Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Toys *Are* Back!

A while back we reported that Character Options may have ended their run of SJA toy figures - but today the company apparently confirmed that the range will continue (thanks to Doctor Who Toys.net for the info) with the following figures:

SJA Series 1 & 2 Maria Jackson Action Figure
SJA Series 1 & 2 Clyde Langer Action Figure
SJA Series 1 & 2 Luke Smith Action Figure
SJA Series 2 Rani Chandra Action Figure
SJA Series 2 Martin Trueman & Possessed Clyde Langer 2 Figure Pack
SJA Series 2 Paul Langer & Carla Langer (Clyde's Parents) 2 Figure Pack
SJA Series 1 & 2 Alan Jackson & Chrissie Jackson (Maria's Parents) 2 Figure Pack
SJA Series 2 Gita Chandra & Haresh Chandra (Rani's Parents) 2 Figure Pack
SJA Series 2 Ms. Wormwood & Commander Kaagh 2 Figure Pack
SJA Series 1 Andria Yates & Trickster 2 Figure Pack
SJA Series 2 Odd Bob The Clown & Elijah Spellman 2 Figure Pack

Great news, if true, I'm sure you'll agree!

Meanwhile yesterday (sorry about the lateness of this update!) saw the broadcast of part two of "Day of the Clown" on BBC One, with the first installment of "Secrets of the Stars" following afterwards on the CBBC Channel. All the episodes of the SJA can be viewed right now on the BBC's own iPlayer for folk living within the UK.

Here's a selection of comments that readers left last week regarding the finale of "...Clown":

Anonymous says, "Well "The Day of the Clown - Part 2" certainly does do a great job of coming across. Rani finally gets the truth and it seems she is to be a regulaur now and is very excited to learn Sarah Jane's secret! Very good acting skills from all of the cast in a very enjoyable episode. The only critism i would give is that the House of Mirrors scene were Sarah Jane is trapped in a "mirror horror" is not very good effectswise; but other then that a powerful enjoyable 9/10 episode!"

Who Cares adds, "Hmm some very strong points and some weaker ones. The ending being one of the weaker points. The principal idea was good but the execution was very lacklustre. They had something plausible and added something fantastic (note the sarcasm) for no good reason also shouldn't Rani save the day? Don't know what they were thinking on that one.

On to the good points. The scene about the reasoning behind Sarah's fear of clowns was extremely well done. It not only established why she was scared of them (which is a good thing because if we didn't believe she was terrified of them the whole episode would have fallen apart) but also sets things up for "the temptation" and above all it was just a really great scene between Luke and Sarah Jane containing character development for both characters.

I know mentioned this last week but Luke is really developing nicely. He's using his interpersonal relationship skills just fine in that scene. Only can't the kid get a break once in a while. The whole Luke getting taken from Sarah Jane deal is starting to get old really fast.

On a side-note these two episodes are the first time I've actually been annoyed by Clyde or like Finney said "You're problem is you don't know when to lay off." Well apparently whoever wrote this (Phil Ford) didn't know either. It kinda pays off at the end but it was still too much of the good thing... This time around."

Great stuff guys - keep those comments coming in!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Woohoo!
Don't know why I'm so excited because I don't really buy action figures, but I'm so psyched that there's going to be a little Alan and Chrissie!

Anonymous said...

Well Secrets of the Stars was a "Different"(IN A GOOD WAY) episode it featured great flashbakes from Doctor who and in my opinion i think that Mr. Truman is one of the most powerful beings sarah jane has ever encountered the show gave a little spoiler (that only probably slightly older viewers (10 ONWARDS)) would've caught on to) that luke is probably if not the hero a vitual part of the summary in part 2 as he has no birthdate! Rani did do a great job but in the theatre scene where she got picked by truman her acting skills seemed a little too much but on the whole a very good enjoyable episode oh and i almost forgot last critisism that in the last scene again you could tell it was a green screen affect but other than that great episode 8/10

Jonty said...

MARIA CLYDE LUKE RANI TRUEMAN EVILCLYDE PAUL CARLA ALAN CHRISSIE GITA HARESH WORMWOOD KAAGH ANDREA TRICKSTER ODDBOB SPELLMAN

Awesome awesome awesome awesome! I can't wait to see what the Alan and Chrissie figures look like, and of course the Luke one. :D

Anonymous said...

When are the figures out

Anthony Garnon said...

Remember, nothing is confirmed as of yet...!

Anthony.

Anonymous said...

Doctorwhotoys makes things up, puts rumours as confirmed, and isn't really a good site to visit because of that, sorry.

Anonymous said...

this isnot true

Anonymous said...

i was surfing the net and found this brand new sja spoiler/opinions blogger u got to check it out heres the website
http://www.s-j-ablog.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

Yeah - these come from the DWT page that is specifically labelled 'Rumours', has the word 'Rumour' running up and down the sides in big letters, and actively encourages people to send in rumours with the line 'Heard a rumour?'.

DWT's good for a laugh - but check out www.doctorwhofigures.co.uk, they clearly label what's rumour and what's real and are much more reliable!

Anonymous said...

here's ur next post 4 u m8:

The BBC have now released the synopsis for The Mark of the Berserker part two, the eighth episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures series two. Gary Beadle plays Paul Langer, Clyde's father, in the episode and the synopsis can be viewed below;

Luke and Rani enlist the help of Clyde's mum to help track down Clyde and his father, who has the alien pendant, as the children's drama series, produced by Russell T Davies, continues. The chase leads to a terrifying waterside confrontation, as the pendant takes control of Paul and begins transforming him.

No synopsis was released for the first part of this story but we'll let you know if and when one is. The Mark of the Berserker will premiere on the CBBC channel on the tenth of November and then be repeated a week later on BBC One. What do you think of the synopsis?





i've made myself annoynomus so u can get all the credit

Anonymous said...

watch this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=08YIOQ-HbXo

Anthony Garnon said...

Anonymous, I'm loving your SJ.tv post! Guess I should be flattered, really.

Anthony.

Unknown said...

Aww... No Mr Smith Action figure. I want one of those... :(