The Sarah Jane Adventures ''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, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC sc ...

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for

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. Created by

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, it is a spin-off of the long-running science fiction programme ''

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''. 53 episodes and 1 short were produced between 2006 and 2011 across five series. In comparison to ''Doctor Whos family-orientated viewership, ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is aimed at a younger audience generally aged between 6–12 years old. The programme focuses on

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(

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), 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

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, she investigates extraterrestrial matters and protects Earth against alien threats with a group of teenage accomplices: her adopted son Luke Smith, neighbour

Maria Jackson Maria Jackson is a fictional character played by Yasmin Paige in the British children's science fiction television programme ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', a spin-off from the long-running series ''Doctor Who''. She is a 13-year-old girl who d ...

and friend

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. New neighbour

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and adopted daughter

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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

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, 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

Episodes

Series 1 (2007)

Series 2 (2008)

Series 3 (2009)

Series 4 (2010)

Series 5 (2011)

Ratings

Notes

References

External links

The Sarah Jane Adventures Scripts
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of the Sarah Jane Adventures Serials

Episodes Episodes may refer to: * Episode An episode is a narrative unit within a larger dramatic work or documentary production, such as a series intended for radio, television or streaming consumption. The noun ''episode'' is derived from the Gree ...

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