Re: The Sarah Jane Adventures (5 Tardis Poll) 5/11

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:37:04 +0000 (UTC), mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Michael
Alan Chary) wrote:

>In article <f157045t05nq45olb3bmfubq22fumm76q5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>Merrick Baldelli  <mbaldelli@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:24:04 GMT, Brian Henderson
>><BrianL.Henderson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>>> Yes.  That was a fine episode, which is probably why I found TSJA to
be 
>>>> such a letdown.  
>>>
>>>Sarah Jane is a show made for little kids, not adults.  If you're 
>>>expecting another Dr. Who out of it, of course you're going to be 
>>>disappointed, but it's not supposed to be another Dr. Who.
>>
>>	I was (and still am) more entertained by earlier episodes of
>>"The Tomorrow People" than this.  Hell, I'm able to watch SpongeBob
>>without having the adult in me cringing.  This makes me cringe, and
>>that's not a good sign.  
>>
>
>It's for younger children than that. Realize that Doctor Who is a 
>children's show as well, thought the first incarnation more so than this 
>one. Torchwood is for adults. SJAS is for young 
>children. Think of it like this :
>
>SJA=Superfriends or Shazam or Isis 
>
>Doctor Who=Superboy (the early 1990's tv show)
> 
>Torchwood= Lois and Clark? Smallville?  Though those are morelike 
>the current series of WHo.
>
>>>
>>>> Yeah, it's only half an hour, and it's right before the season
premiere 
>>>> of Dr. Who, and apparently this episode of Who does NOT have the vile

>>>> Tate creature, so it might actually be watchable.
>>>
>>>It's not the season premiere, it's the Christmas special, which is 
>>>really more the end of last series than the beginning of this one. 
>>>SciFi is just being stupid.
>>
>>	Great...  Even worse.  They're being shown out of order.
>>
>
>
>No. The X-mas special was the pilot. The Doctor Who episode "School 
>Reunion" was the first appearance of Sarah Jane since the Five Doctors.

Actually she was also in "Dimensions in Time", a multi-Doctor
crossover with EastEnders (UK soap) sketch on the Children in Need
telethon in 1993.

However, please note that:
a) its canonicity is suspect, and
b) it was utter crap.

Jerry Brown
-- 
A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

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