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 Edit

Primary cast Edit

• Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen

  

• Luke Smith - Tommy Knight (exc. The Eternity Trap)
• Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
• Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
• Mr. Smith - Alexander Armstrong (voice)

Secondary cast Edit

• K9 - John Leeson (voice)
• Haresh Chandra - Ace Bhatti
• Gita Chandra - Mina Anwar

Guest cast Edit

• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Professor Celeste Rivers - Floella Benjamin
• Peter Dalton - Nigel Havers
• Harry - Brian Miller
• Adam Lloyd - Gregg Sulkin
• Samuel Lloyd - Toby Parkes
• Rani Chandra (older version) - Souad Faress
• Eve - Eleanor Tomlinson
• Registrar - Zienia Merton
• Toby Silverman - Adam Gillen
• Erasmus Darkening - Donald Sumpter
• Mona Lisa - Suranne Jones
• Lionel Harding - Jeff Rawle
• Phyllis Trupp - Liza Sadovy
• Tree Blathereen - Miriam Margolyes
• Leef Blathereen - Simon Callow

Television stories Edit

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 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 Edit

• Judoon
• Captain Tybo
• Androvax
• Nanoforms
• Eve
• Adam
• Ship
• Travist Polong
• The Trickster
• Erasmus Darkening
• Mona Lisa
• Highwayman
• The Abomination
• Slitheen family
• Blathereen family

Audiobooks Edit

• The Shadow People
• The White Wolf

Novels Edit

The only story of this series to be novelised was The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.

Home video releases Edit

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

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 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 Comic Relief: 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 3 Prisoner of the Judoon Judoon (Tybo)  • Androvax  • Nanoforms  • Sarah Jane Smith The Mad Woman in the Attic Eve  • Ship  • Adam Lloyd The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith The Trickster  • Tenth Doctor  • Travist Polong The Eternity Trap Erasmus Darkening  • red-eyed creature  • Lord Marchwood Mona Lisa's Revenge Mona Lisa  • The Abomination  • The Dark Rider  • Lionel Harding The Gift Slitheen-Blathereen family (Tree Lorn Acre Slitheen-Blathereen  • Leef Apple Glyn Slitheen-Blathereen)  • Rakweed  • Slitheen family

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