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Sarah Jane Smith opens the Alien Files. Sarah Jane has the lowdown on slithery Slitheen, their untrustworthy Blathereen cousins and their deadly gift of rakweed.
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00:00Fine, but he's run out of juice, so now he's no use.
00:04Well, let's just supersize.
00:06Oh, that's a surprise.
00:08Ha!
00:09Sorted Hacker Style.
00:12Sorted Hacker Style.
00:16Sorted Hacker Style.
00:19Ha!
00:20Hacker Style, yes.
00:27My name is Sarah Jane Smith,
00:29and I defend the world from aliens.
00:31These are my alien files.
00:34The collected information gathered by me
00:36and the rest of the Bannerman Road gang
00:38about extraterrestrials that have threatened our planet
00:41and might do so again.
00:45The universe is amazing,
00:48and don't be fooled by what some people might tell you.
00:50It's full of strange and wonderful life.
00:53I've met so much of it out there among the stars,
00:55and here on Earth,
00:56but not all of it is friendly.
00:59Pay attention, because one day,
01:02Earth might be depending on you.
01:10Entering the alien files this time
01:12are the slithery Slavine,
01:14their untrustworthy blathering cousins,
01:16and their deadly gift of wrackweed.
01:28Sarah Jane,
01:29would I be correct in assuming that is an email to Luke?
01:33That's right.
01:35You know, it's so strange, Mr Smith.
01:37I was alone for so long after I stopped travelling with the Doctor,
01:39and then Luke arrived.
01:41And then you dreaded his growing up and being alone again.
01:45I wasn't aware that Xilux could read minds.
01:47We cannot.
01:48But I have become sufficiently familiar with the feelings of humans
01:52to estimate successfully your reaction to his leaving.
01:55Yeah, sometimes I forget he's not here for a moment,
01:57and then it's like a wave hitting you.
01:59On the positive side,
02:01he did take K-9 with him.
02:03Now, now, come on, Mr Smith.
02:05Whatever you say,
02:06K-9 is still the closest thing you have to family.
02:09We all need family.
02:11Unfortunately, family ties are not always such a good thing, Sarah Jane.
02:16For example, some alien kinsfolk
02:18that we have had the misfortune to encounter.
02:22Well, I assume you're referring to certain families
02:24of Rapsychorical phallopatorias?
02:27Indeed, Sarah Jane.
02:29Notable omissions from the alien files so far,
02:32which I suggest we rectify
02:34by commencing information gathering
02:35in three, two, one.
02:45Where would you like to begin, Sarah Jane?
02:47Well, you can't get much more slippery than the Slitheen.
02:50I would concur.
02:53The Slitheen are calcium-based inhabitants
02:55of the planet Rapsychorical phallopatorias
02:57in the Aesop galaxy.
02:59They are one of the planet's most disreputable families,
03:02renowned for criminal behavior.
03:05They notoriously joined with other aliens
03:08like the Uvodni and Sontarans
03:10in forming the Alliance,
03:12a large grouping of many of the Doctor's enemies
03:15that also included old adversaries
03:17like the Cybermen and the Daleks.
03:20The Slitheen are hunters,
03:24humanoid in form
03:25and over two meters in height.
03:27Their strong arms are well-equipped
03:30to swim through the oceans
03:31on their home planet,
03:33while their large eyes
03:34are capable of seeing in its blizzards.
03:39Mastery of compression field technology
03:42allows them to disguise themselves
03:44as other smaller humanoids
03:45by squeezing into their skins.
03:48By killing the previous occupants, that is,
03:50and climbing into what they call
03:51skin suits.
03:52Regrettably so.
03:54Not pretty.
03:56And the side effect of their camouflage as humans
03:58isn't especially pleasant either.
04:01An unfortunate side effect
04:02of the compression field technology
04:04is internal gas instability.
04:08Similar to human flatulence,
04:10but with the odor of decaying calcium.
04:14On the other hand,
04:15it can be a pretty effective signal
04:17when you're looking for a disguised Sridi.
