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While Sarah heads out of town on assignment, Luke goes to stay with Clyde and his mother, but this sleepover is anything but routine. Clyde’s estranged father shows up, apparently ready to mend fences, and Clyde doesn’t exactly seem receptive to his overtures. Rani, in the meantime, sneaks into Sarah’s house to ask Mr. Smith about an unusual pendant she found at school - something which, momentarily at least, gives her total control over her father’s actions. She leaves it there for Mr. Smith to analyze. Later, when trying to explain to his father what he and his friends do, Clyde shows off Mr. Smith - and his father finds the pendant, quickly discovering what its unique ability is…and using it.

written by Joseph Lidster
directed by Joss Agnew
music by Sam Watts / title music by Murray Gold

Guest Cast: Ace Bhatti (Haresh Chandra), Alexander Armstrong (Mr. Smith), Jocelyn Jee Esien (Carla Langer), Gary Beadle (Paul Langer), Perry Millward (Jacob), Huw Higginson (Mr. Cunningham), Elijah Baker (Steve Wallace), Jessica Lewis (Detention Girl), Andrew Phillips (Detention Boy)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

While stationed in the Bothawui system, Anakin Skywalker conceives of a plan to outsmart General Grievous. The plan is a success, but Anakin’s starfighter is destroyed and R2-D2 is lost, unfortunately with vital Republic information still in his memory banks. Anakin, his padawan Ahsoka Tano and his new droid R3-S6 must locate the droid before he falls into the hands of the Separatists.

written by George Krstic
directed by Rob Coleman
music by Kevin Kiner / original Star Wars themes by John Williams

Cast: James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Matt Lanter (Anakin Skywalker), Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano), Matthew Wood (Battle Droids / General Grievous), Dee Bradley Baker (Oddball / Captain Rex), Ron Perlman (Gha Nachkt), Tom Kane (Admiral Yularen / Narrator)

LogBook entry by Philip R. Frey

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Clyde’s father uses the pendant, and its mind control ability, to get a flashy new car, take his son on a shopping spree, and more - all by using his newfound power of persuasion to convince people to give them away. But Clyde is still troubled by what’s happening, and even when his father repeatedly tries to tell him to forget his mother and his friends, he’s still worried. Unable to reach Sarah, Luke and Rani call on Maria, whose dad is able to find out about the origins of the pendant from UNIT’s database. The pendant is indeed an alien artifact giving its wearer power over the minds of others…but with repeated use, it begins to mutate the wearer into something not unlike the alien race that made it, and eventually the change is irreversible. Can Clyde and his friends keep this from happening - or is he about to lose his father again for good?

written by Joseph Lidster
directed by Joss Agnew
music by Sam Watts / title music by Murray Gold

Guest Cast: Ace Bhatti (Haresh Chandra), Yasmin Paige (Maria Jackson), Joseph Millson (Alan Jackson), Alexander Armstrong (Mr. Smith), Jocelyn Jee Esien (Carla Langer), Gary Beadle (Paul Langer), Prasanna Puwanarajah (Car Salesman)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

On a mission to uncover a Separatist spying facility, Anakin becomes convinced that he has located his missing droid, R2-D2. He takes Ahsoka and his clone troops to the Ruusan system, hoping that the location of R2 and the facility are one and the same. Meanwhile, on board Skytop Station, Gha Nachkt disassembles R2 and learns of the secrets that he holds. Anakin and his team successfully infiltrate the station, but find their efforts dogged by mishaps and difficulties at every turn. Anakin sets off to find R2, leaving the rest of the mission to Ahsoka and the clones. But the appearance of General Grievous means Ahsoka is well out of her depth and an apparent traitor in their midst means things will only get worse.

written by Kevin Campbell and Henry Gilroy
directed by Rob Coleman
music by Kevin Kiner / original Star Wars themes by John Williams

Cast: Matt Lanter (Anakin Skywalker), Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano), Dee Bradley Baker (Captain Rex / Denal), Matthew Wood (Battle Droids / General Grievous), Ron Perlman (Gha Nachkt), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Tom Kane (Narrator)

