Lost in Time (TV story)

Lost in Time is the fifth story of Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Part 1
A harmless investigation turns into an epic quest across time and space. Sarah Jane and the gang are separated by the enigmatic Shopkeeper, and find themselves in three different time-zones throughout history – doing battle against ghost hunters, Nazis, Tudors and a mysterious parrot called Captain!

Part 2
While Sarah Jane tries to prevent a future tragedy, Clyde has to take on the Third Reich single-handed! But Rani discovers to her horror that the march of history cannot be stopped, as a greater danger from the Time Vortex threatens to consume them all.

Part One
Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde look at a newspaper article about someone who claims to have seen an alien. They go into the mans shop to search for any traces of aliens. Rani finds a music box; Clyde finds a bloodstained arrow. The shopkeeper comes out of a side room. He knows Sarah Janes name, as well as a "great many things", and only did the newspaper article to gain her attention. He explains that three pieces of chronosteel, a metal forged within the time vortex, are lodged in Earths history and have the power to reshape it's destiny. He opens a time window, tells them to find the disguised pieces to get home, and pushes it towards them. Talking to his parrot, Captain, he reveals that the gang only have until an hourglass runs out to save the world.

Clyde, Sarah Jane and Rani all wake up alone, with no idea where they are- or when. Rani meets a maid, who tells her she is in the Tower of London's royal chambers and that Queen Jane wants to meet her. The maid, whose name is Mistress Ellen, thinks Rani is a visitor from the far east come to be the Queens new lady-in-waiting. Clyde meets a boy called George Woods, who is watching Germans land on a beach and tells him it is 1941. Sarah Jane is trapped in a box, which is opened by a girl who thinks she is a ghost. The girl touches her to find that she is real, then explains that it is 1889 and no-one lives in the house they're in, she was just investigating stories of ghosts.

Clyde and George confirm the men are Nazis and go to warn the Home Guard. Meanwhile, Rani is being introduced to Lady Jane Grey. Rani makes a good first impression on the young Queen, who likes her as she speaks to her as a friend rather than royalty.

Cast

 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elizabeth Sladen
 * Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
 * Rani Chandra -Anjli Mohindra
 * Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
 * The Shopkeeper - Cyril Nri
 * Queen Jane Grey - Amber Beattie
 * Mistress Ellen - Elizabeth Rider
 * Lady Matilda - Fiona Hampton
 * George Woods - Richard Wisker
 * Koenig - Tom Wlaschiha
 * Emily Morris - Gwyneth Keyworth
 * Gemma - Lucie Jones
 * Katy - Morgan-Faith Hughes
 * Ben - Llewcus Oaten
 * Miss Wyckham - Catherine Bailey
 * Angela Price - Rowena Cooper

Crew
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British organisations

 * Home Guard

Story notes

 * The Time Windows resemble the Anomalies from the ITV series Primeval.
 * The newspaper gives the date as 23rd November 2010, the 47th anniversary of the date that the first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast.

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Continuity

 * The newspaper the team look at is the Ealing Echo. (SJA: Revenge of the Slitheen, Day of the Clown)
 * Rani is sent to 19th July, 1553 and meets Lady Jane Grey. The brief queen would later meet the First Doctor right before her execution. (VD: The Nine-Day Queen)
 * On hearing that the "alien" sighted was twelve feet tall, with huge claws and red eyes, Clyde jokingly asks if they are going up against the Gruffalo. Mo Northover read his son Elliot this book. (DW: The Hungry Earth)

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