{{short description|British science fiction television series (2007–2011)}} {{Use British English|date=November 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox television | image = The Sarah Jane Adventures intro.jpg | caption = | genre = Science fiction | runtime = {{Plainlist| *60 minutes (New Year's Day special) *25–30 minutes (series) *5 minutes (Comic Relief special) }} | creator = Russell T Davies | showrunner = Russell T Davies<br />Gareth Roberts<br />Phil Ford | producer = {{Plainlist| *Brian Minchin *Nikki Wilson *Matthew Bouch *Susie Liggat }} | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| *Russell T Davies *Julie Gardner *Phil Collinson *Piers Wenger *Nikki Wilson }} | starring = {{Plainlist| *Elisabeth Sladen *Yasmin Paige *Tommy Knight *Daniel Anthony *Anjli Mohindra *Sinead Michael }} | voices = {{Plainlist| *Alexander Armstrong *John Leeson }} | theme_music_composer = Murray Gold | composer = {{Plainlist| * Sam Watts * Dan Watts }} | country = United Kingdom | language = English | company = BBC Cymru Wales | network = {{Plainlist| *CBBC (2007–2011) *BBC HD (2009–2011) *BBC One *BBC One HD (2010–2011) }} | first_aired = {{start date|2007|1|1|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2011|10|18|df=y}} | num_series = 5 | num_episodes = 53 (27 serials) + 1 short (list of serials) | related = {{Plainlist| *''Doctor Who'' *''Torchwood'' *Whoniverse }} }}
'''''The Sarah Jane Adventures''''' is a British science fiction television programme produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC science fiction programme ''Doctor Who'', and the second primarily targeted towards children after ''Totally Doctor Who''. It focuses on the adventures of Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist living in Ealing, London, who, as a young woman, had numerous adventures across time and space with the Doctor. The show ran for five years until Sladen's death in 2011.
The series debuted on BBC One with a 60-minute special, "Invasion of the Bane", on 1 January 2007, and broadcast until Sladen's death in 2011. It was nominated for a British Academy Children's Award in 2008 in the Drama category, and for a BAFTA Cymru in 2009 in the Children's Drama category.<ref name="BAFTAnom">{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2008/childrens |title=Children's Award Nominees |access-date=19 March 2013 |date=28 October 2008 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts }}</ref><ref name="baftacymru">{{cite web |title=2009 Nominations: 18th Film, Television & Interactive Media Awards |url=http://www.swan.ac.uk/media/media,33644,en.pdf |publisher=Bafta Cymru |location=Cardiff |page=2 |date=16 April 2009 |access-date=27 April 2009 }}{{dead link|date=May 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The programme won a Royal Television Society 2010 award for Best Children's Drama.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/winners-rpa |title=Programme Awards 2010: Winners |publisher=Royal Television Society website |date=15 March 2011 |access-date=15 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430175025/http://www.rts.org.uk/winners-rpa |archive-date=30 April 2011 }}</ref>
As of 2024, all episodes are on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to watch The Sarah Jane Adventures – is it streaming? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/sarah-jane-adventures-watch-streaming/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref>
==Series== A full series of ten 25-minute episodes began on 24 September 2007.<ref>{{cite journal |date=8 November 2006 |title=Sarah's Adventures |journal=Doctor Who Magazine |issue=375|page=4}}<br />{{cite press release | title = Programme Information Network TV Week 39 |work=BBC | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk39/mon.shtml#mon_slitheen | access-date =7 September 2007 }}</ref> The first series consisted of five two-part stories,<ref name="GRinterview">{{cite journal |date=3 January 2007 |title=TV Preview: The Sarah Jane Adventures |journal=Doctor Who Magazine |first=Benjamin |last=Cook |author-link=Benjamin Cook (journalist) |issue=377 |page=27}}</ref> and a second series, comprising six two-part stories, began airing on 29 September 2008.<ref>{{cite press release | title = CBBC unveils new dramas | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/06/cbbc.shtml |work=BBC | date = 6 February 2008 | access-date =6 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/09_september/09/sarahjane4.shtml | title = The Sarah Jane Adventures series two – broadcast details | access-date =10 September 2008 |work=BBC | date = 9 September 2008}}</ref> A third series, of six two-part stories (with Russell T Davies serving as executive producer) aired from 15 October to 20 November 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dowell |first=Ben |date=25 November 2008 |title=BBC signs up for more of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/25/doctor-who-sarah-jane-adventures |access-date=25 November 2008 |work=The Guardian |location=UK}}<br />{{cite press release |title=Distinctive, high quality, original, with the best known kids talent and made in the UK – the Winter/Spring Series from CBeebies and CBBC across TV, radio and online |date=25 November 2008 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/25/childrens.shtml |access-date=25 November 2008 |publisher=BBC Press Office}}</ref>
The fourth series was aired from 11 October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/television/586307/new_promo_pic_for_the_sarah_jane_adventures_series_4.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909023600/http://www.denofgeek.com/television/586307/new_promo_pic_for_the_sarah_jane_adventures_series_4.html | archive-date=9 September 2010| title=New promo pic for The Sarah Jane Adventures series 4 |publisher=Den of Geek |date=6 September 2010 |access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref> An episode of another spin-off series, ''Sarah Jane's Alien Files'', was shown immediately after each of the first episodes of the stories.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/09_september/30/sja.shtml |title=Press Office – The Sarah Jane Adventures press pack: introduction |publisher=BBC |date=30 September 2010 |access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref>
Filming for three of six two-part serials planned for the fifth series was completed prior to Elisabeth Sladen's death on 19 April 2011. The BBC stated that no further episodes would be produced.<ref name="BBC_May4">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110504_03/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505142341/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110504_03/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2011 |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures, 4 May 2011 |publisher=BBC |date=4 May 2011 |access-date=4 May 2011}}</ref> This final series was broadcast between 3 and 18 October 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays.<ref name="doctorwhonews">{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/09/dwn150911152516-sarah-jane-adventures.html |title=Sarah Jane Adventures Series 5 – UK Air Date |publisher=Doctor Who News Page |access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="Episode 53">{{cite news |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Man Who Never Was: Part 2 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016bt3l |work=BBC Online |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref>
==Background and development== In 2006, Children's BBC expressed an interest in producing a ''Doctor Who'' spin-off. Their initial idea was "a drama based on the idea of a young ''Doctor Who''", but Russell T Davies vetoed this. "Somehow, the idea of a fourteen year old Doctor, on Gallifrey inventing sonic screwdrivers, takes away from the mystery and intrigue of who he is and where he came from", said Davies. He suggested instead a series based on the Doctor's former companion Sarah Jane Smith.<ref name=insidestory>{{cite book |last=Russell |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Russell |title=Doctor Who:The Inside Story |year=2006 |publisher=BBC Books |location=London |isbn=0-563-48649-X |page=252}}</ref>
The character of Sarah Jane Smith, played by Sladen, appeared in ''Doctor Who'' from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. A pilot episode for another ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series, ''K-9 and Company'', made in 1981, featured Sarah Jane and the robot dog K9; a full series was never commissioned.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elisabeth Sladen|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8464295/Elisabeth-Sladen.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8464295/Elisabeth-Sladen.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=30 December 2011|date=20 April 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Sarah Jane and K9 returned to ''Doctor Who'' in various media many times over the years, most notably in the 20th anniversary special "The Five Doctors" (1983), and in episodes "School Reunion" (2006), "The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End" (2008) and "The End of Time" (2010).
