The Sarah Jane Adventures 1x1/2 "Revenge of the Slitheen" Reaction!! (Part 1 & 2!)

My first time watching The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 Episode 1 & Episode 2 - Revenge of the Slitheen
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Absolutely great start to the first Series! This truly captured the adventurous spirit of the Whoniverse and even managed to surprise me a time or two.
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Original Series: The Sarah Jane Adventures

[@lughtube5596]

Does anyone else think about how the child slitheen is wearing a child's skin?

[@kathleenobrien3473]

Oh lordy, I never thought of that

[@thewerewolff7248]

sarah jane says a friend once said "Slitheen in downing street". This a reference to one of the things rose said during their argument where they keep listing to each other what aliens they've each encountered with the doctor. This episode also features the fictional news reporter Trinity Wells on tv. She made her first appearance in the Slitheen two parter in doctor and was also used in the Christmas Invasion and Sound of Drums.

[@TheLukecottle]

Just a reminder that Slitheen is the family name not the species name. The species are raxacoricofallapatorian.

[@paulhammond6978]

Well, do we *actually* know that the species is named after the planet? Some people call us "Earthlings" but our species is actually human.

[@thomasgodfrey5877]

​@@paulhammond6978in boom town it is confirmed that species name is raxicoricophalapatorian

[@qqqqqqqqqqqq121212]

The Slitheen are so delightfully camp, in their skin suits - the actors are giving such fun!

[@beatricemcgarvey1198]

Clyde was my first crush as a kid 😅 he’s still my favourite SJA character too so well acted

[@gazzamanazza4pm]

I struggle to pick a favourite character (I think it might just be Luke, if only by a hair's breadth, but I also love Sarah Jane herself), but I agree with you that for such a young actor at the time this was made, Daniel Anthony is so talented!

[@donaldduck1860]

That's funny, because Luke was my first crush as a kid. Ultimately I have to agree Clyde the best character in SJA for me as well (and I would say that if I only knew season 1 as well so no spoilers if he sticks around the entire show from me). Maybe that's partly just because I always saw him as such an upgrade to Kelsey who annoyed me the whole pilot episode 😅

[@ebvitaa6827]

Mine was luke ❤

[@gazzamanazza4pm]

The Slitheen are silly, but I've actually always really liked the design of the Raxacoricofallapatorians. The horizontal blinking is cool, the few details we get of their hunter culture seem interesting, and there's some solid practical costume work in some scenes. I love all of the arcs for the main trio in this show, but since he wasn't in the pilot I'll call some attention to my boy Clyde. I love how in this episode he learns that "cool" is what you make it rather than what everyone else makes it, and that something doesn't have to be popular to be cool, so he ultimately decides to be friends with Luke and Maria after being quite rude initially. Just a good little bit of believable growth for a teenage character, and it's well acted by Daniel Anthony. Sarah Jane and Luke figuring out the whole mother and son dynamic is also really sweet and earnest, it warms my heart.

[@CrankyGrandma]

I love Clyde!

[@SeanS102]

I agree, the design is great, and I think the costumes are much improved in SJA, would like to see them again to see what they could do these days!

[@CrankyGrandma]

I enjoyed SJA. It’s for kids, and still feels like Dr Who. Very much so. Torchwood is dark enough that it doesn’t feel like it’s in the doctor who universe to me. I’m really glad you are doing SJA. There are some characters that I would love to see on regular who. “We all get it wrong. Constantly”. What relief I felt I my late teens when I realized that! Remember Slithern is a family surname, not a species. The Slitheen are a massive crime family, from raxicofalipatorious (I’m sure I misspelled that).

[@SorchaSublime]

Fun fact, the multiple short episodes format is actually a lot more similar to how Classic Who used to function. In classic who one story would be split across 4-8 episodes filmed to fit a far shorter weekly time slot. As you can imagine, watching week by week the seasons last a lot longer. A part of me wishes they would go back to it in all honesty, paradoxically the shorter episodes allows longer stories to be more commonplace.

[@lm86531]

I love that the RTD episodes use the same actress for the US newsreader every time 😆 She's in DW and SJA, not sure if she ever made a Torchwood appearance though

[@tenmark7055]

Sarah Jane & the Fourth Doctor were my first pairing and she remains one of my favorite companions. It was good to see her so many years later step back into the role as a more mature character who has lived alone for many years but suddenly discovering the world through the eyes of teens.

[@cathyvickers9063]

Same here. Our PBS bought the newer syndicated package, which ran from Tom Baker in Robots of Mars to Sylvester McCoy in the episode with the cat people.

[@tenmark7055]

@@cathyvickers9063 That one was much later. This one ran (I think) on a local station - WOR 9 in NY?

