Stories Television The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2 Episode: 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 The Day of the Clown 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 3 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 2 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Monday, October 6, 2008 Production Code 2.3, 2.4 Written by Phil Ford Directed by Michael Kerrigan Runtime 56 minutes Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London UK Viewers 1.28 million Synopsis Rani Chandra is the new girl on Bannerman Road. She is haunted by a sinister clown. Does it have anything to do with local children who have gone missing? When Clyde's friend Dave disappears, the trail leads to a strange circus museum and the legend of the Pied Piper. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen The Pied Piper Luke Smith Tommy Knight Clyde Langer Daniel Anthony Rani Chandra Anjli Mohindra First Appearance Mr Smith Alexander Armstrong Haresh Chandra Ace Bhatti First Appearance Gita Chandra Mina Anwar First Appearance Celeste Rivers Show All Characters (9) How to watch The Day of the Clown: Watch on iPlayer DVD The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Complete Second Series Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 3 reviews 6 March 2025 · 98 words Review by InterstellarCas Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! It’s It for children! This was a very enjoyable story, I love villains that are based on preying on some innate human emotion, it’s always neat to see it take a more conceptual and philosophical turn (even if it isn’t very deeply explored). Also, a surprise appearance from Bradley Walsh? I hadn’t realized he’d appeared in the greater Doctor Who universe before his companion debut. He was great though, absolutely hamming it up. And who could forget the introduction of Rani! I love her already, she’s a vibrant and well-adjusted character I look forward to seeing more of. InterstellarCas View profile Like Liked 2 3 March 2025 · 23 words Review by ClydeLangerRules 1 This is secretly a better adaptation of Pennywise than any of the "It" films but Big Muschietti don't want you to know this. ClydeLangerRules View profile Like Liked 1 24 April 2024 · 83 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! Stephen King’s IT is mashed up with the legend of the pied piper to form a derivative but fun 50 minutes. It’s carried by the excellent cast of characters, including the new Rani Chandra and her parents who reassure us that we won’t be missing Maria too much (if at all!) The headteacher / Chandra’s dad subplot is more compelling than the clown being “destroyed by laughter”. A twist on the well worn “power of love” endings that plague fiction (and so much Doctor Who!) 15thDoctor View profile Like Liked 3 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating289 members 3.61 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 715 Favourited 34 Reviewed 4 Saved 3 Skipped 3 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Sarah Jane Adventures Day of the Clown Rating: 3.50 Story Skipped Book More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: The Sarah Jane Adventures (Books & Audio) Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite RANI: Look, there’s something I’ve got to tell you. Something about me you ought to know. CLYDE: You’re from another planet. I already guessed. LUKE: Actually, Clyde, it’s worse than that. (Mister Chandra gets out of his car.) CLYDE: Oh, no. Rani, please tell me there’s a good reason why our new head just pulled up outside your house that doesn’t involve the word dad. RANI: Honestly, he’s all right, really. It’s just his job. CLYDE: Yeah, that’s what they said about Doctor Frankenstein. — The Day of the Clown Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window Transcript + Script Needs checking Part One [Playground] (An impromptu football match, and the ball gets kicked into the woods.) FINNEY: Tony!TONY: Sorry. (He goes through the fence to retrieve it.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF) View Script (2) (PDF)