04:18Both their physical strength
04:21and poison-tipped claws
04:23can prove deadly.
04:26And their sense of smell
04:28is the keenest in the galaxy.
04:30But exposure to vinegar
04:32can cause an extreme allergic reaction.
04:36They have to look out
04:37or else they've had their chips.
04:39I suspect Clyde has been coaching you
04:42in the practice of humor, Sarah Jane.
04:44And you never used to be so cheeky, Mr Smith.
04:47To sum up.
04:48The Slythine are untrustworthy and ruthless.
04:52Obsessed with money-making.
04:54The classic Slythine tactic
04:55is infiltrating low-tech planets like Earth
04:58by posing as the native species.
05:01And that's just what they were doing
05:02the first time we came up against them.
05:04Luke had just started at his new school
05:06and that's tough enough,
05:07but turning up to discover the place
05:08is being run by Slythine in disguise,
05:11that's something quite different.
05:13Now, you take care, yeah?
05:17The clues that something odd was going on
05:20were there from the start.
05:22Rotting food in the canteen.
05:23Sir?
05:24Sir?
05:25What?
05:26How am I meant to eat there?
05:27A strange smell everywhere.
05:30I don't know.
05:31Metal.
05:31Electric.
05:32Like batteries.
05:33And teachers who were peculiar.
05:37Right.
05:38Assembly.
05:39Yadda yadda.
05:40Welcome back, everybody.
05:42It's a new year.
05:43Hope you all do well.
05:44And study hard,
05:45because I guarantee
05:46none of you
05:48are going to be pop stars.
05:52Worse than peculiar, in fact.
05:54These were disguised Slythine
05:56hatching a nasty scheme.
05:57From a secret hideaway
05:58within the school,
05:59they were meddling
05:59with transduction technology.
06:02Their plan
06:02was to drain all Earth's energy
06:04so as to sell it,
06:05causing havoc in the process.
06:10Meanwhile,
06:11I was investigating
06:12the company behind
06:13the new technology block
06:14at the school
06:14and many others like it.
06:17I had found out
06:17that identical buildings
06:18had been built on schools
06:19across London,
06:21all very suspicious.
06:22I think that because
06:23these projects are so far apart,
06:25nobody connects you
06:26with the problem,
06:26so on you go.
06:27I strongly advise you
06:29to leave right now,
06:31if you know what's good for you.
06:32Was that a threat?
06:34Yes.
06:35What?
06:36I did give you fair warning.
06:44At the time,
06:49I had no idea
06:50what alien species
06:51had just peeled off her skin
06:53and started chasing me,
06:54but there was no doubt
06:55she was trouble.
06:58Back at school,
07:00Maria was having the same problem
07:01with one of her teachers.
07:02I didn't know Clyde back then,
07:19and he certainly had no idea
07:21aliens existed.
07:22And there's another one,
07:23a boy!
07:24You are sad.
07:25Find him from a teacher,
07:26what's he gonna do?
07:27We'll give you a little...
07:28Come on!
07:28Although he did now.
07:32One crucial piece of advice
07:34for these files
07:35is when aliens are after you,
07:37listen to everything they say.
07:39He might just give you
07:39a clue how to get away.
07:41What lovely perfume
07:43you're wearing,
07:44Miss Smith.
07:47You're positively fragrant.
07:52The mention of sensitive nostrils
07:55gave me an idea.
07:56Good sense of smell,
07:58have you?
07:59Oh, yes.
07:59Best nostrils in the galaxy,
08:01official.
08:02And you liked my perfume?
08:03Lovely.
08:04Then sniff this.
08:12And once you have
08:13a vital piece of information,
08:14pass it on as soon as you can.
08:20Look.
08:21Right, listen.
08:22She said you've got to make a smell.
08:23Make a big enough smell
08:24and you can get away.
08:25What are we gonna do?
08:25Fart our way out?
08:26Would that be funny?
08:27What?
08:28They're nearby, Daddy.
