The Gift (The Sarah Jane Adventures)

18 – The Gift
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 Calvin Dean – Chris Simon Callow – Tree Blathereen (voice) Miriam Margolyes – Leef Blathereen (voice) Paul Kasey – Leef Blathereen Ruari Mears – Tree Blathereen Jimmy Vee – Chris Slitheen Edward Judge – Dave Sarah Paul – Miss Jerome Nick Williams – Reporter
Production
Directed by	Alice Troughton
Written by	Rupert Laight
Script editor	Gary Russell
Produced by	Nikki Wilson Phil Ford (co-producer)
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner Piers Wenger
Production code	3.11 and 3.12
Series	Series 3
Length	2 episodes, 25 minutes each
Originally broadcast	19 & 20 November 2009
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → Mona Lisa's Revenge The Nightmare Man
List of The Sarah Jane Adventures serials

The Gift is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures which broadcast on CBBC on 19 and 20 November 2009. It is the sixth and last serial of the third series. This story features "the Blathereen", a family of Raxacoricofallapatorians distinct from the previously seen Slitheen.

The story begins with Sarah Jane and her friends chasing an overweight boy. After chasing him into a warehouse, he is revealed to be a Slitheen working with another family member, in an attempt to use a matter compressor to compress Earth into a diamond, in order to make themselves rich. After Sarah Jane's sonic lipstick fails, she calls K-9 who tries to destroy it. Annoyed, the Slitheen grab Rani and hold her hostage, threatening to kill her if K-9 continues to destroy their equipment, and Sarah Jane complies. Two orange Raxacoricofallapatorians appear and teleport the Slitheen away, stating that they have been sent back to their ship for trial. They then introduce themselves as the Blathereen, a separate, and according to them, law-abiding family of Raxacoricofallapatorians on a mission to track down members of the Slitheen and sentence them to death.

As a token of thanks, the Blathereen visit Sarah Jane in Rani's house for a meal of shepherd's pie, which the Blathereen enjoy very much. After the meal, the Blathereen—Leef and Tree—give Sarah Jane a Raxacoricofallapatorian plant called Rakweed. They explain that the plant "can grow anywhere, even in the harshest conditions," adding that because the people of Earth would be suspicious if the plant came directly from the Blathereen, that they would like Sarah Jane to be their ambassador. Mr Smith analyses the plant and deems it not to be dangerous, but the following night it starts to mutate.

The next morning, the Rakweed plant releases spores, most of which fly out of the window, though some are inhaled by Luke. Clyde and Rani go to school, and Clyde surreptitiously takes K-9 with him, intending to cheat on his biology exam. Luke then finds himself falling ill, which is unusual for him as he has never been sick before, so he stays home. Mr Smith analyses Luke, determining that the inhaled spores would proceed to drain him of energy, resulting in a coma from which he would never recover.

Meanwhile, Clyde and Rani are in science class preparing for the exam. Clyde uses an earbud device to enable K-9 to discreetly give him the answers to the test's questions, despite K-9's reluctance to do so. Just as the test begins, Rani spots a Rakweed plant growing in a nearby plant pot, which gains their teacher's attention. Just as the teacher inspects it, the Rakweed blasts a large amount of spores in her face, causing her to fall unconscious due to the illness. Everyone flees the classroom in panic and soon, the entire area is covered in Rakweed, resulting in several civilians affected by its spores to be rushed to the emergency room.

...
Wikipedia