SFX was honoured to be granted an interview with Lis Sladen (give the woman a Damehood for services to SF!) for the next SFX Special, out mid March. You’ll have to wait for the full interview, but we know you’re desperate for news on Doctor Who season four. Well, as professional as ever, Lis was tight-lipped about the exact nature of her return in the show’s climactic story, but offered these titbits:
“You must know how many people are in it," she says, referring to the number of special guests from the Doctor’s (recent) past who, it's been confirmed, will be making reappearances alongside Sarah Jane*. "So I don't think I'll be at the centre of things. I would think it would be apportioned off, a bit here a bit there, and the major people will be the Doctor and Donna. That is my take on it. We are coming back to reinforce an already established team. So I don’t think I’ll be leading the group, if you know what I mean! I think there will be a distinct kind of sectioning and apportioning off. Because you can only do so much with so many people. “
After Lis films her Doctor Who return in February, she'll be back filming a second season of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
“Yes, we’re doing 24 episodes," she confirms. "I think we start end of March.“
UPDATED! Although this has yet to be confirmed, we hear on the grapevine that the next two series of Sarah Jane Adventures will be filmed back-to-back, so that probably means series two won’t be 24 episodes, but that we'll have two seasons of 12 episodes.
* Highlight here if you don’t know already and don’t mind knowing: Rose, Martha, Captain Jack
