The Best Episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures
Every episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures!
A British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen. It was a spin-off of the long-running science fiction show Doctor Who and focused on the adventures of Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist who, as a young woman had numerous adventures across time and space with the Doctor.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Sarah Jane Adventures" is "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (2)", rated 8.7/10 from 437 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Gareth Roberts. "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (2)" aired on 10/30/2009 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Death of the Doctor (2)".
8.7/10 437 votes#1 - The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (2)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2009-10-30
The Doctor arrives to join the battle, but is he too late to save both Sarah Jane and the Earth itself?
Director: N/A
Writer: Gareth Roberts
8.7/10 409 votes#2 - Death of the Doctor (2)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2010-10-26
Old friends fight together - but is it too late to stop the sinister Shansheeth?
Director: Ashley Way
Writer: N/A
8.6/10 438 votes#3 - Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane? (1)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2007-10-29
Sarah Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) mysteriously disappears – just as a huge meteor threatens to crash straight into Earth. When Maria (Yasmine Paige) wakes up one morning, it's as though Sarah Jane – and Luke (Tommy Knight) – never existed. Living across the road in Sarah Jane's house is a woman called Andrea (Jane Asher). And with the attic empty and Mr Smith (Alexander Armstrong) nowhere to be seen, every other trace of Sarah Jane has vanished – and Maria is the only one able to remember her. With the mysterious, hooded figure of the Trickster haunting Bannerman Road and the alien Graske meddling in time, Maria sets out to discover whatever happened to Sarah Jane. But as her journey takes her back to 1964, will she be able to find Sarah Jane in time to stop the meteor from destroying the world?
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Gareth Roberts
8.5/10 442 votes#4 - Warriors of Kudlak (2)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2007-10-22
A Carcaroth has arrived on Earth, seeking soldiers to help fight his endless intergalactic war back home. Using Combat 3000 to sift out the best, most aggressive and instinctive fighters, he then transports them to his spaceship – awaiting transfer to the war. Clyde (David Anthony) and Luke (Tommy Knight) find themselves amongst the 'warriors', while Sarah Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) and Maria (Yasmine Paige) must infiltrate the alien's headquarters to bring down the Carcaroth from the inside.
Director: Charles Martin
Writer: Phil Gladwin
8.4/10 372 votes#5 - The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (2)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2008-11-24
With the Earth devastated under the control of the Trickster, Sarah Jane and Luke go back to 1951 and change things back to how they were- which means that Sarah Jane's parents must die. Will she make that sacrifice?
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Gareth Roberts
8.4/10 430 votes#6 - The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (1)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2009-10-29
The Doctor returns on the happiest day of Sarah Jane's life, but a deadly trap is waiting for them all.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gareth Roberts
8.4/10 406 votes#7 - Death of the Doctor (1)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2010-10-25
Old Companions Sarah Jane Smith and Jo Grant meet for the first time to discover the truth when the Doctor is declared dead. An interstellar conspiracy gathers around UNIT Head Quarters as Clyde finds that he holds the fate of the Time Lord in his hand.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 373 votes#8 - The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (1)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2008-11-17
When Sarah Jane finds a time fissure, her curiosity leads her to go through it and she finds herself in 1951, in the village of Foxgrove, where she was born. Eager to see the parents she never knew, she makes a decision that will have catastrophic consequences
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Gareth Roberts
8.2/10 282 votes#9 - The Curse of Clyde Langer (1)
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 2011-10-10
After some very unusual weather hits Bannerman Road, Sarah Jane investigates why. Fish are falling from the skies, and Sarah Jane's investigation ends up leading the team to the Museum of Culture. After Clyde acts the fool a little to much, his friends end up turning against him, and he is banished from their lives.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 279 votes#10 - The Curse of Clyde Langer (2)
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2011-10-11
Clyde finds himself abandoned on the streets of London, living rough with no food to eat. Somebody ends up reaching out to him, but as they become friends, he's warned about the legendary Night Dragon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 293 votes#11 - Lost in Time (2)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2010-11-09
Sarah Jane, Clyde and Rani fight across the centuries to be reunited.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 388 votes#12 - Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane? (2)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2007-11-05
Maria (Yasmine Paige) finds herself taken back in time by the alien Graske to a pier in 1964. There, she meets a young girl her own age called Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) who, with her friend Andrea (Jane Asher), is about to embark on a fateful adventure. Taken by the Graske again, Maria is then reunited with the present-day Sarah Jane. But with them both trapped in limbo as part of the meddlesome Trickster's plan to wreak chaos, they are helpless to stop the huge meteor which is about to crash into the Earth. Maria's dad Alan is the only one able to remember Sarah Jane and Maria and faces a struggle to bring them back in time to save the world.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Gareth Roberts
8.0/10 2 votes#13 - The Lost Boy (2)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2007-11-19
Maria (Yasmine Paige) and her dad, Alan (Joseph Millson), dig deeper into the mystery of Luke's (Tommy Knight) new parents and discover that Luke has actually been kidnapped by the Slitheen. There are more shocks when Sarah Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) and Maria find out that Mr Smith (Alexander Armstrong), Sarah Jane's super computer, is one of the bad guys. With Clyde (David Anthony) nowhere to be seen, Luke in the clutches of aliens and no Mr Smith to help, things are not looking good for Sarah Jane and Maria. But just what do the Slitheen want with Luke? And who, or what, exactly, is the Xylok?
