Post by matthewsee on Oct 20, 2011 21:47:44 GMT -5
The final story of SJA.
Written by Gareth Roberts.
Due to the sad circumstances that has brought SJA to its end is that the final story unintentionally bookends the first story Invasion of the Bane in two respects, both were written or co-written by Gareth Roberts and both have been about a hotly demand product which is the invention of aliens. Invasion of the Bane had Bubble Shock and for The Man Who Never Was it is the Serf Board.
Quite nice that Luke and Sky finally meet in person. K9 however could not be there for this the SJA swansong and I am sure K9 would be here if it had been known at the time of its production that this was going to be the last story.
When Sarah said that top journalists had been invited to see the demonstration of the Serf Board, Clyde and Rani were sure dim in not realising that the top journalists included Sarah herself. Pity that Clyde and Rani could not go to the Serf company as it was a family outing with Sarah, Luke and Sky.
Peter Bowles finally makes an appearance in the Whoniverse here palying Lionel Carson. Glad that his casting in the Whoniverse has finally been rectified.
Not a surprise from seeing the Next Time trailer at the end of the previous story The Curse of Clyde Langer, that Joseph Serf turned out to be a hologram but what did come as a surprise are the aliens that controls him have upside down faces marking a very good last cliffhanger for the SJA.
Someone had speculated that Joseph Serf was a parody of Steve Jobs. If that is so, then like Lis Sladen’s passing earlier this year, it is a sad timing since Steve Jobs died not long before this story came on.
A very enjoyable conclusion to the final story with Harrison turning out to be the real villain and a nasty one at that.
Good that Clani finally got into the Serf company but posing as reporters of a publication for the elderly!
Luke and Sky sure had fun controlling Joseph Serf.
Very good that Sarah recommended Adriana for a job at UNIT as she deserves it.
This episode guest starred real-life newsreader Jason Mohammad and he had appeared before in the Whoniverse for the Doctor Who 2005 and 2007 Christmas Specials.
The Man Who Never Was is almost the same as the Eighth Doctor audio story The Girl Who Never Was and both signifies a last story in their own respects. While The Man Who Never Was is the last SJA story, The Girl Who Never Was was the last story of Charley’s adventures with the Eighth Doctor.
This being the last story meant that the mystery of the Shopkeeper and the parrot Captain who popped up again at the close of the season opener Sky remains unsolved.
The story and the series ends with the montage of previous stories (pretty much what another five season show Angel did when it said goodbye to its audience) and quite good selection of clips including ones of the Tenth Doctor, Maria and K9 while the Eleventh Doctor can be seen in a clip from Death of the Doctor but from his backside but you can hardly see him.
The clip of Lis that was used as her last shot was a lovely one to see leading to the line on-screen:
“And the story goes on….Forever” and I don’t think there was any other way to have ended the series than that.
Written by Gareth Roberts.
Due to the sad circumstances that has brought SJA to its end is that the final story unintentionally bookends the first story Invasion of the Bane in two respects, both were written or co-written by Gareth Roberts and both have been about a hotly demand product which is the invention of aliens. Invasion of the Bane had Bubble Shock and for The Man Who Never Was it is the Serf Board.
Quite nice that Luke and Sky finally meet in person. K9 however could not be there for this the SJA swansong and I am sure K9 would be here if it had been known at the time of its production that this was going to be the last story.
When Sarah said that top journalists had been invited to see the demonstration of the Serf Board, Clyde and Rani were sure dim in not realising that the top journalists included Sarah herself. Pity that Clyde and Rani could not go to the Serf company as it was a family outing with Sarah, Luke and Sky.
Peter Bowles finally makes an appearance in the Whoniverse here palying Lionel Carson. Glad that his casting in the Whoniverse has finally been rectified.
Not a surprise from seeing the Next Time trailer at the end of the previous story The Curse of Clyde Langer, that Joseph Serf turned out to be a hologram but what did come as a surprise are the aliens that controls him have upside down faces marking a very good last cliffhanger for the SJA.
Someone had speculated that Joseph Serf was a parody of Steve Jobs. If that is so, then like Lis Sladen’s passing earlier this year, it is a sad timing since Steve Jobs died not long before this story came on.
A very enjoyable conclusion to the final story with Harrison turning out to be the real villain and a nasty one at that.
Good that Clani finally got into the Serf company but posing as reporters of a publication for the elderly!
Luke and Sky sure had fun controlling Joseph Serf.
Very good that Sarah recommended Adriana for a job at UNIT as she deserves it.
This episode guest starred real-life newsreader Jason Mohammad and he had appeared before in the Whoniverse for the Doctor Who 2005 and 2007 Christmas Specials.
The Man Who Never Was is almost the same as the Eighth Doctor audio story The Girl Who Never Was and both signifies a last story in their own respects. While The Man Who Never Was is the last SJA story, The Girl Who Never Was was the last story of Charley’s adventures with the Eighth Doctor.
This being the last story meant that the mystery of the Shopkeeper and the parrot Captain who popped up again at the close of the season opener Sky remains unsolved.
The story and the series ends with the montage of previous stories (pretty much what another five season show Angel did when it said goodbye to its audience) and quite good selection of clips including ones of the Tenth Doctor, Maria and K9 while the Eleventh Doctor can be seen in a clip from Death of the Doctor but from his backside but you can hardly see him.
The clip of Lis that was used as her last shot was a lovely one to see leading to the line on-screen:
“And the story goes on….Forever” and I don’t think there was any other way to have ended the series than that.