Sarah Jane is frequently voted the most popular ''Doctor Who'' companion by both ''Doctor Who'' fans and members of the general public.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2006/04/19/film_doctor_who_lis_sladen_interview_feature.shtml | title = Doctor Who: Elisabeth Sladen talks | access-date =2 August 2006 | date = 7 July 2006 |work=BBC }}</ref> The series was first confirmed to be in development by the BBC's in-house newsletter, ''Ariel'', in early August 2006.<ref name=OG1>{{cite web | url = http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEVuulAZVpWNmQlQFw&tmpl=newsrss | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013103028/http://gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEVuulAZVpWNmQlQFw&tmpl=newsrss | archive-date= 13 October 2007 | title = Sarah Jane Investigates | author=Lyon, Shaun | date = 1 August 2006 | work=Outpost Gallifrey News Page | access-date =2 August 2006 }}</ref><ref name=Stage>{{cite web |url = http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2006/08/with-apologies/ |title = With apologies.. |access-date = 6 August 2006 |last = Wright |first = Mark |author-link = Mark Wright (writer) |date = 2 August 2006 |work = The Stage |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130128221411/http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2006/08/with-apologies/ |archive-date = 28 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="DWM373">{{cite journal | date = 13 September 2006 | title = Sarah Jane Investigates! | journal=Doctor Who Magazine | issue = 373 | page = 5 }}</ref> These early rumours were associated with the working title ''Sarah Jane Investigates''.<ref name=OG1 />
K9's only appearances in the show's first two series were a cameo in the special and an appearance in the last episode of the first series.<ref name="pr">{{cite press release | title = Russell T Davies creates new series for CBBC, starring Doctor Who's Sarah Jane Smith | work=BBC | date = 14 September 2006 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/09_september/14/sarah.shtml | access-date = 14 September 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = S01E10: 'The Lost Boy' Part Two | author = Rawson-Jones, Ben | date = 26 November 2007 | publisher = Digital Spy | url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s47/sarah-jane-adventures/review/a80564/s01e10-the-lost-boy-part-two.html | access-date = 18 November 2012 }}</ref> This was due to the concurrent development of the independently produced children's series, ''K9'', which features a remodelled version of K9 with only indirect nods to ''Doctor Who''.<ref name="sci fi">{{cite news |first = Joe |last = Nazzaro |title = ''Who''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Sarah Jane Gets Own Show |url = http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=38387 |work=Sci Fi Wire |publisher=Sci Fi Channel |date = 28 September 2006 |access-date =28 September 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013102804/http://scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=38387 |archive-date = 13 October 2007}}</ref> In 2009, K9 appeared with ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' cast in a sketch for ''Comic Relief'', and K9 appeared in six episodes of the third series,<ref>{{cite journal |editor-last=Spilsbury |editor-first=Tom |editor-link=Tom Spilsbury |date=1 April 2009 |title=Ronnie meets K9 for a Comic Relief Special! |journal=Doctor Who Magazine |issue=406 |page=6 }}<br />{{cite journal |editor-last=Spilsbury |editor-first=Tom |editor-link=Tom Spilsbury |date=4 March 2009 |title=K9 is out of the safe and back in Sarah Jane's world – at last! |journal=Doctor Who Magazine |issue=405 |page=12 }}</ref> followed by two more appearances in the fourth series. He did not appear at all in series 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=K-9 (Character)from "Doctor Who" (1963)|url=https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009621/|publisher=IMDb|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref>
===Production=== Production on the full series began in April 2007.<ref name="dwmjan">{{cite journal | date = 31 January 2007 | first=Clayton | last=Hickman | author-link=Clayton Hickman |author2=Spilsbury, Tom | title = Writing Sarah | journal=Doctor Who Magazine | issue = 378 | page = 5}}</ref> Two of the five two-part stories were scripted by the special's co-writer Gareth Roberts. ''Bad Girls'' and ''New Captain Scarlet'' writer Phil Ford wrote two stories and Phil Gladwin wrote one. Creator and executive producer Russell T Davies was going to write one story but was forced to drop out due to other work commitments.<ref>{{cite web | title=Sarah Jane Update | url= http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEElEpEuuAVHJyrqBDf | access-date=5 June 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070606083728/http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEElpAFVAlyHTTbeOgj |archive-date = 6 June 2007}}</ref>
==Tenth anniversary== For the tenth anniversary of the show, an event was held 29 July 2017 at Cardiff University Students' Union, with proceeds going to Ty Hafan Hospice for Children.<ref name="10th Anniversary">{{cite web|title=The Attic Wales|url=http://www.theattic.wales/|publisher=theattic.wales|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509210942/http://www.theattic.wales/|archive-date=9 May 2017}}</ref> A total of £6643.35 was raised by the sale of tickets to the event and merchandise.<ref name="10 Anniversary 2">{{cite web|title=The Attic Wales Website|url=http://www.theattic.wales/|publisher=theattic.wales|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref> Members of the cast and crew that took part in the event were Tommy Knight, Anjli Mohindra, Yasmin Paige, Sinead Michael, Mina Anwar, Katy Manning, Paul Marc Davis, Phil Ford, Gary Russell, Joe Lidster, Sam Watts, Richard Wisker, Cheryl Rowlands, Scott Handcock, Brian Miller, John Leeson, Mat Irvine and Chris Johnson.<ref name="10 Anniversary 2"/> The event was recorded and was released onto DVD and Blu-ray and could be bought exclusively through the event's website.<ref name="10th Anniversary"/>
==Cast and crew== {| class="wikitable" |-" !rowspan=2 |Actor !rowspan=2 |Character !colspan=6 |Series |- ! style="width:100px;"| 1 ! style="width:100px;"| 2 ! style="width:100px;"| 3 ! style="width:100px;"| 4 ! style="width:100px;"| 5 |- | Elisabeth Sladen || Sarah Jane Smith|| colspan=5 {{CMain}} |- | Yasmin Paige || Maria Jackson || colspan=1 {{cMain|Main}}{{efn|Paige is billed as a series regular in the first serial of the second series before leaving by its conclusion. She appears once more in the fourth serial.}} || colspan="4" {{N/A|}} |- | Tommy Knight || Luke Smith || colspan=5 {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Knight last appears as a regular in the first serial of the fourth series. He makes regular cameo appearances throughout the rest of the series before returning in the final serials of the fourth and fifth series.}} |- | Daniel Anthony || Clyde Langer || colspan=5 {{CMain|Main}} |- | Anjli Mohindra || Rani Chandra || colspan="1" {{N/A|}} || colspan=4 {{CMain|Main}} |- | Sinead Michael|| Sky Smith || colspan="4" {{N/A|}} || {{CMain|Main}} |}
[[File:Sarah Jane Adventures cast.jpg|thumb|Main cast of series 1 (left to right) Maria, Luke, Sarah Jane and Clyde]] [[File:Sarah Jane Adventures Cast Series 2-5.jpg|thumb|Main cast of series 2–5 (left to right) Rani, Luke, Sarah Jane, Clyde and Sky (Series 5 only)]]
In addition to Sladen, the first series of the programme stars Yasmin Paige as Maria Jackson, Sarah Jane's 13-year-old neighbour in Ealing, west London, and Tommy Knight as a boy named Luke, who is adopted by Sarah Jane at the conclusion of the introductory story. The third member of Sarah Jane's young entourage is 14-year-old Clyde Langer, played by Daniel Anthony, who is introduced in the first episode of the full series. Actress Porsha Lawrence Mavour briefly played Maria's friend, Kelsey Hooper, in the 2007 New Year's Day special ''Invasion of the Bane'' which was created before the start of the series.<ref>{{cite web | title =Sarah Jane's new companion | publisher=Outpost Gallifrey | date =2 March 2007 | url =http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEZlpAklEuNeJTaABW&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070513010101/http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi%2Dbin/viewnews.cgi?id%3DEEZlpAklEuNeJTaABW%26tmpl%3Dnewsrss%26style%3Dfeedstyle | archive-date= 13 May 2007 | url-status =dead |access-date =23 March 2007}}<br />{{cite journal |date=27 June 2007 |title=News Bites – Sarah's New Friend |journal=Doctor Who Magazine |issue=383|page=5}}</ref> Maria and her family are written out of the series in the first story of the second series, ''The Last Sontaran'', but Maria and her father return briefly in the second part of ''The Mark of the Berserker''. In the second story of that series, ''The Day of the Clown'', a few new regular cast members are introduced: Rani Chandra and her parents, Haresh, and Gita (played by Anjli Mohindra, Ace Bhatti, and Mina Anwar, respectively).<ref name="TheChandras">{{cite journal | title = Untitled section | journal=Doctor Who Magazine | issue = 395 | page = 12 | publisher=Panini Comics | date = 28 May 2008}}</ref> This happened as the character Alan Jackson (Joseph Millson) left the series, along with Chrissie (Juliet Cowan) and Maria Jackson (Yasmin Paige).<ref name="SFX interview">{{cite web |last=Berriman |first=Ian |date=2008-08-29 |title=New Rani interviewed! |url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=new_rani_interviewed |access-date=2008-09-04 |publisher=SFX}}</ref><ref name="Digital Spy">{{cite web |last=Rawson-Jones |first=Ben |date=2008-08-31 |title=Cult Spy: Autumn Preview |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a127526/cult-spy-autumn-preview.html |access-date=2008-09-04 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref>
Joseph Millson appears throughout the first series as Maria's recently separated father, Alan, with Chrissie Jackson, Maria's mother, played by Juliet Cowan. One other regular is Alexander Armstrong of comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, who provides the voice of Mr Smith, an extraterrestrial computer in Sarah Jane's attic. The 2007 special featured Samantha Bond as the scheming villain Mrs Wormwood and Jamie Davis as her PR agent Davey. The first series included among its guest cast Jane Asher as Sarah Jane's childhood friend Andrea Yates, Floella Benjamin as Professor Rivers, who returned in Series 2, Series 3 and Series 5, and Phyllida Law as Bea Nelson-Stanley. The second series guest starred Bradley Walsh as an evil alien clown in the story ''The Day of the Clown'' and Russ Abbot as a sinister astrologer in ''Secrets of the Stars''.<ref name="TheChandras" /> Also appearing in the second series were Gary Beadle and Jocelyn Jee Esien, who portrayed Clyde's parents Paul and Carla in ''The Mark of the Berserker''; Esien reprised her role briefly in Series 4 and more prominently in series 5. Samantha Bond returned as Wormwood in ''Enemy of the Bane''.
