Saturday, March 14, 2009

Funny for Money


Information
Writer: Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman
Director: Joss Agnew
Originally Broadcast: 13 March 2009
No. of Episodes: 1
Monsters/Villains: Slitheen

Plot
Sarah Jane, Luke, Rani and Clyde are running a routine check on Mr Smith, concluding with manual calibration of the energy reversal beam. Before they get the chance to calibrate it however, the entire attic starts shaking and Mr Smith warns them of an unknown force locking in on their location. Just as suddenly as it began, the shaking stops and a small man in a bowler hat teleports into the room.

The man greets them and tells them he is Ambassador Eranius, sent by the Galactic Alliance to thank them for protecting Earth. With a click of his fingers, he bestows upon them a gift: a set of sparkly red deeley boppers each. Confused, Clyde asks what they are for and Eranius cites cultural differences making humans very difficult to buy for. Eranius begins to make himself comfortable by hanging his hat on the back of the door and taking a seat. Whilst telling a story he proceeds to break wind noisily. This raises Sarah Jane's suspicions as they have encountered an alien race with "gas problems" before: the Slitheen Family.

Suddenly, K-9 teleports into the attic and identifies Eranius as a Slitheen. His cover blown, Eranius activates a device on his ring that attaches a clamp to K-9 which deactivates him. He then proceeds to unzip his forehead and peels off his skin to reveal his true form, before activating another device that roots Sarah Jane, Luke, Rani and Clyde to the floor through their "Deadly Deeley Boppers".

His enemies now immobilized, Eranius reveals that he plans to steal K-9. With it's extensive knowledge of the past and the future, no bank in space will be safe from them - they'll crunch the credit of the cosmos. With Eranius distracted by K-9, Luke reminds Sarah Jane of the energy reversal beam, but Sarah Jane reminds Luke in return that it is still un-calibrated and none of them can reach the switch. Clyde tells them to leave it to him as he grabs Eranius' hat off the door.

Sarah Jane gets Eranius' attention back, telling him she still has her Sonic lipstick. She signals to Clyde who throws the hat which hits the calibration switch. Mr Smith channels the energy reversal beam through the sonic lipstick meaning Eranius is now stuck to the floor and everyone else can move again. Sarah Jane tells Mr Smith to send Eranius back where he came from, along with K-9's clamp.

Sarah Jane claims that it was the weirdest five minutes of her life. K-9 agrees, a red nose adorning his face

Cast
Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
Luke Smith - Tommy Knight
Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
Voice of K-9 - John Leeson
Ambassador Eranius - Ronnie Corbett
Slitheen - Jimmy Vee
Voice of Slitheen - Ronnie Corbett

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