Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith
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Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures
which was broadcast on CBBC
on 15 and 16 November 2010. It is the sixth and final story of the fourth series.
The team returns to Sarah Jane's house, but spot the strange woman at a house down the road, into which she has recently moved. They go round to investigate and discover that the woman's name is Ruby White. Ruby rudely orders them to leave and they return to the attic, where they discover that a mysterious race known as the Dark Horde have come to Ealing. They are then alerted by Mr Smith that the Dark Horde have locked onto the location of Sarah Jane's house. Sarah Jane tells Mr Smith to redirect them to somewhere else, and gives Clyde a gun before they all head off to an abandoned warehouse.
When they get there, Sarah Jane scans for the Dark Horde and finds that there are three aliens, an advance party of warriors. While Sarah Jane is scanning, a laser blast heads towards them; the team hide behind a broken van. The blasts are coming from the Dark Horde's spears.
Sarah Jane asks Clyde to pass her the sonic lipstick so they can use a "scanblind" device to get rid of the Dark Horde, only for Clyde to tell her that, as per her instructions, he brought an uncharged blaster. Clyde then asks her what Plan B is, but Sarah Jane tells him that there is no Plan B. The Dark Horde approach the team and threaten them. Before they are shot, however, Ruby White calls to them, holding two small "scanblinder"-like spheres. Ruby then shouts, "wait till you see what I've got for you!"
Ruby throws the two spheres to Rani and Clyde, pulling a larger one from her pocket. They make a triangular force-field, then the Dark Horde warriors suddenly teleport away. Ruby now expresses her admiration for Sarah Jane's work, and later they all return to the attic, where the team name the Ruby's hand-held AI
"Mr.White".
Ruby explains that she was on an archeological dig, on which she dredged "Mr. White" out of a swamp in New Zealand
. Clyde and Rani leave the house, and Sarah Jane and Ruby continue talking. Whilst talking, Sarah Jane mentions the Doctor, but almost forgets his name. She wonders if she is ill, and so later asks Mr Smith to perform a "medi-scan" on her. Mr Smith tells her that she is very ill and there is no treatment. Sarah Jane, believing herself no longer capable of doing her work, offers her life and lifestyle to Ruby. Ruby accepts the offer; Sarah Jane removes her voice commands from Mr Smith's system.
Ruby now reveals her true nature, sneeringly calling Rani 'wonderful and brilliant', and Clyde 'plucky', and openly mocking Sarah Jane. Confused, Sarah Jane decides to call Luke, but Ruby refuses to allow Mr Smith to place the call.
Sarah Jane nearly faints, and is grabbed by Ruby. Ruby presses a button on her bracelet and then both she and Sarah Jane disappear. They appear in what Ruby calls her "secret cellar". In the cellar is a large blob, which Ruby claims is her stomach, hungry for Sarah Jane's soul. Ruby reveals that she is responsible for making Sarah Jane ill. Ruby chains Sarah Jane to a wall, revealing that she is a Qetesh, a race of aliens who survive by devouring the souls of others; she sought Sarah Jane's soul because Sarah Jane's life is 'the most exciting one on the planet'.
Ruby drains energy from Sarah Jane's body, and exclaims that she will feast on the Earth and many other planets.
The next day, Rani and Clyde go to Sarah Jane's house. Finding the door ajar, they go up to the attic and are confronted by Ruby. Ruby plays Rani and Clyde a clip of Sarah Jane handing over her life to Ruby. Watching this in Ruby's cellar, Sarah Jane shouts that it isn't her. Clyde becomes angry, and tells Ruby to "shut up", and then storms out of the house. Ruby vanishes to her cellar.
Clyde becomes angry with Rani, telling her to stay away from him. She runs home in tears. Gita, comforting Rani, tells her that Sarah Jane would never run off.
Clyde returns to the attic, and asks Mr Smith where Sarah Jane is. Mr Smith is unable to reply clearly, but manages to tell Clyde "Beware". Ruby enters, and Mr Smith says "R", indicating that the culprit's name starts with "R": Ruby.
Attempting to flee, Clyde is grabbed by Ruby. Mr White shuts Mr Smith down, and then Ruby transports Clyde and herself to a round room. The room is in space, and was Ruby's prison until she turned it into her ship. Ruby leaves Clyde, but first informs him that the only air in the room is the air that they brought in with them.
