The Sarah Jane Adventures

(BBC children's science fiction series, 2007-11)

Spinoff show for Doctor Who's best-loved companion.

Episode 1: Invasion of the Bane
A new drink is on the market, and a brightly-coloured Leyland-National is taking groups to tour the manufacturing plant. It's complete with Leyland and Leyland-National badges:
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HNB24N was new as Greater Manchester PTE 105 and is preserved (in SELNEC livery) by SELNEC Preservation Society.
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It transpires that the plant is run by malevolent aliens, and the redoubtable Sarah Jane Smith uses the bus as a battering ram to get in!
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A street glimpse of a Cardiff Dennis Dart gives a clue as to where the series was shot:
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(thanks Anthony, Phil Groocock, Matthew Aldous and Noel Baxendale)

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