Reviewing Sarah Jane

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I’ve been watching "The Sarah Jane Adventures".

Check that- *trying* to watch.

I’ve been a Doctor Who fan since 1978. I remember that it was basically a kids’ show, flights of fancy across time and space with wondrous monsters and aliens, a funny guy with a scarf who traveled in a blue police box- heck, you all know the story. And you all loved it as well. Right?

Well, "Sarah Jane" is basically the same deal, only without the police box or the funny guy. Does have Sarah Jane, though, and that’s still not a loss, even after thirty years. Right? But it just doesn’t do it for me. Maybe it’s because it’s still for kids, and I’m older. (*Physically*, anyroad. The emotional factor is still out with the jury.)

But I don’t think so.

I think that "Sarah Jane" is suffering from "writer-itis", a writing staff overextended from working on three shows more or less at the same time. Maybe a new staff for it alone might be best. I hear noise from down the whisper-stream that the show’s being retooled for an older audience next series. Don’t know if I entirely want that, either. I think that kids need something to capture their imagination, as DW did for me all those years ago. This could be it.

So, what happens at the close of the day? I don’t know. Just needed to put this down for the record, and since they give me this wonderful place to rant in, why not?

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