Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? was a novelisation based on the 2007 TV story Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? With its release, coinciding with the release of The Lost Boy on the same day, all episodes of the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures were adapted. It is the first time a complete season of a Doctor Who-related series had been fully adapted in novelisation form within a year of it finishing.
Publisher's summary[]
Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.
Maria wakes up to discover that everyone apart from her has forgotten Sarah Jane ever existed. As she tries to find out what has happened to her friend, Maria gets caught up in a bizarre twist of time. An alien creature changed events in Sarah Jane's past, imprisoning her in some kind of limbo. Will her friends be able to rescue her and set time back on the right course...?
Chapter titles[]
- The faceless one
- The silver box
- The woman at number thirteen
- The library
- The attic mirror
- The time slip
- The land of limbo
- The birthday party
- The truth
- The meteor approaches
- The return
Plot[]
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Characters[]
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Luke Smith
- Maria Jackson
- Clyde Langer
- Alan Jackson
- The Trickster
- Andrea Yates
- Krislok
- Miss Jeffers
- Ricardo
- Lorraine Groom
- Robbie Chang
- Ivan
Worldbuilding[]
- In 1964, Sarah Jane and Andrea were supposed to be going to the Westport Geological Museum, but sneaked off to the pier.
- Before her death, Andrea wanted to make loads of money, marry Ringo Starr and move to Saint-Tropez.
- Robbie Chang is a friend of Maria Jackson.
- In Andrea Yates' World, Chrissie Jackson had dumped Ivan after Andrea Yates saw him snogging Lorraine Groom outside the Conservative Club. Chrissie then started to date Ricardo.
- Andrea mentions a Triffid.
- Clyde mentions the film Armageddon.
- Mrs Jeffers was the teacher of Andrea and Sarah Jane.
- Maria, Alan, Clyde, Sarah Jane and Luke visit the Ealing Palace Park.
- Sarah Jane reads the book An Unexpurgated History of the Universe.
- Andrea visited Kenya.
Notes[]
- Beginning with this volume, the Doctor Who logo is included on the cover.
Deviations from the televised story[]
- The novelisation features a specially written prologue. It describes the events of the school trip leading to young Sarah Jane and Andrea Yates meeting Maria and the incident at the pier.
Continuity[]
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