Meanwhile, Rani attempts to phone Clyde, but can't get through. The doorbell rings; expecting Clyde, Rani runs to the door. At the door is Luke. Luke, Rani, and K9 ascertain that Ruby and Mr White are both of Qetesh origin; Mr White is a 5D holographic device. The realisation of Mr White's origins also reveal that the meteor and invasion were holographic.
Rani goes up to the attic, and finds Ruby scanning the Sonic Lipstick. Rani hugs Ruby, surreptitiously placing her phone on the table next to Mr White so that K9 can shut the alien AI down. Rani pretends to cry to distract Ruby, then grabs the sonic lipstick. She starts to run away, but stops when she sees Ruby pick up and crush the phone. However, it is too late; K9 has managed to restart Mr Smith.
Suddenly, Clyde reappears and points a gun at Ruby. However, he has no intention of firing it. Instead, he asks Mr Smith to place Ruby in a containment vortex. Ruby, confident that the force field won't hold her for long, attempts to flee using her bracelet, but is unable to. Luke appears on Mr Smith's screen, and tells Rani that he loves her. Luke then asks Mr White where Sarah Jane is, and finds that she is at Number 46, Old Forest Road, with Ruby's stomach. The force field starts failing, and Ruby warns the children that they had better flee. She goes to grab Mr White, but is electrocuted in the process.
Clyde and Rani find Sarah Jane almost dead; Rani uses the sonic lipstick to destroy the chains holding Sarah Jane, and they lift Sarah Jane to her feet. Ruby comes down the stairs, and approaches the trio. Her stomach grows teeth and snaps at Sarah Jane, Rani, and Clyde. Luke runs in, and offers Ruby one chance to leave the planet. When Ruby doesn't listen, he instructs Mr White to activate the hologram over his phone.
Outside, Haresh and Gita are standing outside; Haresh tells Gita that Sarah Jane wouldn't run off, and that Rani is probably with her right now. A rumbling noise makes them look up: they see large meteors falling through the sky.
Ruby screams as more meteors appear to fall into the River Thames
, the widespread terror overloading her capacity to absorb it. At the end of the proceedings, all of Sarah Jane's strength returns to her as the stomach shrivels. The meteors disappear, much to the relief of Gita and Haresh. Sarah Jane sends Ruby back to her prison in space; Ruby vows to make the Earth suffer. The prison's gravity lock disengages, however, and the prison is sent hurtling into the sun. When Clyde walks up to the shrivelled stomach, it spurts pink goo in his face.
Back on Bannerman Road, Sarah Jane puts Mr White into her safe. A horn beeps outside; Sarah Jane tells the children that it is "their ride". Sarah Jane, Clyde, and Rani go downstairs, to find Luke in his yellow VW. Sarah Jane says to herself, "Yes, there are amazing things in the universe, but they've got some stiff competition on Earth!"
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series, produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen...
which was broadcast on CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
on 15 and 16 November 2010. It is the sixth and final story of the fourth series.
Part One
The story starts off with Mr Smith telling Sarah Jane that a meteor is heading towards Earth. Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde travel to the meteor to stop germ pathogens from escaping. Just as Rani is about to deactivate it, another woman destroys the germs with similar equipment. The mysterious woman exclaims that she is saving the world, and runs off. The team chase after her but she escapes, after which Clyde says to Sarah Jane, "She's exactly like you."The team returns to Sarah Jane's house, but spot the strange woman at a house down the road, into which she has recently moved. They go round to investigate and discover that the woman's name is Ruby White. Ruby rudely orders them to leave and they return to the attic, where they discover that a mysterious race known as the Dark Horde have come to Ealing. They are then alerted by Mr Smith that the Dark Horde have locked onto the location of Sarah Jane's house. Sarah Jane tells Mr Smith to redirect them to somewhere else, and gives Clyde a gun before they all head off to an abandoned warehouse.
When they get there, Sarah Jane scans for the Dark Horde and finds that there are three aliens, an advance party of warriors. While Sarah Jane is scanning, a laser blast heads towards them; the team hide behind a broken van. The blasts are coming from the Dark Horde's spears.
