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The third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures aired on CBBC and BBC One in autumn 2009. The series consisted of six stories of two episodes each.

In a change of broadcast format, two episodes aired each week, on Thursday and Friday, meaning the entire series aired over a six-week period, with a complete storyline told each week.

A slight change to the opening was made: Before the title sequence, Clyde would narrate the basic premise of the series over a montage of scenes.

Among notable appearances this series, K9 Mark IV appeared in six of the twelve episodes and David Tennant appeared as the Tenth Doctor in the two-part story The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith which aired in late October.

Thanks in part to Tennant's appearance, the series scored higher-than-average ratings for children's programming, and also consistently scored high Appreciation Index ratings from viewers.

Cast

Recurring

Guest

Television stories

Episode Number Title Writer(s) Director Notes
1 Prisoner of the Judoon Phil Ford Joss Agnew First appearance of Androvax
2 The Mad Woman in the Attic Joseph Lidster Alice Troughton First regular appearance of K9 Mark IV
3 The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Gareth Roberts Joss Agnew Reintroduction and final appearance of the Trickster, guest appearance by the Tenth Doctor
4 The Eternity Trap Phil Ford Alice Troughton
5 Mona Lisa's Revenge Phil Ford Joss Agnew
6 The Gift Rupert Laight Alice Troughton Reintroduction and guest appearance of the Slitheen

Aliens and enemies

Audiobooks

Novels

The only story of this series to be directly novelised was The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith. Additionally, Prisoner of the Judoon was adapted as The Sarah Jane Adventures: Judoon Afternoon, The Eternity Trap was adapted as The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Haunted House, Mona Lisa's Revenge was adapted as The Sarah Jane Adventures: Painting Peril and The Gift was adapted as The Sarah Jane Adventures: Blathereen Dream.

Home video releases

The Complete Third Series boxset was released on BBC DVD on 1 November 2010.

Footnotes

Previous series:
SJA Series 2
Next series:
SJA Series 4
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