List of The Sarah Jane Adventures serials

The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC. Created by Russell T Davies, it is a spin-off of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. 53 episodes and 1 short were produced between 2006 and 2011 across five series. In comparison to Doctor Who's family-orientated viewership, The Sarah Jane Adventures is aimed at a younger audience generally aged between 6–12 years old.

The programme focuses on Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), an investigative journalist and former companion to the Doctor, an alien time traveller whom Smith had numerous adventures with in her youth. Now living in modern-day Ealing, London, she investigates extraterrestrial matters and protects Earth against alien threats with a group of teenage accomplices: her adopted son Luke Smith, neighbour Maria Jackson and friend Clyde Langer. New neighbour Rani Chandra and adopted daughter Sky Smith later join the cast. Additionally, the group is aided by Mr Smith, a sentient extraterrestrial computer, and K9, a dog-shaped robot gifted to Sarah Jane by the Doctor.

Following an introductory episode broadcast as a New Year's Day special, a first series of 10 episodes (5 two-part serials) premiered on 24 September 2007. Series 2–4, each comprising 12 episodes (6 serials), followed annually in between 2008 and 2010. A fifth series of 12 episodes was commissioned in 2010, but only 6 (3 serials) were completed before Sladen's death. They were posthumously broadcast in 2011.

For Series 1 and 2, after an episode was broadcast on BBC One, the next would air immediately after on CBBC. Certain repeats are broadcast in omnibus rather than the traditional Part One and Two format.

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	Special		1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)
	10		24 September 2007 (2007-09-24)	19 November 2007 (2007-11-19)
2	12		29 September 2008 (2008-09-29)	8 December 2008 (2008-12-08)
3	12		15 October 2009 (2009-10-15)	20 November 2009 (2009-11-20)
4	12		11 October 2010 (2010-10-11)	16 November 2010 (2010-11-16)
5	6		3 October 2011 (2011-10-03)	18 October 2011 (2011-10-18)

Episodes

Series 1 (2007)

No. story	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions)
Special
1	–	"Invasion of the Bane"	Colin Teague	Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts	1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)	1.X	2.92
Series
2	1–2	Revenge of the Slitheen	Alice Troughton	Gareth Roberts	24 September 2007 (2007-09-24)	1.1	1.40
						1.2	1.55
3	3–4	Eye of the Gorgon	Alice Troughton	Phil Ford	1 October 2007 (2007-10-01)	1.3	1.47
					8 October 2007 (2007-10-08)	1.4	1.44
4	5–6	Warriors of Kudlak	Charles Martin	Phil Gladwin	15 October 2007 (2007-10-15)	1.5	1.43
					22 October 2007 (2007-10-22)	1.6	1.60
5	7–8	Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?	Graeme Harper	Gareth Roberts	29 October 2007 (2007-10-29)	1.7	1.61
					5 November 2007 (2007-11-05)	1.8	1.73
6	9–10	The Lost Boy	Charles Martin	Phil Ford	12 November 2007 (2007-11-12)	1.9	1.77
					19 November 2007 (2007-11-19)	1.10	1.86

Series 2 (2008)

No. story	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions)
Series
7	1–2	The Last Sontaran	Joss Agnew	Phil Ford	29 September 2008 (2008-09-29)	2.1	0.82
						2.2	1.18
8	3–4	The Day of the Clown	Michael Kerrigan	Phil Ford	6 October 2008 (2008-10-06)	2.3	1.11
					13 October 2008 (2008-10-13)	2.4	1.28
9	5–6	Secrets of the Stars	Michael Kerrigan	Gareth Roberts	20 October 2008 (2008-10-20)	2.5	1.42
					27 October 2008 (2008-10-27)	2.6	1.21
10	7–8	The Mark of the Berserker	Joss Agnew	Joseph Lidster	3 November 2008 (2008-11-03)	2.7	1.43
					10 November 2008 (2008-11-10)	2.8	1.53
11	9–10	The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith	Graeme Harper	Gareth Roberts	17 November 2008 (2008-11-17)	2.9	1.18
					24 November 2008 (2008-11-24)	2.10	1.39
12	11–12	Enemy of the Bane	Graeme Harper	Phil Ford	1 December 2008 (2008-12-01)	2.11	1.36
					8 December 2008 (2008-12-08)	2.12	1.26
Supplemental
–	–	"From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love"	Joss Agnew	Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman	13 March 2009 (2009-03-13)	–	8.30

