The first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures was broadcast following the broadcast of a special 60 minute episode on the 1st January 2007. The season proper aired during the final months of 2007 and consisted of five two-part stories, with each episode running 25 minutes in length (the first time 25-minute episodes have been used in the Doctor Who franchise since the parent series ended in 1989).

Cast Edit

Primary cast Edit

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
• Maria Jackson - Yasmin Paige
• Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony (From Revenge of the Slitheen)
• Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong

Secondary cast Edit

• Alan Jackson - Joseph Millson
• Chrissie Jackson - Juliet Cowan
• K9 - John Leeson (voice)
• Kelsey Hooper - Porsha Lawrence-Mavour (Invasion of the Bane only)

Guest cast Edit

• Mrs Wormwood - Samantha Bond
• Andrea Yates - Jane Asher
• Carl - Anton Thompson McCormick
• Bea Nelson-Stanley - Phyllida Law
• Sister Helena - Beth Goddard
• Mark Grantham - Chook Sibtain
• Jen - Nadiyah Davis
• Professor Rivers - Floella Benjamin
• Jay Stafford - Jay Simpson
• Heidi Stafford - Holly Atkins
• Trinity Wells - Lachele Carl

Television stories Edit

Episodes	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Notes
1	Invasion of the Bane	Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts	Colin Teague	Reintroduction of Sarah Jane Smith and K9 Mark IV. First appearance of Luke Smith, Maria Jackson, Alan Jackson, Chrissie Jackson, Mr Smith, Mrs Wormwood and the Bane
2	Revenge of the Slitheen	Gareth Roberts	Alice Troughton	Reintroduction of the Slitheen and introduction of Clyde Langer
2	Eye of the Gorgon	Phil Ford	Alice Troughton
2	Warriors of Kudlak	Phil Gladwin	Charles Martin
2	Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?	Gareth Roberts	Graeme Harper	First appearance of The Trickster
2	The Lost Boy	Phil Ford	Charles Martin	Reintroduction of the Slitheen and K9 Mark IV

Although broadcast separately from the rest of the season, the BBC considers Invasion of the Bane to be part of Series 1, and released it as such to DVD.

Aliens and enemies Edit

• Bane
• Mrs Wormwood
• Bane Mother
• Davey
• Slitheen
• Gorgon
• Sister Helena
• Uvlavad Kudlak
• Mistress
• Mark Grantham
• Krislok
• Mr Smith

Novels Edit

Season 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures marked the first time since the early 1990s that novelisations were commissioned for televised episodes of a Doctor Who franchise production. The first four novelisations were published in 2007, with the last two following in 2008.

• Invasion of the Bane
• Revenge of the Slitheen
• Eye of the Gorgon
• Warriors of Kudlak
• Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?
• The Lost Boy

Audiobooks Edit

• The Glittering Storm
• The Thirteenth Stone

Home video releases Edit

• Invasion of the Bane was released on a vanilla DVD on 29 October 2007.
• It was the first Doctor Who related DVD to not be released by 2Entertain since 2005's Doctor Who Volume 2.
• The Complete First Series (including Invasion of the Bane) was released on 10 November 2008.

Footnotes Edit

v • e SJA television stories Series 1 Invasion of the Bane  • Revenge of the Slitheen  • Eye of the Gorgon  • Warriors of Kudlak  • Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?  • The Lost Boy Series 2 Regular episodes The Last Sontaran  • The Day of the Clown  • Secrets of the Stars  • The Mark of the Berserker  • The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith  • Enemy of the Bane Mini-episode From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love Series 3 Prisoner of the Judoon  • The Mad Woman in the Attic  • The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith  • The Eternity Trap  • Mona Lisa's Revenge  • The Gift Series 4 The Nightmare Man • The Vault of Secrets • Death of the Doctor • The Empty Planet • Lost in Time • Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith Series 5 Sky • The Curse of Clyde Langer • The Man Who Never Was Stories listed here are only those that have been officially licensed by the BBC.

v • e Aliens and Enemies of SJA Series 1 Invasion of the Bane Bane (Bane Mother  • Wormwood  • Davey)  • Lesley  • Arcateenian Revenge of the Slitheen Slitheen family (Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen  • Kist Magg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen  • Glune Fex Fize Sharlaveer-Slam Slitheen  • Florm Rox Fey Fenerill-Slam Slitheen) Eye of the Gorgon Gorgons (The Abbess)  • Helena  • Gribbins Warriors of Kudlak Uvlavad Kudlak  • The Mistress  • Mark Grantham  • Uvodni Emperor Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? The Trickster  • Graske (Krislok)  • Andrea Yates The Lost Boy Xylok (Mr Smith)  • Slitheen family (Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen  • Dax Fex Fize Slitheen  • Bloorm Vungah Bart Slitheen)

Next series: SJA Series 2

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