Invasion of the Bane
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Directed by | New Year's Day special | ||
Running time | 60 minutes | ||
First broadcast | 1 January 2007 | ||
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"Invasion of the Bane" is the first
The episode focuses upon a teenage girl,
Plot
The next morning, Maria is invited by her neighbour Kelsey Hooper to tour the factory of the soft drink Bubble Shock via a free tour bus. At the factory, a security scanner surreptitiously collects the DNA of the visitors to be transferred to an artificially created human boy called the "Archetype". The Archetype is designed to study the two percent of humanity that is unaffected by the effects of Bubble Shock. Sarah Jane follows them to the factory, and suggests to Mrs Wormwood, the factory's owner, that Bane, an ingredient unique to the drink, came from outer space. On her way out Sarah Jane escapes from trying to be killed by Mrs Wormwood's secretary. Maria attempts to phone Kelsey but sets off the alarms, waking the Archetype, transferring the focus upon him. Maria, the Archetype, and Sarah Jane escape out of a window in the women's toilet. The factory's PR representative Davey escorts Kelsey to Sarah Jane's street. Davey transforms into a squid-like form and pursues Sarah Jane into her house, but is repelled.
When Kelsey storms into Sarah Jane's attic, Sarah Jane admits that she finds aliens and prevents hostile incursions, but in a less "guns blazing" manner than what secret organisations do. After she reunited with
Sarah Jane drives the Bubble Shock bus through a wall of the factory. Remembering that factory tour participants had to turn off their mobile phones, Maria activates hers, which causes distress to the Bane Mother. The Archetype uses the much more powerful alien communicator given to Sarah Jane by the star poet, which kills the Bane Mother, and blows up the factory. Mrs Wormwood escapes. Sarah Jane agrees to adopt the Archetype and calls him Luke.
Continuity
- Mrs Wormwood reappears in the series 2 serial Enemy of the Bane.
- When trying to find a name for Luke, Sarah Jane mentions Harry, referring to Harry Sullivan and Alistair, which is the first name of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart before deciding on Luke.
Production
Episode | Title | Run time | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [citation needed] |
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1 | "Invasion of the Bane" | 60:22 | 1 January 2007 | 2.9 |
Concept and writing
In 2005,
The episode was written by Davies and
Broadcast and reception
The first scene of "Invasion of the Bane" to be shown was on 8 December 2006, during a BBC Breakfast interview with Sladen,[2] and was released a day later on the interactive advent calendar on the Doctor Who microsite. The clip, lasting one minute in length, was of Sarah Jane's interview with Mrs Wormwood.[3]
The episode's airing on BBC One gathered 2.9 million viewers, 15% of the audience share, of which 20% were under 16.
Novelisation
Author | Terrance Dicks |
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Followed by | Revenge of the Slitheen |
This was the first of eleven Sarah Jane Adventures serials to be adapted as a novel. Written by Terrance Dicks, the book was first published in Paperback on 1 November 2007.[6]
Notes
- ^ As depicted in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "School Reunion".
- ^ The Doctor and Sarah Jane stop travelling together in the 1976 Doctor Who serial The Hand of Fear.
References
- ^ Cook, Benjamin (31 January 2007). "Doing It for the Kids". Doctor Who Magazine (378): 37.
- ^ Foster, Chuck (9 December 2006). "Elisabeth Sladen on BBC Breakfast". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
- ^ Cooper, Jarrod (9 December 2006). "Sarah Jane Adventures Clip". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ a b "Sarah Jane Final Ratings". Outpost Gallifrey. 26 January 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ "Sarah Jane Overnight Ratings". Outpost Gallifrey. 2 January 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane [Paperback]. ASIN 140590397X.
External links
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Novelisation
- Invasion of the Bane title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database