Sarah Jane asks Clyde to pass her the sonic lipstick so they can use a "scanblind" device to get rid of the Dark Horde, only for Clyde to tell her that, as per her instructions, he brought an uncharged blaster. Clyde then asks her what Plan B is, but Sarah Jane tells him that there is no Plan B. The Dark Horde approach the team and threaten them. Before they are shot, however, Ruby White calls to them, holding two small "scanblinder"-like spheres. Ruby then shouts, "wait till you see what I've got for you!"
Ruby throws the two spheres to Rani and Clyde, pulling a larger one from her pocket. They make a triangular force-field, then the Dark Horde warriors suddenly teleport away. Ruby now expresses her admiration for Sarah Jane's work, and later they all return to the attic, where the team name the Ruby's hand-held AI
Ai
AI, A.I., Ai, or ai may refer to:- Computers :* Artificial intelligence, a branch of computer science* Ad impression, in online advertising* .ai, the ISO Internet 2-letter country code for Anguilla...
"Mr.White".
Ruby explains that she was on an archeological dig, on which she dredged "Mr. White" out of a swamp in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Clyde and Rani leave the house, and Sarah Jane and Ruby continue talking. Whilst talking, Sarah Jane mentions the Doctor, but almost forgets his name. She wonders if she is ill, and so later asks Mr Smith to perform a "medi-scan" on her. Mr Smith tells her that she is very ill and there is no treatment. Sarah Jane, believing herself no longer capable of doing her work, offers her life and lifestyle to Ruby. Ruby accepts the offer; Sarah Jane removes her voice commands from Mr Smith's system.
Ruby now reveals her true nature, sneeringly calling Rani 'wonderful and brilliant', and Clyde 'plucky', and openly mocking Sarah Jane. Confused, Sarah Jane decides to call Luke, but Ruby refuses to allow Mr Smith to place the call.
Sarah Jane nearly faints, and is grabbed by Ruby. Ruby presses a button on her bracelet and then both she and Sarah Jane disappear. They appear in what Ruby calls her "secret cellar". In the cellar is a large blob, which Ruby claims is her stomach, hungry for Sarah Jane's soul. Ruby reveals that she is responsible for making Sarah Jane ill. Ruby chains Sarah Jane to a wall, revealing that she is a Qetesh, a race of aliens who survive by devouring the souls of others; she sought Sarah Jane's soul because Sarah Jane's life is 'the most exciting one on the planet'.
Ruby drains energy from Sarah Jane's body, and exclaims that she will feast on the Earth and many other planets.
Part Two
Ruby threatens Sarah Jane with her stomach. She tells Sarah Jane that she will track aliens, just as Sarah Jane did, but that instead of fighting against them, she would help them.The next day, Rani and Clyde go to Sarah Jane's house. Finding the door ajar, they go up to the attic and are confronted by Ruby. Ruby plays Rani and Clyde a clip of Sarah Jane handing over her life to Ruby. Watching this in Ruby's cellar, Sarah Jane shouts that it isn't her. Clyde becomes angry, and tells Ruby to "shut up", and then storms out of the house. Ruby vanishes to her cellar.
Clyde becomes angry with Rani, telling her to stay away from him. She runs home in tears. Gita, comforting Rani, tells her that Sarah Jane would never run off.
Clyde returns to the attic, and asks Mr Smith where Sarah Jane is. Mr Smith is unable to reply clearly, but manages to tell Clyde "Beware". Ruby enters, and Mr Smith says "R", indicating that the culprit's name starts with "R": Ruby.
Attempting to flee, Clyde is grabbed by Ruby. Mr White shuts Mr Smith down, and then Ruby transports Clyde and herself to a round room. The room is in space, and was Ruby's prison until she turned it into her ship. Ruby leaves Clyde, but first informs him that the only air in the room is the air that they brought in with them.
Meanwhile, Rani attempts to phone Clyde, but can't get through. The doorbell rings; expecting Clyde, Rani runs to the door. At the door is Luke. Luke, Rani, and K9 ascertain that Ruby and Mr White are both of Qetesh origin; Mr White is a 5D holographic device. The realisation of Mr White's origins also reveal that the meteor and invasion were holographic.
