List of The Sarah Jane Adventures serials

This is list of serials of the science fiction drama television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. The first episode, a 60-minute special, premiered on 1 January 2007. A series of ten^[1] 25-minute episodes aired from 24 September until 19 November 2007.^[2] Series 1 is made up of five two-part serials,^[3] the second and subsequent series consist of six two-part serials each. The third, 12-episode^[4] series produced by Russell T Davies began airing on 15 October 2009. The twelve-part fourth series began airing 11 October 2010. A fifth series was confirmed for production and eventual broadcast in 2011,^[5] but only three stories were completed prior to the death of Elisabeth Sladen, the series' lead actress.^[6]

Contents 1 Series overview 2 Episodes 2.1 New Year's Day special (2007) 2.2 Series 1 (2007) 2.3 Series 2 (2008) 2.4 Comic Relief special (2009) 2.5 Series 3 (2009) 2.6 Series 4 (2010) 2.7 Series 5 (2011) 3 See also 4 References

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Premiere	Finale	DVD release date			Blu-ray release date
				Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Region A	Region B
New Year's Special	1	1 January 2007	-	Released with Series 1 not released separately	29 October 2007[7]	12 January 2009 Re-released 2 March 2010 [8]	N/A	N/A
1	10	24 September 2007	19 November 2007	7 October 2008[9]	10 November 2008[10]	4 June 2009 [11] Re-released 5 January 2010	N/A	N/A
2	12	29 September 2008	8 December 2008	10 November 2009[12]	9 November 2009[13]	3 June 2010[14] Re-released 2 March 2011	N/A	N/A
3	12	15 October 2009	20 November 2009	4 January 2011[15]	1 November 2010[16]	2 March 2011[17] Re-released 2 June 2011	N/A
4	12	11 October 2010	16 November 2010	6 December 2011[18]	31 October 2011[19]	TBA	TBA	31 October 2011[20]
5	6	3 October 2011	18 October 2011	TBA	6 February 2012[21]	TBA	TBA	6 February 2012[22]

Episodes

New Year's Day special (2007)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
01	"Invasion of the Bane"	1.X	60-minute special	Gareth Roberts & Russell T Davies	Colin Teague	1 January 2007	2.9

Series 1 (2007)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate[23]	Viewers (millions)[23]
02	Revenge of the Slitheen	1.1 1.2	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Alice Troughton	24 September 2007	1.4 1.55
03	Eye of the Gorgon	1.3 1.4	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Alice Troughton	1–8 October 2007	1.47 1.44
04	Warriors of Kudlak	1.5 1.6	2 episodes	Phil Gladwin	Charles Martin	15–22 October 2007	1.43 1.6
05	Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?	1.7 1.8	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Graeme Harper	29 October – 5 November 2007	1.61 1.73
06	The Lost Boy	1.9 1.10	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Charles Martin	12–19 November 2007	1.77 1.86

Series 2 (2008)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate[23]	Viewers (millions)[23]
07	The Last Sontaran	2.1 2.2	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	29 September 2008	0.8 0.48/0.7
08	The Day of the Clown	2.3 2.4	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Michael Kerrigan	6–13 October 2008	0.51/.6 0.44/0.8
09	Secrets of the Stars	2.5 2.6	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Michael Kerrigan	20–27 October 2008	0.52/0.9 0.51/0.7
10	The Mark of the Berserker	2.7 2.8	2 episodes	Joseph Lidster	Joss Agnew	3–10 November 2008	0.53/0.9 0.63/0.9
11	The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith	2.9 2.10	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Graeme Harper	17–24 November 2008	0.48/0.7 0.59/0.8
12	Enemy of the Bane	2.11 2.12	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Graeme Harper	1–8 December 2008	0.46/0.9 0.56/0.7

Comic Relief special (2009)

A short, 5-minute special was made for the 2009 Comic Relief appeal and featured Ronnie Corbett and K-9.^[24]

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
—	"From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love"	—	5-minute special	Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman	Joss Agnew	13 March 2009	8.3

Series 3 (2009)

