Sarah Jane Adventures: Begins 24th September 5pm

[SiHart]

We got the new Doctor Who Adventures today and they have a tiny interview with Ms Sladen herself.

She says: "I absolutely adore playing Sarah Jane. I had such a fantastic goodbye in School Reunion. In the special [to be shown on New Years Day] and the series next year she's a bit older. Everything's gone a step further and the series has given her more scope into what she can do"

So New Years Day! Hooray!

Si xx

[Paul Clement]

Roll on the Christmas period.

[Jonno]

I definitely heard a rumour of New Years Day a little while back - seems a good slot to me. What a week that's going to be - from Runaway Bride to Sarah Jane!

[Larry]

did they say what time and channel it's on..

[Milky Tears]

10:30am on Five.

I'd exepct it to be on round about 5pm on BBC1. That's where they usually stick the CBBC drama stuff at Christmas/New Year.

I definitely heard a rumour of New Years Day a little while back - seems a good slot to me. What a week that's going to be -from Runaway Bride to Sarah Jane!

But it'll be too childish. Doctor Who fans will hate it!

Forget about Sarah Jane Adventures... I want to know all about the free calender in Doctor Who Adventures. I look forward to Mr. Hart resurrecting the Doctor Who Adventures thread.

[Lord President]

I am really looking foreward to the SJS series, but I am hacked off that I will be away watching the England cricket team getting thrashed over Christmas and the New Year, missing all the new Who stuff!!!!

[Milky Tears]

My raid on the BBC Press Office site for Programme Info Weeks 52/1 continues:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/print/pressoffi...janeadventures



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The Sarah Jane Adventures
Children's BBC ONE

Elisabeth Sladen Doctor Who's former sidekick is back as Sarah Jane Smith in a brand-new, fast-paced children's drama, created by Russell T Davies and from the makers of Doctor Who. The Sarah Jane Adventures ensures that children never look at fizzy drinks in the same way again...

Sarah Jane is fascinated by Bubbleshock, a strangely addictive organic drink that is taking the world by storm. She is almost oblivious to the arrival of her new neighbour, Maria, a young girl starting a new life with her father.

Maria becomes intrigued by the strange goings on at Sarah Jane's house but, before she can investigate, she's whisked away by her new friend, Kelsey, to the brightly coloured, but sinister, Bubbleshock factory.

As Sarah Jane tries to find out what the mysterious Mrs Wormwood is doing at the factory, Maria and Kelsey embark on a tour which leads them into the path of a monstrous creature and a strange young boy with no name or past.

When Sarah Jane and Maria discover the secret ingredient of Bubbleshock, they realise they are the only ones who can stop Mrs Wormwood and her evil plans for the human race.

Maria is played by Yasmin Page, Kelsey by Porsha Lawrence Mavour, Mrs Wormwood by Samantha Bond and the young boy/Luke by Thomas Knight.

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Fizzy Pop!!??

Sounds too childish/CBBCish for me.

[Dirk Gently]

I swear I posted this before but may be I imagined it.

It was mentioned in Cardiff that the S.J.S adventures would be on on New Years Day, sometime in the early evening. So that's anywhere between 4:30 & 7:30 then.

[Pip Madeley]

Argh! School Reunion, now this... why do they keep nicking my ideas for Dr Who scripts?!

[Milky Tears]

I swear I posted this before but may be I imagined it.

It was mentioned in Cardiff that the S.J.S adventures would be on on New Years Day, sometime in the early evening. So that's anywhere between 4:30 & 7:30 then.

I'm still going for a 5 or 6pm broadcast.

[SiHart]

Oh it does sound like good fun!

Si xx

[SiHart]

Look! Photo!


Oh my!!

Si xx

[Paul Clement]

Oh my!!

That's funny, I was thinking Oh Crud!! That is a horrible picture.

[Rob McCow]

It's Liz and The Sladenettes.

Hey Paul, it's a kid's show so they're bound to have kids on it... although they seem to be dressed pretty awfully to me. Dungaree skirt with red tights and a lumberjack top?

[Paul Clement]

Hey Paul, it's a kid's show so they're bound to have kids on it... although they seem to be dressed pretty awfully to me. Dungaree skirt with red tights and a lumberjack top?

Having kids on it didn't bother me, it's the awful fashion that I didn't like

[Rob McCow]

it's the awful fashion that I didn't like

They do seem to be copying Sarah-Jane's dress sense. I hope there's an Andy-pandy outfit before the end of the season.

[SiHart]

According to TV Zone she's going to be based in a big Victorian House which has lots of mementos and photos of her old friends from her Doctor Who days, which sounds intriguing!

The series is due to film from Jan 07... 10 episodes long.

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

I know that it's clearly aimed squarely at kids, and it'll probably be very silly and childish... but I'm quite looking forward to this!

Mind you, Torchwood is supposedly aimed squarely at adults, so maybe I'm wrong and SJS won't be that silly & childish after all...

[Milky Tears]

BBC1's schedule seems to have been confirmed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pro...ans_bbc1.shtml

NEW YEARS DAY
06:00 Breakfast
09:00 Daytime
12:45 Archbishop Of Canterbury's New Year Message Rpt
12:50 News
13:05 Keeping Up Appearances 1991 Special
13:35 Diagnosis Murders
14:20 Film: Seabiscuit [P]
16:30 News
16:50 The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion Of The Bane
17:50 Expedition Borneo
18:20 The Wind In The Willows
20:00 EastEnders
20:30 EastEnders Revealed
21:00 EastEnders
21:30 Vicar Of Dibley
22:30 News
22:45 Match Of The Day
24:05 Film: Bronco Billy
25:55 Weatherview

[SiHart]

Murray Gold has written the theme and the incidental music will be written by Sam Watts who has been scoring the Planet Earth Diaries.

K9 is confirmed not to be in the series.

Si xx

[Rob McCow]

K9 is confirmed not to be in the series.

There there, dear. It'll be alright.

Still, there'll be no need for you to get a remote control K-9 for Christmas now. Seeing as he's not going to be appearing on TV again. And it means we won't have to watch SJSA.

[SiHart]

He's in the pilot, so I'm afarid your reasoning is unsound.

Bob Baker wouldn't let them have the rights.

Si xx

[Phillip Culley]

I'm really trying to care about this series, however after the disappointing Torchwood I'm not convinced.

What concerns me most if who this is aimed at - while most of the old fans love Sarah Jane and would enjoy a series about her, what of the children who this is aimed at? To be honest I would think as far as the intended audience are concerned the star of School Reunion was a certain tin dog, and there was some old companion in it as well.

I wonder just how many children are going to get excited over the adventures of a mid-50's woman and her team of crimes-solving teenagers, and how many tune in hoping to see Sarah and K9, only to be disappointed that K9 will only be in the pilot? To new fans, what makes Sarah more special than Reinette, or Chloe Webber?

While I know that K9 was only ever with Sarah in K9 and Company and The Five Doctors (for 30 seconds) thanks to School Reunion plenty of new viewers are going to think they were always together - the Blue Peter promotional stuff only reinforcing it by showing Sladen with K9.

[Anthony Williams]

I'll give the first episode a chance, but I'm very sceptical about it

I agree with most of what Mr Culley said!

Ant x

[Milky Tears]

Sladen was on Breakfast this morning, but Samantha Bond destroyed the clip for me.