Wednesday, June 23, 2010

What's In A Name?

The past few weeks have seen the Who fandom abuzz with chatter. What with Torchwood being recommissioned for a new 10-episode series, the epic Doctor Who series finale taking place this very Saturday - and now, thanks to the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, the episode titles for the fourth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures have officially been disclosed!

Courtesy of The Who News fan blog, who received a copy of the magazine a day before it went on sale, we've got all the titles listed below! And it probably goes without saying but, in the words of the oh-so delightful Professor Song...

SPOILERS!
SPOILERS!
SPOILERSSSSSSSSS!!!!

4.1/4.2: The Nightmare Man
Written by Joseph Lidster
Directed by Joss Agnew
Guest starring Julian Bleach as the Nightmare Man

4.3/4.4: The Vault of Secrets
Written by Phil Ford
Directed by Joss Agnew
Guest starring Cheryl Campbell as Ocean Waters

4.5/4.6: Death of the Doctor
Written by Russell T Davies
Directed by Ashley Way
Guest starring Matt Smith as the Doctor and Katy Manning as former Third Doctor companion Jo Grant

4.7/4.8: The Empty Planet
Written by Gareth Roberts
Directed by Ashley Way
Guest starring Joe Mason as Gavin

4.9/4.10: Lost in Time
Written by Rupert Laight
Directed by Joss Agnew
Guest starring Cyril Nri as the Mysterious Shopkeeper.

4.11/4.12: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith
Written by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman
Directed by Joss Agnew
Guest starring Julie Graham as Ruby White.

Julian Bleach aka. Davros as the Nightmare Man?! *faints* He's been on Doctor Who and Torchwood in the past, playing epicly terrifying characters both times! That last title sounds very ominous, too. And according to writer Gareth Roberts, it's going to have a very 'doom-y feel to it'!:
"They're filming it now and it's a storming, emotionally-charged adventure. I wouldn't say "armageddon", but it's full-blooded and dramatic, to show that children's television can be like that. We asked the director to pretend it was the last one ever!"
Last one ever? We should hope not! 'Cause the moment Series 4 wraps up, the cast are set to start filming Series 5! =D We won't get to see that till 2011, mind. But we may get some sneaky set pics of the the new SJA cast member in action! Y'know, the one joining the gang after a certain cast departure?

And if the whispers we've heard from the SJA rumour mill hold true...


In other news, SJA's finally won its first ever BAFTA award!!! =D Unfortunately not for the main category it was nominated, having been beaten out by Grandpa In My Pocket *facepalm* but the designers behind the official SJA website secured a BAFTA Cymru for the Best Interactive category!

Having painstakingly designed the SJA website since 2007, adding more amazing content with every passing series, the BAFTA win is more than well-deserved! So a big congratz to Carbon Studio! We're all really looking forward to seeing what they have up their sleeve for Series 4!

9 comments:

Estelle said...

Is it me or the titles are a bit dark ? Maybe it's going to be a dark, mature season.
We'll see. Can't wait though !!!

Nabu San said...

I knowwww, Nightmare, Death, Lost, Goodbye etc - sounds like a Moffaty SJA!

Estelle said...

Lol yeah ^^

Patar said...

I lol'd at the *facepalm* xD titles look awesome!!

marie said...

no more maria then?
sad.
but. death's and goodbyes..
too sad.
but i have to wait for it to come out on the tv, sadly, norway's a big bunch of slowpokes!
i'll get to see it on the internet, right? :S

Nabu San said...

Lol, well British peeps can see it legally through BBC iPlayer :P Norway'll probably have to rely on sneakier means ^_^

Anonymous said...

If you are after some video of Series 4 filming go here

"http://www.youtube.com/user/TimeBoyy"

Anonymous said...

http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/08/help-design-sarah-jane-adventures-game.html

Anonymous said...

sarah jane adventures news page 1 has the novelisation covers for the nightmare man and death of the doctor! matt smith is on doftd!!!!