Line #21 Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS3E5E6TheWeddingOfSarahJaneSmith


1	Sarah Jane is up to something. The kids get sick of her lying and sneaking around, so they follow her. Expecting something to do with aliens, they are shocked to see her on a date! Her boyfriend Peter Dalton soon pops the question. Clyde and Rani are naturally suspicious, and start investigating him. When they discover that his house is unlived in, Sarah Jane is unfazed. In fact, she's acting downright weird, waving off their suspicions and even deactivating Mr. Smith.
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3	The day of the wedding arrives. Clyde smuggles K-9 into the chapel. Everything seems to be going smoothly... until the [[Series/DoctorWho Tenth Doctor]] crashes the wedding!!
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5	Turns out it's all a ploy by the Trickster, who gave a dying Peter a second chance at life and even love, in order to get Sarah Jane to forget about fighting aliens. The ring is a brainwashing device, and Sarah Jane's "I do" would have sealed the deal. The Trickster traps the Doctor, Luke, Rani, and Clyde JustOneSecondOutOfSync with the rest of the universe, and Sarah Jane and Peter JustOneSecondOutOfSync with them.
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7	Even under threat of being trapped forever, Sarah Jane won't give in. In a HeroicSacrifice, Peter calls off the deal. Cue TearJerker ending.
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10	!!Tropes
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12	* AltarTheSpeed: Sarah Jane and Peter sure are in a rush to get married...
13	* BadLiar: K9 is absolutely horrible at it.
14	* BiggerOnTheInside: It's Clyde's turn to say it this time. Luke uses the term "dimensional transcendence" instead.
15	* BlatantLies: "Do not look at me. Everything is normal." -- K9
16	* {{Brainwashed}}: Sarah Jane, once again, in a nod to her tendency to get hypnotised in the classic series.
17	* CartwrightCurse: Poor Sarah Jane.
18	* ContinuityNod: Sarah Jane jokes about sending the Doctor's wedding invitation to Metebelis Three.
19	** Maria, Alan, Clyde's mum, and the Brigadier are also mentioned, though sadly can't make it.
20	** The {{Novelization}} adds Yates, Benton, Harry, and Brendan and the Bakers from ''Series/K9AndCompany'' to the couldn't make it list.
21	** The Doctor recognizes Luke from the previous crossover (see below).
22	** Once again it's revealed that Sarah Jane ''hates'' being called Sarah -- but this episode reveals that it's because the Doctor is the only one ''allowed'' to call her by that name; it's reserved, specifically, for ''him''.
23	* CrazyPrepared: Clyde wears trainers with his suit in case he needs to do some running. Though it's possible that it was just him being casual.
24	* {{Crossover}}: This is the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth second]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd time]] ''SJA'' has directly crossed over with its parent show. (At least when judged by airdate; the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime third crossover]] was filmed before this one, but aired after it.)
25	* DatePeepers: Luke, Rani, and Clyde, although they don't know that it's a date at first. They thought she was hunting aliens.
26	* DeadpanSnarker[=/=]VitriolicBestBuds: Mr Smith and K9, as always, show shades of this.
27	* DealWithTheDevil: Peter does this, though in fairness, he thought it was a BargainWithHeaven.
28	* DecemberDecemberRomance: Both Peter and Sarah Jane are getting on in years.
29	* EconomyCast: A rather tragic example with the wedding itself, which lacks the large crowd of extras and instead just has the regular cast, Rani's parents, Peter and the priest. A few [[HandWave handwaves]] are rattled off for why established characters don't appear - Maria has exams and her father is tied up at work, Clyde's mother is busy with a different wedding, the Brigadier is still in Peru [[note]]Nicholas Courtney had to pull out of the episode following a stroke.[[/note]]. The groom's side is not represented at all and, when asked by Clyde if he has any family, Peter replies "I'm afraid I'm the only one left. Last of the line."
