THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES - Eye of the Gorgon

UK / BBC1 8 October @ 5.00pm

Well we seemed to have a wait a long time for the series to arrive after the Christmas special but its been certainly worth it, Eye of the Gorgon is another scary entry which sees Sarah Jane and her young companions investigating some ghostly goings on at the local Lavender Lawns rest home, in the second two-part story of the adventure filled series.

With several residents claiming to have seen the ghostly figure of a nun, Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde pay the home a visit to find out what's going on. They soon discover that there is more to the story when Luke is entrusted with a mysterious alien talisman by Mrs Bea Nelson-Stanley, a resident at the home who knows a thing or two about aliens.

As the mystery unravels, the gang learn that the ghostly nun is, in fact, part of an order protecting the Gorgon ? a scary alien creature who can turn her victims to stone with just one look. With the talisman an important part of the Gorgon's plans for Earth, can Sarah Jane and the gang stop her, and avoid her deadly gaze?

Sarah Jane Smith is played by Elisabeth Sladen / Luke Smith by Thomas Knight / Clyde by Daniel Anthony / Mrs Bea Nelson-Stanley by Phyllida Law
and Maria Jackson by Yasmin Paige.

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