Line #8 Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS2E11E12EnemyOfTheBane


1	Mrs. Wormwood has been marked for death by the Bane due to the failure of [[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresNYSInvasionOfTheBane her last attempt to invade Earth]]. Desperate, she reaches out to Sarah Jane & Co. for help. She tells them that the Bane were attempting to revive a godlike cybernetic entity called Horath, whose body and consciousness were separated at opposite ends of the galaxy. The Bane had found the consciousness and were seeking the body, which was hidden on Earth. Wormwood convinces Sarah Jane to find the body before the Bane do. The only clue to the body's location is the Tunguska Scroll, which is hidden in UNIT's Black Archive. Sarah Jane enlists the help of her old friend the Brigadier to break into UNIT's archive and steal the scroll.
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3	It is revealed that Wormwood had allied with Kaagh, an exiled Sontaran, who had stolen the crystal containing Horath's consciousness. Taking Luke hostage, Wormwood forces Sarah Jane to give her the scroll. Wormwood, Kaagh, and Luke head to the village of Whitebarrow, where Horath's body is hidden. On the way, Wormwood tries to convince Luke that she is his rightful mother and that he should join her in ruling the galaxy. Using the scroll and the crystal, Wormwood creates a portal to Horath. She then betrays Kaagh and attacks him with her sonic ring. Sarah Jane, Clyde, and Rani arrive. Luke refuses to join Wormwood and returns to his mother. Kaagh, with a final "Sontar-ha!" tackles Wormwood, pushing her and himself into the portal, sealing it. Sarah Jane destroys the Scroll with her sonic lipstick.
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5	!Tropes
6	* ActorAllusion: Mrs Wormwood introduces herself as "Wormwood, Mrs Wormwood", a play on the line "BondJamesBond". Creator/SamanthaBond, who plays Mrs Wormwood, played Miss Moneypenny opposite Creator/PierceBrosnan's 007.
7	* AlienBlood: When Wormwood saves Luke and Clyde by killing two Bane that were about to devour them, she uses her ring to make them explode into a shower of pale-yellow slime.
8	* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Brigadier is an old man. If the situation calls for it, ''he will kill you.''
9	** This is also why he's one of the [[note]]very[[/note]] few people allowed to carry a gun around the Doctor. He will ''only'' use it when there is no other option.
10	* BlackSite: The Black Archive, UNIT's "depository of everything that shouldn't exist on Earth but does anyway", is a rather difficult-to-miss, advanced-looking military base within sight of at least one road.
11	* BondOneLiner: After the Brigadier shoots Major Kilburn (who was really a Bane):
12	-->'''Sarah Jane''': I always suspected Major Kilburn was a slimy creep.
13	* BoomStick: The Brigadier uses a hidden gun in his cane to stun the Major.
14	* TheBusCameBack: The Brigadier returns for the first time in nineteen years. He last appeared on television in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield Battlefield]]". His appearance in this story marks forty years in the role for Creator/NicholasCourtney. Sadly, this would turn out to be his final appearance.
15	* ContinuityNod: When Rani asks how long the government have been aware of aliens, Sarah Jane says even Queen Victoria knew of them, referencing the creation of the Torchwood Institute in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]". Rani replies, "Bet she wasn't amused", Rose Tyler made a bet with the Doctor that she could make Queen Victoria say, "We are not amused" and won.
16	* DisneyVillainDeath: Wormwood's form of demise when Kaagh pushes her into the portal, and they both plummet to their presumed deaths.
17	* GiverOfLameNames: Kaagh.
18	---> '''Mrs Wormwood''': Now begins the Age of Wormwood!
19	---> '''Kaagh''': Wormwood and Kaagh.
20	---> '''Mrs Wormwood''': If you ''really'' want the empire to sound like a firm of solicitors...
21	* HeroicSacrifice: Kaagh pushes Mrs. Wormwood into the portal. It explodes, trapping them in another dimension
22	* ImmuneToBullets: Subverted. The Brigadier ''finally'' gets his wish to meet an alien menace who isn't immune to bullets when he faces a UNIT Major who is actually a Bane in disguise.
23	* NeverMessWithGranny: TheBrigadier is an old man. This does ''not'' make him ''any less goddamn deadly with a weapon.''
24	* TheTunguskaEvent: The Tunguska Scroll was recovered from the site of the Tunguska Event, unsurprisingly.
25	* UncertainDoom: Mrs Wormwood and Kaagh may have died from falling into the portal, but equally they may have survived and been trapped in the other dimension.
26	* WeCanRuleTogether: Mrs Wormwood says that Luke could be the ruler of the galaxy as her son.
27	* WhenIWasYourAge: An unusually awesome example: TheBrigadier gives one such lecture to a cheeky major who has the balls to suggest that they had it ''easier'' back in the old days.
28	* YoureNotMyMother: Mrs Wormwood tries to convince Luke to go with her, saying she is his mother. Luke says his real mum is Sarah.

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