I'm officially getting very confused now, Torchwood, Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Advenures. They have officially all started now. Things would be easier if it wasn't for the fact that some series run at the same time meaning I am having to alternate between episodes. This is adding the extra danger that not only may I miss watching an episode one day but I may watch the wrong one!!
After meeting the Doctor again recently in School Reunion, Sarah Jane has finally come to terms with how she was effectively dumped back on Earth and has decided she can continue her adventures alone. "Life on Earth can be an adventure too, you just need to know where to look"...apparently.
A young girl, Maria, has just moved on to Bannerman Road (a link to Delta and the Bannermen??..probably not) with her divorced father and it doesn't take her long before she discovered that the "crazy" lady who lives opposite her is actually battling aliens! In this pilot episode? The alien threat is the Bane, who are creating a drink called Bubble Shock, to take over the world. It's secret ingredient is a piece of loving Bane so that when activated it turns the human race into mindless Zombies. Unfortunately for them there is about 2% of the population who remain immune to the highly addictive nature of Bubble Shock and so in order to perfect their recipie they are scanning each child that enters their factory tour in order to create the "archetype" I.e the perfect human, which will then allow them to adjust the drink so that everyone loves it. This archetype comes in the form of a young boy who is soon reduced by Sarah Jane and by the end of the episode becomes her adopted son, Luke.
Making up the rest of the team are Sarah Jane's super alien computer known as Mr Smith and? Of course, K9. Unfortunately K9 is helping to block up a black hole somewhere and so is not briefly seen. I must admit this confused me a little bit. I think he has his ass stuck in it or something. Seems strange why they would do this. It seems that they just didn't really want K9 in the series so they had to think of a reason for him not to be there and this was the best that they could come up with.
I really enjoyed this episode. It's a very childish sort of show but then that is what it was designed to be so you can't really grumble about that. It does seem strange though that this all exists in the same universe as Torchwood where things are much grittier and "swearier". Elizabeth Sladen steps back into the role of Sarah Jane as if she never stopped playing the part and it still seems strange and terrible to me that she is now no longer with us.
Ok so that's a quick summing up of the pilot episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures...back to Torchwood tomorrow...I think. This is getting so confusing!
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