The original executive producers for ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' were Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner. Susie Liggat produced the pilot, but Matthew Bouch worked as producer of the series. Co-writer Gareth Roberts, writing in ''Doctor Who Magazine'', said, "We're all determined that this will be a big, full-blooded drama; that nobody should ever think of it as 'just' a children's programme."<ref name="production notes">{{cite journal |first=Gareth |last=Roberts |author-link=Gareth Roberts (writer) |date=8 November 2006 |title=Production Notes |journal=Doctor Who Magazine |issue=375 |page=66}}</ref> Sue Nott was the executive producer of the second series for CBBC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Releases CBBC unveils new dramas|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/06/cbbc.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003140209/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/06/cbbc.shtml|archive-date=3 October 2009|work=BBC|access-date=30 December 2011|date=6 February 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
In December 2007, the BBC released a statement that Julie Gardner would be replaced by Piers Wenger as executive producer for ''Doctor Who'' in January 2009, but that she would continue to executive-produce ''Torchwood'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' through 2008.<ref>{{cite press release | title = BBC Wales announces new Executive Producer of Doctor Who and Head of Drama | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/12_december/11/who.shtml |work=BBC | date = 11 December 2007 | access-date =11 December 2007}}</ref>
The fourth series in 2010 was executive produced by Russell T Davies and Nikki Wilson, and the producers were Brian Minchin and frequent writer Phil Ford.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> During this series, Cyril Nri was introduced as a new recurring character called The Shopkeeper. The production team remained in place for the completed episodes of Series 5,<ref>''Doctor Who Magazine'' No. 435, June 2011</ref> which were shot concurrently with Series 4. The show's abbreviated fifth and final series introduced a new main character named Sky, played by Sinead Michael.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Final series of The Sarah Jane Adventures starts on CBBC | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/09_september/27/sj.shtml |work=BBC | date = 27 September 2011 | access-date =10 November 2011}}</ref> The episode that introduced Sky also featured a return appearance by the Shopkeeper, but the fact that the second half of the series was never produced left his story arc, as well as other ongoing plot points, unresolved. A special edition of ''Doctor Who Magazine'', ''The Sarah Jane Companion Volume 3'', published in August 2012, detailed the plotlines of the three unfilmed stories.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Jane Adventures Companion Vol 3|url=http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/sarah-jane-adventures-companion-volume-3/|publisher=thedoctorwhosite.co.uk|access-date=28 August 2013}}</ref>
===''Doctor Who'' characters=== As well as Sarah Jane, some characters from the past or current run of ''Doctor Who'' appear in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. K9, voiced by John Leeson, guest stars in the New Year's special as well as the series 1 finale, appears regularly in the third series, and makes two further appearances in series 4. The Doctor appears twice in the series, with David Tennant featuring in ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' (2009), and his successor Matt Smith in ''Death of the Doctor'' (2010). The latter episode also guest stars Katy Manning as Jo Jones (née Grant), reprising the role she played alongside the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) between 1971 and 1973. The episode ''Sky'' was originally to have featured Smith, but scheduling prevented his appearance.<ref>''Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: The Sarah Jane Companion Vol. 3'', August 2012.</ref> Nicholas Courtney appears as Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in ''Enemy of the Bane'' (2008),<ref name="brigreturn">{{cite news |first=Simon |last=Swift |title=Russell T. Davies explains why the Doctor's not in the house |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4824808.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616123102/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4824808.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2011 |work=The Times |date=27 September 2008 |access-date=29 October 2008}}</ref> his final appearance as the character prior to his death in 2011. Various newsreader characters who appear across Davies' tenure as ''Doctor Who'' showrunner also appear in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', namely Lachele Carl and Trinity Wells, Jason Mohammad and Anthony Debaeck.
Numerous others have been referenced in dialogue. Several former companions of the Doctor are referenced in the story ''Death of the Doctor'', and the episode also includes brief on-screen flashbacks showing the Third, Fourth and Tenth Doctors. Companion Harry Sullivan is referenced separately in dialogue on several occasions and a photograph of the character is visible in one episode. In an issue of ''Doctor Who Magazine'', Sophie Aldred was read an email from Russell T. Davies, in which he declared his plans to bring Ace into a story had the show continued,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/sfx-forum/showthread.php?p=935083 |title=If Ace had been in The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures |publisher=SFX |date=14 March 2012 |access-date=18 March 2012}}</ref> and she was alluded to at the end of ''The Death of the Doctor'' when the fates of Harry Sullivan, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Ben Jackson, Polly, Tegan Jovanka, and Ace are revealed.
==Episodes== {{Main|List of The Sarah Jane Adventures serials}} {{:List of The Sarah Jane Adventures serials}}
''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' was first seen by its original British audience in the form of a 60-minute New Year's Day special in 2007, titled "Invasion of the Bane", which was co-written by Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts.<ref name="DWM373" /> "Invasion of the Bane" was not a pilot, although the story does contains many conventional introductory elements common to pilots. Creator Russell T Davies has commented upon the exceptional broadcast situation, saying "''Sarah Jane Adventures'' is slightly unusual in that it was commissioned before we'd written the script. If we'd written a load of rubbish, they'd still have had to make it." He refers to "Invasion of the Bane" simply as the "first episode".<ref name="dwmjan2">{{cite journal |date = 31 January 2007 |first=Benjamin |last=Cook |author-link=Benjamin Cook (journalist) |title = Doing It for the Kids |journal=Doctor Who Magazine |issue = 378 |page = 37}}</ref> The story focused on Sarah Jane's investigation of a popular and addictive soft drink called ''Bubble Shock!''
Series one of the show aired in September of that year, consisting of five two-part half-hour stories. Individual half-hour episodes aired once a week on BBC One, with episodes airing a week ahead on children's digital channel CBBC. The final part aired in November 2007. The second series started in September 2008 using the same format, with six stories instead of five, ending the series in December. The third series started 15 October 2009, twice weekly (Thursdays and Fridays) on BBC One from 15 October to 20 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s47/sarah-jane-adventures/interviews/a176657/elisabeth-sladen-sarah-jane-adventures.html |title=Elisabeth Sladen ('Sarah Jane Adventures') – Sarah Jane Adventures Interview – British TV |work=Digital Spy |date=28 September 2009 |access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> The fourth series aired from 11 October 2010. The first of each story pair was accompanied by an episode of ''Sarah Jane's Alien Files'', a set of 25-minute episodes in which a member of the cast updates Mr Smith's database about certain aliens. It accompanied series 4 of the programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vdgwb|title=Sarah Jane's Alien Files BBC |work=BBC |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/09_september/30/sja.shtml|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: introduction |work=BBC |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_101008_03|title=Another Exclusive for the SJA Website|work=BBC |date=8 October 2010|access-date=18 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325154419/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_101008_03 |archive-date=25 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2010/09/sarah-janes-alien-files.html|title=Sarah Jane's Alien Files|publisher=doctorwhonews.net |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref>
Due to the illness of Elisabeth Sladen, and her death on 19 April 2011, filming for the second half of the fifth series, which was due to air in the autumn of 2011, was postponed and later cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/Elizabeth-Sladen-RIP.aspx|title=Elizabeth Sladen RIP|publisher=Doctor Who Online|date=19 April 2011|access-date=19 April 2011}}</ref> Filming for three stories of the fifth series had been finished, and thus post-production on these stories was completed.<ref>Chuck Foster, [http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html Elisabeth Sladen 1948–2011], Doctor Who News Page 19 April 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011</ref> The final series was aired from 3 to 18 October 2011 on CBBC and ended with a tribute to Elisabeth Sladen in the form of a video montage of scenes from the series and a couple of episodes of ''Doctor Who'' and the ending text "And the story goes on... forever."<ref name="doctorwhonews" />
The script of the unfilmed ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' episode "The Thirteenth Floor" was rewritten and broadcast as an episode of ''Wizards vs Aliens''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/wizards-vs-aliens/28444/phil-ford-on-wizards-vs-aliens-and-the-sarah-jane-adventures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204212253/http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/wizards-vs-aliens/28444/phil-ford-on-wizards-vs-aliens-and-the-sarah-jane-adventures |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2013 |title=Phil Ford on Wizards Vs Aliens and The Sarah-Jane Adventures. |author=James Peaty |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=2 April 2016}}</ref>
=== "Farewell, Sarah Jane" === {{Main|Farewell, Sarah Jane|l1=''"Farewell, Sarah Jane"''}} On 19 April 2020, a special 13-minute webcast mini episode entitled "Farewell, Sarah Jane" aired on ''Doctor Who''{{'s}} social media channels as a tribute to Elisabeth Sladen. During this story, a memorial service is held for Sarah Jane, attended by Luke, Clyde, Rani, Sky and Maria, and accompanied by their friends and families (among them several of the Doctor's former companions). Apart from a small interruption from the Trickster, the memorial goes smoothly, and after the guests say goodbye, Luke, Clyde and Rani revisit 13 Bannerman Road. Rani stays behind to have a final conversation with Mr Smith, expressing her belief that Sarah Jane is once again travelling with the Doctor (whose absence Jo Grant commented on, speculating that both of the Doctor's hearts would break to be there). It was written by Russell T Davies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/russelldavies63/status/1251465497151000581|title=SUNDAY 5pm! Farewell, Sarah Jane. The final Sarah Jane Adventure. Made with the blessing of Lis's family; come and say goodbye. Available on Doctor Who YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Instagram, and both the global <nowiki>http://doctorwho.tv</nowiki> and BBC Doctor Who sites #FarewellSarahJanepic.twitter.com/vSqARz6XJ6 |last=Davies|first=Russell T.|date=2020-04-18|website=@russelldavies63|language=en|access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-04-19/doctor-whos-russell-t-davies-announces-sarah-jane-adventures-goodbye-story/|title=Doctor Who's Russell T Davies announces Sarah Jane Adventures goodbye story|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref>