Director: Charles Martin
Writer: Phil Ford
7.9/10 385 votes#14 - The Lost Boy (1)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2007-11-12
A news report on a couple looking for their missing son, Ashley, brings a surprise for Sarah Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) when she discovers that the missing boy looks exactly like Luke (Tommy Knight). And when Mr Smith (Alexander Armstrong) confirms that Luke is a genetic match with Ashley, Sarah Jane sends him back to live with his 'parents'. With no knowledge of his former life, Luke finds it hard to fit in and, when he tries to escape, he makes a startling discovery about who his parents really are. Sarah Jane, meanwhile, makes some investigations into the Pharos Para-Science Institute – a research unit that has been conducting experiments using alien technology. Floella Benjamin guest stars as Professor Rivers.
Director: Charles Martin
Writer: Phil Ford
7.9/10 300 votes#15 - The Empty Planet (1)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2010-11-01
Clyde and Rani awake to find they are the only humans on Earth, even Sarah Jane Smith has vanished. But the Earth is not deserted, stalking the streets of London, strange forces gather.
Director: Ashley Way
Writer: Gareth Roberts
7.9/10 304 votes#16 - Lost in Time (1)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2010-11-08
A harmless investigation turns into an epic quest across time and space.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 285 votes#17 - Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (2)
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2010-11-16
Sarah Jane has gone for good, and a new regime begins at Bannerman Road!
Director: N/A
Writer: Gareth Roberts
7.7/10 332 votes#18 - The Nightmare Man (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2010-10-11
When Luke has his first nightmare, he's haunted by a dark figure from his dreams. A strange entity is reaching out to our world, with terrible consequences for the whole human race. Luke faces life-changing events, and Bannerman Road will never be the same again.
Director: N/A
Writer: Joseph Lidster
7.7/10 297 votes#19 - The Empty Planet (2)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2010-11-02
Clyde and Rani only just manage to escape from the robots. Regrouping with Gavin in a cafe, Clyde deduces that he and Rani were left behind after the robots abducted everyone else because of the two of them having been 'grounded' by the Judoon, although this fails to explain Gavin's continued presence. When Gavin runs off again, Rani and Clyde are confronted by the robots, who explain that they want the 'son and heir' (Although Clyde initially assumes that they want Earth's sun and air); Gavin's father - who he mentioned left his mother when he was young - was an alien prince, and with his father's recent death Gavin is the only viable heir to the throne. Tracking Gavin down, Clyde and Rani explain the situation to him, convincing him to remove a ring that his father gave his mother to give to him; the ring acted as a bio-damper that prevented anyone from detecting his alien heritage. With the ring removed, the robots can sense him, and he agrees to accompany them back to his father's world, his last actions on Earth being to name Clyde and Rani a Lord and Lady of his people. With Earth's population returned - having been sent to a 'warp shunt' while the robots searched - Sarah and Mr Smith create the necessary records to state that Gavin has moved to Australia, Sarah praising Clyde and Rani's accomplishments even when they were alone.
Director: Ashley Way
Writer: Gareth Roberts
- 7.7/10 283 votes
#20 - Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (1)
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2010-11-15
No one can defend the earth forever, but who could ever replace Sarah Jane?
Director: N/A
Writer: Gareth Roberts
7.7/10 271 votes#21 - The Man Who Never Was (2)
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2011-10-18
Luke and Sky must help the Skullions, but Sarah Jane is in danger too, so who will they save?
Director: Joss Agnew
Writer: Gareth Roberts
7.6/10 350 votes#22 - Enemy of the Bane (1)
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2008-12-01
Mrs Wormwood returns to see Sarah Jane- but to ask help. The Bane have turned against Mrs Wormwood and are preparing to unleash a dark power against the universe. However, to thwart the Bane's plan, Sarah Jane must call upon an old friend
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Phil Ford
7.6/10 345 votes#23 - Prisoner of the Judoon (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2009-10-15
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Phil Ford
7.6/10 336 votes#24 - The Mad Woman in the Attic (2)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2009-10-23
Eve's powers grow out of control, catching everyone in her endless sinister games.
Director: Alice Troughton
Writer: Joseph Lidster
7.6/10 322 votes#25 - The Nightmare Man (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2010-10-12
With Luke, Clyde and Rani trapped in a bizarre dreamscape, Sarah Jane must fight alone. As the Nightmare Man grows stronger, only K-9 might hold the key. But can Luke summon the courage to face his adult life before the whole world is trapped in an endless nightmare?
Director: N/A
Writer: Joseph Lidster