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{{Short description|2007 Sarah Jane Adventures story}}
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*[[Elisabeth Sladen]] – [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
*[[Elisabeth Sladen]] – [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
*[[Yasmin Paige]] – [[Maria Jackson]]
*[[Yasmin Paige]] – [[Maria Jackson]]
*[[Tommy Knight]] – [[Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Luke Smith]]
*[[Tommy Knight]] – [[Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Luke]]
*[[Daniel Anthony (actor)|Daniel Anthony]] – [[Clyde Langer]]
*[[Daniel Anthony (actor)|Daniel Anthony]] – [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]]
*[[Alexander Armstrong (comedian)|Alexander Armstrong]] – [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]]
*[[Alexander Armstrong (comedian)|Alexander Armstrong]] – [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]]
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*[[Silas Carson]] – Voice of Kudlak/Emperor
*[[Silas Carson]] – Voice of Kudlak/Emperor
*[[Tina Greatrex]] – Voice of Mistress
*[[Tina Greatrex]] – Voice of Mistress
*[[Pamela Merrick]] – Wendy
| director = [[Charles Martin (director)|Charles Martin]]
| director = [[Charles Martin (director)|Charles Martin]]
| writer = [[Phil Gladwin]]
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'''''Warriors of Kudlak''''' is the fourth [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures episodes|story]] of the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It forms the fifth and sixth episodes of the show's first series. The first episode aired on the [[CBBC Channel]] on 15 October, and the second on 22 October 2007.
'''''Warriors of Kudlak''''' is the third serial of the first series of the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It first aired in two weekly parts on the [[CBBC]] channel on 15 and 22 October 2007.


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] investigates the disappearance of teenager Lance Metcalf three days ago. She discovers the day he disappeared, there was an unexpected but brief storm. [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]] cross-references 24 disappearances in the previous year with such weather conditions, all of them in towns and cities across the United Kingdom. Aided by [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], Sarah Jane discovers shells that are the byproduct of teleportation, meaning that aliens abducted Lance.


Meanwhile, [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] takes [[Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Luke]] to the laser tag centre Combat 3000 to help him understand what games are for. Using Combat 3000 as war games, Mr Grantham and his business partner, the wounded [[List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (Q–Z)#Uvodni|Uvodni]] general Uvlavad Kudlak, are kidnapping young humans as warriors to fight in an interplanetary war with the Malakh Empire. They follow the orders of the Mistress, an artificial intelligence on Kudlak's spaceship. Luke and Clyde pass two levels of Combat 3000, supposedly to qualify for the championships. They are instead teleported aboard the Uvodni ship in Earth's orbit, and free themselves and the other children, including Lance, from their crates.
===Part 1===


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Mr Smith uses a military satellite to trace the heart of the storm that took Lance to Combat 3000. Sarah Jane and Maria blackmail Mr Grantham into transporting them to the Uvodni ship, where they find and talk to the Mistress. When Kudlak brings the children to the Mistress, everyone is reunited. Preparing to kill them, Kudlak is stopped by Luke, who during his attempted escape has discovered a message made by the Uvodni Emperor ten years ago in the computer banks, revealing an armistice has been made with the Malakh. Not programmed to recognise "peace" as a concept, the Mistress had buried the message and kept leading in recruitments. With the truth revealed, Kudlak destroys the Mistress, releases the children and swears to do what he can to reunite all the surviving past recruits with their families.
When ''Combat 3000'', the new laser-tag centre, arrives near [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]], a young teenager called Lance Metcalf visits it, where he mysteriously disappears. When Sarah Jane starts investigating, she discovers 24 children have previously gone missing. Meanwhile, [[Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Luke]] tries to master being funny but can't quite do it. He also doesn't understand games. Therefore, [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] takes Luke to ''Combat 3000''. Sarah Jane soon discovers that there have been mysterious storms at the time of the disappearances and that Mr Grantham and Kudlak are working for The Mistress, leader of ''Combat 3000''. Luke and Clyde manage to survive Round One and are challenged to make it to the door to the championships, facing other expert ''Combat 3000'' players. When Luke and Clyde are very close to the door, they are attacked. Soon, Clyde and Luke manage to escape and are locked in a room where they mysteriously disappear. Meanwhile, Mr Grantham points a gun at Sarah Jane and [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] but Sarah Jane uses her [[sonic lipstick]] to help her escape. Maria and Sarah Jane arrive in a different room where they are then confronted by Kudlak.

