Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith

24 – Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith
The Sarah Jane Adventures story
Cast
Starring Elisabeth Sladen – Sarah Jane Smith Tommy Knight – Luke Smith Daniel Anthony – Clyde Langer Anjli Mohindra – Rani Chandra Alexander Armstrong – Mr Smith John Leeson – K-9 Mark IV
Others Mina Anwar – Gita Chandra Ace Bhatti – Haresh Chandra Julie Graham – Ruby White Eddie Marsan – Mr White
Production
Directed by	Joss Agnew
Written by	Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman
Script editor	Gary Russell
Produced by	Brian Minchin Phil Ford (co-producer)
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Nikki Wilson
Production code	4.11 and 4.12
Series	Series 4
Length	2 episodes, 25 minutes each
Originally broadcast	15 & 16 November 2010
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → Lost in Time Sky

Goodbye, 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 and is also the last to feature the robot dog K-9.

The story starts off with Mr Smith telling Sarah Jane that a meteor is heading towards Earth. Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde travel to the meteor to stop germ pathogens from escaping. Just as Rani is about to deactivate it, another woman destroys the germs with similar equipment. The mysterious woman exclaims that she is "saving the world", and runs off. The team chase after her but she escapes, after which Clyde says to Sarah Jane, "She's exactly like you."

The team returns to Sarah Jane's house, but spot the strange woman at a house down the road, into which she has recently moved. They go round to investigate and discover that the woman's name is Ruby White. Ruby rudely orders them to leave and they return to the attic, where they discover that a mysterious race known as the "Dark Horde" have come to Ealing. They are then alerted by Mr Smith that the Dark Horde have locked onto the location of Sarah Jane's house. Sarah Jane tells Mr Smith to redirect them to somewhere else, and gives Clyde a gun before they all head off to an abandoned warehouse.

When they get there, Sarah Jane scans for the Dark Horde and finds that there are three aliens, an advance party of warriors. While Sarah Jane is scanning, a laser blast heads towards them; the team hide behind a broken van. The blasts are coming from the Dark Horde's spears.

Sarah Jane asks Clyde to pass her the sonic lipstick so they can use a "scanblind" device to get rid of the Dark Horde, only for Clyde to tell her that, as per her instructions, he brought an uncharged blaster. Clyde then asks her what is, but Sarah Jane tells him that there is no Plan B. The Dark Horde approach the team and threaten them. Before they are shot, however, Ruby White calls to them, holding two small "scanblinder"-like spheres. Ruby then shouts, "Wait till you see what I've got for you!"

Ruby throws the two spheres to Rani and Clyde, pulling a larger one from her pocket. They make a triangular force-field, then the Dark Horde warriors suddenly teleport away. Ruby now expresses her admiration for Sarah Jane's work, and later they all return to the attic, where the team name Ruby's hand-held AI "Mr White".

Ruby explains that she was on an archeological dig, on which she dredged Mr White out of a swamp in New Zealand. Clyde and Rani leave the house, and Sarah Jane and Ruby continue talking. Whilst talking, Sarah Jane mentions the Doctor, but almost forgets his name. She wonders if she is ill, and so later asks Mr Smith to perform a "medi-scan" on her. Mr Smith tells her that she is very ill and there is no treatment. Sarah Jane, believing herself no longer capable of doing her work, offers her life and lifestyle to Ruby. Ruby accepts the offer; Sarah Jane removes her voice commands from Mr Smith's system.

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