Prisoner of the Judoon
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Prisoner 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
".
company, she is thrown out and goes back to her house, when suddenly, an alien space pod crashes into a building. Sarah Jane and the gang take a trip to the building, where Judoon Captain Tybo is shooting at an alien escaped prisoner, Androvax, a Veil, who soon possesses a little girl. Luke and Rani team up with the Judoon Captain, while Sarah Jane and Clyde meet the little girl. Sarah Jane becomes possessed and Clyde is put out of focus. Luke, Rani and Captain Tybo locate him and he is awakened.
Meanwhile Gita and Haresh (Rani's parents) pay a visit to the nanotech company to help improve Gita's flower business but they are arrested. The Judoon Captain, Clyde, Luke and Rani arrive at Bannerman Road to discover that the possessed Sarah Jane Smith has ordered Mr Smith
(Sarah Jane's supercomputer) to self-destruct with a one-minute countdown.
, and then reveals that he wants to destroy everything, since he was upset when his planet's sun burnt out and wants to destroy all inhabited worlds believing that destruction is the way of the Universe.
Clyde and Rani use a ruse to lock Captain Tybo in a lab room and use fire extinguishers to freeze the nanobots which were eating through a door. The troopers free Captain Tybo and then everybody converge in the now completed spaceship control room where Androvax is arrested by the Judoon platoon. Luke uses the ship's controls to deactivate the nanobots. The Judoon charge Clyde and Rani with interference, but take the pair's assistance and motives as mitigating factors, limiting their punishment to a bar to extraterrestrial travel. The Judoon leave with their prisoner, and the gang as well as Gita and Haresh — who have not seen that their daughter and her friends were involved in the events they have witnessed — return to Bannerman Road. Gita and Haresh are left in shock to have seen real aliens.
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...
. It was first broadcast on the 15 and 16 of October 2009. It features the Judoon
Judoon
The 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....
, the intergalactic police introduced in the 2007 Doctor Who episode
Doctor Who (series 3)
The third series of British science fiction series Doctor Who was preceded by the 2006 Christmas special "The Runaway Bride". Following the special, a regular series of thirteen episodes was broadcast, starting with "Smith and Jones" on 31 March 2007...
"Smith and Jones
Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)
"Smith and Jones" is the first episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 March 2007. It sees the debut of Freema Agyeman as new companion Martha Jones...
".
Part 1
Sarah Jane Smith continues to live her life on Bannerman Road. Investigating a nanotechnologyNanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
company, she is thrown out and goes back to her house, when suddenly, an alien space pod crashes into a building. Sarah Jane and the gang take a trip to the building, where Judoon Captain Tybo is shooting at an alien escaped prisoner, Androvax, a Veil, who soon possesses a little girl. Luke and Rani team up with the Judoon Captain, while Sarah Jane and Clyde meet the little girl. Sarah Jane becomes possessed and Clyde is put out of focus. Luke, Rani and Captain Tybo locate him and he is awakened.
Meanwhile Gita and Haresh (Rani's parents) pay a visit to the nanotech company to help improve Gita's flower business but they are arrested. The Judoon Captain, Clyde, Luke and Rani arrive at Bannerman Road to discover that the possessed Sarah Jane Smith has ordered Mr Smith
Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Mr Smith is a fictional extraterrestrial computer voiced by Alexander Armstrong which appears in the British children's science fiction television series, The Sarah Jane Adventures, with further minor appearances in the final two episodes of the fourth series of Doctor Who...
(Sarah Jane's supercomputer) to self-destruct with a one-minute countdown.
Part 2
Luke talks Mr Smith out of self-destructing ; the team heads over to the nanotechnology laboratory to save Sarah Jane and for Captain Tybo to bring in Androvax who must be executed for the destruction of 12 planets. The evil Sarah Jane Smith has released the nanoforms, to build a spacecraft for Androvax, threatening to destroy the Earth in the process. Gita and Haresh are arrested by the guards. They easily escape and are then confronted, scanned and catalogued by newly arrived Judoon troopers. Androvax/Evil Sarah Jane explains that the spaceship design is based on the crashed Roswell spaceshipRoswell UFO incident
The Roswell UFO Incident was the recovery of an object that crashed in the general vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico, in June or July 1947, allegedly an extra-terrestrial spacecraft and its alien occupants. Since the late 1970s the incident has been the subject of intense controversy and of...
