Slitheen banished to where they belong. (Spoilers for TSJA)

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Slitheen banished to where they belong. (Spoilers for TSJA)

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Doctor Who monsters The Slitheen will make their comeback in a two part episode of new spin-off show The Sarah Jane Adventures, the BBC announced today.

The green, baby-faced foes with a flatulence problem will disguise themselves as teachers in a two-part story entitled 'Revenge of the Slitheen'. They will encounter The Doctor's former companion Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen, alongside her younger friends first seen in the pilot episode 'Invasion of the Bane', which was shown on January 1.

Written by Gareth Roberts, who penned recent Doctor Who episode 'The Shakespeare Code', the story will see the Slitheen make their first appearance since 'Boomtown' in the first season of the revived time-travelling show. They had previously made their debut in the 'Aliens of London/World War Three' two-parter, where the aliens from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius took on the guise of politicians.

The Sarah Jane Adventures will be screened on BBC One and CBBC at the end of September and will run for ten episodes.
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Yep, Off to the kiddy show, most assuredly where they should park their arses for the time until they are dropped into a giant inescapable pit.

Mind you, I quite liked the first ep of Sarah Jane....
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Not a fan of the Slitheen?

Let me ask: have you ever seen the film "Brazil", by Terry Gilliam?
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Molyneux wrote:Not a fan of the Slitheen?

Let me ask: have you ever seen the film "Brazil", by Terry Gilliam?
I alway knew the dream monsters seen in Brazil were pretty similar in appearance to the Slitheen, sharing the same sinister baby faces...
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It's not the face that makes them a joke. It's the endless farting jokes. Though that was reduced in subsequent appearances.
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The Slitheen were only seen as a joke when inside human skin "shells" and blowing off wind, but I love to see much more of Raxacoricofallapatorian society in future Doctor Who episodes.
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Big Orange wrote:The Slitheen were only seen as a joke when inside human skin "shells" and blowing off wind, but I love to see much more of Raxacoricofallapatorian society in future Doctor Who episodes.
I'll tell you, though; they look silly, even with the Brazil ref, but when they show them moving at full speed and bashing through doors, they don't look funny anymore.
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I liked the MAyor in Boom Town.
Especially her expression when she realised "she's gone local". Wouldn't mind seeing them again...
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Sarah Jane Adventures was surprisingly good, so far more coherent than Torchwood anyway. Though we'll have to see the full season to really judge.
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