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The Sarah Jane Adventures
SERIES: Sci-Fi, Friday 8:00p (30 minutes)

The Sarah Jane Adventures
Critic Score
Metascore: 66 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.3 out of 10
based on 5 reviews
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Starring Elisabeth Sladen, Yasmin Paige, Tommy Knight, Porsha Lawrence-Mavour, and Samantha Bond

Doctor Who brings another spinoff into its universe with The Doctor's companion (1973-76), Sarah Jane Smith. The life involving aliens isn't that far behind her as she continues to investigate with the help from three kids.

GENRE(S): Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
CREATED BY: Russell T. Davies
FIRST AIR DATE: April 11, 2008

"Invasion of the Bane" originally aired in the UK on 1 Jan 2007 on BBC1 and the following 10 episodes began airing 24 Sep 2007. "Invasion of the Bane" premiered 11 Apr 2008 as an one-hour episode. Two episodes air back to back for the rest of the season on Sci-Fi.

What The Critics Said

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75
Entertainment Weekly Staff (Not Credited)
The uneven Sarah Smith may be a lesser "Who," but it's smarter than most kids' fare. [11 Apr 2008, p.70]
70
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
Aided by her 13-year-old neighbor, Maria (Yasmin Paige), Sarah Jane faces down baddies every bit as big as those "Torchwood" takes on, but with (a lot) fewer sexual overtones. Could be just what The Doctor ordered.
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70
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
The show offers a satisfying dose of alien-flavored escapism, especially for younger fans of genre fare (Sarah Jane has a few hip and appealing teen companions).
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70
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
You could resist it, really, as you should be able to resist all television, unless you have been completely assimilated into the matrix. But you'd be missing some sparky fun. Submit.
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40
Variety Brian Lowry
Broadly aimed at kids, with cheesy monsters and two youthful protagonists joining in the world-saving exploits, the series may be modestly entertaining for the moppet crowd but will test the patience of adults in this dimension or any other.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
Great sci-fi fun with likable characters. For all ages - not just for kids!

Kevin P. gave it an8:
The Sarah Jane Adventures gets off to a dubious start but gets better and better as it goes along. It's wonderful having Sarah Jane back, and her young assistants - and the challenges they face - are delightful. I'd take them any day ahead of the overgrown, oversexed adolescent "adults" of Torchwood.

Mark W. gave it a9:
I live in Canada and I have seen the entire series. The Sarah Jane Adventures is a refreshing return to the best of Doctor Who from the 1970's and is equally appealing to adults and children alike. One of the reasons it is so great, is that Russell T. Davies and his fellow writers are forced to discard the awkward sexuality and pointless violence that is forcibly crow barred into every Torchwood episode. Elisabeth Sladen is fantastic as Sarah Jane Smith and she proves with every episode why she is the most popular companion of all time. The result is classic Doctor Who that no fan should miss. Great show!

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