The Empty Planet
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The Sarah Jane Adventures story | |||
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Directed by | Ashley Way | ||
Written by | Series 4 | ||
Running time | 2 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 1 November 2010 | ||
Last broadcast | 2 November 2010 | ||
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The Empty Planet is a two-part story of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series
In the story,
Plot
The king of a distant planet had a son in Ealing called Gavin. To give Gavin a normal life he gave him a ring called a bio-damper to wear. Gavin's human mother died before she could tell him about who he is.
One morning, when Gavin is 13, a message about Gavin becoming king after his father's death fails to reach him because of his bio-damper. As a result nearly all of the humans on Earth, along with moving vehicles, are removed and suspended so that two royal robots can find Gavin and return him to his planet.
After meeting up, Clyde and Rani head into town to look for someone besides them. In town, they spot Gavin and follow him to a block of flats. Rani tells Gavin about aliens to try to gain his trust. Gavin is sceptical, but before they can persuade him to help, a strange noise is heard and he slips away whilst Clyde and Rani try to work out what it was.The robots catch up with them, and tell them they are looking for their world's son and heir. Clyde and Rani find Gavin at the nature reserve he wrote about in his diary and have him remove the bio-damper which hides him from the robots. The robots send him the information again and show him the planet he is meant to rule. He agrees to go and orders the robots to return everyone to Earth.
Production
As in The Mark of the Berserker, Sarah Jane is only briefly seen. With Luke and K9 off at Oxford, Rani and Clyde are the principal characters, with one or both appearing in every scene.[citation needed]
Since series 4 and series 5 (the final series) were shot back-to-back, Jocelyn Jee Esien appeared as Carla Langer for a small scene, around the same time she filmed her last episode, The Curse of Clyde Langer. [2]
Notes
- ^ As depicted in the 2009 serial Prisoner of the Judoon.
References
External links
- The Empty Planet on Tardis Wiki, the Doctor Who Wiki
- "The Empty Planet" at IMDb