08:29I can smell you,
08:31you Luke.
08:33Yes.
08:34Wolverine,
08:35your masculine action.
08:36Yeah!
08:44Go, go, go!
08:45Sarah Jane!
08:47Come on, Sarah Jane!
08:48I was relieved that Luke and Maria were safe,
08:52but who was this other boy?
08:54Sarah Jane!
08:56What is he doing here?
08:57Sorry.
08:58Someone else's life in my hands.
09:00Just what I needed.
09:02And that was when Clyde and his jokes
09:04came into my life.
09:06Although at the time,
09:07I wasn't exactly overjoyed.
09:08An understatement,
09:10Sarah Jane.
09:12Right, what's going on in here?
09:14Why don't you bring all your friends around the whole school?
09:16If he tells anyone,
09:17who's gonna believe him?
09:18Whoa, whoa, whoa.
09:19I've just had monsters from outer space on my back
09:21and no one's telling me what's going on...
09:22Just shut up for the minute, will you?
09:23I'm busy.
09:24And right now,
09:25you're not important,
09:26even if it is getting like Labham Junction up here.
09:28Right.
09:29What we needed to do
09:30was work out what the Slavine were up to.
09:33And we made a good start.
09:35It turned out that the new technology blocks
09:37weren't just in schools across London.
09:39The Slavine's plans went global.
09:42Mr Smith,
09:43plot the position of every coal-fired building
09:45put up in the last 18 months around the world.
09:50London, Barcelona.
09:51Washington, D.C.
09:53Santiago.
09:54Los Angeles.
09:55Sydney.
09:56Together, they were forming a network
09:57capable of draining every last drop of energy from the earth.
10:01And it had begun.
10:03Breaking news.
10:04There's a massive loss of power
10:06on the west coast of North America.
10:08Los Angeles has gone dark.
10:11And it was all being run from Luke's school.
10:13Section one down.
10:15Grazie, Napoli.
10:17Sanctio.
10:17Moving to section two.
10:19Hello, Washington, D.C.
10:21Howdy, London.
10:23Connect.
10:24When under attack from aliens,
10:26it's important not to panic.
10:28Use your brains.
10:28Look for weaknesses.
10:30That's what we did.
10:31Setting you on the case, Mr Smith.
10:34Raxacorica phallopatorians.
10:36Calcium-based life forms.
10:38Give us the weaknesses.
10:39Weaknesses.
10:41They are a naturally hardy race.
10:43However, their bodies are notoriously hypersensitive to...
10:47No!
10:47No!
10:49That was a blow.
10:50A power cut.
10:51Presumably the Slazine's doing.
10:53And no power for you, Mr Smith, meant we were on our own.
10:56We had to do something.
10:58So I suggested we head to the school.
11:01We can't stop them.
11:02Plus, they'll get us before we even reach them.
11:05If you can't send anything useful, go home!
11:07Well, that's when I learnt a bit of a lesson.
11:10That you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
11:12Because, up until then,
11:14the Clyde Langer-shaped book that had turned up in my house
11:17had been getting on my nerves.
11:19This morning, Geoffrey.
11:21The Slazine Geoffrey.
11:22He went mad when he nicked my bag.
11:23So?
11:24What's Slazine going to care about that?
11:26You saw him.
11:26He sniffed it.
11:27He was scared.
11:28But what was in that bag?
11:29My books and tangfastics and my lunch.
11:31Well, what was in your lunch?
11:32Cold chip sandwich.
11:33I made it this morning.
11:34I wasn't going to eat anything from the canteen of death.
11:36What, the Slazine are allergic to potato, bread, butter?
11:39No, no, no.
11:39It was Slazine in the office.
11:40She was eating a sandwich.
11:41What was on those chips?
11:42Just salt and vinegar.
11:43Salt.
11:44Must be it.
11:45If the Slazine are made mostly from water,
11:46he'll dehydrate them.
11:47Like slugs.
11:48No, they put extra salt in everything.