The story acts as an epilogue to the series, narrated by Jacob Dudman and featuring Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony, Anjli Mohindra, Katy Manning, Mina Anwar all in their respective roles from the series. It also includes Sophie Aldred, who portrayed Ace, a companion to the Seventh Doctor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p089y8mq|title=BBC One - Doctor Who, Farewell Sarah Jane|website=BBC|date=19 April 2020 |language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1251906965023993857|title=Farewell, Sarah Jane|date=19 April 2020|website=Twitter|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a32199921/sarah-jane-adventures-farewell-story-recap/|title=Russell T Davies' Sarah Jane Adventures farewell story is the perfect send-off|last=Seddon|first=Dan|date=2020-04-19|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/farewell-sarah-jane-fans-pay-21892701|title=Fans pay tribute to Doctor Who legend Elisabeth Sladen after Farewell Sarah Jane|last=Knight|first=Lewis|date=2020-04-19|website=mirror|access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref>
== Spin-offs ==
=== ''Rani Takes on the World'' === {{main|List of Doctor Who spin off audio plays by Big Finish#Rani Takes on the World (2023–present)}}
On 19 July 2022, it was announced that Big Finish Productions would produce an audio spin-off of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' set to release in April 2023, which features Rani Chandra (Anjli Mohindra) as the protagonist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beyond Bannerman Road Rani Takes on the World |url= https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/rani-takes-on-the-world-beyond-bannerman-road-2727/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Big Finish |language=en}}</ref> The audio spin-off is set 15 years after the events of the series with the first three stories featuring Clyde Langer (Daniel Anthony) as well as Gita Chandra (Mina Anwar), Rani's mother.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anjli Mohindra to return as Rani in Sarah Jane Adventures spin-off |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/anjli-mohindra-rani-spin-off-doctor-who-newsupdate/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref>
On 28 March 2023, Big Finish Productions additionally announced a sequel boxset set to release in January 2024 titled ''The Revenge of Wormwood'' with Mrs Wormwood (Samantha Bond) to reprise her role as the villain from the television series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beyond Bannerman Road The Revenge of Wormwood |url= https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/rani-takes-on-the-world-the-revenge-of-wormwood-2728 |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Big Finish |language=en}}</ref> The second boxset will also feature the return of Luke Smith (Tommy Knight).<ref>{{Cite web |last=McArdell |first=Ian |date=2023-04-20 |title=Rani Takes on the World – video trailer and another returnee revealed |url=https://cultbox.co.uk/news/rani-takes-on-the-world-video-trailer-and-another-returnee-revealed |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=CultBox |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Reception== ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' has been generally well received by critics and the viewing public.<ref>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Billen |title=Last night's TV |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2522908.ece |work=The Times |date=25 September 2007 |access-date=29 October 2008 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616092942/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2522908.ece |url-status=dead }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://parenting.ivillage.com/familyentertainment_csm/tv/0,,cx5d77v0,00.html |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures Review - Television at ivillage.com |access-date=29 October 2008 |author=Common Sense Media |publisher=ivillage.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205232021/http://parenting.ivillage.com/familyentertainment_csm/tv/0,,cx5d77v0,00.html |archive-date=5 December 2008 }}</ref> At the end of the first series, Abi Grant of ''The Daily Telegraph'' wrote: "With the debate about the future of children's TV still rumbling on, this is what the BBC does best, and despite lacking the production values of ''Doctor Who'', it's still top tea-time programming."<ref>{{cite news |first=Abi |last=Grant |title=Telegraph pick: The Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC1) |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3674553/Telegraph-pick-The-Sarah-Jane-Adventures-BBC1.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3674553/Telegraph-pick-The-Sarah-Jane-Adventures-BBC1.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=11 November 2007 |access-date=29 October 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Daniel Martin of ''The Guardian'' described the show as looking very promising and more convincing than another ''Doctor Who'' spinoff ''Torchwood''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Daniel|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures are going to be fun|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/sep/25/thesarahjaneadventuresare?INTCMP=SRCH|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 December 2011|date=25 September 2007}}</ref> Review website ''DVD Talk'' called the series "wonderful", "thoughtful" and "imaginative children's entertainment" that was highly recommended.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cornelius|first=David|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Complete First Series|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/35006/sarah-jane-adventures-the-complete-first-season-the/|website=DVD Talk|access-date=31 December 2011|date=7 October 2008}}</ref> The series also received praise for its willingness to tackle "darker themes [such as] Alzheimer's, homelessness and loss."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/oct/11/aliens-vs-wizards-doctor-who|last=Kelly|first=Stephen|work=The Guardian|date=11 October 2012|access-date=3 January 2013|title=Wizards vs Aliens: recreating the magic of Doctor Who}}</ref> {{Quote box | width = 35em; max-width:40% | bgcolor = #c6dbf7 | quote = "It's not often that you get a character who appeals across the generations. What SJA gets absolutely right is that Sarah Jane remains immediately recognisable as this tenacious reporter of old, but with an added maternal touch that enchants its target audience. Its absence in the schedules is going to be keenly felt." | source = — David Brown of ''Radio Times'' on the last series<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=David|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: Final Series Preview|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-09-28/the-sarah-jane-adventures-final-series-preview|work=Radio Times|date=28 September 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140113165913/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-09-28/the-sarah-jane-adventures-final-series-preview|archive-date=2014-01-13}}</ref> }} At Metacritic, the first series received a generally favourable score of 66 out of 100 based on five critics.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 1|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-sarah-jane-adventures|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> As the series progressed reviews became slightly more positive with ''DVD Talk'' reviewer David Cornelius saying that the "second series is even better than the first."<ref>{{cite web|last=Cornelius|first=David|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Second Series|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/39430/sarah-jane-adventures-complete-second-season/|website=DVD Talk|access-date=1 January 2012|date=10 November 2009}}</ref> However Eric Profancik from ''DVD Verdict'' stated that the second series suffered from "poor scripts and horrible acting", criticising it for having "simple plots, too many conveniences and having corny humour."<ref>{{cite web|last=Profancik|first=Eric|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Second Series|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/sarahjane2.php|publisher=DVD Verdict|access-date=1 January 2012|date=10 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822222712/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/sarahjane2.php|archive-date=22 August 2011}}</ref> Series three is described by Guy Clapperton of review site ''ScreenJabber.com'' as being slightly braver than its predecessors,<ref>{{cite web|last=Clapperton|first=Guy|title=Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 3 review (DVD)|url=http://screenjabber.com/sarah-jane-adventures-S3-DVD-review|publisher=screenjabber.com|access-date=1 January 2012|archive-date=20 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020233602/http://screenjabber.com/sarah-jane-adventures-S3-DVD-review|url-status=usurped}}</ref> while ''Bullz-eye.com'' described it as "a sweet, fun little show, with some neat ideas" with "its heart very much in the right place."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruediger|first=Ross|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Third Series|url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/television_reviews/2009/the_sarah_jane_adventures_3.htm|publisher=bullz-eye.com|access-date=1 January 2012|archive-date=30 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030091959/http://www.bullz-eye.com/television_reviews/2009/the_sarah_jane_adventures_3.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Reviews for the final series were sympathetic for the series' end and the unavoidably incomplete nature of the series (following the death of Elisabeth Sladen) and its story arcs. Stephen Kelly from ''The Guardian'' said that it was "a fitting tribute to Elisabeth Sladen" and has occupied a "unique place in the Whoniverse".