Sky (TV story)

Sky is the first story of Series 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Part one
Sarah Jane finds a baby girl on her doorstep and tries to find out who abandoned her. At a nearby nuclear power station, a beautiful woman appears out of thin air and uses alien powers to take control. She's looking for something – and realises that Sarah Jane may just have it.

Part two
Sky has undergone an amazing transformation, but in doing so has triggered a countdown that no one can stop. As Sarah Jane and Sky find themselves trapped between the alien war fought by Metalkind and Fleshkind, Clyde and Rani face a race against time to stop the biggest bang in history...

Part 1
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Part 2
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Cast

 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elizabeth Sladen
 * Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
 * Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
 * Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
 * Gita Chandra - Mina Anwar
 * Haresh Chandra - Ace Bhatti
 * Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
 * Miss Myers - Christine Stephen-Daly
 * Caleb - Gavin Brocker
 * The Metalkind - Paul Kasey
 * Sky - Sinead Michael
 * Professor Rivers - Floella Benjamin
 * Hugo - Peter-Hugo Daly
 * The Shopkeeper - Cyril Nri (uncredited)
 * Voice of Metalkind - Will McLeod
 * Baby Sky - Chloe and Ella Savage, Amber and Scarlet Donaldson

Story notes

 * This is the first series opener not to feature an alien from Doctor Who. Series 1's Revenge of the Slitheen featured the Slitheen, Series 2's The Last Sontaran featured a Sontaran, Series 3's Prisoner of the Judoon featured the Judoon, and Series 4's The Nightmare Man featured a cameo appearance from a Slitheen.
 * Clyde calls the attic the Bat Cave.
 * There are a few nods to the Terminator franchise. The metalkind's hunt for Sky, a child that will be used against them in a war, is reminiscent of Terminator hunting John Connor. The way Miss Myers appears is very similar to the method of time travel used in The Terminator. She also tells Clyde to go in to the van, saying "get in if you want the child to live", similar to "come with me if you want to live", a famous line used in Terminator.
 * This is the first story in the Sarah Jane Adventures to be released after the death of Elisabeth Sladen.

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Production errors

 * Luke Smith is credited in the credits for Part 2 although he only appeared in Part 1.

Continuity

 * Rani suggests that the Doctor was the one who left Sky on Sarah Jane's doorstep. Rani met the Tenth Doctor in SJA: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, and the Eleventh Doctor in SJA: Death of the Doctor.
 * Miss Myers intends for her daughter to be used against the Metalkind. The idea of a child being used as a weapon from birth first appeared in DW: A Good Man Goes to War, with the Silence and Madame Kovarian kidnapping the infant Melody Pond/River Song and turning her into a weapon to kill the Doctor.
 * Rani tells Sky about how Luke was created by aliens to invade the Earth. (SJA: Invasion of the Bane)
 * Clyde tells Sky about when they fought the Bane (SJA: Enemy of the Bane)
 * The Shopkeeper and Captain reappear. (SJA: Lost in Time)

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