The Day of the Clown
Story: Day of the Clown - Sarah Jane Adventures Series Two, Episodes Three and Four
Year: 2008
Written by: Phil Ford
Directed by: Michael Kerrigan
Synopsis: Local kids are disappearing, and Clyde and the new girl, Rani Chandra, keep seeing a mysterious clown...
Sarah Moments:
⢠She gets Luke's school bag ready for him, aww, and comforts him when he's missing Maria
⢠She takes tea and cake round for the new neighbours, in an attempt to surreptitiously find out if Maria left any alien stuff lying around the house
⢠She reveals her childhood fear of clowns to Luke and Clyde
⢠She and Clyde go to talk to the friends of one of the missing children, and find a clueâ¦
⢠She and Clyde go to investigate Spellman's Magical Museum of the Circus, and meet creepy Mr Spellman
⢠She attacks Odd Bob with a fire extinguisher!
⢠She relents and lets Rani in on the secret
⢠She gives Rani her own forcefield to protect her from Odd Bob
⢠She explains to Luke the reason behind her fear of clowns, and gets sad about her parents, aw!
⢠She goes to the Pharos Institute to steal a bit of meteor, and has a confrontation with Odd Bob
⢠She's stuck in a creepy hall of mirrors, but the sonic lipstick gets her out
⢠She lies to the headmaster to get the kids out of trouble for bunking off to save the world
Capture, Rescue and Mortal Peril:
⢠Sarah, Clyde, Luke and Rani are chased by clowns! Sarah stops them with the sonic lipstick, but they're still trapped in the museum with Odd Bob the clown!
⢠She uses Mr Smith and some mobile phone trickery to stop Odd Bob from taking all the children
⢠After Clyde and Rani weaken Odd Bob with the power of lame jokes, Sarah traps him inside a meteor fragment forever, freeing all the children
Quotes:
⢠âOne of the best things about life is, it's always surprising us.' - Sarah
⢠'I'm Gita, by the way.' 'Sarah Jane.' 'Well, I'm very pleased to meet you Sarah!' 'Jane.' - New nighbour Gita Chandra, and Sarah, who apparently has gotten picky about how she's addressed of late...
⢠'What was that?' 'Sonic lipstick. Never leave home without it.' - Rani and Sarah
⢠'Rani, there is a time and a place for an interview, and being chased by a clown from outer space is definitely not it!' - Sarah educates Rani on journalistic etiquette
⢠'I'm going to offer you a choice, Rani. Cross over the road, go back to your parents and the life you lived before you moved here, and nothing will have changed. Or you can come with me. If you do that â nothing will ever be the same again.' - Sarah
⢠'I thought you were a journalist?' 'I am.' 'With alien gizmos in her attic? Who doesn't bat an eyelid at a shape-changing alien clown pied piper thing?' 'That's more of a hobby.' - Rani and Sarah
⢠'This is what we do â Luke, Clyde and me. When aliens come to Earth â and they do, all the time â if they're friendly and they need help, we're here to give it.' 'On the other hand, if they're looking for trouble, we give them that too!' 'Yeah, well, I wouldn't have put it quite like that!' 'Yeah, but we have saved the world twelve times now.' 'For real?' 'No one is keeping score!' 'Except Luke!' - Sarah, Clyde, Luke and Rani
⢠'When my Aunt Lavinia was bringing me up, my room was full of lots of old toys that used to be hers. One of them was a marionette - a puppet clown. I never liked it, it always seemed to be watching me. Then one night, there was the most tremendous thunderstorm... [the puppet turns and looks at little Sarah] I screamed the house down!' 'What happened?' 'Aunt Lavinia told me not to be so silly. It was a puppet, it was a trick of the light in the storm. Perhaps it was. But... it was the first time I'd ever cried out for my parents. You see, I never really knew them. I was only a baby when they died.' - Sarah and Luke
⢠'If you've hurt my son, Spellman, if you've done anything to him, I will destroy you!' 'The fear of a mother, for her young â the strongest fear of all.' 'You'd better believe it!' - Sarah and Spellman
⢠'When it comes to getting a true glimpse of the universe, there are two types of people. Those who refuse to believe, that will tell themselves anything to deny the evidence of their eyes, and those that embrace the universe and just how special life is â and want it to stay that way by keeping it safe, and secret.' 'And that's me?' 'That's all of us!' - Sarah and Rani
Wardrobe Appreciation
Today, Sarah has a variation of her usual uniform - the shirt is blue, and the waistcoat is the same stripy one from last week.
But the highlight has to be the reading glasses! Yes, we wished for them all those months ago, and here they are! And don't they look fab? Hooray!
In part two, Sarah wears her big cardigan for lounging around the house, and a plain white blouse for visiting the Pharos Institute:
Bonus Pictures
Welcome, the family Chandra!
Sarah looks lovely as always
Clyde wanders in and eats Sarah's food...
Aww...
Luke and Clyde chase the clown
Don't mess with the Smiths...
Look who's back!
Sarah and Odd Bob
The Smiths. Officially the cutest family on TV.
Sarah's lovely...
Clyde saves the world with talking from his mouth
Rani likes the universe!
Tiny Sarah!
Clyde the Magnificent!
Go Team Bannerman Road!