<ref>{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Stephen|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: A Fitting Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/03/the-sarah-jane-adventures|work=The Guardian|access-date=1 January 2012|date=3 October 2011}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" |- ! Year ! Ceremony ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | rowspan="3" | 2008 | Royal Television Society || Children's Drama || ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' || {{Nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/award/programme-awards-winners-2008|title=Programme Awards Winners 2008|publisher=Royal Television Society|year=2008|access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | ''SFX'' Awards || Best TV Actress || Elisabeth Sladen || {{Nom}} || <ref>{{cite magazine |editor-last=Bradley |editor-first=Dave |publication-date=17 December 2008 |title=''SFX'' Reader Awards 2008 |magazine=SFX |issue=178 |location=Bath, Somerset |publisher=Future Publishing |page=97}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | British Academy Children's Awards | rowspan="2" | Drama || Matthew Bouche, Alice Troughton, and Gareth Roberts || {{Nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens?award-year=2008 |title=Childrens Awards|publisher=BAFTA |year=2008|access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2009 | Nikki Smith, Graeme Harper, and Gareth Roberts || {{Nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens?award-year=2009|title=Childrens Awards|publisher=BAFTA |year=2009|access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | Royal Television Society|| Children's Drama || ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' || {{Nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2009|title=RTS Programme Awards 2009|publisher=Royal Television Society|year=2009|access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" | 2010 | rowspan="3" | British Academy Children's Awards | Drama || Nikki Wilson, Joss Agnew, and Gareth Roberts || {{Nom}} ||<ref name="bafta-2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/?award-year=2010|title=Childrens Awards|publisher=BAFTA |year=2010 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | Writer || Phil Ford || {{Nom}} || <ref name="bafta-2010"/> |- | BAFTA Kids' Vote – Television | rowspan="2" | ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' || {{Nom}} || <ref name="bafta-2010"/> |- | Royal Television Society || Children's Drama || {{Nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2010|title=RTS Programme Awards 2010|publisher=Royal Television Society|year=2010|access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | BAFTA Cymru|| Interactive || ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' (website) || {{Won}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/cymru?award-year=2010|title=Cymru Awards|publisher=BAFTA |date=2010 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" | 2011 | rowspan="3" | British Academy Children's Awards | Drama || Russell T Davies, Brian Minchin, and Ashley Way || {{Nom}} ||<ref name="bafta-2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/?award-year=2011|title=Childrens Awards|publisher=BAFTA |year=2011 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | Writer || Phil Ford || {{Nom}} ||<ref name="bafta-2011"/> |- | BAFTA Kids' Vote – Television | rowspan="2" | ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' || {{Nom}} ||<ref name="bafta-2011"/> |- | Royal Television Society || Children's Drama || {{Won}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2011|title=RTS Programme Awards 2011|publisher=Royal Television Society|year=2011|access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | BAFTA Cymru|| Children's Programme || Brian Minchin for ''Death of the Doctor'' || {{Won}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/cymru?award-year=2011|title=Cymru Awards|publisher=BAFTA |date=2011 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" | 2012 | rowspan="2" | British Academy Children's Awards|| BAFTA Kids' Vote – Television || ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' || {{Nom}} ||<ref name="bafta-2012">{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens?award-year=2012|title=Childrens Awards|publisher=BAFTA |year=2012 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | Writer || Phil Ford || {{Nom}} || <ref name="bafta-2012"/> |- | BAFTA Cymru|| Children's Programme || Brian Minchin for ''The Curse of Clyde Langer'' || {{Nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/cymru?award-year=2011|title=Cymru Awards|publisher=BAFTA |date=2012 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> |- | Royal Television Society|| Children's Drama || ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' series 5 || {{Nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/winners-rpa?term_node_tid_depth=237 |title=Programme Awards 2012 |publisher=Royal Television Society |year=2012 |access-date=26 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427011340/http://www.rts.org.uk/winners-rpa?term_node_tid_depth=237 |archive-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> |- | ''SFX'' Awards || Elisabeth Sladen Award || ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', for "excellence in the field of children's fantasy" || {{Won}} || <ref>{{cite magazine |editor-last=Bradley |editor-first=Dave |publication-date=8 February 2012 |title=''SFX'' Sci-Fi Awards 2012 |magazine=SFX |issue=219 |location=Bath, Somerset |publisher=Future Publishing |page=95}}</ref> |}
==International broadcast== BBC Worldwide's children's channel in Canada, BBC Kids, began broadcasting ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' with "Invasion of the Bane" on 13 January 2008, airing the rest of the series back-to-back on Sundays thereafter.<ref>{{cite web |last= Doran |first=Mike |url=http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEAykAupApyxkKjxwK&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201185420/http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEAykAupApyxkKjxwK&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle |archive-date=1 February 2008 |title=Sarah Jane Adventures coming to Canada |access-date=5 February 2008 |date=28 November 2007 |work=The Doctor Who News Page }}</ref> The South African channel SABC 2 started airing the series beginning on 9 February 2008.<ref>{{cite web |last=Elliott |first= Benjamin F |url=http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEkpkkplEpEZqYQmVUN |title=SJA on SABC2 South Africa |access-date=5 February 2008 |date=5 February 2008 |work=The Doctor Who News Page |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080208043930/http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php|archive-date = 8 February 2008}}</ref> The Hong Kong channel ATV World, which has also aired ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'', aired this series starting 17 February 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=ATV World Schedule|url=http://www.hkatv.com/v3/schedule/schedule-world.html|access-date=17 February 2008|publisher=ATV|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413054520/http://www.hkatv.com/v3/schedule/schedule-world.html|archive-date=13 April 2008}}</ref> The first series began airing on Sci Fi in the USA beginning on 11 April 2008,<ref>{{cite press release | title = Doctor who series four and the sarah jane adventures coming to sci fi channel in April| website=Starpulse.com| date = 5 February 2008 | url = http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/05/doctor_who_season_four_aamp_the_sarah_ja | access-date =4 February 2008 }}</ref> but this is the only series broadcast on American television as of Summer 2010, though later series have continued to be released on DVD in America without a prior television broadcast. In Australia, ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' started on 31 October 2008 on Nickelodeon Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/09/airdate-the-sarah-jane-adventures.html|title=Airdate: The Sarah Jane Adventures |publisher=tvtonight.com.au |date= 25 September 2008|access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref> In Brazil, the show started airing on 19 November 2012 on TV Cultura, right after their broadcast of ''Doctor Who series 6'' ended.<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Cultura Schedule|url=http://tvcultura.cmais.com.br/grade|access-date=24 January 2013|publisher=TV Cultura|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315173239/http://tvcultura.cmais.com.br/grade|url-status=dead}}</ref> It also screens in New Zealand on Nickelodeon New Zealand, and in Belgium on Ketnet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nicknz.co.nz/WhatsUp/Event.aspx?id=401514|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523224650/http://www.nicknz.co.nz/WhatsUp/Event.aspx?id=401514|archive-date=23 May 2010 |title=New Show: The Sarah Jane Adventures |publisher=nicknz.co.nz |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ketnet.be/ketnet/programmas/thesarahjaneadventures|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423002610/http://www.ketnet.be/ketnet/programmas/thesarahjaneadventures|archive-date=23 April 2010|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures Belgium on KETNET|publisher=ketnet.be |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref> In 2013 the show started airing on JeemTV in Arabic.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – JeemTV|url=http://www.jeemtv.net/en/shows/the-sarah-jane-adventures|publisher=JeemTV|access-date=18 December 2013|archive-date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219012307/http://www.jeemtv.net/en/shows/the-sarah-jane-adventures|url-status=dead}}</ref> Various seasons of the series has also been broadcast multiple times on the Swedish children's Channel 'Barnkanalen' in Swedish.
==Merchandising== ===Toys=== Character Options have been awarded a licence to produce ''The Sarah Jane Adventure'' play sets, action figures, and a 'Sonic Lipstick' toy.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Licensees for Charlie and Lola, Sarah Jane | publisher=C21 Media | date = 30 January 2007 | url = http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=79&article=34192 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111223034/http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=79&article=34192 | archive-date = 11 January 2009 | access-date =30 January 2007 }}</ref> Four 2-figure sets have been released: Sarah Jane and Star Poet; Sarah Jane and General Kudlak; Sarah Jane and Child Slitheen and Sarah Jane and Graske. Also released are Sarah Jane's Sonic Lipstick with Watch Scanner and Alien Communicator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesja.com/|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures Merchandise Site|publisher=thesja.com|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208090023/http://thesja.com/|archive-date=8 February 2011}}</ref> Character Options have now discontinued the range due to lack of customer interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forbiddenplanet.com/26760-sarah-jane-adventures-sarah-jane-and-star-poet-deluxe-action-figure-set/|title=Sarah Jane Adventures Sarah Jane And Star Poet Deluxe Action Figure Set Discontinued|publisher=forbiddenplanet.com|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610043831/http://forbiddenplanet.com/26760-sarah-jane-adventures-sarah-jane-and-star-poet-deluxe-action-figure-set/|archive-date=10 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forbiddenplanet.com/26758-sarah-jane-adventures-alien-communicator-with-uv-pen-and-pad/|title=Sarah Jane Adventures Alien Communicator With UV Pen And Pad Discontinued|publisher=forbiddenplanet.com|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610043838/http://forbiddenplanet.com/26758-sarah-jane-adventures-alien-communicator-with-uv-pen-and-pad/|archive-date=10 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forbiddenplanet.com/26754-sarah-jane-adventures-series-1-action-figures-sarah-jane-and-graske/|title=Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 Action Figures: Sarah Jane And Graske Discontinued|publisher=forbiddenplanet.com|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610043849/http://forbiddenplanet.com/26754-sarah-jane-adventures-series-1-action-figures-sarah-jane-and-graske/|archive-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
=== Battles in Time trading cards Adventurer set === The '''''Adventurer The Sarah Jane Adventures''''' series of ''Doctor Who: Battles in Time'' trading cards was a bonus set of 10 limited edition, additional cards (plus one cover card) released exclusively with issue 62 and packaged in a clear plastic wrap.
With the ''Doctor Who: Battles in Time'' (magazine) being extended beyond its original number of proposed issues, the ''Adventurer The Sarah Jane Adventures'' cards saw the series expanded once more by the inclusion of this popular spin-off series which frequently crossed over to the parent series.