===Part 2===

They successfully escape Kudlak after creating a diversion, and return to [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]], who informs them of who Kudlak is and the background to his race. He is a member of the [[Uvodni]] race, and they were part of a planetary alliance fighting against the Malakh. The Malakh won the ensuing battle, but the Uvodni would not quit, and continued fighting. Eventually, Kudlak was injured on the front line and forced to leave fighting to others. He was thus sent out as part of an Imperial Fleet to recruit "warriors" from other worlds. His ship [and, likely, all the others] were led by a Mistress, who kept the War-adrenaline in Kudlak alive.
After decades of recruiting (mostly [[Terran (demonym)|Terran]]) children via war-games – called ''Combat 3000'' – Kudlak – or rather Mr Grantham – abducted Clyde and Luke. Meanwhile, Luke and Clyde rescue other children from their crates, including Lance and a girl called Jen.

Mr Grantham breaks into Sarah Jane's home, but is overpowered by electrocution. Back on the [[Uvodni]] ship, the children make their way to a shuttlecraft, but are again captured.
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Sarah Jane and Maria blackmail Mr Grantham into transmatting them to the Uvodni ship, where they find and talk to The Mistress. When Kudlak brings the children to The Mistress, everyone is reunited. Preparing to kill them, Kudlak is stopped by Luke, who has discovered a message made by the Uvodni Emperor ten years ago, revealing an [[armistice]] has been made with the Malakh. Not programmed to recognise "peace" as a concept, the computer Mistress had buried the message and kept leading Kudlak in recruitments. With the truth revealed, Kudlak destroys The Mistress, releases the children and swears to do what he can to reunite all the surviving past recruits with their families.


