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 company about growing Nanoforms before being thrown out. Luke and Clyde are playing football and Rani comes over, just as a "meteor" crashes onto the Earth. The gang go to investigate after talking with Mr. Smith, discovering that the "meteor" was really a Judoon ship, that had released a lifepod before it crashed, containing a Judoon and its prisoner. The prisoner named Androvax escapes and, using his ability as a Veil lifeform, hides inside a young girl's body, having placed her mother in a trance state. The gang, after receiving the background on the crash from Captain Tybo, hear the scream which Sarah Jane and Clyde investigate, while Luke and Rani guard the Captain. After receiving a booklet from Sarah Jane about the company "Genetic Systems", Gita decides to leave some plants inside the building, bringing Haresh along with her. As she and Clyde comfort the little girl, Sarah Jane calls Luke to ask him and Rani to distract Tybo, while she finds out where Androvax has taken her mother. Soon after, Sarah Jane's watch begins to beep and she reveals that she had been scanning the girl, breaking Androvax's cover. In return, he removes himself from the girl's body and slips into Sarah Jane's, before placing Clyde in a trance and leaving. Captain Tybo, Rani and Luke find Clyde and get a police car and drive to Bannerman Road, where the now evil Sarah Jane had been before leaving for Genetic Systems, where she talked to Mr York about the Nanoforms. Captain Tybo. Rani, Luke and Clyde got to the attic only to discover that Mr Smith was going to self-destruct in 60 seconds and destroy all of Bannerman Road.

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 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
 * Gita Chandra - Mina Anwar
 * Haresh Chandra - Ace Bhatti
 * Captain Tybo- Paul Kasey
 * Androvax - Mark Goldthorp
 * Madison Yorke - Terence Maynard
 * Security Man - Robert Curtis
 * Julie - Scarlett Murphy
 * Voice of Captain Tybo- Nicholas Briggs

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 both the Judoon and the Shadow Proclamation?
 * How does Androvax know English without any translation? She took control of the little girl first, learning everything about her including her language
 * Rani's parents refer to the Judoon as rhinos before seeing one take their helmet off. Their helmets are shaped like rhino heads though and Tybo was wearing the same suit as the others.
 * When did Mr. Smith have time to tell Luke about the ship that wasn't even built at the time Luke talked to Mr. Smith? Mr Smith tells Luke that Sarah Jane used him to access the plans of the ship that had crashed at Roswell and is being held at the Dreamland military base in Nevada. He shows Luke the plans of the ship, explaining that Androvax intends to use the Nanoforms to recreate the ship so that he can escape the Judoon. Luke explains this to Androvax when he's trying to persuade the Veil lifeform to let Sarah Jane go free again.
 * In Smith and Jones the Judoon have come to arrest a criminal charged with a murder and at least two spaceships full of them come to arrest her. In this episode however, the Judoon are attempting to capture a criminal charged with the destruction of multiple worlds and only five Judoon (including Tybo) come to arrest him. Why is this?Androvax had already been captured and Tybo was presumably escourting him to the Shadow Proclamation. The four Judoon who appear after Tybo are the closest to Earth and arrive first while other fleets are still on their way.
 * Why is Androvax escourted away instead of being tried and executed on the spot as Florence Finnegan was in Smith and Jones. The punishment for murder is different for destroying planets. Which explains why Tybo was escourting Androvax in the first place.

Continuity
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Timeline
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