Episode Guide: The Temptation of Sarah Jane

 
Episode: Series Two, Episode Nine and Ten
Name: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith
Written by: Gareth Roberts
Running Time: Part One - 25 minutes, Part Two - 25 minutes
Broadcast Date: Part One - 17th Nov, Part Two - 24th Nov 2008
Preceded by: The Mark of the Berserker
Followed by: Enemy of the Bane
Aliens Featured: The Trickster, a Graske
Starring:

  • Elisabeth Sladen – Sarah Jane Smith
  • Tommy Knight – Luke Smith
  • Daniel Anthony – Clyde Langer
  • Anjli Mohindra – Rani Chandra
  • Alexander Armstrong – Mr Smith
  • Mina Anwar – Gita Chandra
  • Rosanna Lavelle - Barbara Smith
  • Christopher Pizzey - Eddie Smith
  • Paul Marc Davies - The Trickster
  • Jimmy Vee - Graske
  • Georgie Glenn - Mrs King
  • Robert Madge - Oscar
  • Andrew Bullivant - PC Ferguson

Synopsis

Part One:

When Sarah Jane returns a boy who has slipped through a time fissure back to 1951, she realises she has found a way to meet the parents she never knew. But is it a trap? Sarah Jane and Luke fall victim to a revenge plot by The Trickster.

Part Two:

Clyde and Rani, trapped in a devastated alternative world with the survivors of mankind, make a desperate bargain with The Graske, in the concluding part of this two-episode adventure.

Then Rani travels to 1951 to help Sarah Jane, who has been reunited with her long-lost parents. Sarah Jane needs to defeat the Trickster - but will the price she has to pay be too high?