Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)

Prisoner of the Judoon is the first story in The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3. The BBC has announced Series 3 will begin airing in on 15th October 2009, with two episodes being broadcast each week.

Synopsis
In the first of this two-part adventure, Sarah Jane and the gang face the most dangerous day of their lives, as the rhino-like Judoon return. When prisoner Androvax the Destroyer crash-lands on Earth, a Veil is set free and starts to turn Earth's technology against itself. And his next intended victim is Sarah Jane.

As the Judoon fleet approaches Earth, it's a race against time to stop Androvax. But with Genetech's technology on the rampage, and Rani's parents taken prisoner, can anything stop the Army of the Infinitesimal?

Part 1
Sarah Jane gives an overview of her life and tells how life on Earth is just as exciting as travelling the stars. Sarah Jane is speaking with the head of a nano technology business about growing Nanoforms before being thrown out. Luke and Clyde are playing football and Rani comes over. An object falls from space and the heroes go to investigate after talking with Mr. Smith. They go to the crash site and find a Judoon get knocked out by it's prisoner. The prisoner named Androvax runs and with the power to hide in peoples bodys he went into a girl and transt her mother. The gang here the scream from the girl and goes to see what it was while Captain Tybo relaxs from the hit. With the leflet that Sarah Jane gave her Gita decides to give some plantes to the Genetic System so her and Harash go to the place. Sarah Jane and Clyde Langer find the girl, Sarah jane phones rani and tells her that they should trick Captain Tybo so him and rani and luke try to find Androvax. Turns out that Androvax was inside the girl and goes into Sarah Jane and she transes clyde and leaves. Captain Tybo, Rani and Luke find clyde and get a police car and drive to Bannerman road, where the now evil Sarah Jane had Mr Smith self destrute then she to the genetic system and talked to Mr York about the Nanoforms. Captain Tybo, Rani, Luke and clyde get to the attic only to desuver that Mr Smith is going to explode in 60 seconds.

Part 2

Captain Tybo is going to blast Mr Smith but Luke manages to stop the countdown. He tells Luke, Rani, Tybo and Clyde were Sarah is - Genetic System Labs. Gita and Haresh have been arrested by the security guard there and when Sarah Jane realeases the nanoformes into the air to build the Androvax's ship the building in on high alert and the guard leaves. They escape. Luke, Rani and Clyde arrive with Tybo and Rani sees Gita and Haresh and hide. Then they lock the Judoon Captain in a room where his weapon's don't work and find Sarah Jane. Then the Judoon arrive and Haresh and Gita see them and they follow them, before Gita realizes the guard has taken her phone and they look for it. Luke is captured by Sarah Jane and she sets the nanoformes on Clyde and Rani. They defeat them with a fire extinguishor and nearly bump into the Judoon and run into the Androvax's ship where Sarah Jane and Luke are. Luke bargins the Androvax to release his mum to get the crystal to power his ship, because he has to leave soon. He leaves the body just as the Judoon arrive and arrest him. The nanoformes are eating the building and Haresh and Gita are trapped in the guard's room after trying to find Gita's mobile. Luke defeats the nanobots and the Judoon leave with their prisoner in the ship. Sarah Jane and her team arrives home and Gita and Haresh take Rani home and are talking about the alien's rhinos. Sarah Jane and Luke laugh and go into number 13.

Cast

 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
 * Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
 * Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
 * Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
 * Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
 * Captain Tybo - Paul Kasey
 * Voice of Captain Tybo - Nicholas Briggs
 * Androvax - Mark Goldthorp
 * Madison Yorke - Terence Maynard
 * Security Man - Robert Curtis
 * Julie - Scarlett Murphy

Crew
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Story Notes

 * Nicholas Briggs has now been credited on all three Doctor Who-franchise series.
 * This marks the sixth appearance for the Judoon the others being in DW: Smith and Jones, DW: The Stolen Earth, NSA: Revenge of the Judoon, NSA: Judgement of the Judoon and the Fifth Doctor flashback in IDW: The Forgotten
 * This marks the third story to feature Judoon at the end of the title, first being Revenge of the Judoon then Judgement of the Judoon.

Ratings
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Myths

 * Sarah Jane becomes evil for these episodes. She is taken over by a Veil.
 * It was rumoured that K9 would appear but never did.

Filming Locations
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * How does Sarah Jane know about the Judoon and the Shadow Proclamation? Either the Doctor or Mr Smith told her about them.
 * How does Androvax know English without any translation?
 * Where actually is the clock that counts down on mr smith it never can be seen with a full shot of him?

Continuity
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Timeline
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