Downtime
Story: Downtime â independent spin-off by Reeltime Pictures
Synopsis: Sarah and the Brigadier get caught up in the strange case of a New Age university...
Sarah Moments:
⢠She goes to meet the Vice-Chancellor of New World University, one Victoria Waterfield
⢠She quizzes Victoria about a strange event in London 25 years ago
⢠Victoria tries to trick Sarah into telling her where the Brigadier is, but Sarahâs having none of it
⢠Sarah calls the Brigadier to warn him, and accidentally leads Victoria to him
⢠Sarah gets in touch with UNIT and goes with them to New World to sort things out
⢠The Brigadier secretly tells Sarah how to defeat the Intelligence
⢠Sarah tackles a guy and shoots at a yeti, and throws a gun at it when that doesnât workâ¦
⢠Sarah pushes a yeti into the generator and saves the day!
Capture, Rescue and Mortal Peril:
⢠While thereâs quite a lot of peril going on generally, none of it is specifically Sarah-related
Quotes:
⢠âI think the sum agreed was 12k, assuming all the profiles are complete?â âUh⦠not quite.â âOh, Miss Smith â when we were advised of your reputation, both Miss Waterfield and I were impressed. We thought, whatâs a few red tape barriers to a journalist of this calibre?â âBut you didnât tell me some of this data was government classified.â - Christopher Rice and a suspicious Sarah
⢠âI found records implying that twenty-five years ago, central London was evacuated in an industrial accident. They say it lasted three months. There are no extant reports; no-one even remembers. Well, how can that happen?â - Sarah
⢠âOh, come on â New Worldâs more than just a New Age Sunday School â youâve got fingers in more pies than Robert Maxwell!â - Sarah
⢠âSorry to disappoint you, but Iâm just a journalist!â - Sarah, denying her involvement with UNIT
⢠âWhat is New World University? You donât have lectures â you donât even have tutors!â âAll the tuition is conducted by the mainframe. A personalised syllabus for every student.â âSince when did computers get personal?â - Sarah, who has obviously forgotten about poor K9, and Victoria
⢠âVictoria Waterfield? Thatâs you on the list, isnât it, at the London event? Oh, you must have been really youngâ¦â âConsidering I was born over 140 years agoâ¦â âHaha, peanuts, I used to know someone who⦠oh, never mind. Oh, sorry, I mean, um, no, you donât look a day overâ¦â âI donât feel a day over!â - Sarah and Victoria
⢠âNo, I said Codes NN and QQ⦠QQ, itâs urgent!â âI see, thank you!â âOh, Iâd get more sense from a tea lady! Sorry?â âMay I ask if youâve encountered anything resembling a yeti?â âHave I encountered⦠any what?â âA yeti.â âWhat have yeti got to do with it?â - Sarah gets irate on the radio to UNIT
⢠âThis place is like a beacon⦠itâs Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, isnât it? Sarah Jane Smith â hello! Your father said it might be a family affair! So, show me where to find him!â - Sarah, arriving at New World and taking charge
⢠âSarah, take this, itâs from my father.â âIâm a rotten shot â you hang on to it.â - Kate and Sarah, on the Brigadier's gun. Of course, we know Sarah isn't a rotten shot because of Pyramids of Mars, but probably she just doesn't want to use it...
⢠âMiss Smith! I knew there was someone here I could rely on!â - The Brigadier to Sarah
⢠âIt was just like old times, eh? And I still donât know whatâs going on!â - Sarah to the Brigadier
⢠âSo, he said it was Victoriaâs dress, and I said, well as long as Albert didnât wear itâ¦â âAnd you think it could have been her?â âWell, I donât know â thereâs no trace of her, she just vanished.â âCertain people we know make a habit of that!â âDo you know, companions used to be something only dowager aunts hadâ¦â âNo, Sarah â it applies to families as well!â - Sarah and the Brigadier. Aww.
Wardrobe Appreciation
Sarah only wears one outfit in this story, a beige suit with a spotted scarf. Not to mention wicked big hair...
She wears white shoes, and, briefly, purple gloves:
The Panel Said...
Style Watch:
paranoidangel: Sarah goes 80s! Although it doesn't look any better on her. 2/10
Sarah_JaneSmith: Im not liking the brown dress thing, its not exactly flattering, i dont like the hair either. 3/10
Llin: I think the accessories spoil it a bit, but on the whole I approve. 6/10
Sarah Watch:
Sarah_JaneSmith: She's alright in this i guess, the same Sarah Jane we all know, but older. 5/10
Llin: She does more or less save the day, and she's quite chilled out about it too. 7/10
Story Watch:
paranoidangel: I managed to get through I think about 20 minutes before I lost the will to live. 1/10
Sarah_JaneSmith: I find it hard to muster up any kind of excitement about this, it's not very good really, it's nice to see the brig and victoia again but i think the story is crap. 5/10
Llin: It wasn't gripping but I found it quite watchable even in the bits Sarah wasn't in... 7/10
Bonus Pictures
Sarah, fabulous as ever
The Brigadier, still awesome
Sarah and Victoria bond over their time-travel experiences
"Cripes! Did I leave the iron switched on?"
Sarah, then and now
The Lethbridge-Stewarts
Don't mess with Sarah
The Brigadier, Victoria and the Chillies
Sarah and Kate
The Brigadier and Sarah
And one last one of Sarah...