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{{Short description|2007 Sarah Jane Adventures story}}

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{{Infobox Doctor Who episode

| number = 04

| serial_name = Warriors of Kudlak

| show = TSJA

|caption=Mr Kudlak in his office.

| type = story

| image = [[Image:Warriors of Kudlak.jpg|275px]]

|show=TSJA

| caption = [[List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens#Uvodni|Mr. Kudlak]] in his office

|type=story

|cast=

| cast =

*[[Elisabeth Sladen]] – [[Sarah Jane Smith]]

*[[Yasmin Paige]] – [[Maria Jackson]]

*[[Tommy Knight]] – [[Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Luke Smith]]

*[[Daniel Anthony (actor)|Daniel Anthony]] – [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]]

*[[Alexander Armstrong (comedian)|Alexander Armstrong]] – [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]]

| guests =

*[[Chook Sibtain]] – Mark Grantham

*[[Sarah Haynes]] – Carrie Metcalf

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*[[Paul Kasey]] – Kudlak/Emperor/Mistress

*[[Silas Carson]] – Voice of Kudlak/Emperor

*[[Tina GreatexGreatrex]] – Voice of Mistress

*[[Pamela Merrick]] – Wendy

|writer=[[Phil Gladwin]]▼

| director = [[Charles Martin (director)|Charles Martin]]

▲| writer = [[Phil Gladwin]]

| script_editor = [[Lindsey Alford]]

|producer= [[Matthew Bouch]]

| producer = [[Matthew Bouch]]
| executive_producer = [[Phil Collinson]]<br/>[[Russell T Davies]]<br/>[[Julie Gardner]]

| composer = Sam Watts

|production_code=1.5 and 1.6

| production_code = 1.5 and 1.6
| series = [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures episodes#Series 1 (2007)|Series 1]]

| length = 2 episodes, 25 minutes each

| started = {{Start date|2007|10|15|df=y}}

|date=15 & 22 October 2007

| ended = {{End date|2007|10|22|df=y}}

|preceding=''[[Eye of the Gorgon]]''

|following preceding = ''[[Whatever HappenedEye toof Sarahthe Jane?Gorgon]]''

| following = ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]''

}}

'''''Warriors of Kudlak''''' is the fourththird [[Listserial of Thethe Sarahfirst Jane Adventures episodes|story]]series of the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It forms the fifth and sixth episodes of the show's first series.aired in Thetwo firstweekly episode airedparts on the [[CBBC Channel]] channel on 15 October, and the second on 22 October 2007.

==Plot==

[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] investigates the disappearance of teenager Lance Metcalf three days ago. She discovers the day he disappeared, there was an unexpected but brief storm. [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]] cross-references 24 disappearances in the previous year with such weather conditions, all of them in towns and cities across the United Kingdom. Aided by [[Maria Jackson|Maria]], Sarah Jane discovers shells that are the byproduct of teleportation, meaning that aliens abducted Lance.

Meanwhile, [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]] takes [[Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Luke]] to the laser tag centre Combat 3000 to help him understand what games are for. Using Combat 3000 as war games, Mr Grantham and his business partner, the wounded [[List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (Q–Z)#Uvodni|Uvodni]] general Uvlavad Kudlak, are kidnapping young humans as warriors to fight in an interplanetary war with the Malakh Empire. They follow the orders of the Mistress, an artificial intelligence on Kudlak's spaceship. Luke and Clyde pass two levels of Combat 3000, supposedly to qualify for the championships. They are instead teleported aboard the Uvodni ship in Earth's orbit, and free themselves and the other children, including Lance, from their crates.

===Part 1===

Mr Smith uses a military satellite to trace the heart of the storm that took Lance to Combat 3000. Sarah Jane and Maria blackmail Mr Grantham into transmattingtransporting them to the Uvodni ship, where they find and talk to Thethe Mistress. When Kudlak brings the children to Thethe Mistress, everyone is reunited. Preparing to kill them, Kudlak is stopped by Luke, who during his attempted escape has discovered a message made by the Uvodni Emperor ten years ago in the computer banks, revealing an [[armistice]] has been made with the Malakh. Not programmed to recognise "peace" as a concept, the computer Mistress had buried the message and kept leading Kudlak in recruitments. With the truth revealed, Kudlak destroys Thethe Mistress, releases the children and swears to do what he can to reunite all the surviving past- recruits with their families.▼

When 'Combat 3000', the new laser-tag centre, arrives near Sarah Jane, a young teenager called Lance Metcalf visits it, where he mysteriously disappears. When Sarah Jane starts investigating, she discovers twenty-four children have previously gone missing. Meanwhile Luke tries to master being funny but can't quite do it. He also doesn't understand games. Therefore Clyde takes Luke to 'Combat 3000'. Sarah soon discovers that there have been mysterious storms at the time of the disappearances and that Mr Grantham and Kudlak are working for the Mistress, leader of 'Combat 3000'. Luke and Clyde manage to survive Round One and are challenged to make it to the door to the championships, facing other expert 'Combat 3000' players. When Luke and Clyde are very close to the door, they are attacked. Soon, Clyde and Luke manage to escape and are locked in a room where they mysteriously disappear. Meanwhile, Mr Grantham points a gun at Sarah and Maria but Sarah uses her Sonic Lipstick to help her escape. Maria and Sarah arrive in a different room where they are then confronted by Kudlak.