11:50Bread, butter.
11:51It's got to be something else.
11:53It's got to be the vinegar.
11:54Vinegar?
11:55That's acetic acid.
11:56It reacts with calcium.
11:57The Slazine are made of calcium.
11:58I'm right.
11:59It's the vinegar.
12:00Kitchen!
12:00Kitchen!
12:01He was right.
12:02But it was then that the full horror of the Slazine's plan was revealed.
12:10Go ahead, lad.
12:13They weren't just after Earth's electrical power.
12:16Turn out the sun.
12:19They were thinking much bigger than that.
12:21What's going on?
12:25It's transduction.
12:26They've switched off the sun.
12:28They're joining its power.
12:29It's getting cold.
12:30Everyone's going to die.
12:32I told you we're going to stop them.
12:34What, the four of us?
12:35With vinegar and plastic squeezies?
12:38As we approached, there was a welcome being prepared by Gloon,
12:43the Slazine occupying the headmaster's body.
12:45I think an adult better deal with them this time.
12:55I had no idea whether this vinegar plan would work,
12:58but at least it might cause some disruption
12:59while Luke and I look for the capacitor room.
13:04No, no, no, no.
13:04You didn't like that, did you?
13:05Vinegar, get back.
13:07One step further.
13:11Keep up.
13:11You're afraid a Slazine girl your age would do it.
13:18We would think twice, but all the fight's gone out of you.
13:21You just stand there, shaking in your shoes.
13:24That's why we win!
13:31Oops!
13:35That allergic reaction was certainly extreme.
13:38The vinegar had worked.
13:39Maybe too well.
13:40I hate violence.
13:42It's not my way.
13:43But on this occasion, what could we do?
13:45If the earth wasn't to freeze into extinction,
13:47we had to stop the Slazine by whatever means we could.
13:55Daddy!
13:55Daddy!
13:56Mom!
13:59No!
14:06Dad!
14:08Yes!
14:08When Luke fired the sonic lipstick at the capacitor,
14:13where the sun's energy was being gathered,
14:15that set off a series of massive electrical explosions.
14:18It was terrifying.
14:20No!
14:21Me!
14:22It's out of control!
14:24Wait for me!
14:28And then I was faced with an awful choice.
14:31You can't leave us in here!
14:33Use your sonic device.
14:34Open the door.
14:35Open the door!
14:36I'm only 12.
14:39He's my son.
14:41Please, let him live.
14:44Look.
14:45You can't let them out.
14:47Help us!
14:58However twisted and criminal they might have been,
15:00they were a family.
15:02He was just a child.
15:03Maybe if I'd been quicker to help them,
15:06things might have worked out differently.
15:08To have reacted quicker in such testing circumstances
15:11would have required a speed of thought and action
15:14well beyond average human capability.
15:18Maybe.
15:19Shall I upload information on the Slitheen to the alien files now?
15:23No, not just yet.
15:25There's another alien family from the same planet as the Slitheen.
15:28Raxacorico phallopatorius.
15:29Did I think we should include the Blatherine?
15:31Data profile, please, Mr Smith.
15:33The Blatherine are a Raxacorico phallopatorian family
15:39generally in conflict with their cousins, the Slitheen.
15:43Like the feud between the Daleks and the Time Lords
15:46and the long-lasting war between the Sontarans and the Rutan host,
15:51there is a lengthy and bitter history to the bad blood
15:53between these Raxacorico phallopatorian relations.
15:56Many Blatherine have been harmless,
15:59but some factions are far from that.
16:01They are similar in appearance to the Slitheen,
16:04but orange in colour.
16:06Their table manners are appalling.
16:09To sum up, the Blatherine are an apparently peace-loving,
16:13if gluttonous, family.
16:14Some can be extremely devious, however,
16:17and need to be approached with caution.
16:20Whenever I meet a new alien species,
16:23I'm always hopeful that they might want to be friends
16:25with the human race rather than seek to take us over.