The '''Adventurer''' series consisted of 10 individual '''Common''' cards referenced by the prefix SJA, cards also showed their individual series number 01–10 {| class="wikitable" |+ !Card No. !Card name |- |0 |Introductory Card |- |1 |Sarah Jane Smith (and Friends) |- |2 |Mrs Wormwood |- |3 |Commander Kaagh |- |4 |The Gorgon |- |5 |The Trickster (with the Graske) |- |6 |Korst Gogg Thex Lutiven-Day Slitheen |- |7 |General Kudlak |- |8 |Odd Bob |- |9 |Mr Smith |- |10 |The Brigadier |}
===Audio adventures=== Ten audiobooks have been released on CD, all but the last two read by the series lead, Elisabeth Sladen, who read them in the first person in character as Sarah Jane. The final two books, released in November 2011 after Sladen's death, were read by Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra, respectively, though not as their characters.
The first two were the first time that BBC Audiobooks had commissioned new content for exclusive release on audio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2007/09_september/sarah_jane_audiobooks.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Two audio exclusive Sarah Jane Adventures stories on BBC Audiobook|date=5 November 2007|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref>
A 20-minute mini-episode in two parts called "The Monster Hunt" written by Trevor Baxendale and read by Anjli Mohindra was made especially for the Monster Hunt game on the ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' website.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/sja/funandgames/monsterhunt/game/ |title=Monster Hunt |access-date=27 June 2011 |work=BBC Doctor Who website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618040312/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/sja/funandgames/monsterhunt/game/ |archive-date=18 June 2011}}</ref> Two more comics were released "Return of the Krulius" and "Defending Bannerman Road". All comics were available as a pdf and a free mp3 download on the official Sarah Jane Adventures website.<ref name=SHA1>{{cite web|title=Two Monster Fists for Sarah Janen|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/bulletins/bulletin_091009_01|work=BBC|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Author ! Release date ! Reader |- |''The Glittering Storm''<ref name="First and second audiobooks">{{cite web|title=Two audio exclusive Sarah Jane Adventures stories on BBC Audiobook|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2007/09_september/sarah_jane_audiobooks.shtml|work=BBC|access-date=28 December 2011|date=10 September 2007}}</ref> || Stephen Cole || rowspan=2|5 November 2007||rowspan=8|Elisabeth Sladen |- |''The Thirteenth Stone''<ref name="First and second audiobooks"/> || Justin Richards |- |''The Time Capsule''<ref name="Third and fourth audiobooks">{{cite web|title=Two new audio-exclusive Sarah Jane Adventures stories launch today|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2008/11_november/sarah_jane_adventures_audio_exclusives.shtml|work=BBC|access-date=28 December 2011|date=13 November 2008}}</ref> || Peter Anghelides || rowspan=2|13 November 2008 |- |''The Ghost House''<ref name="Third and fourth audiobooks"/>|| Stephen Cole |- |''The White Wolf''<ref name="Fifth and sixth audiobooks">{{cite web|title=David Tennant & Elisabeth Sladen read new audio-exclusive stories from BBC Audiobooks|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2009/09_september/tennant_sladen_audiobooks.shtml|work=BBC|access-date=28 December 2011|date=17 September 2009}}</ref> || Gary Russell || rowspan=2|3 September 2009 |- |''The Shadow People''<ref name="Fifth and sixth audiobooks"/>|| Scott Handcock |- | ''Deadly Download''<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Jane Adventures: Deadly Download (Audio Original)|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/childrens/sarah-jane-adventures-deadly-download-audio-original/invt/9781408466643/|work=BBC|access-date=28 December 2011|date=7 October 2010}}</ref>|| Jason Arnopp || rowspan=2|7 October 2010 |- | ''Wraith World''<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Jane Adventures: Wraith World (Audio Original)|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/childrens/sarah-jane-adventures-wraith-world-audio-original/invt/9781408466636/|work=BBC|access-date=28 December 2011|date=7 October 2010}}</ref> || Cavan Scott & Mark Wright |- | ''Children of Steel''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: Children of Steel|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/sarah-jane/the-sarah-jane-adventures-children-of-steele/invt/9781408469958/|work=BBC|access-date=28 December 2011|date=24 November 2011}}</ref>|| Martin Day<ref name="Children of Steel & Judgement Day Authors">{{cite web|title=Audio Review: The Sarah Jane Adventures: Children of Steel, Judgement Day|url=http://www.huntspost.co.uk/what-s-on/reviews_2_2523/audio_review_the_sarah_jane_adventures_children_of_steel_judgement_day_1_1130797|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130506015721/http://www.huntspost.co.uk/what-s-on/reviews_2_2523/audio_review_the_sarah_jane_adventures_children_of_steel_judgement_day_1_1130797|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2013|work=Hunts Post|access-date=19 March 2013|date=18 November 2011}}</ref> || rowspan=2|10 November 2011 || Daniel Anthony<ref name=autogenerated1>Doctor Who Magazine #439</ref> |- | ''Judgement Day''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: Judgement Day|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/sarah-jane/the-sarah-jane-adventures-judgement-day/invt/9781408469965/|work=BBC|access-date=28 December 2011|date=24 November 2011}}</ref> || Scott Gray<ref name="Children of Steel & Judgement Day Authors" />|| Anjli Mohindra<ref name="Children of Steel & Judgement Day Authors" /> |- | ''The Sarah Jane Adventures Collection''<br />(Complete Audio Collection)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures Collection|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/science-fiction/the-sarah-jane-adventures-collection/invt/9781445871103/|work=BBC|access-date=28 December 2011|date=24 November 2011}}</ref> || Stephen Cole<br /> Justin Richards<br />Gary Russell<br />Cavan Scott<br />Mark Wright<br /> Peter Anghelides<br />Jason Arnopp<br />Martin Day<br />Scott Gray ||24 November 2011|| Elisabeth Sladen<br />Daniel Anthony<br />Anjli Mohindra |}
=== Comics === Five ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' comics were released on the official ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' website. Four of them were comic adventures with audio narration by Anjli Mohindra. A pdf document and a MP3 audio track was available to download of the comics. An online version of ''The Silver Bullet'', presented, in full, a comic written and drawn by Clyde and briefly seen in, the episode ''The Curse of Clyde Langer''.
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Author ! Artist ! Release date ! Read by ! Link |- |''Monster Hunt: The Beginning'' |Trevor Baxendale | |2009 |Anjli Mohindra |[https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/blast/tsja_comic.pdf Monster Hunt: The Beginning] on the BBC website |- |''Monster Hunt: The Ending'' |Trevor Baxendale | |2009 |Anjli Mohindra | |- |''Return of the Krulius'' |Trevor Baxendale |Neil Roberts |2009 |Anjli Mohindra | |- |''Defending Bannerman Road'' |Trevor Baxendale | |2010 |Anjli Mohindra | |- |''The Silver Bullet'' | | |2011 | |[https://web.archive.org/web/20170923052435/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/all/colourin/the-silver-bullet-comic-book-colour-in/the-silver-bullet-comic-book-colour-in.pdf The Silver Bullet] on the BBC website |}
===Novelisations=== ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' merchandising revived the concept of the novelisation, which had been part of the ''Doctor Who'' franchise from the 1970s to the 1990s (principally under the editorship of author and former ''Who'' script editor Terrance Dicks). The first series and most of the second were adapted in this way, but later series saw only a few releases and a transition from print to e-books.
