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• Episode 1/11 Pilot - Invasion of the Bane

  On her first night in her new house, 13-year-old Maria Jackson is woken by a bright light. Sneaking outside, she can't believe her eyes - her eccentric neighbour Sarah Jane is face to face with what can only be an alien! The next day, Maria is invited on a trip to a soft-drinks factory. But there's more to fizzy Bubble Shock than meets the eye - so it's lucky for Maria that Sarah Jane is close at hand.

• Episode 2/11 Revenge of the Slitheen (Part 1)

  It's Maria, Luke and Clyde's first day at their new school - and something's not quite right. The food keeps going off, there's a funny smell in the air and the new technology block is hiding some dark secrets. The friends soon make a shocking discovery - evil alien race the Slitheen have disguised themselves as teachers as part of a deadly plan that threatens the future of the entire Earth.

  RT Choice (Mark Braxton, 24 September 2007)

  The pilot for this Doctor Who spin-off, which rather snuck under the radar on New Year's Day, was better than we had any right to expect: smart, funny and full of action. In the space of 60 minutes, it also cleverly turned our heroine from an aloof and distant figure into a caring and maternal one.

  The first of a ten-part series borrows from its parent show those farting fiends the Slitheen and zips them into a perky, funny, back-to-school caper. The show looks perfect for cheering up Mondays; it confirms the promise of the pilot and has its heart in exactly the right place.

• Episode 3/11 Revenge of the Slitheen (Part 2)

  Under attack from the monstrous Slitheen child, Maria, Luke and Clyde escape thanks to some deodorant and Sarah Jane's sonic lipstick. Back in her attic, Sarah Jane's super-computer Mr Smith reveals the aliens' evil plan to drain Earth of its energy. But as a power blackout spreads across the globe, Mr Smith goes out of action. The gang must rely on their wits alone to stop the Slitheen from extinguishing the sun for ever.

• Episode 4/11 Eye of the Gorgon (Part 1)

  Sarah Jane and co investigate reports of a ghostly nun haunting the local residential home. And when one of the elderly residents entrusts Luke with a mysterious alien talisman, it becomes clear there's even more to the story than meets the eye. The gang delve deeper, and discover that the nun is part of a secret order sworn to protect a terrifying alien creature who can turn her victims to stone with a single look.

• Episode 5/11 Eye of the Gorgon (Part 2)

  Maria's dad Alan has been turned to stone, and with the alien talisman now in the possession of the Gorgon and her evil nuns, they prepare to open the portal to their world. Can Sarah Jane and the gang free Alan from his stony state, prevent the nuns from unleashing more deadly aliens on the Earth - and avoid the Gorgon’s petrifying gaze in the process?

• Episode 6/11 Warriors of Kudlak (Part 1)

  Sarah Jane and Maria investigate the mysterious disappearance of local boy Lance Metcalf, and soon discover that a number of children have gone missing across the country. Remarkably, the disappearances all occurred during freak storms and in cities that are home to a laser tag game called Combat 3000. As Sarah Jane and Maria delve deeper into the mystery, Luke and Clyde are off enjoying a game of Combat 30…

• Episode 7/11 Warriors of Kudlak (Part 2)

  After taking part in laser battle "game" Combat 3000, Luke and Clyde have been kidnapped and drafted to fight as soldiers on behalf of the Uvodni, the last remaining opponents of the Malakh Empire in the Ghost Wars of the Horsehead Nebula. Can Sarah Jane and Maria find their friends and rescue them from the clutches of the Uvodni general Kudlak before they become casualties of war?

• Episode 8/11 Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane (Part 1)

  A huge meteor is on a collision course with Earth - and Sarah Jane has completely disappeared. A strange woman called Andrea (Jane Asher) is living across the road in Sarah Jane's house and Maria seems to be the only one who remembers that her friend ever existed. Meanwhile, a mysterious hooded figure is haunting Bannerman Road and, as Maria sets out to find Sarah Jane, the alien Graske are meddling in time.

• Episode 9/11 Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane (Part 2)

  The Graske sends Maria back in time to a pier in 1964, where she meets a young girl named Sarah Jane Smith. Along with her friend Andrea, Sarah Jane is about to embark on a fateful adventure… Maria is transported back to 2007 and reunited with the present-day Sarah Jane but, trapped in limbo by the meddlesome Trickster, they are helpless to stop the huge meteor which is about to crash into Earth.

• Episode 10/11 The Lost Boy (Part 1)

  A missing boy featured in a TV news report looks exactly like Luke! When Mr Smith confirms that the two are a genetic match, Sarah Jane reluctantly sends Luke to live with his real parents. But with no memory of his former life, Luke struggles to fit in, and when he tries to escape he makes a startling discovery. Meanwhile, Sarah Jane investigates the Pharos Para-Science Institute, a research unit that has been conducting experiments using alien technology. Floella Benjamin guest-stars.

• Episode 11/11 The Lost Boy (Part 2)

  Maria and her dad dig deeper into the mystery of Luke's new "parents" and discover that he's in fact a prisoner of the Slitheen. And there's another shock in store when Mr Smith is revealed to be an enemy. With Clyde nowhere to be found, Luke in the clutches of aliens and no super-computer to help them, Sarah Jane and Maria are in dire straits. What do the Slitheen want with Luke? And who, or what, is the Xylok?

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