Sarah Jane's Alien Files


 * This article refers to the webisode and television series. For the in-universe Alien Files, see Alien Files.

Sarah Jane's Alien Files (also known as SJA Alien Files, formerly The Alien Files ) is a series spun off from The Sarah Jane Adventures. It started during the programme's third series as a series of webisodes on the programme's website, similar to the Monster Files. At the start of Series 4, it became a half-hour spin-off show featuring more thorough detail of past Sarah Jane Adventures aliens and clips from the episodes in which they appeared.

Online version
The original version of the series was presented by Mr Smith, Sarah Jane Smith's computer, along with Clyde Langer, Rani Chandra, or both. The children had Mr Smith access his video vaults to review previous aliens they had encountered.

Television version
With the move to a proper television series, the programme was expanded to 30-minute episodes. The series portrays the Alien Files as a database started by Sarah Jane Smith and Mr Smith, collecting what she and her companions have learned about the aliens they've dealt with, in order to preservetheir knowledge for future generations. Their narration is illustrated by clips from the relevant episodes.

Each episode features Sarah Jane or one of her gang in the attic of 13 Bannerman Road, recounting their past adventures and the aliens involved to Mr Smith. Mr Smith uploads the resulting data about the aliens into the Alien Files.

Online
The original Alien Files webisodes are streamed via the official The Sarah Jane Adventures website. Virtually all videos on the site are "geofenced" due to licensing and are technically not allowed to be viewed outside of the UK.
 * Prisoner of the Judoon: Androvax Alien File
 * Presenter: Rani Chandra
 * The Mad Woman in the Attic: Eve Alien File
 * Presenter: Clyde Langer
 * The Eternity Trap: Erasmus Darkening Alien File
 * Presenter: Clyde Langer
 * Mona Lisa's Revenge: Mona Lisa Alien File
 * Presenters: Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra
 * The Gift: Blathereen Alien File
 * Presenter: Clyde Langer

TV Edition

 * Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 1: The Trickster and Krislok the Graske
 * Presenter: Sarah Jane Smith
 * Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 2: Pied Piper, Ship and Eve
 * Presenter: Rani Chandra
 * Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 3: Sontarans, Wormwood and the Bane Mother
 * Presenter: Luke Smith
 * Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 4: ''Slitheen, Blathereen and Rakweed
 * Presenter: Sarah Jane Smith

Canonicity
Unlike the Monster Files, the canonicity of The Alien Files is certain. The only aliens mentioned are those which the children had encountered before on-screen, and no information contradicts the main series. The TV edition also features new material taking place within Sarah Jane Adventures continuity, and establishes the Alien Files as a database created and maintained by the characters.