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Season guide

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Season 4

12 episodes Premiered Oct 11, 2010
Previously on The Sarah Jane Adventures

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 3.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

The Nightmare Man (1)

Oct 11, 2010

When Luke has his first nightmare, he's haunted by a dark figure from his dreams. A strange entity is reaching out to our world, with terrible consequences for the whole human race

S4·E2 Core

The Nightmare Man (2)

Oct 12, 2010

With Luke, Clyde and Rani trapped in a bizarre dreamscape, Sarah Jane must fight alone. As the Nightmare Man grows stronger, only K-9 might hold the key. But can Luke summon the co

S4·E3 Core

The Vault of Secrets (1)

Oct 18, 2010

Androvax the Veil returns to Earth and asks for the gangs help, but how can they trust him? Or is the threat posed by the Vault of Secrets great enough to overcome old enmities. An

S4·E4 Mytharc

The Vault of Secrets (2)

Oct 19, 2010

When an old enemy, Androvax the Veil, returns to Earth asking for help, the gang face a dilemma – should they trust him? Or does the legendary Vault hold an even greater terror? Bu

S4·E5 Mytharc

Death of the Doctor (1)

Oct 25, 2010

Old Companions Sarah Jane Smith and Jo Grant meet for the first time to discover the truth when the Doctor is declared dead. An interstellar conspiracy gathers around UNIT Head Qua

S4·E6 Core

Death of the Doctor (2)

Oct 26, 2010

Old friends fight together - but is it too late to stop the sinister Shansheeth?

S4·E7 Core

The Empty Planet (1)

Nov 1, 2010

Clyde and Rani awake to find they are the only humans on Earth, even Sarah Jane Smith has vanished. But the Earth is not deserted, stalking the streets of London, strange forces ga

S4·E8 Core

The Empty Planet (2)

Nov 2, 2010

Clyde and Rani only just manage to escape from the robots. Regrouping with Gavin in a cafe, Clyde deduces that he and Rani were left behind after the robots abducted everyone else

S4·E9 Core

Lost in Time (1)

Nov 8, 2010

A harmless investigation turns into an epic quest across time and space.

S4·E10 Core

Lost in Time (2)

Nov 9, 2010

Sarah Jane, Clyde and Rani fight across the centuries to be reunited.

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