"Luke, I have saved the lives of so many people, people I didn't even know, I don't know – miners on Peladon, all the people drinking BubbleShock, without a second thought, but this is my mum and dad!"
Episode #11: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith.
Companions: Sarah Jane Smith, Luke Smith, Rani Chandra and Clyde Langer.
Air Date: 17th to 24th November 2008.
When Sarah Jane returns a boy who has slipped through a time fissure to 1951, she realises she has found a way to meet the parents she never knew. Is it a trap? Sarah Jane and Luke fall victim to a revenge plot by the Trickster.
The Sarah Jane Adventures finally gets a time travel story and long overdue too it is. The story continues with the references to Sarah Jane's parents and this time the Trickster draws her back in time with the temptation of meeting, or rather saving her parents. By preventing their deaths Sarah Jane causes the downfall and eventual enslavement of humanity by the Trickster.
Elements of the story are very similar to the Doctor Who story "Father's Day". Both stories deal with wanting to go back in time to see a deceased parent only for the companion to mess it up and cause some pretty terrible damage to the time line which only the death of the parent can fix. This adventure is different enough though for it to be a good story in it's own right.
This is an entertaining story that uses the expected tropes for the subject matter. I think it rather good though it could always have been better. The only real disappointment for me is the Trickster himself. He doesn't get enough screen time and he's the sort of SJA villain that I want to see more of.
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