[brian s]

Originally Posted by DeadKenny

Noticed that the other day, but series 3 was in HD also.

Yep a Blu release required for that series too. I'm not watching this series as it's only being shown on CBBC with it's usual horrible logo plus the new bit below the logo. What an awful goodbye to Lis Sladen.

Bri

[raigraphixs]

Episodes 3+4: The Curse Of Clyde Langer

Now this is SJA at it's best!, great double episode

[Duncan G]

And now she has a "daughter" Sky. Suprising that the school accepted Sky without question or wanting her education records. And Social Services no where to be seen.

Hope Sarah Jane is not claiming Child Benefit as getting a birth certificate for a child created in a laboratory could be tricky

[raigraphixs]

Originally Posted by Duncan G

And now she has a "daughter" Sky. Suprising that the school accepted Sky without question or wanting her education records. And Social Services no where to be seen.

Hope Sarah Jane is not claiming Child Benefit as getting a birth certificate for a child created in a laboratory could be tricky

she adopted Sky. The rest is tv make-believe, SJA is not a documentary

She can always print a birth certificate online

[raigraphixs]

The Man Who Never Was - Episodes 5+6

The last two ever episodes were enjoyable.


Smith types out - GRAB HARRISONS PEN.
Clyde - "I have never been so happy to see a full stop"


And a nice to see little tribute to Elisabeth Sladen at the end.

[brian s]

Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures is out on Blu-Ray and DVD this coming Monday. Extras will include the Tom Baker Doctor Who story, Pyramids of Mars, as a tribute to the late Elisabeth Sladen. It'll be interesting to see if it looks any better on Blu due to a possible increased bitrate.

Bri

[brian s]

The last series is to be repeated on BBC1 and BBC1 HD. Episode 1 is on at 4.30pm Thursday 10/11/11 and episode 2 will be shown on the next day.

Bri

[brian s]

Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography Launch at the Doctor Who Experience on November 26th; 2.30 pm.

Doctor Who Experience

Elisabeth's daughter, Sadie Miller, the 4th Doctor:Tom Baker, and Doctor Who writer and producer Terrance Dicks will be interviewed by Ben Lawrence.

[brian s]

It's one year today that we lost Elisabeth Sladen.


Bri

[raigraphixs]

Originally Posted by brian s

It's one year today that we lost Elisabeth Sladen.


Bri

[nwgarratt]

1 year already.

[brian s]

Originally Posted by nwgarratt

1 year already.

Yes it's hard to believe isn't it. I watched the episodes Goodbye Sarah Jane on Wednesday night not realising the significance of the next day.

Bri

[brian s]

Aurum Press have advised Elisabeth Sladen's autobiography is to be published in paperback. It would be available from 26th July, but it is likely that it may be out on 1st July.

When Elisabeth Sladen first appeared as plucky journalist Sarah Jane Smith in the 1973 Doctor Who story The Time Warrior, little did she know the character would become one of the most enduring and fondly remembered of the series' long history.

The years that followed saw Elisabeth traverse time and space alongside classic Doctors Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, while a generation of children crouched behind the sofa, terrified but transfixed as their tea-time heroine found herself menaced by Daleks, dinosaurs, Cybermen, Egyptian mummies, actors in green bubble-wrap and even the Loch Ness Monster. By the time she quit the TARDIS in 1976, making front-page news, Elisabeth had become one of the most familiar faces of a TV golden age.

But you don't just walk away from Doctor Who. Elisabeth was asked to reprise her role many times, appearing in anniversary specials, an ill-fated 1981 spin-off with robotic sidekick K-9, radio plays, and for the BBC's Children in Need. She toured the weird, wide and wonderful world of Doctor Who fandom and became one of the series' all-time favourite companions. So when TV wunderkind Russell T Davies approached her to come back again, this time to a show backed by multi-million-pound budgets and garlanded with critical plaudits, how could she refuse?

This warm and witty autobiography, completed only months before Elisabeth died in April 2011, tells her remarkable story, from humble beginnings in post-war Liverpool, through an acclaimed theatrical career working alongside stage luminaries such as Alan Ayckbourn, to Coronation Street, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the furthest reaches of the universe.

A unique insider's view of the world's longest-running science fiction series, and of British television yesterday and today, Elisabeth's memoir is funny, ridiculous, insightful and entertaining, and a fitting tribute to a woman who will be sadly missed by millions.

[brian s]

I got round to watching the very last story last night. I was quite surprised to see Peter Bowles and James Dreyfus in it. It had a nice light comic touch. A very enjoyable end to the series.

Bri

[prism10]

Originally Posted by brian s

I got round to watching the very last story last night. I was quite surprised to see Peter Bowles and James Dreyfus in it. It had a nice light comic touch. A very enjoyable end to the series.

Bri

A curtailed finale. Sadly some threads of the last series would noe be left hanging in the air such as who were the Captain and the shopkeeper.

However the series showed you can still make interesting sci fi for kids.

[brian s]

Originally Posted by prism10

A curtailed finale. Sadly some threads of the last series would noe be left hanging in the air such as who were the Captain and the shopkeeper.

However the series showed you can still make interesting sci fi for kids.

Indeed. I thought it set a pretty high standard for kids TV. Another series or two would have been very welcome.

Bri

[Beanoz4]

I would like the series to progress as books. I mean there's probably some scrips sitting in the BBC collecting dust.

[brian s]

Originally Posted by Beanoz4

I would like the series to progress as books. I mean there's probably some scrips sitting in the BBC collecting dust.

Before this series there were several audio stories released. If you're interested I'll provide a link.

Bri

[prism10]

Originally Posted by Beanoz4

I would like the series to progress as books. I mean there's probably some scrips sitting in the BBC collecting dust.

Full scripts were written for series 5 but sadly not all were filmed. They probably will be novelized one day.

[krish]

The whole show has just been put up on the Beeb's Doctor Who channel

K9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend - BBC - YouTube (Embedding disabled)

For many years, investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith travelled through space and time with a carefree and somewhat irresponsible Time Lord known as the Doctor. Six days before Christmas, Sarah arrives in the sleepy Gloucestershire village to visit her Aunt Lavinia and write her latest book. But Lavinia has gone missing, seemingly the victim of a local coven. Worshippers of the Pagan goddess Hecate gather in a local churchyard, promising death to unbelievers. Sarah soon finds the help she requires, for the Doctor has sent her a present; a robot dog that answers to the name of K-9.

Originally broadcast 28th December 1981