, and then reveals that he wants to destroy everything, since he was upset when his planet's sun burnt out and wants to destroy all inhabited worlds believing that destruction is the way of the Universe.
Clyde and Rani use a ruse to lock Captain Tybo in a lab room and use fire extinguishers to freeze the nanobots which were eating through a door. The troopers free Captain Tybo and then everybody converge in the now completed spaceship control room where Androvax is arrested by the Judoon platoon. Luke uses the ship's controls to deactivate the nanobots. The Judoon charge Clyde and Rani with interference, but take the pair's assistance and motives as mitigating factors, limiting their punishment to a bar to extraterrestrial travel. The Judoon leave with their prisoner, and the gang as well as Gita and Haresh — who have not seen that their daughter and her friends were involved in the events they have witnessed — return to Bannerman Road. Gita and Haresh are left in shock to have seen real aliens.
Continuity
- The Judoon also appear in "Smith and JonesSmith and Jones (Doctor Who)"Smith and Jones" is the first episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 March 2007. It sees the debut of Freema Agyeman as new companion Martha Jones...
", "The Stolen EarthThe Stolen Earth"The Stolen Earth" is the twelfth episode of the fourth series and the 750th overall episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was written by show runner and head writer Russell T Davies and is the first of a two-part crossover story; the concluding episode is...
", The End of Time, "The Pandorica OpensThe Pandorica Opens"The Pandorica Opens" is the twelfth episode, and first in a two-part story, in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast on 19 June 2010. The Doctor's friends send him a warning; he deals with a message on a cliff, a mysterious box and a love story that...
" and "A Good Man Goes to WarA Good Man Goes to War"A Good Man Goes to War" is the seventh episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 4 June 2011...
". - Sarah Jane was previously possessed in Planet of the SpidersPlanet of the SpidersPlanet of the Spiders is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from May 4 to June 8, 1974. It was Jon Pertwee's last serial as the Doctor and marks the first, uncredited appearance of Tom Baker in the role. It also marks...
, The Masque of MandragoraThe Masque of MandragoraThe Masque of Mandragora is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 4 September to 25 September 1976. It opened Season 14 of the series.-Synopsis:...
and The Hand of FearThe Hand of FearThe Hand of Fear is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 2 October to 23 October 1976...
. - The space ship design was said to be taken from Area 51Area 51Area 51 is a military base, and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas. Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield...
and based on the 1947 Roswell UFO crash. The animated Doctor Who story DreamlandDreamland (Doctor Who)Dreamland is the second animated Doctor Who serial to air on television...
shows exactly the same design. The Tenth DoctorTenth DoctorThe Tenth Doctor is the tenth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by David Tennant, who appears in three series, as well as eight specials...
himself briefly pilots it. - Androvax returns in the series 4 story The Vault of SecretsThe Vault of SecretsThe Vault of Secrets is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which broadcast on CBBC on 18 and 19 October 2010. It is the second story of the fourth series...
. - Despite being restricted to Earth by Judoon order, Clyde finds himself on an alien world in Death of the DoctorDeath of the DoctorDeath of the Doctor is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on CBBC on 25 and 26 October 2010. It is the third story of the fourth series. This episode features the return of Katy Manning to the role of Jo Grant and a guest appearance by Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor...
and a space ship in Goodbye, Sarah Jane SmithGoodbye, Sarah Jane SmithGoodbye, 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.-Part One:...
. - The Judoon order is the reason that Clyde and Rani are the only two humans left on Earth in The Empty PlanetThe Empty PlanetThe Empty Planet is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which has been broadcast on CBBC on 1 and 2 November 2010. It is the fourth story of the fourth series.-Part 1:Sarah Jane tells Mr Smith to do a maximum scan...
.