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Author ! Release date |- |''Invasion of the Bane'' || Terrance Dicks|| 1 November 2007<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane Novel (2007)">{{cite web|title=Invasion of the Bane By BBC and Terrance Dicks|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405903974/invasion-of-the-bane|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''Revenge of the Slitheen'' || Rupert Laight||1 November 2007<ref name=" Sarah Jane Adventures: Revenge of the Slitheen Novel(2007)">{{cite web|title=Revenge of the Slitheen By BBC and Rupert Laight|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405903981/revenge-of-the-slitheen|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''Eye of the Gorgon'' || Phil Ford||1 November 2007<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon Novel(2007)">{{cite web|title=Eye of the Gorgon|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405903998/eye-of-the-gorgon|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''Warriors of Kudlak'' || Gary Russell||1 November 2007<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: Warriors of Kudlak Novel(2007)">{{cite web|title=Warriors of Kudlak By BBC and Gary Russell (author)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405904001/warriors-of-kudlak|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?'' || Rupert Laight||6 November 2008<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? Novel(2008)">{{cite web|title=Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? By Rupert Laight|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405905077/whatever-happened-to-sarah-jane|work=The Guardian|access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Lost Boy'' || Gary Russell|| 6 November 2008<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: The Lost Boy Novel(2008)">{{cite web|title=The Lost Boy By Gary Russell|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405905060/the-lost-boy|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''The Last Sontaran'' || Phil Ford|| 6 November 2008<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: The Last Sontaran Novel(2008)">{{cite web|title=The Last Sontaran By Gary Russell|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405905091/the-last-sontaran|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''The Day of the Clown'' || Phil Ford|| 6 November 2008<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: The Day of the Clown Novel(2008)">{{cite web|title=Day of the Clown By Phil Ford|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405905107/day-of-the-clown|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' || Gareth Roberts||5 November 2009<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Novel (2009)">{{cite web|title=The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith By BBC Worldwide|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/unclassified/9781405906289/the-wedding-of-sarah-jane-smith|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''The Nightmare Man'' {{small|(e-book only)}} || Joseph Lidster||25 November 2010<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: The Nightmare Man (2010)">{{cite web|title=Sarah Jane Adventures: The Nightmare Man|url=http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781405908085,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421082626/http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781405908085,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2013|publisher=Penguin Books|access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> |- |''Death of the Doctor'' {{small|(e-book only)}} || Gary Russell||25 November 2010<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010)">{{cite web|title=Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor|url=http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781405908061,00.html?strSrchSql=Sarah+Jane+Adventures*/Sarah_Jane_Adventures:_Death_of_the_Doctor|publisher=Penguin Books|access-date=29 December 2011}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |}
In September 2010, Pearson Education published four simplified novelisations based on stories from the third series:
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title !! Author |- |''Judoon Afternoon'' (''Prisoner of the Judoon'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Primary/Literacy/AllLiteracyresources/BugClub/ISBN/BugClubGoldLevel(Print)/SJAJudoon(Gold%20A).aspx|title=BC Gold A/2B Sarah Jane Adventures: Judoon Afternoon|work=pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk|access-date=22 March 2015|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308045345/https://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Primary/Literacy/AllLiteracyresources/BugClub/ISBN/BugClubGoldLevel(Print)/SJAJudoon(Gold%20A).aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> || data-sort-value="Baxendale, Trevor"|Trevor Baxendale |- |''Haunted House'' (''The Eternity Trap'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Primary/Literacy/AllLiteracyresources/BugClub/ISBN/BugClubWhiteLevel(Print)/SJAHauntedHouse(WhiteB).aspx|title=BC White B/2A Sarah Jane Adventures: Haunted House|work=pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk|access-date=22 March 2015}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> || data-sort-value="Baxendale, Trevor"|Trevor Baxendale |- |''Painting Peril'' (''Mona Lisa's Revenge'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Primary/Literacy/AllLiteracyresources/BugClub/ISBN/BugClubWhiteLevel(Print)/SJAPaintingPeril(WhiteA).aspx|title=BC White A/2A Sarah Jane Adventures: Painting Peril|work=pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk|access-date=22 March 2015}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> || data-sort-value="Baxendale, Trevor"|Trevor Baxendale |- |''Blathereen Dream'' (''The Gift'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Primary/Literacy/AllLiteracyresources/BugClub/ISBN/BugClubGoldLevel(Print)/SJABlathereen(Gold%20B).aspx|title=BC Gold B/2B Sarah Jane Adventures: Blathereen Dream|work=pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk|access-date=22 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140259/http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Primary/Literacy/AllLiteracyresources/BugClub/ISBN/BugClubGoldLevel(Print)/SJABlathereen(Gold%20B).aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> || data-sort-value="Baxendale, Trevor"|Trevor Baxendale |}
===Magazines and books=== Although there has never been a ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' magazine there have been three special editions of the ''Doctor Who Magazine'', focused on ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', as well as regular mentions in the standard editions of ''Doctor Who Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who Magazine Special: Sarah Jane Companion 1|url=http://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=2483&vts=ga4EAAI|publisher=galaxy4.co.uk|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105182012/http://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=2483&vts=ga4EAAI|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who Magazine Special: Sarah Jane Companion 2|url=http://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=3073&vts=ga4EAAI|publisher=galaxy4.co.uk|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105182301/http://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=3073&vts=ga4EAAI|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition|url=http://www.paninicomics.co.uk/web/guest/news?id=53915|publisher=paninicomics.co.uk|access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who Magazine Special: Sarah Jane Companion 3|url=http://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=1840&vts=ga4EAAI|publisher=galaxy4.co.uk|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105181941/http://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=1840&vts=ga4EAAI|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Title ! Publisher ! Release date |- |''The Sarah Jane Adventures: Quiz Book'' || Penguin Character Books Ltd|| 5 November 2009<ref name="The Sarah Jane Adventures: Quiz Book">{{cite web|title=Sarah Jane Adventures: Quiz Book|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/bbc+worldwide/sarah+jane+adventures3a+quiz+book/6793176/|publisher=waterstones|access-date=24 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021165817/http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/bbc+worldwide/sarah+jane+adventures3a+quiz+book/6793176/|archive-date=21 October 2014}}</ref> |- |''Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives on<br />Doctor Who, Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures'' || Cambridge Scholars Publishing|| 1 May 2010<ref name="Sarah Jane Adventures Cultural Perspectives Book">{{cite web|title=Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives on "Doctor Who", "Torchwood" and the "Sarah Jane Adventures"|url=http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=9781443819602#|publisher=W H Smith|access-date=2 January 2012}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |}
===Home media=== ====DVD==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Release name ! Region 2 ! Region 4 ! Region 1 ! Notes/extras |- | ''Invasion of the Bane'' | 29 October 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/childrens/the-sarah-jane-adventures-invasion-of-the-bane-dvd/invt/bbcdvd2390/|title=he Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane (DVD)|work=BBCshop.com |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> | 12 January 2009<br /><small>Re-released 2 March 2010 </small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/drama-romance/sarah-jane-adventures-invasion-of-the-bane/478547|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410013703/https://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/drama-romance/sarah-jane-adventures-invasion-of-the-bane/478547|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2013|title=Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane|publisher=jbhifionline.com.au|date=2 March 2010|access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> | <small>Not released individually</small> | Elisabeth Sladen interview, ''Blue Peter'' Visits The Set, CBBC trailers, interactive Sarah Jane biography with ''Doctor Who'' clips, Character And Alien Profiles, behind the scenes Photo Gallery.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCusker |first1=Eamonn |title=Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane Review |url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/content/66196/page/ |access-date=22 October 2019 |work=The Digital Fix |date=25 October 2007 |language=en |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022162425/https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/content/66196/page/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | ''The Complete First Series''<br /><small>Also includes "Invasion of the Bane"</small> | 10 November 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/childrens/sarah-jane-adventures-series-1-boxset-dvd/invt/bbcdvd2700/ |title=Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 1 Boxset (DVD) |work=BBCshop.com |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> | 4 June 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.devoteddvd.com.au/shop/product_info.php?products_id=60512&ref=146 |title=DVD – Sarah Jane Adventures, The Season 1 |publisher=devoteddvd.com.au |access-date=16 September 2011 |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516094100/http://www.devoteddvd.com.au/shop/product_info.php?products_id=60512&ref=146 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br /><small>Re-released 5 January 2010 </small> | 7 October 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Complete-1st-Season/8083|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Complete 1st Season|website=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020063800/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Complete-1st-Season/8083|archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> | Interviews, Blue Peter Set Visit, CBBC trailers, outtakes (accessed via a quiz), Characters, Tools and Aliens Profiles, behind the scenes Photo Gallery.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bush |first1=Michael |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 DVD boxset review |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/7744/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-1-dvd-boxset-review |access-date=22 October 2019 |work=Den of Geek |date=1 September 2008 |language=en |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022162424/https://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/7744/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-1-dvd-boxset-review |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | ''The Complete Second Series'' | 9 November 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/childrens/sarah-jane-adventures-the-complete-2nd-series-dvd/invt/bbcdvd2919/ |title=Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete 2nd Series (DVD) |work=BBCshop.com |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> | 3 June 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=780504 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720102829/http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=780504 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2012 |title=Sarah Jane Adventures – Series 2 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=30 July 2011 }}</ref><br /><small>Re-released 2 March 2011 </small> | 10 November 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Complete-2nd-Season/9344|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Complete 2nd Season|website=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020063824/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Complete-2nd-Season/9344|archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> |''From Raxacoricofallapatorious with Love'' (accessed via a quiz), ''Me & My Movie'' with Tommy Knight (behind the scenes clips), CBBC trailers, Character, Tools & Alien profiles, Photo galleries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cornelius |first1=David |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Second Season |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/39430/sarah-jane-adventures-complete-second-season/ |access-date=22 October 2019 |work=DVD Talk |date=24 December 2009 |language=en}}</ref>