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
*This serial was the first of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' not to feature [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures minor characters#Alan Jackson|Alan Jackson]] and [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures minor characters#Chrissie Jackson|Chrissie Jackson]], although Alan is mentioned.
*This serial was the first of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' not to feature [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures minor characters#Alan Jackson|Alan Jackson]] and [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures minor characters#Chrissie Jackson|Chrissie Jackson]], although Alan is mentioned.
*Although it appears the teleportation is the same as the [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Judoon|Judoon]], Mr Smith does explain that this rain is a by-product of teleportation. It also uses the Doctor Who term [[Teleportation#Doctor Who|transmat]].
*Lance has posters from the [[DVDs]] featured in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Blink (Doctor Who)|Blink]]" in his room, as seen when Sarah Jane meets Lance's mother.
*Lance has posters from the [[DVDs]] featured in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Blink (Doctor Who)|Blink]]" in his room, as seen when Sarah Jane meets Lance's mother.
*Sarah Jane mentions her [[UNIT]] training in this serial.
*Sarah Jane mentions her [[UNIT]] training in this serial.
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==Outside references==
==Outside references==
*Lance Metcalf's father was in the army and was killed in [[Iraq]]. His death was implied to have taken place during the [[Iraq War]].
*Lance Metcalf's father was in the army and was killed in [[Iraq]]. His death was implied to have taken place during the [[Iraq War]].
*Clyde references [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]], saying that he is Luke's mentor. He also references [[Captain Kirk]], after Jen earlier says, "Beam me up, Scotty!". Mr Grantham says "a Galaxy far, far away".
*Clyde references [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]], saying that he is Luke's mentor. He also references [[Captain Kirk]], after Jen earlier says, "Beam me up, Scotty!". Mr Grantham says "a Galaxy far, far away".
*The popular series of video games ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' is also mentioned in this serial.
*The popular series of video games ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' is also mentioned in this serial.
*The recruitment of children in this episode is similar to the movie ''[[The Last Starfighter]]''. In that movie, an arcade game of the same name is used to test the qualifications of warriors. This leads to a teenager being recruited to fight in an interstellar war.
*The recruitment of children in this episode is similar to the movie ''[[The Last Starfighter]]''. In that movie, an arcade game of the same name is used to test the qualifications of warriors. This leads to a teenager being recruited to fight in an interstellar war.
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This was the fourth of eleven Sarah Jane Adventures serials to be adapted as a novel. Written by [[Gary Russell]], the book was first published in Paperback on 1 November 2007.<ref name="Warriors of Kudlak - Sarah Jane Adventures - From The Makers Of Doctor Who. No.4 - BBC Childrens Books [Paperback]'">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1405904003|title=Warriors of Kudlak&nbsp;– Sarah Jane Adventures&nbsp;– From The Makers Of Doctor Who. No.4&nbsp;– BBC Childrens Books [Paperback]|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref>
This was the fourth of eleven Sarah Jane Adventures serials to be adapted as a novel. Written by [[Gary Russell]], the book was first published in Paperback on 1 November 2007.<ref name="Warriors of Kudlak – Sarah Jane Adventures – From The Makers of Doctor Who. No.4 – BBC Childrens Books [Paperback]'">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1405904003|title=Warriors of Kudlak&nbsp;– Sarah Jane Adventures&nbsp;– From The Makers of Doctor Who. No.4&nbsp;– BBC Childrens Books [Paperback]|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sja/ Sarah Jane Adventures homepage]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sja/ Sarah Jane Adventures homepage]
*[http://www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/blog/script-writing-for-the-sarah-jane-adventures/2007/10/16/ Writing Kudlak]&nbsp;– The writer Phil Gladwin describes the origins of this episode.
*[http://www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/blog/script-writing-for-the-sarah-jane-adventures/2007/10/16/ Writing Kudlak]&nbsp;– The writer Phil Gladwin describes the origins of this episode.
*{{imdb episode|1030458}}
*{{IMDb episode|1030458}}


===Novelisation===
===Novelisation===
*{{Isfdb title|id=870016|title=Warriors of Kudlak}}
*{{Isfdb title|id=870016|title=Warriors of Kudlak}}


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Latest revision as of 16:57, 19 September 2023

04 – Warriors of Kudlak
The Sarah Jane Adventures story
Mr. Kudlak in his office
Cast
Starring
Others
Production
Directed byCharles Martin
Written byPhil Gladwin
Script editorLindsey Alford
Produced byMatthew Bouch
Executive producer(s)Phil Collinson
Russell T Davies
Julie Gardner
Music bySam Watts
Production code1.5 and 1.6
SeriesSeries 1
Running time2 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast15 October 2007 (2007-10-15)
Last broadcast22 October 2007 (2007-10-22)
Chronology
← Preceded by
Eye of the Gorgon 		Followed by →
Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?
List of serials

Warriors of Kudlak is the third serial of the first series of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It first aired in two weekly parts on the CBBC channel on 15 and 22 October 2007.

Plot

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Sarah Jane investigates the disappearance of teenager Lance Metcalf three days ago. She discovers the day he disappeared, there was an unexpected but brief storm. Mr Smith cross-references 24 disappearances in the previous year with such weather conditions, all of them in towns and cities across the United Kingdom. Aided by Maria, Sarah Jane discovers shells that are the byproduct of teleportation, meaning that aliens abducted Lance.

Meanwhile, Clyde takes Luke to the laser tag centre Combat 3000 to help him understand what games are for. Using Combat 3000 as war games, Mr Grantham and his business partner, the wounded Uvodni general Uvlavad Kudlak, are kidnapping young humans as warriors to fight in an interplanetary war with the Malakh Empire. They follow the orders of the Mistress, an artificial intelligence on Kudlak's spaceship. Luke and Clyde pass two levels of Combat 3000, supposedly to qualify for the championships. They are instead teleported aboard the Uvodni ship in Earth's orbit, and free themselves and the other children, including Lance, from their crates.

