Dreamland (audio story)

Dreamland was the final release in the Sarah Jane Smith audio stories produced by Big Finish Productions.

In obvious anticipation of being able to make a follow-up series, it ended on a cliffhanger. However, Lis Sladen was put under contract for The Sarah Jane Adventures soon after the recording of this adventure. At the very least, this complicated the scheduling of more recording sessions. Sladen's apparent willingness to join Tom Baker for his Big Finish debut in 2011 suggests that she may well have been available to resolve the Dreamland cliffhanger in some way. Unfortunately, Sladen passed away before this could happen. Since recasting Sladen would almost certainly be anathema to Big Finish and its customers and Big Finish has no significant rights in other media, any furtherance of this plot line in prose or comic form seems unlikely.

, Dreamland is therefore best viewed as a story that will never be concluded in any form.

Publisher's summary
Sarah Jane Smith is still dealing with the tragic consequences of recent events when she is offered the chance of a lifetime — a place on the world’s first tourist flight into space. The trip’s sponsor, Sir Donald Wakefield, believes it is her destiny. But after her recent experiences, what does Sarah still believe in?

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
 * Josh Townsend - Jeremy James
 * Natalie Redfern - Sadie Miller
 * Sir Donald Wakefield - Stephen Greif
 * Kimmel - Jon Weinberg
 * Mission Control - Toby Longworth
 * Newsreader - Shaun Ley
 * Other roles - Patricia Leventon

Continuity

 * This is the first space tourism flight, which may place it in the same period as EDA: Escape Velocity which features the beginnings of private space operators.
 * Some time after this adventure, Sarah Jane tried to repair K9 and failed. She took to carrying him around in the boot of her car, which she had replaced with a 1991 Nissan Figaro by 2008-09.

Timeline

 * Dreamland occurs after BFSJS: Fatal Consequences
 * Dreamland occurs before: DW: School Reunion