
The Sarah Jane Adventures Audio Collection
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Narrated by:
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Elisabeth Sladen
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Daniel Anthony
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Anjli Mohindra
About this listen
10 thrilling adventures for Sarah Jane and her friends, as seen on TV, read by Elisabeth Sladen, Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra.
Sarah Jane Smith always finds herself in trouble. As an old friend of the Doctor she's used to encountering aliens, battling monsters and defeating evil. Along with her friends Luke, Clyde, Rani, Maria and Sky - not to mention supercomputer Mr Smith - Sarah Jane and her trusty lipstick are prepared for anything the universe throws at them.
In these amazing stories, Sarah Jane finds herself investigating a private health clinic, a mysterious stone circle, some lethal alien artefacts, a strange Victorian house and a bizarre hill-carving. Then there's the camping trip that sees the friends stranded in Snowdonia, the deadly computer virus, the terrifying creatures from a world of nightmares, the steam-powered robot, and the race of aliens who think Sarah Jane is a dangerous law-breaker....
Specially written for audio, eight of the stories are read by Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane), one by Daniel Anthony (Clyde) and one by Anjli Mohindra (Rani).
©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution LtdExcelent
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Just brilliant.
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Sarah Jane we miss you!
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Fast forward to last year and I picked up Sladen's autobiography and found myself once more captured by the role of Sarah Jane in her new adventures. I immediately purchased the entire series on DVD, watched it and this led me on to this further set of stories in audio form.
First off, as you might tell, I am perhaps rather older than the target audience for these stories. Yes, the Sarah Jane Adventures was squarely aimed at a younger audience. However, the quality of the stories meant that they could be enjoyed by those of all ages. These episodes were produced during a time in the BBC where their politics didn't come into it and were just entertaining stories with an interesting cast of characters and best of all, Sarah Jane was at the centre of it all!
So, after my lengthy preamble, what did I think of this collection? In short, excellent! Each writer has managed to capture perfectly the feel of the television show. Each character has all the traits we came to know and love on screen and I felt as if all these audio stories would have made perfect television episodes, had the series not been cut tragically short by Sladen's death in 2011.
Best of all, SLaden herself narrates all but two of these stories. Having said that, the other two are ably and most welcomely narrated by her co stars, Daniel Anthony AKA Clyde and Anjli Mohindra AKA Rani.
For those who want more of Sarah Jane Smith and may not be aware, Big Finish Productions have a catalogue of her post Doctor and pre Sarah Jane adventures stories in the form of approximately one hour radio plays that follow her on her dangerous investigative reporter adventures, played by Lis herself. It's a shame Audible do not offer this catalogue in some cross licencing arrangement, but you can obtain them cheaply fromBig Finish as digital downloads.
So, if you enjoyed the Sarah Jane Adventures on television, you'll love this collection of entertaining and imaginative stories all perfectly in character with the show.
The Perfect Companion To The Television Series
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Missing stories
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Great - Let Down by Audible
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I know it’s cheap / good value - but it would be nice to be usable!
Chapters and details wrong
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Unfortunately, despite the original audios being out for years and a pre-order window of over 4 months, Audible UK have shown their usual haphazard lack of care in the packaging and chapters. The very first story is titled wrongly, for example (it's Glittering Storm, not Stone) and 4 stories are lumped together in one chapter and title in the middle of the collection.
This sloppy lack of care seems to have been a feature since Amazon, with their stack it high sell it cheap approach, took over Audible. Much more care is needed from the company in presenting product in a quality way.
Poor packaging again by Audible
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