"This place is nowhere... and it's forever."
Writer: Gareth Roberts
Format: Novel
Released: November 2009
Series: SJA Novelisations 05
Featuring: Tenth Doctor, Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde, Rani, K9
Synopsis
Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.
Sarah Jane is acting very suspiciously. When Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate, with the help of Mr Smith and K-9, they discover something unexpected - Sarah Jane has got a boyfriend and she's going to marry him! Of course, in Sarah Jane's life, things are not as they seem and some very special wedding guests ensure this is one day she will never forget!
Verdict
The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith was a superb novelisation of the televised story of the same name! It was my first ever book from The Sarah Jane Adventures and I have to say that I was very impressed. It was a wonderful read from start to finish and whilst it didn’t quite have the depth of a Target novelisation, I really enjoyed some of the additions that the prose format made possible for this adventure. I’ll get right into it and I have to say I love the idea of Clyde just calling up the Brigadier to let him know that he was worried about Peter and his intentions for Sarah Jane. The Brigadier wanted her to be happy though - which was lovely - and told Clyde to just let her enjoy her happiness. The splitting up of each part into five chapters worked really well and even though you’d expect it from a book that was quite short like this one, the pace was almost frantic and very exciting. The flow was superb and I particularly enjoyed the reaction of Clyde when he saw that all the secret activity of Sarah Jane in recent weeks was because she’d got herself a man. Rani seemed to love the idea though! The failed attempts at subtlety when Peter came to pick Sarah and Luke up was brilliantly humorous and it was perfectly portrayed in prose. The speed in which Sarah Jane and Peter’s relationship advanced from dating to meeting Luke to marriage was incredibly quick and that was even more obvious in a prose format. The build to the cliffhanger of both the Doctor and the Trickster’s arrival was superb and I loved the moment where the Doctor crashed the wedding by bursting through the doors. It was full of triumph and desperation and I loved the prospect of the Doctor doing battle with the Trickster. Their eventual meeting would come and I have always enjoyed the mention of the Key to Time and how a Time Lord would do battle with the Pantheon of Discord. The Doctor seemed to give some affirmation to the Trickster and his evil credentials which was fantastic and seeing just how he thrived on chaos and upheld the power of words was fantastic. A world without Sarah Jane defending the Earth would have been incredibly chaotic and that just couldn't happen. The Doctor coming to save her was just wonderful but it's such a shame that the power of love was used against her. Peter would become the hero in the end though after a little nudge by the Doctor, and he withdrew his agreement with his angel because he truly did love Sarah Jane. He would do anything for her, and that meant dying. K9 was terrific in this adventure and I really liked how he interacted with the Doctor. The last scene with the SJA gang getting to go inside the TARDIS was magnificent and as a whole, the was a wonderful novelisation!
Rating: 10/10
Writer: Gareth Roberts
Format: Novel
Released: November 2009
Series: SJA Novelisations 05
Featuring: Tenth Doctor, Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde, Rani, K9
Synopsis
Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.
Sarah Jane is acting very suspiciously. When Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate, with the help of Mr Smith and K-9, they discover something unexpected - Sarah Jane has got a boyfriend and she's going to marry him! Of course, in Sarah Jane's life, things are not as they seem and some very special wedding guests ensure this is one day she will never forget!
Verdict
The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith was a superb novelisation of the televised story of the same name! It was my first ever book from The Sarah Jane Adventures and I have to say that I was very impressed. It was a wonderful read from start to finish and whilst it didn’t quite have the depth of a Target novelisation, I really enjoyed some of the additions that the prose format made possible for this adventure. I’ll get right into it and I have to say I love the idea of Clyde just calling up the Brigadier to let him know that he was worried about Peter and his intentions for Sarah Jane. The Brigadier wanted her to be happy though - which was lovely - and told Clyde to just let her enjoy her happiness. The splitting up of each part into five chapters worked really well and even though you’d expect it from a book that was quite short like this one, the pace was almost frantic and very exciting. The flow was superb and I particularly enjoyed the reaction of Clyde when he saw that all the secret activity of Sarah Jane in recent weeks was because she’d got herself a man. Rani seemed to love the idea though! The failed attempts at subtlety when Peter came to pick Sarah and Luke up was brilliantly humorous and it was perfectly portrayed in prose. The speed in which Sarah Jane and Peter’s relationship advanced from dating to meeting Luke to marriage was incredibly quick and that was even more obvious in a prose format. The build to the cliffhanger of both the Doctor and the Trickster’s arrival was superb and I loved the moment where the Doctor crashed the wedding by bursting through the doors. It was full of triumph and desperation and I loved the prospect of the Doctor doing battle with the Trickster. Their eventual meeting would come and I have always enjoyed the mention of the Key to Time and how a Time Lord would do battle with the Pantheon of Discord. The Doctor seemed to give some affirmation to the Trickster and his evil credentials which was fantastic and seeing just how he thrived on chaos and upheld the power of words was fantastic. A world without Sarah Jane defending the Earth would have been incredibly chaotic and that just couldn't happen. The Doctor coming to save her was just wonderful but it's such a shame that the power of love was used against her. Peter would become the hero in the end though after a little nudge by the Doctor, and he withdrew his agreement with his angel because he truly did love Sarah Jane. He would do anything for her, and that meant dying. K9 was terrific in this adventure and I really liked how he interacted with the Doctor. The last scene with the SJA gang getting to go inside the TARDIS was magnificent and as a whole, the was a wonderful novelisation!
Rating: 10/10
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