Series 3 (2009)

No. story	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions)
13	1–2	Prisoner of the Judoon	Joss Agnew	Phil Ford	15 October 2009 (2009-10-15)	3.1	0.73
					16 October 2009 (2009-10-16)	3.2	0.82
14	3–4	The Mad Woman in the Attic	Alice Troughton	Joseph Lidster	22 October 2009 (2009-10-22)	3.3	0.75
					23 October 2009 (2009-10-23)	3.4	0.84
15	5–6	The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith	Joss Agnew	Gareth Roberts	29 October 2009 (2009-10-29)	3.5	1.59
					30 October 2009 (2009-10-30)	3.6	1.47
16	7–8	The Eternity Trap	Alice Troughton	Phil Ford	5 November 2009 (2009-11-05)	3.7	1.14
					6 November 2009 (2009-11-06)	3.8	0.93
17	9–10	Mona Lisa's Revenge	Joss Agnew	Phil Ford	12 November 2009 (2009-11-12)	3.9	1.12
					13 November 2009 (2009-11-13)	3.10	0.92
18	11–12	The Gift	Alice Troughton	Rupert Laight	19 November 2009 (2009-11-19)	3.11	0.95
					20 November 2009 (2009-11-20)	3.12	0.89

Series 4 (2010)

No. story	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions)
19	1–2	The Nightmare Man	Joss Agnew	Joseph Lidster	11 October 2010 (2010-10-11)	4.1	0.59
					12 October 2010 (2010-10-12)	4.2	0.67
20	3–4	The Vault of Secrets	Joss Agnew	Phil Ford	18 October 2010 (2010-10-18)	4.3	0.73
					19 October 2010 (2010-10-19)	4.4	0.61
21	5–6	Death of the Doctor	Ashley Way	Russell T Davies	25 October 2010 (2010-10-25)	4.5	0.92
					26 October 2010 (2010-10-26)	4.6	0.96
22	7–8	The Empty Planet	Ashley Way	Gareth Roberts	1 November 2010 (2010-11-01)	4.7	0.99
					2 November 2010 (2010-11-02)	4.8	0.81
23	9–10	Lost in Time	Joss Agnew	Rupert Laight	8 November 2010 (2010-11-08)	4.9	0.98
					9 November 2010 (2010-11-09)	4.10	0.68
24	11–12	Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith	Joss Agnew	Clayton Hickman and Gareth Roberts	15 November 2010 (2010-11-15)	4.11	0.81
					16 November 2010 (2010-11-16)	4.12	0.82

Series 5 (2011)

No. story	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions)
25	1–2	Sky	Ashley Way	Phil Ford	3 October 2011 (2011-10-03)	5.1	0.53
					4 October 2011 (2011-10-04)	5.2	0.53
26	3–4	The Curse of Clyde Langer	Ashley Way	Phil Ford	10 October 2011 (2011-10-10)	5.3	0.79
					11 October 2011 (2011-10-11)	5.4	0.73
27	5–6	The Man Who Never Was	Joss Agnew	Gareth Roberts	17 October 2011 (2011-10-17)	5.5	0.71
					18 October 2011 (2011-10-18)	5.6	0.60

Ratings

The Sarah Jane Adventures : UK viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	2.92	1.40	1.55	1.47	1.44	1.43	1.60	1.61	1.73	1.77	1.86	–	1.59
	2	0.82	1.18	1.11	1.28	1.42	1.21	1.43	1.53	1.18	1.39	1.36	1.26	1.27
	3	0.73	0.82	0.75	0.84	1.59	1.47	1.14	0.93	1.12	0.92	0.95	0.89	1.01
	4	0.59	0.67	0.73	0.61	0.92	0.96	0.99	0.81	0.98	0.68	0.81	0.82	0.80
	5	0.53	0.53	0.79	0.73	0.71	0.60	–						0.65

Audience measurement performed by Broadcasters' Audience Research BoardBARB

See also

• List of unmade The Sarah Jane Adventures episodes
• The Sarah Jane Adventures episode citations
• List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)
• List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)
• K-9 and Company
• List of Torchwood episodes
• List of K-9 episodes
• List of Class episodes
• Sarah Jane's Alien Files

External links

• The Sarah Jane Adventures Scripts