This series was the first to be broadcast in HD.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate[25]	Viewers (millions)
13	Prisoner of the Judoon	3.1 3.2	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	15–16 October 2009	0.73 0.82 [26]
14	The Mad Woman in the Attic	3.3 3.4	2 episodes	Joseph Lidster	Alice Troughton	22–23 October 2009	0.75 0.84 [27]
15	The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith	3.5 3.6	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Joss Agnew	29–30 October 2009	1.6 1.5 [28]
16	The Eternity Trap	3.7 3.8	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Alice Troughton	5–6 November 2009	1.1 0.93 [29]
17	Mona Lisa's Revenge	3.9 3.10	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	12–13 November 2009	1.12 0.92 [30]
18	The Gift	3.11 3.12	2 episodes	Rupert Laight	Alice Troughton	19–20 November 2009	0.8 0.8 [31]

Series 4 (2010)

Phil Ford, Rupert Laight and Joseph Lidster return as writers for the series, as does Gareth Roberts, writing two stories - one on his own and another with Clayton Hickman (former editor of Doctor Who Magazine).^[5]

Matt Smith guest stars as the Eleventh Doctor in episodes 5 and 6, the story entitled Death of The Doctor, along with Katy Manning, who reprises her role as the Third Doctor's companion Jo Grant. The story was written by former Doctor Who showrunner and Sarah Jane Adventures creator Russell T Davies, the first time he has written for the Eleventh Doctor. It also includes the series' first visit to an alien planet.^[32]

At the end of the second episode of this series, Luke Smith goes to Oxford University, and K-9 accompanies him.^[33]

Jocelyn Jee Esien reprises her role as Clyde's mum Carla, having only previously appeared in 2008's The Mark of the Berserker.^[34]

No	Title[6]	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
19	The Nightmare Man	4.1 4.2	2 episodes	Joseph Lidster	Joss Agnew	11–12 October 2010	0.59 0.67[35]
20	The Vault of Secrets	4.3 4.4	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Joss Agnew	18–19 October 2010	0.73 0.61[36]
21	Death of the Doctor	4.5 4.6	2 episodes	Russell T Davies	Ashley Way	25–26 October 2010	0.92 0.96[37][a]
22	The Empty Planet	4.7 4.8	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Ashley Way	1–2 November 2010	0.99 0.81[38]
23	Lost in Time	4.9 4.10	2 episodes	Rupert Laight	Joss Agnew	8–9 November 2010	0.98 0.68[39]
24	Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith	4.11 4.12	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman	Joss Agnew	15–16 November 2010	0.82 0.81[40]

Series 5 (2011)

Filming for the first three stories of series 5, two by Phil Ford and one by Gareth Roberts, was completed prior to Elisabeth Sladen's death.^[6] Production for the second half of the series, comprising three more two-part stories, was planned for spring 2011^[5] but never commenced due to Sladen's illness.^[42] The filmed episodes of series 5 were broadcast in October 2011, with a short montage of key moments from all five series added to the end of The Man Who Never Was to mark the end of the programme.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)
25	Sky	5.1 5.2	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Ashley Way	3-4 October 2011	0.534 0.532[43]
26	The Curse of Clyde Langer	5.3 5.4	2 episodes	Phil Ford	Ashley Way	10-11 October 2011	0.793 0.733 [44]
27	The Man Who Never Was	5.5 5.6	2 episodes	Gareth Roberts	Joss Agnew	17-18 October 2011	0.71 0.60 [45]

See also

• Doctor Who
• K-9 and Company
• Torchwood
• K-9
• List of Doctor Who serials
• List of K-9 and Company episodes
• List of Torchwood episodes
• List of K-9 episodes
• Chronology of the Doctor Who universe

References

The Sarah Jane Adventures General Episodes Creatures and aliens Minor characters Celebrity appearances Items Main characters Sarah Jane Smith Luke Smith Maria Jackson Clyde Langer Rani Chandra Sky Smith Mr Smith K-9 Related articles Whoniverse Sonic lipstick Tenth Doctor Eleventh Doctor The Brigadier Jo Grant Slitheen Sontarans Judoon "School Reunion" "The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End" The End of Time Related shows Doctor Who Torchwood K-9 and Company K-9 Sarah Jane's Alien Files