Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)

Warriors of Kudlak was the fifth and sixth episodes, which make up the third story in the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It marked the first appearance of the Uvodni race.

Synopsis
Children have been going missing, but how? Will Luke and Clyde win Combat 3000? And who is the mysterious Mr Kudlak?

Part 1
Combat 3000, a new laser tag centre, has opened in London. A teenaged boy, Lance Metcalf, from Clyde and Luke Smith's school vanished after going there. Mr Smith tells Sarah Jane that twenty-four children have previously gone missing from all across England in places where other branches of Combat 3000 have opened.

Meanwhile, Luke tries to master the art of telling jokes but can't quite do it, nor does he understand games. Taking him under his wing, Clyde takes Luke to Combat 3000. Sarah Jane soon discovers that there have been mysterious storms at the time of the disappearances and that Mr. Mark Grantham and a humanoid, insectoid alien, Kudlak, are working for an unseen "Mistress". Luke and Clyde manage to survive Round One and are challenged to make it to the door to the championships, facing other accomplished Combat 3000 players. When Luke and Clyde are very close to the door, they are attacked. Soon, Clyde and Luke manage to escape and are locked in a room where they mysteriously disappear. Mr. Grantham points an alien gun at Sarah and Maria but Sarah uses her sonic lipstick to help her escape. Maria and Sarah arrive in a different room where they are then confronted by Kudlak...

But they have arrived too late to save Luke and Clyde. On a screen they see them transported to space by a transmat beam.

Part 2
Sarah Jane and Maria escape do not Kudlak thefore die. Then everyone dies. (Thats every baddy and goodie in the universe).

Cast

 * Sarah Jane Smith — Elisabeth Sladen
 * Maria Jackson — Yasmin Paige
 * Luke Smith — Tommy Knight
 * Clyde Langer — Daniel Anthony
 * Voice of Mr Smith — Alexander Armstrong
 * Mark Grantham — Chook Sibtain
 * Carrie Metcalf — Sarah Haynes
 * Wendy — Pamela Merrick
 * Lance — Sonny Muslim
 * Brandon Butler — James Bellamy
 * Jen — Nadiyah Davis
 * Cashier — Chrissie Furness
 * Kudlak/Emperor/Mistress — Paul Kasey
 * Voice of Kudlak/Emperor — Silas Carson
 * Voice of Mistress - Tina Greatex

Story Notes

 * Both episodes aired on the CBBC Channel, and were broadcast a week later on BBC1.
 * The BBC Ninth Doctor novel Winner Takes All has a plot similar to this episode.
 * In Part 1, Paul Kasey is credited as playing Kudlak, Mistress and Emperor when only Kudlak appears and the Emperor is never even mentioned.

Part 1

 * 425,000 (CBBC)
 * 1 million (BBC1)

Part 2

 * 397,000 (CBBC)
 * 1.2 million (BBC1)

Myths
To be added

Location Filming
To be added

Production errors

 * If you look behind Luke as he puts on his suit you can see the scores from AFTER the game when it hasn't even started yet.

Continuity

 * One of the Uvodni race appears as part of the Alliance. (DW: The Pandorica Opens)

Home Video Releases
This story was included in the Series 1 box set, which was released in North America on 7th October 2008 and released in the UK on 10th November 2008.

Novelisation

 * Main article: Warriors of Kudlak (novelisation)


 * A novelisation was released on 1st November 2007, written by Gary Russell.