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Sarah Jane Smith was a huge part of Rani's formative teenage years. How did this influence and inspire the woman she is today? That's what this series — Rani Takes on the World— is all about… After her initial visit, Rani discovers she’s lost days and is intoning seemingly nonsensical numbers too. Again, it’s a story with a simple idea it its core, but cleverly told with wider implications as it shifts into boxset finale mode.
Sarah Jane is gone. Childhood ends. Everyone grows up eventually. But the story doesn’t stop there. When Rani and Clyde are reunited, adventure finds them once again. They’re ready and waiting to take on the world! Years after her adventures with Sarah Jane Smith and friends, Rani Chandra is a successful journalist - she’s brought down a government, and her podcast is making waves. And she's about to be surprised by a visit from her best friend, Clyde Langer - who has an announcement of his own.Then Rani and her mum are off to a wedding and Gita is most disappointed that it's not Rani's! An old school friend seems to have turned her life around and brought her friends to a paradise island resort, but what is it costing? Destination: Wedding by James Goss - Rani and Gita Chandra have been invited to a dream wedding on a luxury island resort. But how did Tiff from school end up marrying a film star? And why has she asked all the worst people from her life alongside the Hollywood A-listers? While Gita samples the canapés and criticises the flower arrangements, Rani senses something amiss… The perfect wedding comes at a price – but who will be paying? After falling asleep on the night tube, Rani and Clyde wake in a nightmare – a future in which the Bane have succeeded in taking over the Earth. Humans are docile cattle, the planet’s resources sold to the highest bidder. Bane Uncle Crispin believes all opposition has been crushed, but the new arrivals are ready to fight. Are they the last hope of resistance? And how can Rani and Clyde ever return home?
Destination Wedding: This is a typically bonkers Sarah Jane Adventures story, with a sentient alien island giving Rani's old school friend Tiffany the perfect wedding at the expense of people who wronged her. We get some great Gita humour, with her remarks about renovating Bannerman Road and grievances towards the receptionist not giving her the special treatment stuff he promised raising many laughs. It also seems to tease a future romance between Rani and Clyde, which I really hope happens, because when I watched the TV Series I always thought they would become a couple. But, tonight, Clyde isn’t the only visitor to Ealing… In the skies above, a flying saucer approaches – and only one person on Earth can stop it destroying London! Destination: Wedding by James Goss This path ultimately leads to The Witching Tree and its full on folk horror vibes. Leads for potential podcast subjects are short so, despite misgivings, Rani heads to the countryside. She’s there visiting a restaurant with a gnarled old willow tree that’s spent centuries growing up from the basement, right through the dining area, and up into the ceiling. It’s a cool talking point for guests, as are the legends of it being used long ago to hang witches. Except some people claim it appeared virtually overnight just a few years ago. And some even say that if you turn away so it’s just a blur in the corner of your eye… it moves.Rani has of course followed in Sarah Jane’s footsteps, with a successful journalistic career of her own. But when she and Clyde meet up for the first time in a while, there are surprises in store. Not least of which is the total destruction of Ealing!
Spinning off the events of The Sarah Jane Adventures Rani Chandra is getting on with her life after the death of the incomparable Sarah Jane Smith. And just when she thinks it’s all coming together … everything falls apart. As the drama plays out, it’s clear the pair both have unresolved issues. Rani is trepidatious about returning to Ealing and the house that Sarah Jane left her, concerned she won’t live up to Sarah’s high standards. Clyde, on the other hand, worries that he’ll repeat the mistakes of his own absent father. Flexing the series’ comedy chops, writer James Goss pairs Rani with Gita for a trip to private island. The occasion is the wedding of an old school friend, Tiffany, who’s apparently marrying a Hollywood star.While Gita samples the canapés and criticises the flower arrangements, Rani senses something amiss...The perfect wedding comes at a price -but who will be paying? As a terrifying threat to planet Earth is revealed, Clyde and Phoenix are dragged into the fight. Rani is torn between revealing the truth, or keeping a secret too terrifying to broadcast... Here Today’s time loop escapade weaves its theme of being present in the moment with the same gentle skill as the original Sarah Jane Adventures
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