30	** It's even lampshaded by Mrs Chandra who notes the few obscure acquaintances who do attend (Sarah Jane's hairdresser, Emma; her editor, Clerissa; her accountant, whose name Chandra cannot recall.), and snidely notes that this is inevitable when you [[AltarTheSpeed hurry to get married]].
31	* FourthDateMarriage: Sarah Jane is about to marry a man she's known for at best a few months, and a single episode. Justified, since she's under mind control.
32	* GenreBlind: Apparently, Peter didn't think anything of giving Sarah Jane a ring that ''controlled her mind.'' And the fact that "the angel" gave it to him doesn't seem to have clued him in at all.
33	* GiveAwayTheBride: Sarah Jane asks Luke to give her away at the wedding. Luke wonders why she doesn't ask The Doctor to do it but she dismisses the idea by pointing out how difficult it is to get hold of him.
34	* GoldDigger: Rani and Clyde suspect that Peter is one.
35	* AGoodNameForARockBand: Clyde mentions that Pantheon of Discord would be a good name for a band. The Doctor wholeheartedly agrees.
36	* HamToHamCombat: Ten has ''an enormous ability to show off''... and the Trickster is an enormous ham. The two end up meeting.
37	* HeroicSacrifice: Peter, who gives the Trickster a brief TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
38	* IncomingHam: The Trickster, as usual. ''' ''DOCTOR!'' '''
39	* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: The Doctor quotes this trope by name.
40	* LargeHam: The Tenth Doctor turns up. Need we say more?
41	* LoopholeAbuse: Apparently, the TARDIS can't land due to the Trickster keeping the Doctor and the TARDIS away. However, by all technicalities, ''materialising your door inside the wall'' is not landing.
42	* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Sarah Jane gets a package containing an alien being while her boyfriend is visiting. Fortunately, Clyde and Rani are there to cover for her.
43	* MindControlDevice: Sarah Jane's engagement ring. When things get just ''too'' weird, though, she has the willpower to take it off.
44	* PaletteSwap: The Trickster actually invokes this, appearing in white instead of his usual black to Peter Dalton as an angel. Lampshaded by the Doctor.
45	* ParentWithNewParamour: Luke, despite initial nervousness (and spying on his mother before finding out that she was disappearing to go on dates), gets along well with her new boyfriend/fiance and becomes the strongest supporter of her new relationship. He even brushes off his friends' valid concerns about the man's empty house with a warning not to spoil his mum's big day. Of course, the relationship doesn't work out; the man had died weeks ago (thus the empty house), and the Trickster had revived him to serve as a trap for Sarah Jane. When he finds out, he chooses to die as he should have.
46	* ProperlyParanoid: Clyde and Rani (correctly) surmise that something is up with Sarah Jane's FourthDateMarriage.
47	* SheCleansUpNicely: Luke is rather stunned to notice that Rani ''does'' clean up nicely. Actually, he has one right after the other - first for his mum and then for Rani. (This version, obviously, is purely platonic on both counts.)
48	* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: The registrar's reading of the words ("Now, I have to ask this...") is almost drowned out by a strange wheezing, groaning noise. In what would be a shocking cliffhanger if it hadn't been heavily hyped beforehand, the Tenth Doctor himself bursts through the door, having realised that Sarah Jane was under hypnosis (again) and the wedding was being manipulated by the Trickster.
49	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: CBBC's trailer was essentially Part One's cliffhanger and a caption with the start time. Given that the two parts aired only a day apart, spoilers were unavoidable if CBBC wanted more than 24 hours to promote Creator/DavidTennant's guest role.
50	* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: At Sarah Jane's wedding, Clyde wears sneakers with his suit (ironically, just like the Doctor), and for much the same reason.
51	* WeddingDeadline: Quite a lot will happen if Sarah Jane says "I do." The words would force her to bend to the Trickster's will.
52	* WrittenInAbsence:
53	** The Brigadier is explained as being in Peru. Sadly, ill-health prevented Creator/NicholasCourtney from returning.
54	** Maria's absence is explained as her having exams, while Alan is tied up with work.

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