Warriors of Kudlak
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Story: Warriors of Kudlak, The Sarah Jane Adventures Episode Five and Six
Synopsis: Sarah Jane talks to the mother of a missing teenage boy, Lance Metcalfe, and meanwhile, Clyde takes Luke to a new laser tag centre, Combat 3000, to help him understand games and competition.
Sarah and Maria work out that twenty-four children have recently gone missing in circumstances involving freak weather conditions, and they work out that Combat 3000 may be involved. They arrive at the centre and are nearly killed by one of the managers, Mr Grantham, but manage to escape just in time to see the boys being transported away!
Clyde and Luke find themselves on a space ship with the missing children, who were all at Combat 3000. They try to escape. Meanwhile, Sarah and Maria work out that Mr Grantham's boss, Mr Kudlak, is taking the children to fight an alien war. They force Mr Grantham to transport them to the spaceship, and Luke tells Kudlak that his war has been over for years, and Sarah convinces him to stop fighting and return the children.
They all return to Earth, and Sarah is able to reunite Lance Metcalfe and his mother.
Sarah Moments:
• Sarah goes to talk to a woman whose son has mysteriously disappeared
• She worries about Luke fitting in, but Maria reassures her
• Sarah and Maria talk to the missing boy's friend and find out some valuable clues
• Sarah builds a crazy machine! Maria gets to help, and then they take it on a big hill to use it and get rained on by cool glowy things that lead to another clue!
• Sarah and Maria go to Combat 3000 and nosey around
• Sarah and Maria consult Mr Smith and find out who's behind the kidnappings, and Sarah works out why
• Sarah and Maria tie Mr Grantham up and coerce him into teleporting them over to the alien ship where the boys are being held
• Sarah and Maria sneak around the alien ship and confront the Mistress about the missing children
• Kudlak wants Sarah to kill him for his crimes, but she refuses
Capture, Rescue and Mortal Peril:
• Mr Grantham discovers Sarah and Maria in his office, and Sarah confronts him about the disappearances, but he pulls a gun on them!
• Sarah sonics Mr Grantham and she and Maria run off, only to run practically straight into the creepy alien Mr Kudlak! Sarah knocks his gun away and they run, get chased, and manage to escape!
• Back at Sarah's place, there's a noise downstairs – Sarah goes to investigate and find Mr Grantham! He's about to shoot her when Maria electrocutes him!
• Kudlak threatens the gang with a gun, but Luke and Sarah manage to persuade him that his war is over
Quotes:
• ‘But, you don't think there's anything weird about Lance disappearing, do you? I mean, you're not doing this story because you think there's aliens involved or anything?' 'I don't see aliens behind every bush, you know, Maria! I'm not a conspiracy theorist!' - Maria and Sarah
• 'That's Lance. He's the nuts!' 'Is that good?' 'Very.' - Brandon, Sarah and Maria
• 'It works! My machine works!' - Sarah gets her Mad Scientist moment
• 'Aliens! I knew it!' - Not a conspiracy theorist, Sarah? Still, she does always turn out to be right...
• 'I've heard a lot about this place, apparently it's the… the nuts!' 'Okay, let's agree to never say that ever again!' - Sarah's attempt to use teenage slang doesn't impress Maria
• 'What are we looking for?' 'You'll know when you find it. Just see what bubbles to the top.' 'Does that mean you don't know?' 'Not as such!' - Maria and Sarah
• 'Sarah Jane Smith, journalist.' 'Who's she?' 'My work experience girl.' 'It was either this or putting up scaffolding!' - Sarah, Mr Grantham and Maria
• 'Oh, please don't be offended, but this isn't the first time I've had a gun pointed at me, and guns from other planets… Ooh, afraid I've rather lost count!' 'Will you die happy if I tell you that I'm impressed?' 'I'll die happy when I get Lance Metcalfe and the other twenty-three children you've kidnapped back to their parents safe and well!' - Sarah and Mr Grantham
• 'Just a moment, just a moment, please? Bit of lippie, last request?' - Baddies take note - don't allow Sarah a last request, she'll only use it to kick your ass...
• 'Are you all right?' 'UNIT training, never forget it. Just getting a little older, that's all!' - Maria and Sarah and a UNIT mention, hooray!
• 'I know, I probably should have called you first, but…' 'Not at all, Mr Grantham! I'm always delighted to study new forms of human low-life in the comfort of my own home.' 'You are a cool old bird, I'll give you that much!' - Mr Grantham and Sarah. Has anyone noticed that, whenever someone calls Sarah old, something horrible usually happens to them in fairly short order? And quite right, too...
• 'You're despicable!' 'And you're done for!' (Maria shocks him) 'No, Mr Grantham, I think you're the one who's done with.' - Sarah and Mr Grantham
• 'I never thought I would lay eyes on a sight like this again.' 'It's incredible! Even after everything I've seen, I never thought I'd see this.' 'Maybe if everybody could see the Earth from up here, they might appreciate it more.' - Sarah and Maria, looking down on the Earth
• 'My name is Sarah Jane Smith and I want my son back!' - Sarah confronts the Mistress
• 'Taking life is never the answer, General Kudlak, whether we've been wronged by one man, or a whole planet. It's always the innocents that suffer.' - Sarah
Wardrobe Appreciation
Sarah has just the one main outfit so far in this story, consisting of jeans, nice boots, and a blue top and matching cardigan:
There's a pretty snazzy jacket too, with lots of buttons!
And of course, that staple of every girl's wardrobe, the welding mask...
The Panel Said...
Style Watch:
Sarah_JaneSmith: It's a nice outfit, looks good on her, the colours nice, it's just a bit......ordinary. i really want to see some more funky outfits. 8/10
paranoidangel: I wasn't keen on that coat for some reason. The top and cardigan were alright, nothing special. 7/10
Llin: The whole thing was nice and looked gorgeous. Not that exciting, though! 7/10
Sarah Watch:
Sarah_JaneSmith: she's a freakin mad scientist! loved that bit in the hill, and the line "No Mr Grantham, i think you're the one who's done with" is my favourite line of the series! 10/10
paranoidangel: She was so cool in this, investigating, building machines and getting the bad guys to do what she wants them to do. 10/10
Llin: She builds things, and we actually get to see her do Proper Journalism for once, which is nice. 10/10
Story Watch:
Sarah_JaneSmith: Weakest one of the lot i think, the moral message about war was hammered home a bit too much, but it had some good lines in it and the alien was cool. 8/10
paranoidangel: I quite enjoyed it - I really liked Luke in this. 8/10
Llin: Great story, lots of fun moments for everybody! 10/10
Bonus Pictures
Luke and Clyde bond. Aww.
Maria gets a technology lesson with a difference
Maria and Luke go shopping
Heehee!
The boys at Combat 3000
Still the prettiest...
Clyde, looking all dramatic
The Combat 3000 kids
Maria and Sarah
High fives all round!
Love is in the air this week, as Luke gets his first kiss and Clyde and Maria suddenly hug an awful lot... Aww!
Byeeeee!!!!
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