of Steel | Martin Day | November 10, 2011 | Daniel Anthony |
| Judgment Day | Scott Gray | Anjli Mohindra |
comics
Five The Sarah Jane Adventures comics have been published on the Sarah Jane Adventures website. Four of them were a mix of comic and audio book adventure read by Anjli Mohindra . The respective comics were offered free of charge on the official The Sarah Jane Adventures website as a PDF document and as an mp3 download. The stories are all about Krulius, a powerful alien who messes with Sarah Jane and her friends. In addition to these stories, the comic book The Silver Bullet was also published on the Sarah Jane Adventures website. It is a comic that the character Clyde Langer drew in the Sarah Jane Adventures episode The Curse of Clyde Langer .
| title | author | Artist | Release date | Read by | link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monster Hunt: The Beginning | Trevor Baxendale | 2009 | Anjli Mohindra | Monster Hunt: The Beginning on the BBC website | |
| Monster Hunt: The Ending | Trevor Baxendale | 2009 | Anjli Mohindra | Monster Hunt: The Ending on the BBC website | |
| Return of the Krulius | Trevor Baxendale | Neil Roberts | 2009 | Anjli Mohindra | Return of the Krulius on the BBC website |
| Defending Bannerman Road | Trevor Baxendale | 2010 | Anjli Mohindra | Defending Bannerman Road on the BBC website | |
| The Silver Bullet | 2011 | - | The Silver Bullet on the BBC website |
Novels
In addition to the comics and audio books, eleven novels were also published. The first nine novels were available in paperback, the last two only as e-books. All novels are based on the episodes of the same name from the series. However, the events are presented in more detail in the books. A few new events and adventures are also described in the novels.
| title | author | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Invasion of the Bane | Terrance Dicks | November 1, 2007 |
| Revenge of the Slitheen | Rupert Laight | November 1, 2007 |
| Eye of the Gorgon | Phil Ford | November 1, 2007 |
| Warriors of Kudlak | Gary Russell | November 1, 2007 |
| Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? | Rupert Laight | November 6, 2008 |
| The Lost Boy | Gary Russell | November 6, 2008 |
| The Last Sontaran | Phil Ford | November 6, 2008 |
| The Day of the Clown | Phil Ford | November 6, 2008 |
| The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith | Gareth Roberts | November 5, 2009 |
| The Nightmare Man (E-book) | Joseph Lidster | November 25, 2010 |
| Death of the Doctor (E-book) | Gary Russell | November 25, 2010 |
Photo novels
On September 2, 2010, four Pearson Education photo novels were released based on the third season of the series. The stories are based on the episodes Prisoner of the Judoon , The Eternity Trap , Mona Lisa's Revenge and The Gift . Images from the episodes were used, which were highlighted with speech bubbles or a small text. The photo books were especially intended for children who are learning to read. Unlike the BBC novels, the photo novels partly contradict the storylines in the episodes or only reproduce a tiny fraction of the storylines.
| Title | author | Based on the episode | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judoon Afternoon | Trevor Baxendale | Prisoner of the Judoon | September 2, 2010 |
| Haunted House | Trevor Baxendale | The Eternity Trap | September 2, 2010 |
| Painting Peril | Trevor Baxendale | Mona Lisa's Revenge | September 2, 2010 |
| Blathereen Dream | Trevor Baxendale | The Gift | September 2, 2010 |
More articles
Some toys have been released for the Sarah Jane Adventures . These included action figures, Sarah Jane's sonic lipstick, Sarah Jane's scanner clock and an alien communicator. In addition, viewers were offered some free computer games and short video specials on the Sarah Jane Adventures website.
Spin-off
For the fourth season of SJA ( Sarah Jane Adventures ) a spin-off series called The Sarah Jane Alien Files was broadcast on CBBC. The Sarah Jane Alien Files grew out of a series of online videos.
During the first and second season of the series, 40 short videos for each SJA episode were initially published as Mr Smith's data updates on the SJA website. These videos were less than a minute long and covered each of the adventures of Sarah Jane and her friends. The computer Mr. Smith reported briefly on the events in the episodes, in which he combined them with pictures from the episode.
This was followed by six short online videos during the third season, which were published on the SJA website under the name Sarah Janes Alien Files . In these three minute videos, Sarah Jane, Luke, Rani and Clyde talk to Mr Smith about a specific alien or race.
Only then were The Sarah Jane Alien Files released, which were also televised on CBBC from October 11 to November 15, 2010. At 25 minutes, these six episodes are significantly longer than any of the previous online videos. Here Sarah Jane, Luke, Rani, and Clyde each discuss multiple aliens and alien races in one episode.
reception
“The Sarah Jane Adventures” were the epitome of state of the art family entertainment - emotionally and intellectually stimulating, exciting, imaginative, funny, with great social awareness. Everything you could want from a successful family series. "
Awards
- 2008: Nomination in the Children's Drama category
- 2009: Nomination in the Children's Drama category
- 2010: Nomination in the Children's Drama category
- 2011: RTS Award in the Children's Drama category
British Academy Children's Awards
- 2008: Nomination in the Drama category
- 2009: Nomination in the Drama category
- 2010: Nomination in the Drama category
- 2010: Nomination in the category BAFTA Kids' Vote - Television
- 2010: Nomination in the Writer category for Phil Ford
BAFTA Cymru Awards
- 2010: BAFTA Cymru Award in the Interactive category for the BBC website for the series ( [1] )
Web links
- The Sarah Jane Adventures in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- BBC Norfolk webTV: Elisabeth Sladen previews the Sarah Jane Adventures
- A Brief History of Time (Travel): The Sarah Jane Adventures - News and information page concerning the new series
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.eguide-online.de/eguide/index.php?seite=news&show=detail&get=3657 e'Guide
- ^ Sarah Jane returns to CBBC for two further series of adventures. In: BBC Press Office. March 4, 2010, accessed April 20, 2011 .
- ^ Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen dies. In: BBC News. April 19, 2011, accessed April 20, 2011 .
- ↑ BBC confirms no plans to film further episodes. Retrieved May 4, 2011
- ↑ James Peaty: Phil Ford on Wizards Vs Aliens and The Sarah-Jane Adventures. December 3, 2013, accessed April 2, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Polyband publishes the pilot of the series. In: Polyband on Facebook. January 15, 2019, accessed January 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Which cover for "The Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane" do you like better? In: Polyband survey on Facebook. January 31, 2019, accessed on February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Which of the four covers for "The Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane" do you like better? In: Polyband Second survey on Facebook. February 14, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2019 .
- ^ Christian Junklewitz: The Sarah Jane Adventures: A Tribute. Serienjunkies.de , October 23, 2011, accessed October 26, 2011 .
- ^ Program Awards Winners 2007. (No longer available online.) Royal Television Society, archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; Retrieved March 20, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Program Awards Winners 2008. (No longer available online.) Royal Television Society, archived from the original on February 8, 2015 ; Retrieved March 20, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Program Awards 2009. (No longer available online.) Royal Television Society, archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; Retrieved March 20, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ RTS Announces Winners for the Program Awards 2010. (No longer available online.) Royal Television Society, formerly original ; Retrieved March 20, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Children's Awards Winners in 2008. (No longer available online.) British Academy of Film and Television Arts, archived from the original on August 4, 2012 ; Retrieved March 20, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Children's Nominations 2009. British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accessed March 20, 2011 .
- ^ A b c Children's Nominations 2010. British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accessed March 20, 2011 .
- ↑ BAFTA Cymru Awards - Winners in 2010. British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accessed March 20, 2011 .
