Archive for the ‘Sarah Jane Adventures’ Category

We have updated our UK release calendar with the major upcoming DVDs for the first quarter of the year. This features both classic and current series. Full details on each release, including extras, can be found below.

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With the new year rapidly approaching, Clint Hassell take’s a look back at how 2011 changed the Whoniverse by examining in-depth each of the three Who-related series, concluding with a personal letter to Elisabeth Sladen, star of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

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Clint Hassell reviews the final ever story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Man Who Never Was.

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It’s time for the results of last week’s poll with your thoughts on the final ever story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Man Who Never Was. Many of you thought it was a fitting conclusion to the series with 80% of those who voted giving full marks. 11% rated it good; 4% thought it was average; just 3% rated it poor; just 2% rated it awful.

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Based on overall results, the top three stories from the final series are:

1. The Man Who Never Was
2. The Curse of Clyde Langer
3. Sky

The Ultimate Sarah Jane Adventure

In related news, CBBC are asking viewers to vote to for their “Ultimate Sarah Jane Adventure” from a choice of five.

The stories are: Revenge of the Slitheen, The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith, The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, The Death of the Doctor and The Man Who Never Was.

The winning story will be shown on CBBC Monday 31st October at 5.45pm.

You can vote by clicking here. The poll closes this Friday at 9am.

The Sarah Jane Adventures has received nominations in the prestigious 2011 British Academy Children’s Awards.

The annual Awards celebrate excellence in the art forms of the moving image for Children – from Film and Television to Video Games and Websites.

The series is up for Best Drama, against Combat Kids, House Of Anubis and Just William.

Phil Ford is also nominated for Best Writer against James Lamont and Jon Foster (The Amazing World of Gumball); Ben Ward, Steve Punt and Dave Cohen (Horrible Histories); and Simon Nye for (Just William).

If you’re aged between 7-14, you can vote The Sarah Jane Adventures for best TV show in BAFTA Kid’s Vote. Click here.

The ceremony will take place on Sunday 27 November.

Clint Hassell reviews The Curse of Clyde Langer, the second story from Series 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

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In the video below you can watch a montage of clips shown at the conclusion of the final ever episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It features scenes from throughout the show as well as some of the the 10th Doctor and Sarah Jane.

CBBC are currently repeating every episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures and can be watched on iPlayer.

So after 27 stories and 53 episodes, we say farewell to The Sarah Jane Adventures and one of the Whoniverse’s most beloved characters. But as Sarah Jane said in School Reunion: “The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it’s a world, or a relationship. Everything has its time. And everything ends.” Elisabeth Sladen ensured that the character and the show will never be forgotten.

What did you think of the The Man Who Never Was overall? Rate in our poll and feel free to discuss further in the comments.

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Tomorrow marks a sad day for the Whoniverse as we say goodbye to The Sarah Jane Adventures. The second part of The Man Who Never Was concludes the story and the series. The truth behind Joseph Serf’s company is out – alien Light Sculptors, slaves kept beneath his office building. As Luke and Sky try to find a way to free them and get them home safely, Sarah Jane needs Clyde and Rani to come and help her – and get married along the way…

Trailer:

We will be running a poll for you to rate the final story tomorrow. In the meantime, feel free to leave your thoughts on part one in the comments below.

It airs Tuesday 18 October at 5.15pm on the CBBC channel.

Clint Hassell reviews Sky, the opening story from Series 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

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