SJAs News Thread

[Dave Lewis]

From Digital Spy:

The Sarah Jane Adventures will return for a third series in 2009, the BBC has confirmed.

Russell T. Davies will remain on-board as executive producer of the Doctor Who spinoff, which stars Elisabeth Sladen as the titular heroine.

Returning cast members include Sladen, Tom Knight (Luke), Daniel Anthony (Clyde) and Anjli Mohindra (Rani).

[Dirk Gently]

Good news.

[Pip Madeley]

Not surprising considering it's more or less CBBC's number one show, but good to hear

[SiHart]

Hooray! It's still Doctor Who's best spin off show.

Si xx

[Lissa]

I've still never seen The SJA despite the recent photos of Anjli Mohindra in DWM.

[Rob McCow]

Fabulous. SJS Adventures is well worthy of another few series at least!

If Sladen gets bored of it, perhaps they could get Sophie Aldred in?

Maybe?

[Pip Madeley]

The Jackie Lane Adventures would be a good replacement... n' ting.

[Captain Tancredi]

I keep forgetting about it so I only ever see beginnings or endings.

[shada pavlova]

Perhaps a certain someone wouldn't mind "The Peri Brown Chronicles".

Guest-starring Brian Blessed.

[Dirk Gently]

Now there's an idea...

[Andrew Curnow]

I don't think that would be suitable for children though...

[Captain Tancredi]

I'm not surprised Tim's been ill if he got to see her chronicles...

[WhiteCrow]

If Sladen gets bored of it, perhaps they could get Sophie Aldred in?

"The Wicked Adventures of Ace!" Surely the BBC realises kids don't talk like that any more!

Surely in the current age, encouraging kids to carry explosives in their rucksacks should be frowned upon!

[Jonno]

Fantastic news about the renewal, although Ian's comment goes to show how wasted it is in its timeslot, it really deserves a much wider audience. Sunday teatime on BBC1 would be sensible.

[Logo Polish]

Perhaps a certain someone wouldn't mind "The Peri Brown Chronicles".

Guest-starring Brian Blessed.

Now there's an idea...

Although if they're married, shouldn't she be Queen Peri Yrcanos of the Krontep?

[SiHart]

Peri: Warrior Princess perhaps?

Si xx

[shada pavlova]

If you excite him any more he'll blow a gasket.

[Pip Madeley]

Interesting revelation from BBC News:

Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies has called for national lottery money to be given to children's programmes. In a speech to Bafta members, Davies said: "They put money into rubbish films, why can't they put money into children's television?"

Davies makes the Sarah Jane Adventures for CBBC but says budget cuts nearly cancelled his show three times.

The third series of the Sarah Jane Adventures was hit by budget constraints. Davies said: "We had to look and say, do we want to make a version of Sarah Jane that's a travesty? It was truly shocking to have a successful show having to face cuts which are that severe" he continued.

The writer pointed out that different BBC departments had pulled together to rustle up the money which the programme needed to continue but that, in general, "children's (TV) is sinking lower and lower down the agenda".

Davies echoed this in his speech by explaining that, after BBC One replaced Neighbours with the Weakest Link his Doctor Who spin-off, the Sarah Jane Adventures was pushed back in the schedule. It then lost 300,000 viewers.

[Pip Madeley]

Pic from filming courtesy of Scooty:



Has she had some work done again?

[Perry Vale]

Has she had some work done again?

Certainly looks like it. It's probably why she doesn't have time to do commentaries for 'Classic' Who any more.

[shada pavlova]

The Jackie Lane Adventures would be a good replacement... n' ting.

Hang on...I seem to remember that Dodo was given a fatal venereal disease in some novel or other.

Or am I just imagining stuff now?

[Si Hunt]

No, but the novels don't count do they?

Si.

[shada pavlova]

Don't get me started.

[Logo Polish]

The novels have had two different fates for Dodo anyway.

The Man In The Velvet Mask has her getting the said infection.

Who Killed Kennedy? has her getting murdered by either agents of the Master, or possibly C19, but not before she gets married to journalist James Stevens, and he seems to manage well enough for several decades afterwards without developing any STDs.

[shada pavlova]

Maybe it wasn't fatal then.