Stories Television The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 5 The Sarah Jane Adventures S5 Episode: 1-2 3-4 5-6 The Man Who Never Was 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes 1 Transcript Overview First aired Monday, October 17, 2011 Production Code 5.5, 5.6 Written by Gareth Roberts Directed by Joss Agnew Runtime 60 minutes Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London UK Viewers 0.71 million Synopsis Joseph Serf has launched his new SerfBoard, the must-have computer that no one can resist owning. Everyone wants the brand new device — and why not? What could be so dangerous about a computer? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Sarah Jane Smith Clyde Langer Rani Chandra Sky Smith Mr Smith Luke Smith Show All Characters (6) How to watch The Man Who Never Was: Watch on iPlayer DVD The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Fifth Series Blu-Ray The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Fifth Series Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 17 May 2024 · 198 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! Elisabeth Sladen’s decade spanning contribution to Doctor Who ends here. No other companion has had the kind of impact that she managed during her time across three(!) spin offs. Pleasingly this story is a good one, and the extended outro is a touching tribute to The Sarah Jane Adventures. This story has a sparky plot. A hologram, controlled by alien slaves under the control of a melevolent force, poses as a tech billionaire to trick the public until buying the “surf” board, which is a good pun in the context of a story introducing children to the horrors of slavery. The design and prosthetics of the alien’s face is quite impressive, and very sweet. I could have watched them for much longer. The Smith Family are vety sweet together. It’s nice having three of them now, they make a good unit. The posh actor attempting a Romanian accent is less good - I am not sure why they felt she was the ideal woman for the role. Had Elisabeth Sladen lived longer, I truly believe this show would have been allowed to run on and on and on. We were so lucky to have it Like Liked 3 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating136 members 3.44 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating49 votes 3.80 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating30 votes 3.85 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 398 Favourited 11 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 0 Owned 3 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny LUKE: Remember, he's American. SERF: Yee-haw! As I woke up, put my grits on the griddle, I thought, gee, what a cotton picking day to launch a new computer. LUKE: What? What? You've been watching Toy Story again. — The Man Who Never Was Transcript Needs checking Part One [Serf Industries foyer] (A man is on a loop doing some in-house advertising.) SERF [on screen]: Hi. I'm Joseph Serf. I'm here to introduce the Serf Board from Serf Systems, the world's newest and best portable computer. The fifteenth at 5pm. Put it in your diary. The day the Serf Board arrives, and the revolution begins. Billions of dollars of research and development have gone into this compact affordable device. (A cleaning operative isn't impressed.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window