History Heartwarming / TheSarahJaneAdventures

* Alan and Maria getting to [[TheBusComesBack help save the world one more time]], and Rani befriending them.

** Sarah Jane has a photo of her parents with the words "Mr Smith, I need you" on the back... the same phrase she uses for her computer. Every time she summons Mr Smith to help save the world, ''she's honouring the memory of her dead parents.''

* * When Maria was {{Retcon}}ned from existence in Season 1, Alan becomes a PapaWolf and saves her and, indirectly, the rest of the world.

--->'''Sarah Jane''': It's you, isn't it? Oh, you've done it again!
--> '''The Eleventh Doctor''': (smiling) Hello, Sarah Jane.

* When Maria was {{Retcon}}ned from existence in Season 1, Alan becomes a PapaWolf and saves her and, indirectly, the rest of the world.

** [[spoiler: Most notably, the end of the episode, when Luke gets Clyde to draw a picture for Sky and pin it up on her wall. Sky is absolutely delighted.]]

--> '''Sarah Jane:''' I think there's something wrong.
--> '''Jo:''' Wrong? As in you mean just like the old days sort of wrong?
--> '''Sarah Jane:''' Exactly like the old days.
--> '''Jo:''' Groovy.

* Just Sarah-Jane and Jo getting on together.

'''The Eleventh Doctor''': (smiling) Hello, Sarah Jane.

-->'''Jo:''' So you've been watching me? All this time?
-->'''Eleventh Doctor:''' No. Because you're right - I don't look back, I can't. But the last time I was dying, I looked back on all of you. Every single one. And I was so ''proud''.
** What makes it more heartwarming, is that Jo was somewhat in doubt about him being the Doctor, and that speech confirmed he was indeed ''her'' Doctor. What's more, Matt Smith looks a bit like Jon Pertwee (similar nose and eyes), and for that moment he even ''looks'' like the Third Doctor.

--> '''Sarah Jane''': It's you, isn't it? Oh, you've done it again!
--> '''The Eleventh Doctor''': (smiling) Hello, Sarah Jane.

** Similarly, Eleven's speech to Jo earlier in the episode.

** After spending the most of the first part thinking the Doctor is dead, the reunion between the Doctor and Sarah Jane is extremely heartwarming, especially since everyone else had their doubts on who he was for a few minuties, because most of them were only familiar with the Tenth Doctor not the Eleventh (or in Jo's case just the first three Doctors), except good old Sarah Jane.

*** Even ''more'' heartwarming? The last time Sarah Jane saw the Brigadier he was not a "Sir". This means she's ''kept tabs on him'' over the years. Either that, or she heard of it in the news.

* Sky, the only member of the main cast aside from Clyde himself not affected by the curse on his name, constantly works to force them to realize that their rage every time she mentions his name doesn't make any sense
* The interactions between Luke and Sky in "The Man Who Never Was." Despite this being the first time they've met in person, and their initial discomfort around one another, they soon do start acting like siblings, possibly due to their similar circumstances

** Their most heartwarming moments can be summed up in this [[http://atomyc.tumblr.com/post/21786526897/nothings-too-good-for-my-sister-the-sarah-jane tumblr post]].

** [[spoiler: After being treated like crap for the entire episode, Plark and the Skullions finally go back home.]]

*** What makes it more heartwarming, is that Jo was somewhat in doubt about him being the Doctor, and that speech confirmed he was indeed ''her'' Doctor. What's more, Matt Smith looks a bit like Jon Pertwee (similar nose and eyes), and for that moment he even ''looks'' like the Third Doctor.

* The fact that Sarah Jane, once a companion of the Doctor, is now defending the Earth, recruiting companions, and making the world a better place with kindness and ingenuity rather than weapons, is a helluva CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming-talk about CharacterDevelopment! She had big shoes to fill, and she did it ''admirably.''

** Crossing over with CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For all of those who grew up watching the Brig during the classic era, seeing him as a CoolOldGuy reminds you that just because he's old, he's not out of action.

** Crossing over with CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For all of those who grew up watching the Brig during the classic era, seeing him as a BadassGrandpa reminds you that just because he's old, he's not out of action.

* TheTag of "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith", one of the last filmed appearances of David Tennant as [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]:

* Any time Luke and Sarah Jane are reunited. Hell, just the entirety of Luke and Sarah Jane's relationship, period.

* TheTag of "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith", one of the last filmed appearances of David Tennant as [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]:
-->'''The Doctor''': Don't forget me, Sarah Jane.
-->'''Sarah Jane Smith''': No one's '''ever''' going to forget you.
** The look on Sarah Jane's face as Peter [[spoiler:renounces his agreement with The Trickster]] is both this and a TearJerker.

* Maria's last scene with Sarah Jane when Sarah Jane says that she is [[LikeASonToMe like a daughter to her]].
** Sarah Jane eventually gets a real daughter when she adopts Sky in series 5.

** [[spoiler: After being treated like crap for the entire episode, Plark and the Skullions finally go back home.]]
* The fact that Sarah Jane, once a companion of the Doctor, is now defending the Earth, recruiting companions, and making the world a better place with kindness and ingenuity rather than weapons, is a helluva CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming-talk about CharacterDevelopment! She had big shoes to fill, and she did it ''admirably.''
* One for the series as well: Proving that a show aimed at younger audiences didn't have to be shallow or fluffy-it took a few episodes, but once it began GrowingTheBeard, it proved itself equally capable of taking on darker issues as Doctor Who, but still with an optimistic approach that showed that not every modern-day hero needs to be DarkerAndEdgier.