Invasion of the Bane is a novelisation of the pilot episode to The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Script Writers
Gareth Roberts
Russell T Davies
Television DetailsGareth Roberts
Russell T Davies
Invasion of the Bane
01/01/07 / 60 Minutes / BBC One / Colour
Archive Details / DVD Releases
Invasion of the Bane has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com / HMV.com).
Invasion of the Bane was also included as part of the Series 1 box set which has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / HMV.com), and on Region 1 DVD in the United States (Amazon.com).
Cover image and back cover blurb supplied by
Anthony Forth
Anthony Forth
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the BaneLife on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.
Maria's fascinated by her new neighbour, Sarah Jane Smith — she’s a journalist, but she also helps aliens! After a visit to the Bubble Shock factory, Sarah Jane and Maria's lives change forever when they meet the Archetype. But why is everything he does so strange? And what does he have to do with the Bane, the mysterious organic ingredient in Bubble Shock?
Publisher Penguin Character Books Format Paperback Publication Date November 2007 Original Price £4.99 ISBN-10 140590397X ISBN-13 978-1405903974 Country UK
General Notes
- Invasion of the Bane is a novelisation of the sixty-minute pilot to The Sarah Jane Adventures which was broadcast on New Year's Day 2007. It was released at the same time as the novelisations of Revenge of the Slitheen, Eye of the Gorgon and Warriors of Kudlak.
- Terrance Dicks is best known to Doctor Who fans as the script editor on the series between 1968 and 1974, as well as being responsible for over seventy novelisations and original novels based on the series. His most recent work for Doctor Who was the short novel Made of Steel in March 2007, with a second, Revenge of the Judoon being due for publication in March 2008.
- Invasion of the Bane is the only story to be partly written by series creator Russell T Davies, who is also head writer and executive producer on Doctor Who, as well as being the creator of Torchwood. Gareth Roberts went on to write two stories for Season One of The Sarah Jane Adventures — Revenge of the Slitheen and Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?
- At the time The Sarah Jane Adventures was announced, Invasion of the Bane was to be the only story in which metallic dog K9 was due to appear.