Rani goes up to the attic, and finds Ruby scanning the Sonic Lipstick. Rani hugs Ruby, surreptitiously placing her phone on the table next to Mr White so that K9 can shut the alien AI down. Rani pretends to cry to distract Ruby, then grabs the sonic lipstick. She starts to run away, but stops when she sees Ruby pick up and crush the phone. However, it is too late; K9 has managed to restart Mr Smith.
Suddenly, Clyde reappears and points a gun at Ruby. However, he has no intention of firing it. Instead, he asks Mr Smith to place Ruby in a containment vortex. Ruby, confident that the force field won't hold her for long, attempts to flee using her bracelet, but is unable to. Luke appears on Mr Smith's screen, and tells Rani that he loves her. Luke then asks Mr White where Sarah Jane is, and finds that she is at Number 46, Old Forest Road, with Ruby's stomach. The force field starts failing, and Ruby warns the children that they had better flee. She goes to grab Mr White, but is electrocuted in the process.
Clyde and Rani find Sarah Jane almost dead; Rani uses the sonic lipstick to destroy the chains holding Sarah Jane, and they lift Sarah Jane to her feet. Ruby comes down the stairs, and approaches the trio. Her stomach grows teeth and snaps at Sarah Jane, Rani, and Clyde. Luke runs in, and offers Ruby one chance to leave the planet. When Ruby doesn't listen, he instructs Mr White to activate the hologram over his phone.
Outside, Haresh and Gita are standing outside; Haresh tells Gita that Sarah Jane wouldn't run off, and that Rani is probably with her right now. A rumbling noise makes them look up: they see large meteors falling through the sky.
Ruby screams as more meteors appear to fall into the River Thames
River Thames
The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...
, the widespread terror overloading her capacity to absorb it. At the end of the proceedings, all of Sarah Jane's strength returns to her as the stomach shrivels. The meteors disappear, much to the relief of Gita and Haresh. Sarah Jane sends Ruby back to her prison in space; Ruby vows to make the Earth suffer. The prison's gravity lock disengages, however, and the prison is sent hurtling into the sun. When Clyde walks up to the shrivelled stomach, it spurts pink goo in his face.
Back on Bannerman Road, Sarah Jane puts Mr White into her safe. A horn beeps outside; Sarah Jane tells the children that it is "their ride". Sarah Jane, Clyde, and Rani go downstairs, to find Luke in his yellow VW. Sarah Jane says to herself, "Yes, there are amazing things in the universe, but they've got some stiff competition on Earth!"
Continuity
- Ruby describes the so-called "EalingEalingEaling is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...
triangle", referring to astrologer Martin Trueman in Secrets of the StarsSecrets of the StarsSecrets of the Stars is a story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 20 and 27 October 2008. It is the third serial of the second series.-Part 1:...
, the Bubble Shock! factory in "Invasion of the BaneInvasion of the Bane-Sladen and Doctor Who:Elisabeth Sladen, who previously played Sarah Jane between 1973 and 1976. In 1981, she was offered the role again to ease the transition between the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, which she declined, but agreed to star in the pilot for the spin-off series K-9 and Company, which...
", "rhinos" (JudoonJudoonThe Judoon are a fictional extraterrestrial species of mercenary police from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs. They first appeared in the episode Smith and Jones in 2007....
Captain Tybo) in a police car in Prisoner of the JudoonPrisoner of the JudoonPrisoner of the Judoon is the first serial of the third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was first broadcast on the 15 and 16 of October 2009. It features the Judoon, the intergalactic police introduced in the 2007 Doctor Who episode "Smith and Jones".-Part 1:Sarah Jane Smith continues to...
, and the alien plant life of The GiftThe Gift (The Sarah Jane Adventures)The Gift is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which broadcast on CBBC on 19 and 20 November 2009. It is the sixth and last serial of the third series. This story features "the Blathereen", a family of Raxacoricofallapatorians distinct from the previously seen Slitheen.-Part 1:The story...
. - Sarah Jane tells Ruby about when she met the DoctorThird DoctorThe Third Doctor is the third incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee....
while chasing a news story in The Time WarriorThe Time WarriorThe Time Warrior is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from December 15, 1973 to January 5, 1974. This serial introduced Elisabeth Sladen as new companion Sarah Jane Smith. It also marked the debut of the Sontarans...
. - The episode continues the tradition of one serial in each series bearing Sarah Jane's name in the title; it is the first such serial not to feature the Trickster as the guest villain.