LogBook entry by Philip R. Frey

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Sarah and her friends chase down a little schoolboy in a 1950s school uniform who has emerged through a random fissure in time. Too scared to go back on his own, the boy will only return if Sarah escorts him - and to her horror, she discovers that the fissure leads to her birthplace, just days before she’s discovered, left on the side of the road, with her parents never to be seen again. Try as she does to rationalize not going back and possibly changing history, Sarah feels she’s got enough time travel experience under her belt to deal with any problems. But moments after she steps through the fissure into 1951, Luke leaps in behind her to warn her that the present-day end of the fissure is unstable. Too late, Sarah discovers that she’s fallen for an irresistible trap constructed just for her…and that she has delivered Earth’s fate into the hands of the Trickster and his minion, the Graske.

written by Gareth Roberts
directed by Graeme Harper
music by Sam Watts / title music by Murray Gold

Guest Cast: Mina Anwar (Gita Chandra), Alexander Armstrong (Mr. Smith), Rosanna Lavelle (Barbara Smith), Christopher Pizzey (Eddie Smith), Paul Marc Davis (The Trickster), Jimmy Vee (The Graske), Georgie Glen (Mrs. King), Robert Madge (Oscar), Philip Hurd-Wood (voice of the Graske)

Notes: None of the background information on Sarah contradicts any facts established in Doctor Who, since this sort of in-depth characterization wasn’t common for 1970s Doctor Who companions. The Trickster was last seen in the season one two-parter Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane?, which also featured the Graske, though the Graske was seen more recently in the Doctor Who short Music Of The Spheres at the 2008 Proms. The Trickster, though he hasn’t shown his face in Doctor Who, was apparently behind the attempt to change Donna’s - and therefore the Doctor’s - history in Turn Left.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Senator Padmé Amidala takes it upon herself to meet with Senator Onaconda Farr on his home planet of Rodia, hoping to pursuade him to stay loyal to the Republic. Much to the dismay of Chancellor Palpatine, she brings along only her protocol droid C-3PO and fellow representative from Naboo, Jar Jar Binks. Unfortunately, she finds that Rodia is already in league with the Trade Federation and she is captured. It is up to Jar Jar and Threepio to find a way to rescue Padmé and when Jar Jar is mistaken for a Jedi, they may have the leverage they need.

written by Kevin Rubio, Henry Gilroy & Steven Melching
directed by Jesse Yeh
music by Kevin Kiner / original Star Wars themes by John Williams

Cast: Ian Abercrombie (Chancellor Palpatine), Catherine Taber (Padmé Amidala), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Dee Bradley Baker (Onaconda Farr / Gree), Tom Kenny (Nute Gunray / Silood), Matthew Wood (Battle Droids), Tom Kane (Narrator)

LogBook entry by Philip R. Frey

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The Trickster eagerly declares himself victorious, but underestimates Sarah’s resolve. But even she’s having a hard time setting this situation right, when even Luke is suggesting that her parents must die to restore the timeline. Clyde and Rani, after discovering the alien artifact that kept Maria and then her father safe during the Trickster’s last incursion, find themselves in an alternate timeline where humanity is enslaved by the Graske - and the Graske is enslaved by the Trickster. Rani strikes a bargain to help the Graske in exchange for sending her back to 1951 with a piece of information that changes everything…but even with that information, Sarah is horrified to discover that the world still ultimately depends upon her parents to willingly lay down their lives.

written by Gareth Roberts
directed by Graeme Harper
music by Sam Watts / title music by Murray Gold

Guest Cast: Mina Anwar (Gita Chandra), Ace Bhatti (Haresh Chandra), Alexander Armstrong (Mr. Smith), Rosanna Lavelle (Barbara Smith), Christopher Pizzey (Eddie Smith), Paul Marc Davis (The Trickster), Jimmy Vee (The Graske), Georgie Glen (Mrs. King), Robert Madge (Oscar), Andrew Bullivant (PC Ferguson), Philip Hurd-Wood (voice of the Graske)

LogBook entry by Earl Green