Sarah Jane Adventures

[alixtii]

I loved how they actually addressed the way the fact that Sarah Jane has a secret alien supercomputer which apparently can do pretty much anything in her attic is really a sort of bad idea and very Torchwoodish. Although why Mr. Smith didn't just let the meteor hit in the last pair of episodes is beyond me. 

But then we end the series, and she still has a secret alien supercomputer in her attic, so apparently no one's learned anything at all.

At least Sarah Jane is, if you squint really hard, an anti-establishment figure and not a monarchist conspiracy like Torchwood, so it's more like Kirk breaking the prime directive than Roslin spoilering the spoilers. But I can't quite construct the show as promoting vigilantism, either--it just wants to have its cake and eat it too. And I find that rather problematic.

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[beccaelizabeth]

meteor was considerable smaller than the moon - maybe it wouldn't have been a big enough bang.


she has a secret alien living computer that she just mindwiped for her convenience. morally messy fun.

Sarah Jane didn't get arrested because a military intelligence outfit (UNIT) told the police that she was secretly allowed to kidnap teenage boys if she thought she had a good reason. That's, er, teensy tiny bit worrying and not terribly anti-establishment really.

I think the main problem is if you look at all three shows they think it's okay if it's them. Just in general. *sigh*


on the other hand I'm mostly quite happy to watch aliens go boom, so why I complaining?