Mr Smith uses a military satellite to trace the heart of the storm that took Lance to Combat 3000. Sarah Jane and Maria blackmail Mr Grantham into transporting them to the Uvodni ship, where they find and talk to the Mistress. When Kudlak brings the children to the Mistress, everyone is reunited. Preparing to kill them, Kudlak is stopped by Luke, who during his attempted escape has discovered a message made by the Uvodni Emperor ten years ago in the computer banks, revealing an armistice has been made with the Malakh. Not programmed to recognise "peace" as a concept, the Mistress had buried the message and kept leading in recruitments. With the truth revealed, Kudlak destroys the Mistress, releases the children and swears to do what he can to reunite all the surviving past recruits with their families.

Continuity

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  • This serial was the first of The Sarah Jane Adventures not to feature Alan Jackson and Chrissie Jackson, although Alan is mentioned.
  • Lance has posters from the DVDs featured in the Doctor Who episode "Blink" in his room, as seen when Sarah Jane meets Lance's mother.
  • Sarah Jane mentions her UNIT training in this serial.
  • In the book adaptation of this episode, one of the Combat 3000 warriors is from Deffry Vale High School, also featured in the Doctor Who episode, "School Reunion", which reintroduced Sarah Jane and K-9.
  • While Mr Smith is searching for missing children, there is a poster in the background of Sarah Jane's attic depicting the design of John Lumic's Cybermen.
  • One of the aliens briefly depicted by Mr Smith is the Beast from the Doctor Who episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit."
  • Slabs are used to capture Luke and Clyde as seen before in the Doctor Who episode "Smith and Jones".
  • Sarah Jane's business card shows her address as 21 Bannerman Road, as does the number plate on her door in Eye of the Gorgon, rather than 13 Bannerman Road which is stated throughout the second and third series.
  • Sarah Jane makes a remark commenting on how many times she's had guns pointed at her and says that she's lost count
  • Sarah Jane speculates that Lance might become the first man to walk on Mars, before adding "first human man," alluding to the Martian race of Ice Warriors whom she met with the Third Doctor in The Monster of Peladon.
  • One of Kudlaks race appears briefly in the Doctor Who episode "The Pandorica Opens"

Outside references

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  • Lance Metcalf's father was in the army and was killed in Iraq. His death was implied to have taken place during the Iraq War.
  • Clyde references Obi-Wan Kenobi, saying that he is Luke's mentor. He also references Captain Kirk, after Jen earlier says, "Beam me up, Scotty!". Mr Grantham says "a Galaxy far, far away".
  • The popular series of video games Halo is also mentioned in this serial.
  • The recruitment of children in this episode is similar to the movie The Last Starfighter. In that movie, an arcade game of the same name is used to test the qualifications of warriors. This leads to a teenager being recruited to fight in an interstellar war.
  • The kidnapping of children to be used in an alien war is also the premise of the Virgin New Adventures novel Toy Soldiers. The novel Winner Takes All also has a very similar plot involving the kidnapping of people to fight an alien war using games as a recruitment tool.

Novelisation

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Warriors of Kudlak
AuthorGary Russell
SeriesThe Sarah Jane Adventures #4
Published1 November 2007
Penguin Books
Pages128
ISBN1-405-90400-3
Preceded byEye of the Gorgon 
Followed byWhatever Happened to Sarah Jane? 

This was the fourth of eleven Sarah Jane Adventures serials to be adapted as a novel. Written by Gary Russell, the book was first published in Paperback on 1 November 2007.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Warriors of Kudlak – Sarah Jane Adventures – From The Makers of Doctor Who. No.4 – BBC Childrens Books [Paperback]". Retrieved 17 December 2011.
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