Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 5 is an episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files.
Synopsis
Mr Smith "poses" so Clyde can draw his portrait. In return, Clyde updates the Alien Files with information on the Berserkers and the Mona Lisa.
Cast
Crew
- Title music - Murray Gold
- Music - Sam Watts
- Script consultant - Phil Ford
- Graphics - BBC Wales Graphics
- Director of photography - Tim Knight
- Camera operator - Leon Hoser
- Sound recordist - Olly Astles-Jones
- Make-up - Abi Brotherton
- Online editor - Paul Shields
- Dubbing mixer - Ashley Armstrong
- Production executive - Dominic Parry
- Production manager - Jane Jenkins
- Editor - Ivan Probert
- For BBC Wales - Brian Minchin, Nikki Wilson
- Director - Pip Banyard
- Executive producers - Gillian Scothern, Russell T Davies
- Series producer - John Piper
References
- Mr Smith finds "maintaining visual output stasis" (keeping the normally fluid image on his screen frozen in place) operationally draining.
- Mr Smith performs a data analysis of the Berserker Pendant.
- Clyde describes Luke as like a brother to him, and begins to describe Rani as "the most..." but doesn't finish his sentence.
- Clyde worries that he will one day end up like his father. Mr Smith assures him that human character development is not limited to DNA.
- Mr Smith briefly mentions Kudlak and the Trickster.
Story notes
This story contains clips from SJA: The Mark of the Berserker and SJA: Mona Lisa's Revenge.
Continuity
- Mr Smith notes the fact the Mona Lisa was actually painted six times by Leonardo da Vinci, and the circumstances of its commission by Scaroth in DW: The Pirate Planet. This marks the first time classic Doctor Who continuity has been explicitly referenced in Sarah Jane's Alien Files.
Timeline
- Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 5 occurs after Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 4
- Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 5 occurs before Sarah Jane's Alien Files episode 6
Home video releases
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