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Overview

First aired

Monday, November 12, 2007

Production Code

1.9, 1.10

Written by

Phil Ford

Directed by

Charles Martin

Runtime

60 minutes

Time Travel

Present

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Robots

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England, London

UK Viewers

1.86 million

Synopsis

A missing child turns out to be, both visually and genetically, Luke. Sarah Jane is forced to hand him over to the "parents". Heartbroken, Sarah Jane rejects Maria and Clyde, and with Maria's dad threatening to sell the house to keep his daughter out of danger, it seems the gang's adventures have come to an end, whilst Luke discovers his new "parents" are not all they seem...

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That was what a Who finance should be like! The first part was great, couldn't even imagine what was going through Luke's mind. The second part was action packed to. Felt a lot longer than it was,in a good way.

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Includes possibly the best cliffhanger of any Doctor Who related property (including the main show). Part 1 has so much drama packed into a 28 minute kids show: Maria’s dad wants to take her away; Luke’s “real” parents exist and desperately want him back; Sarah-Jane investigates seemingly unrelated telekinetic powers; Luke’s parents are aliens and his new brother is a telekinesis genius; shock - the new family is revealed as Slitheen!; bigger shock - Mr Smith is villainous and has been pulling the strings the whole time and kidnaps Clyde! WHAT?! And that’s just part 1. Despite all the various threads the show flows nicely from plot point to plot point. It’s exceptional writing. Oh. -and K-9 turns up at the end!!

Review last edited on 25-04-24

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Part One

[Maria's bedroom]

(Gazing out of the window at night )

MARIA: That shooting star could be a space rock. But it could be a ship. They might be friendly and they might not. Like the Slitheen. They wanted to drain our sun's energy and leave the Earth a dead ball of ice. But we stopped them. Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and me.
ALAN: I remember the blackout. The paper said it was a reversal of the Earth's magnetic something.
MARIA: That's what Mister Smith put into the news releases.
ALAN: Sarah Jane's computer. And which branch of PC World did that come from?
MARIA: He's alien. I don't know where from. Not sure if Sarah Jane knows.
ALAN: Right.
MARIA: Anyway, so, Clyde realised we could use vinegar as a weapon against the Slitheen.
CLYDE [memory]: You heard her!
MARIA: Most of them escaped, teleported back to the ship.
ALAN: Maria, you're fourteen.
MARIA: Dad, the world would have died.
ALAN: I'm your father. You never thought I should know about any of this?
MARIA: It was difficult, especially after you got turned to stone.
ALAN: Beg your pardon?
MARIA [memory]: Dad! Dad!
MARIA: There was this Gorgon, and
ALAN: Just give me a minute here.
MARIA: I know how you feel. I remember when I saw that alien in Sarah Jane's garden.

(Her father shushes her.)

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