''Sarah Jane's Alien Files'' is a BBC series based on ''

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 ...

''. It features the characters

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, Luke Smith,

Clyde Langer ''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 ...

and

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entering data on aliens they have encountered during their adventures into Mr Smith, Sarah Jane's extraterrestrial computer, to benefit humanity in the event that Sarah Jane is no longer capable of defending the Earth against alien threats. Each episode is a

clip show A clip show is an episode of a television series that consists primarily of excerpts from previous episodes. Most clip shows feature the format of a frame story in which cast members recall past events from past installments of the show, depicte ...

summarising the events of episodes in which the featured aliens appeared. The only new footage is the framing and narration, shot entirely on the series' standing attic set. Occasionally, brief clips from ''

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'' are included for context, such as in Episode 6 when the

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are compared to the Cheetah People of ''

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'' in that each humanoid species looks superficially like a non-humanoid terrestrial mammal (

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and

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, respectively). The series format was based upon the short "alien files" clips previously produced for the CBBC's ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' website. The series is similar to the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''Monster Files''.

Episode list

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