[@carolineskipper6976]

I'm glad you chose to watch both episodes in one reaction sitting- it will work much better that way! How did Clyde know all the school locations were at the ends of tubelines? If you lived in London then you would recognise that information. It's part of London 101.

[@iiTzPredatorHD]

I'm glad you're doing SJA & Torchwood as nearly every other DW reactor doesn't. Hopefully, you do "Class" too when you get to that Doctor + Thank You for doing the 2 parts together 😅

[@FahadAyaz]

Yes! Class is so ruddy underrated

[@10thdoctor15]

Slitheen is their surname, not the species.

[@imafgc]

I'm pretty sure I said this in the bane episode but the sja is a lot more fun than you'd expect when you hear doctor who spin off for kids and the decision to reac to both parts in one video is a great choice, I look forward to see you react to the rest

[@cathyvickers9063]

Slitheen is a surname, not a species name. They said that in their Dr Who appearance!

[@adaddinsane]

Upminster - it had a windmill. I used to live in the town next door: Hornchurch. (There was a pair of horns on the church. Really.)

[@ladabudilova9262]

Omg yes I wanna see more❤

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I’ll be releasing series 1 every other week, but when I start series 2 it’ll go very quickly.

[@nathanallen980]

Looking forward to your reactions my favourite season is 3 and 4 and some of 5

[@RubyMadigan]

I'm sure someone told you already but all of Sarah Jane Adventures up to the end of series 3 happened before the end of time specials which come after Doctor who series 4 I think Clyde is an infinitely better character than Kelsey so I never missed her. I remember watching all of this live and the stories being all split into two parts was equal parts great and maddening 😅

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Yes indeed! I have my schedule all mapped out for the next year, and while I don't QUITE get series 3 of TSJA finished before I start Series 5 of Doctor Who, it is VERY close.

[@BrightEmber]

@@CasualNerdReactions Be careful! The 2nd to last season should definitely not be watched before series 5 of Doctor Who

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I meant the third series, not the whole series :) - edited original comment for clarity.

[@BrightEmber]

@@CasualNerdReactions Ah, gotcha! Just making sure. I'm watching through it all with a friend who hasn't seen it, and we're pretty much perfectly synced with you by pure coincidence right now (though I'm sure not for long), just need to start SJA with him next time c: I can very much relate on the struggle of making the schedule. I went to the trouble of making a Google Doc in advance to get the order down correctly, it took quite a while to get perfect, and I still need to make adjustments!

[@ftde1]

I'm happy to see you enjoy this story so much. For me it is rarely as as apparent as it is here that I'm not the target audience of the show. You're right: It does make sense for a kids programme to bring back the fart aliens. Luckily for me, SJA has way better stories in store then this one and I can't wait to see you explore them.

[@medafan53]

I believe the official reason they replaced Kelsey with Clyde was to better gender balance the ensemble, but I suspect that another reason may be that reviewers found her too irritating. Also, something interesting with the formatting of two, half hour episodes making one story is not dissimilar to the formatting of classic who, aside from a single series it was 30 minuite episodes that formed multi part stories, typically in later years 4 part stories, but they were longer in earlier seasons. It would not surpries me if the series was formatted this way as a homage to that.

[@erikerice9068]

Raxa corico falla patorius. It's alright, I checked.

[@flowersrainbows9703]

I thought first one was the bane thingy as first two episodes

[@CasualNerdReactions]

That is the first one, but was aired as a new years special months before the first season started.

[@FahadAyaz]

The other one is still official but it was a pilot before the full series was greenlit

[@Vincornelis]

While the Slitheen are better suited to a kids show I do think they are worse here. The actors are camping it up to ludicrous levels. Thankfully the actual character work and development for our heroes is really strong in this story.

[@mysteronix]

🌞

[@Vincornelis]

Replacing Kelsey with Clyde is an instant improvement. I'm not sure how the show would have even worked without him. I mean Sarah, Maria and Kelsey can't teach Luke how to be a boy. You need another boy in the main cast to both be his mentor and opposite.

[@stevenparkin2725]

1st!!!

[@ghostsurfer23]

When you finish Torchwood and SJA (gods, that'll be so far in the future) you should check out another Doctor Who spinoff called Class. It's a story about students in a school but it's gritty and dark and mature at the same time, meaning it's truly like a Torchwood/SJA hybrid, which is so weird given how tonally opposite they both are. Sadly cancelled after one season but still fun.

[@donaldduck1860]

The way he is watching the Whoniverse at the moment, I'm sure it's scheduled just after season 9, just like it aired

[@user-xq5ow2vi6o]

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