|- | ''The Complete Third Series'' | 1 November 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2entertainvideo.co.uk/2evideo/product.php?dbID=470 |title=Sarah Jane Adventures – Series 3 DVD |publisher=2 entertain |access-date=30 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810192934/http://2entertainvideo.co.uk/2evideo/product.php?dbID=470 |archive-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> |2 March 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=794296&SearchID=11722626&SearchRefineID=19271039 |title=Sarah Jane Adventures – Series 3 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=8 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226110621/http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=794296 |archive-date=26 February 2011}}</ref><br /><small>Re-released 2 June 2011 </small> | 4 January 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Complete-3rd-Season/10471 |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Complete 3rd Season |website=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=9 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107093255/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Complete-3rd-Season/10471 |archive-date=7 January 2011}}</ref> | No Blu-ray release despite being filmed in HD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/sja-the-complete-third-series-9339.htm |title=SJA: The Complete Third Series |date=16 September 2010 |publisher=Doctor Who TV |access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref> |- | ''The Complete Fourth Series'' | 31 October 2011<ref name="Sarah Jane Series 4 DVD and Blu-ray Region 2/B">Pyramids of Mars {{cite web|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – Series 4 DVD|url=http://www.argosentertainment.co.uk/dvd/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-4/10528672.html|access-date=10 February 2012}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> | 1 March 2012<ref>[http://www.filmink.com.au/releases/ Filmink] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608042502/http://filmink.com.au/releases/ |date=8 June 2015 }}. Retrieved 28 December 2011</ref> | 6 December 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Season-4/15974 |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – 'The Complete 4th Series' Announced for DVD: Date, Cost and More |publisher=TV Shows on DVD |date=21 September 2011 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025001114/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Season-4/15974 |archive-date=25 October 2011}}</ref> | UK release includes ''Pyramids of Mars'' as a bonus feature in tribute to Elisabeth Sladen.<ref name="Sarah Jane Series 4 DVD Extra">A tribute to Elisabeth Sladen {{cite web |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures – Series 4 DVD |url=http://www.sendit.com/dvd/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-4/10528672.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002062223/http://www.sendit.com/dvd/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-4/10528672.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2011 |publisher=sendit.com |access-date=19 March 2013 }}</ref> |- | ''The Fifth Series'' | 6 February 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/science-fiction/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-5/invt/bbcdvd3580/ |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 5|work=BBCshop.com |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> | 5 July 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/tv/sarah-jane-adventures-season-5/668189|title=Sarah Jane Adventures – Series 5|publisher=jbhifionline.com.au|access-date=19 March 2013|archive-date=8 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108211329/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/tv/sarah-jane-adventures-season-5/668189|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 12 June 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Season-5/16595 |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures DVD news: Announcement for The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Complete 5th Series |website=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071406/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Sarah-Jane-Adventures-Season-5/16595 |archive-date=4 March 2012}}</ref> | Includes the documentary ''Goodbye Bannerman Road: Remembering Elisabeth Sladen''.<ref name="Sarah Jane Series 5 DVD Extra">My Sarah Jane {{cite web |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 5 (DVD)|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/science-fiction/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-5-dvd/invt/bbcdvd3580 |work=BBCshop.com |access-date=17 October 2011}}</ref> |- | ''The Complete Series 1–5'' | 6 February 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/sarah-jane/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-1-5-box-set-dvd/invt/bbcdvd3604/ |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1–5 Box Set (DVD)|work=BBCshop.com |access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> | Not Released | Not Released | Includes all of the features that are included in Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 boxsets. |- | ''Doctor Who'': ''The Green Death''<br />(Special Edition) | 5 August 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who – The Green Death|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/04/green-death-26041308.html|publisher=doctorwhonews.net|access-date=5 August 2013}}</ref> | 7 August 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who – The Green Death|url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/tv/doctor-who-the-green-death/230075|publisher=jbhifionline.com.au|access-date=20 August 2013|archive-date=10 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010002734/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/tv/doctor-who-the-green-death/230075|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 13 August 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who – Story #069: The Green Death: Special Edition|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Doctor-Volume-Release/13314|website=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=20 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804053026/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Doctor-Volume-Release/13314|archive-date=4 August 2013}}</ref> | The Special Edition release of this ''Doctor Who'' serial contains ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' story ''Death of the Doctor'' as a bonus feature with commentary by creator Russell T. Davies and actress Katy Manning.<ref>{{cite web|title=DVD Update|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/12/dvds-191212233008.html|publisher=doctorwhonews.net|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> |- |''The Attic: Sarah Jane Adventures 10th Anniversary Reunion'' |29 July 2017<ref name="DVD/Blu-ray">{{cite web|title=The Attic: Sarah Jane Adventures 10th Anniversary Reunion (2017)|date=29 July 2017|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6507046/|publisher=IMDb|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref> <small>Region Free</small> |Not released |Not released |Released for charity as part of the 10th Anniversary to help raise money for Ty Hafan Children's Hospice. The set includes footage from the day, guest panels, interviews, behind the scenes of the event and bonus features. |}
====Blu-ray==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Release name ! UK release date<br />(region B) ! Australian release date<br />(region B) ! North American release date<br />(region A) ! Notes/extras |- |''The Complete Fourth Series'' | 31 October 2011<ref name="Sarah Jane Series 4 DVD and Blu-ray Region 2/B" /><br /><small>Region Free</small> |Not released |Not released |UK release includes ''Pyramids of Mars'' as a bonus feature in tribute to Elisabeth Sladen (in Standard Definition)<ref name="Sarah Jane Series 4 DVD Extra" /> |- |''The Fifth Series'' | 6 February 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/sarah-jane/the-sarah-jane-adventures-series-5-blu-ray/invt/bbcbd0196/|title=The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 5 (Blu-Ray)|work=BBCshop |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref><br /><small>Region Free</small> |Not released |Not released |Includes the documentary ''Goodbye Bannerman Road: Remembering Elisabeth Sladen''.<ref name="Sarah Jane Series 5 DVD Extra" /> |- |''The Attic: Sarah Jane Adventures 10th Anniversary Reunion'' |29 July 2017<ref name="DVD/Blu-ray"/> <small>Region Free</small> |Not released |Not released |Released for charity as part of the 10th Anniversary to help raise money for Tŷ Hafan Children's Hospice. The set includes footage from the day, guest panels, interviews, behind the scenes of the event and bonus features. |- |''Doctor Who: The Collection: Season 10'' | 8 July 2019 | 13 November 2019 | 15 October 2019 |Includes ''Death of the Doctor'' as a bonus feature with commentary by creator Russell T. Davies and actress Katy Manning.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crust |first1=Simon |title=Doctor Who The Collection Season 10 Blu-ray Review |url=https://www.avforums.com/review/Doctor-Who-The-Collection-Season-10-Blu-ray-Review.16318 |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=AVForums |date=12 July 2019}}</ref> |- |''Doctor Who: The Complete David Tennant Collection'' | Not released | Not released | 17 September 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Who: Complete David Tennant Collection |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QWNR7GB/ |publisher=Amazon |access-date=5 October 2019 |date=17 September 2019}}</ref> |Includes ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' as a bonus feature. |- |''Doctor Who: The Specials'' <small>(steelbook)</small> | 21 October 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Who - The Specials |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07TV7MVKK |website=Amazon |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 October 2019 |language=en |date=21 October 2019}}</ref> | Not released | Not released |Includes ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' as a bonus feature. |}
==''Sarah Jane's Alien Files''== {{Infobox television | name = Sarah Jane's Alien Files | image = SJA Alien Files.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Title Card | runtime = 30 min | creator = Russell T Davies | producer = John Piper | executive_producer = Gillian Scothern | starring = {{Plainlist| *Elisabeth Sladen *Tommy Knight *Daniel Anthony *Anjli Mohindra }} | voices = Alexander Armstrong | theme_music_composer = Murray Gold | composer = Sam Watts | country = United Kingdom | language = English | network = CBBC | first_aired = {{start date|2010|10|11|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2010|11|15|df=y}} | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 6 | list_episodes = List of The Sarah Jane Adventures episodes#Sarah Jane's Alien Files (2010) }}
'''''Sarah Jane's Alien Files''''' is a BBC series based on ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. It features the characters Sarah Jane Smith, Luke Smith, Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra entering data on aliens they have encountered during their adventures into Mr Smith, Sarah Jane's extraterrestrial computer, to benefit humanity in the event that Sarah Jane is no longer capable of defending the Earth against alien threats.{{sfn|Pixley|2011|pp=112, 113}}
Each episode is a clip show summarising the events of episodes in which the featured aliens appeared.{{sfn|Pixley|2011|pp=112, 113}} The only new footage is the framing and narration, shot entirely on the series' standing attic set.{{sfn|Pixley|2011|p=113}} Occasionally, brief clips from ''Doctor Who'' are included for context, such as in Episode 6 when the Judoon are compared to the Cheetah People of ''Survival'' in that each humanoid species looks superficially like a non-humanoid terrestrial mammal (rhinoceros and cheetah, respectively).{{sfn|Pixley|2011|p=113}} The series format was based upon the short "alien files" clips previously produced for the CBBC's ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' website.{{sfn|Pixley|2011|p=112}}
The series is similar to the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''Monster Files''.{{sfn|Pixley|2011|p=112}} {{clear}}
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} *{{cite magazine|last=Pixley|first=Andrew|issue=Special Edition 28|magazine=Doctor Who Magazine|publisher=Panini Comics|title=The Sarah Jane Companion Volume 2|date=20 April 2011}} {{refend}}
==External links== * {{BBC programme}} {{commons category}} {{Portal|Doctor Who|BBC}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{bbc.co.uk|id=cbbc/shows/the-sarah-jane-adventures|title=''The Sarah Jane Adventures''}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110208090023/http://thesja.com/ BBC ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' Merchandise] * {{TardisDataCore|The Sarah Jane Adventures}} * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/kids/sarah_jane_adventures.shtml BBC Norfolk webTV Elisabeth Sladen previews ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''] * {{IMDb title| id=0862620 | title=The Sarah Jane Adventures}}
===Past official BBC websites=== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091004093940/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/sja ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' Series 2,3,4] via Internet Archive *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011005006/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sja/ ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' Series 1] via Internet Archive
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