Chris Meets... (TV story)

 was a special episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures broadcast as five mini specials in the Chris and London CBBC TV show. It was also shown as part of The Sarah Jane Adventures Specials on the CBBC website. However for the CBBC website the special was shortened, not all scenes can be seen there.

Synopsis from the Publisher
Chris sets his sights on joining the Bannerman Road Gang. With disasterous results!

Plot
Chris goes to 13 Bannerman Road to make a documentary of Sarah Jane Smith. There he puts up his tent on Sarah Jane's driveway.

Meanwhile Rani Chandra and Clyde Langer are sent to the attic by Sarah Jane Smith who has heard from Mr Smith that there is an intruder in Ealing.

When Rani and Clyde arrive at Sarah Jane's driveway they see Chris and think that he is the alien intruder. They enchain Chris with a rope and put him into Sarah Jane's attic and ask him why he is looking for Sarah Jane.

There they find out that he knows about Uvlavad Kudlak, the Slitheen, their home planet Raxacoricofallapatorius and that the Slitheen can be defeated with vinegar. Rani wonders how he could know so much about them and thinks this is suspicious.

However after Chris praises Clyde drawings, Clyde thinks that Chris is a cool guy. He wants to set Chris free but also tells Chris that they are in great danger, because there still is the intruder that Mr Smith has warned about. Chris screems.

Rani and Clyde think that Mr Smith can help with the intruder. However when Chris sees Mr Smith he is so impressed by him that he pushes all the buttons on Mr Smith. Mr Smith is shut down and doesn't work anymore. Rani and Clyde push Chris out of the house.

After this Chris meets Sarah Jane Smith and asks her if he can join the gang. Sarah says that Chris can go back to the CBBC office and send her information from there. Chris is happy. But then Sarah Jane hears that Chris broke Mr Smith. She tells him that she will keep her eye on him. Then she faces the alien intruder.

Cast

 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
 * Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
 * Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
 * Chris - Chris Johnson

Continuity

 * It was mentioned how Sarah Jane Smith defeated Uvlavad Kudlak. (TV: Warriors of Kudlak)