16:28Statistical analysis would confirm that it is unlikely
16:31that all alien species arrive on Earth
16:33with subjugation of the human race as their sole purpose.
16:38When I met a Blatherine couple called Leaf and Tree,
16:42they seemed different to any aliens I'd come across before,
16:45and were certainly the first ones I'd invited round for dinner.
16:48And this delightful liquid is...
16:51It was tomato soup.
16:54Delicious!
16:55We must take some home for next time the Rackteen come to dinner.
17:00They adore foreign food.
17:03They said they were ashamed of the havoc the Slitheen had caused over the years,
17:07and wanted to put that right with a gift.
17:09This is Rackweed.
17:16It's a staple food back home.
17:19It can grow anywhere, even in the harshest conditions.
17:23We know you suffer from famines on Earth.
17:26Rackweed could put an end to them forever.
17:29Your initial analysis of the Rackweed put our minds at rest, Mr. Smith.
17:32It is true that when I first examined the specimen,
17:37all indications were that it was totally harmless,
17:40and that the Blatherine's gift was offered in good faith.
17:43To give credit to Clyde, though,
17:44he could tell everything wasn't right with the Blatherine and their offering.
17:48They're Blatherine, not Slitheen.
17:50Oh, Slitheen, Blatherine, whatever-in.
17:53They're from Raxacoraco, Duda,
17:55and that place has a seriously dodgy reputation.
17:58You can't condemn an entire race just because a few of them are bad.
18:01There are bad people on Earth, too.
18:02Ronnie's right, and we're here to help aliens, not just fight them.
18:06Exactly.
18:07But Clyde was right.
18:09There was much more to the Rackweed than met the eye.
18:15Overnight, it began to mutate.
18:18The next morning, millions of Rackweed spores were released into the atmosphere.
18:29Now I am in full possession of the facts, Sarah Jane.
18:32I would suggest a full information or upload on Rackweed would merit inclusion in the alien files.
18:38Data profile, please, Mr. Smith.
18:42Rackweed is a small green plant with edible leaves.
18:44Its DNA is self-adapted when threatened, and its infectious and rapidly multiplying spores can be deadly.
18:54Rackweed's survival and growth rely heavily on each plant communicating with others via the high-pitched noise they produce.
19:01It's abundance on Raxacoricophallopatorius makes it part of the staple diet there.
19:11And its hardy nature and speed of growth mean it can flourish on Earth, too.
19:16But far from feeding the planet, this hideous Rackweed was capable of killing everyone on Earth, starting with Luke.
19:22It was a shock to see Luke sick.
19:30The Bane, the aliens who created him, had made him immune to illness.
19:34So seeing him like this was just awful.
19:39What's this?
19:41He has been subjected to an incredibly high dose of Rackweed spores.
19:46Luke, Luke, you must stay awake.
19:48It just goes to show the importance of being vigilant at all times.
19:58I can't believe I was so careless as to leave the Rackweed sitting on my desk.
20:03Mr. Smith, I need you.
20:07Mr. Smith, please, help us!
20:11Breathing in that amount of Rackweed spores would have killed you in seconds, Sarah Jane.
20:15What was required was intervention from a dependable and operationally decisive intelligence.
20:20Did we have someone like that around, Mr. Smith?
20:23My purpose is to protect Earth.
20:26And you, Sarah Jane, by whatever means at my disposal.
20:30Including my cooler fans.
20:32Launching venting system.
20:35Maximum obstruction.
20:36You and your cooling system had saved us for now.
20:52Mrs. Smith?
20:54You are amazing.
20:56But we were still in big trouble.
20:58Luke was getting worse all the time.
21:00And Earth was about to become one huge Rackweed patch.
21:03Our so-called friends, the Blatherine, had parked their ship in the Antarctic to watch their evil scheme unfold.
21:14Time for me to make a visit to the South Pole.
21:20I recall you teleported to the Blatherine's ship without the necessary power for a return journey.
21:27An extremely hazardous undertaking, Sarah Jane.
21:30When it comes to my son, any risk is worth taking.
