DWMSE 32

{{Infobox Magazine The Sarah Jane Companion Volume Three DWMSE 32 was the third and final volume in a mini-series within Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition that investigated the production of The Sarah Jane Adventures. This issue dealt with series 5 and the plans that never came to fruition because of the untimely death of Elisabeth Sladen. It was released on 16 August 2012.
 * image=DWM SE 32.jpg
 * name= Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition
 * issue number= 32
 * cover date= Autumn 2012
 * format= 84 pages bound
 * editor= Tom Spilsbury
 * publisher= Panini Comics
 * series=Doctor Who Magazine issues

Publisher's summary
The ultimate guide to the exploits of the Doctor's most enduring companion in her own spin-off series – The Sarah Jane Adventures!


 * Full production guides for the three Series Five SJA stories
 * Details of the storylines for the unmade Series Five adventures
 * Further plots and ideas for the stories that never were
 * The full transcript of a 1993 interview with Elisabeth Sladen

Episode Guide
(Each episode is given a synopsis, production details, broadcast and ratings details, full cast and crew credits, fact file, Radio Times coverage, script snippets and connections)

Series Five

 * 5.1 /5.2 Sky
 * 5.3 / 5.4 The Curse of Clyde Langer
 * 5.5 / 5.6 The Man Who Never Was


 * Unmade stories


 * 5.7 /5.8 Meet Mr Smith (full synopsis)
 * 5.9 / 5.10 The Thirteenth Floor (partial synopsis of opening scenes only, with Russell T Davies indicating that the storyline is to be reused for an episode of Wizards vs Aliens and so could not be revealed)
 * 5.11 / 5.12 The Battle for Bannerman Road (general description only, as the episode had not yet reached the outline/storyline stage at the time of Sladen's death)

The Untold Stories

 * Andrew Pixley and Russell T Davies examine untold SJA tales and what might have become of them. Major discussion includes unfulfilled plans for a 2010 Christmas special possibly guest-starring Tom Baker, a live 2011 Halloween episode, an animated episode featuring the return of Maria Jackson, and a Series 6 storyline featuring Sophie Aldred as Ace with a possible cameo by Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

Elisabeth Sladen

 * Her full interview with documentary director Kevin Jon Davies from 1993's 30 Years in the TARDIS

Credits

 * Editor: Tom Spilsbury
 * Assistant Editor: Peter Ware
 * Editorial Assistant: Mark Wright and John Ainsworth
 * Designer: Peri Godbold
 * Written and researched by Andrew Pixley
 * Consultant: Russell T Davies
 * Production: Mark Irvine
 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
 * Managing Director: Mike Riddell

Additional details

 * This was the thirty-second in a series of quarterly specials given over to a specific Who-related theme.
 * The cover proclaimed this publication as “The official guide to The Sarah Jane Adventures” with outlines to the unmade stories and contributions from head writer Russell T Davies.
 * Researcher Andrew Pixley respectfully dedicates this overview of the stories to the memory of Elisabeth Sladen in gratitude for four decades of her wonderful adventures in space and time.
 * This standard sized, bound magazine was printed in August 2012 and had a cover price of £4.99. (UK) It was published in North America on 12 September 2012 with a cover price of $12.99 (US).
 * This issue had the indicia title of Doctor Who Special Edition #32 – The Sarah Jane Companion: Volume Three.