The Vault of Secrets
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Directed by | Series 4 | ||
Running time | 2 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 18 October 2010 | ||
Last broadcast | 19 October 2010 | ||
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The Vault of Secrets is the second serial of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It first aired in two parts on CBBC on 18 and 19 October 2010. It features the return of Androvax, previously seen in the episode Prisoner of the Judoon, and of the android servants of the Alliance of Shades, last seen in the Doctor Who special Dreamland.
Plot
In 1972,
In the present, Androvax, after being imprisoned by the Judoon,[N 1] escapes and attempts to open the vault, hidden in an asylum. He fails after only obtaining one of the two required discs. Wounded by a venomous viper and chased by the Men in Black that guard the vault, he asks Sarah Jane for help rescuing his race. Tricking Sarah Jane, Androvax finds Ocean and steals her disc. Androvax controls Rani's mother Gita and steals her van to return to the vault. Sarah Jane refuses to help him because when the Veil are reawakened and their spaceship takes off, the dimensional disturbance will destroy Earth.
Continuity
- Flashbacks to Prisoner of the Judoon are featured.
- Part One references the 1976 Doctor Who serial Pyramids of Mars.
- The Men in Black appeared in the Doctor Who animated adventure, Dreamland.
Notes
- ^ As depicted in the 2009 serial Prisoner of the Judoon.
References
External links
- The Vault of Secrets on Tardis Wiki, the Doctor Who Wiki