===Part 2===

They successfully escape Kudlak after creating a diversion, and return to [[Mr Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Mr Smith]], who informs them of who Kudlak is and the background to his race. He is a member of the [[Uvodni]] race, and they were part of a planetary alliance fighting against the Malakh. The Malakh won the ensuing battle, but the Uvodni would not quit, and continued fighting. Eventually, Kudlak was injured on the front line and forced to leave fighting to others. He was thus sent out as part of an Imperial Fleet to recruit "warriors" from other worlds. His ship [and, likely, all the others] were led by a Mistress, who kept the War-adrenaline in Kudlak alive.

After decades of recruiting (mostly [[Terran]]) children via war-games&nbsp;– called 'Combat 3000'&nbsp;– Kudlak&nbsp;– or rather Mr Grantham&nbsp;– abducted Clyde and Luke. Meanwhile, Luke and Clyde rescue other children from their crates, including Lance and a girl called Jen.

Mr Grantham breaks into Sarah Jane's home, but is overpowered by electrocution. Back on the [[Uvodni]] ship, the children make their way to a shuttlecraft, but are again captured.

▲Sarah Jane and Maria blackmail Grantham into transmatting them to the Uvodni ship, where they find and talk to The Mistress. When Kudlak brings the children to The Mistress, everyone is reunited. Preparing to kill them, Kudlak is stopped by Luke, who has discovered a message made by the Uvodni Emperor ten years ago, revealing an [[armistice]] has been made with the Malakh. Not programmed to recognise "peace" as a concept, the computer Mistress had buried the message and kept leading Kudlak in recruitments. With the truth revealed, Kudlak destroys The Mistress, releases the children and swears to do what he can to reunite all the surviving past-recruits with their families.

==Continuity==

*This serial was the first of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' not to feature [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures minor characters#Alan Jackson|Alan Jackson]] and [[List of The Sarah Jane Adventures minor characters#Chrissie Jackson|Chrissie Jackson]], although Alan is mentioned.

*Although it appears the teleportation is the same as the [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Judoon|Judoon]], Mr Smith does explain that this rain is a by-product of teleportation. It also uses the Doctor Who term [[Teleportation#Doctor Who|transmat]].

*Lance has posters from the [[DVDs]] featured in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Blink (Doctor Who)|Blink]]" in his room, as seen when Sarah Jane meets Lance's mother.

*Sarah Jane mentions her [[UNIT]] training in this serial.

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==Outside references==

*Lance Metcalf's father was in the army and was killed in [[Iraq]]. His death was implied to have taken place during the [[Iraq War]].

*Clyde references [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]], saying that he is Luke's mentor. He also references [[Captain Kirk]], after Jen earlier says, "Beam me up, Scotty!". Mr Grantham says "a Galaxy far, far away".

*The popular series of video games ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' is also mentioned in this serial.

*The recruitment of children in this episode is similar to the movie ''[[The Last Starfighter]]''. In that movie, an arcade game of the same name is used to test the qualifications of warriors. This leads to a teenager being recruited to fight in an interstellar war.

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==Novelisation==

{{Infobox book|

|titlename=Warriors of Kudlak

|series=[[the Sarah Jane Adventures#Novelisations|The Sarah Jane Adventures]] #4

|numberimage=4

|featuring=

|cover=

|author=[[Gary Russell]]

|publisherpublished=1 November 2007<br>[[Penguin Books]]

|cover_artist=

|coverartist=

|isbn={{ISBNT|1405904003}} 1-405-90400-3

|set_between=

|pages=128

|pub_date=1 November 2007

|preceded_by= [[Eye of the Gorgon#Novelisation|Eye of the Gorgon]]

|followed_by= [[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?#Novelisation|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]

|}}

This was the fourth of eleven Sarah Jane Adventures serials to be adapted as a novel. Written by [[Gary Russell]], the book was first published in Paperback on 1 November 2007.<ref name="Warriors of Kudlak -– Sarah Jane Adventures -– From The Makers Ofof Doctor Who. No.4 -– BBC Childrens Books [Paperback]'">{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1405904003|title=Warriors of Kudlak&nbsp;– Sarah Jane Adventures&nbsp;– From The Makers Ofof Doctor Who. No.4&nbsp;– BBC Childrens Books [Paperback]|accessdateaccess-date=17 December 2011}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

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*{{Doctor Who RG | id=sja_04 | title=Warriors of Kudlak }}▼

*{{Brief| tsja=yes |id=2007fg |title=Warriors of Kudlak}}

*[http://www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/blog/script-writing-for-the-sarah-jane-adventures/2007/10/16/ Writing Kudlak]&nbsp;– The writer Phil Gladwin describes the origins of this episode.

*{{imdbIMDb episode|1030458}}

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