The Sarah Jane Adventures

Series 5 Trailer here.

The show will return for its final season in October. 6 out of a planned 10 episodes (3 Stories) were already produced before Elizabeth Sladen's death, it's not know if anything will be produced out of the other two written stories.

I'm trying to catch up with it, I couldn't catch it on TV.

Oh man, I really want to see how this plays out. I'm a huge fan of Sarah Jane (the companion, haven't watched much of the show) and I hope it does a good job concluding her arc.

The first episode aired today, I missed it but I found it on Dailymotion, PM me for the link if you don't have iPlayer.

edited 3rd Oct '11 4:40:57 PM by occono

So Sky is basically Luke 2.0. Nice to see The Captain back.

I've always found The Sarah Jane Adventures to be best during it's darker moments, e.g. the clown stuff and the first part of "The Nightmare Man".

Shame that Clyde's friend in that episode won't come back now, barring EU stuff or a Doctor Who crossover.

One thing that's annoying me about every episode being two-parters is that I keep missing the second part. It's really annoying.

They're on the tube of you.

I'm proberly a bad person for saying this but does no one else find Sky really, really annoying?

Clyde and Rani are as cool as ever though. Loved how Luke used a {[Portmanteau Couple Name}} for them; "Clanni."

"And the story goes on... forever."

*Sniff*

edited 18th Oct '11 3:07:30 PM by occono

You know what makes it all the more sad? These last few episodes have been the best SJA has ever been, and we had clear indicators of an ongoing arc.

I almost made it through without misting up, but the montage at the end got to me.

You think? I only thought Curse of Clyde was exceptional, the last one was just decent and the first a bit overly campy even for a CBBC show.

To be honest, I haven't really liked the more recent episodes of the series (including the last series). Perhaps I've gotten older, but it just seems to lack that certain something these days. I didn't like Sky, but perhaps I would've of warmed up to her later on.

"The Curse of Clyde Langer"*

edited 22nd Oct '11 6:20:25 AM by MangaManiac

"Sky" was silly but amusing, though unexceptional. "The Curse of Clyde Langer" was by far the best, but the last episode was also well above average, IMO.

edited 24th Oct '11 4:23:45 PM by BobbyG

Wow, I thought there'd be more discussion than this.

I just finished season one. Are all the loose ends (Mr. Smith shutting down causes the moon to go back where it belongs instead of staying where it is in an unstable orbit, Chrissie suddenly being totally cool with Sarah Jane at the end) because it's written by RTD, because it's written for kids, or because it's RTD writing for kids?

Kinda disappointed that Maria left the show one episode into series 2. She was the central character of the first season, so it kinda feels like if on Star Trek, well, not Kirk, but if Spock left.

Tardis Wiki says there's no official reason on why that change was made.

On the other hand, I really like the retracting Sontaran Helmet (though I'm iffy about the invisibility), and aside from the awful Title, Day of the Clown could be a Moffat-written episode.

What's so bad about the title?

"Day of the Clown" isn't too bad as a name, but putting the "The" in front of it ("The Day of the Clown") somehow makes it sound clunkier. No idea why.

I think after Maria's departure, or at least by the third series, it became more of an ensemble with no central character. Maybe that's me though.

edited 30th Mar '12 5:39:28 AM by OldManHoOh

It already seems more ensemble without Maria anchoring it, and I'm only one episode past her departure proper.

My own theory about Maria leaving is that they ran out of story for her parents, and couldn't write them out without getting rid of her too. Notice they replace her with a girl living in the same house, who is similarly too obstinately curious to stay out of it.

Actually, I think the actress had to study or move away or something.

What source actually says this, though?

Voila.

edited 31st Mar '12 11:58:00 AM by PurpleDalek

Had to binge the latter four episodes of season 2 last Sunday night to get it back to the library on time.

The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith vs. Father's Day. They're practically the same episode. Is one better than the other?

I'm actually a big fan of this show. (I'm am a Whovian after all.) I almost picked up Season 3 on DVD at FYE but I ran out of money.

And I don't mean to be the bringer of bad news, but it's almost been a year since Elisabeth's death. She was such a great woman. I'm just upset she died a month before I found out about the Whoniverse. :/