21:33And I mean that.
21:35This is loaded with vinegar.
21:38You're going to do exactly as I say.
21:40Or I'll blast you to oblivion.
21:44Like the Slavine, the Blatherine have the same extreme hypersensitivity to vinegar.
21:49So I thought with a super soaker full of the stuff, the odds were stacked in my favour.
21:54We have no choice, my dear.
21:56Entering computer code.
22:00Destroy all Rackweed.
22:04They'd taken the Blatherine at their word once before and lived to regret it.
22:08But it seemed there were no tricks this time.
22:11The Rackweed is being eliminated.
22:13It will take a few seconds.
22:16Confirm Rackweed density on Earth.
22:19Rackweed fully eliminated.
22:20Would you mind putting the weapon down, Sarah Jane?
22:30Computer, return to normal view.
22:35Good try, Miss Smith, but not good enough.
22:39Luke was slipping into a coma and I was trapped in Antarctica with the Blatherine.
22:48But it's at times like that that you're really glad to be part of a team.
22:55We all had a part to play.
22:57Clyde, Ronnie, Luke and K-9 were having their own encounter with Rackweed spores at school.
23:01And we're about to make a vital discovery.
23:08Get back!
23:09Clyde, no!
23:16What?
23:19How did that just happen?
23:21End of period Bell must have been.
23:25Saved by the Bell.
23:26She can't just have vanished.
23:33My priority was to get back to the attic.
23:36And the Blatherines teleporter was just what I needed.
23:39Lost something?
23:40Leave that alone!
23:46While at school, Clyde, Ronnie and K-9 were seeing if the Bell tactic would work a second time.
23:55It's working!
23:56K-9, you did it!
24:00Can you turn it off now?
24:09It's still alive outside.
24:10We're never going to defeat it.
24:13Time to think big and loud.
24:15Noise had worked in the school.
24:17Would it work across the whole city?
24:19K-9, give Mr. Smith the Bell's frequency.
24:221, 4, 2, 1.09 hertz.
24:24I am now linking to all electrical devices in the area, invaded by the Rackweed.
24:29And retuning them to replicate the Bell's frequency.
24:31Prepare yourself, Sarah Jane.
24:33Cover your ears.
24:33This is going to be really, really loud.
24:351, 2, 1.09 hertz.
24:391, 2, 1.09 hertz.
24:391, 2, 1, 1.09 hertz.
24:48That's enough for now!
24:49Hey. It's over. Yes.
25:03And you see, you are quite a team, you and K-9.
25:06He does have some limited uses.
25:10Although the blathering weren't finished yet.
25:12They are certainly persistent. You have to give them that.
25:15We meet again, Miss Smith.
25:20Oh, why don't you just go home?
25:23This is your final warning.
25:25I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice.
25:28I've been dying to say this for ages.
25:30Let the hunt begin!
25:33It is our sense of smell that's either developed, not our hearing.
25:49The blathering had no idea what was going to happen, but I did.
25:53And I hated the fact that this was the way it was going to end.
25:57That's enough, Miss Smith.
25:58What have you done to us?
26:05My stomach!
26:06It's...
26:07There must have been a better way than that.
26:29They were going to kill us.
26:32I had to do it.
26:34What did you do?
26:36On their ship, all they did was stuff their faces with ratweed.
26:42I knew their stomachs would still be full of it.
26:44The destruction of the undigested ratweed created methane gas.
26:48It could not be contained.
26:50So they farted themselves to death?
26:53In a nutshell, Master Clyde.
26:56Harming any living creature breaks my heart.
26:58The blathering was such a disappointment, though.
27:02But I know that there are lots of aliens out there who want to work with us, to be friends.
27:07The trouble is, so many of them don't.
27:08So we just have to go on compiling files about the ones who come here with conquest on their minds.
27:14To conclude, Sarah Jane.
27:16Uploading three new entries into the alien files.
27:19As a permanent record for all to learn about these deadly threats to Earth's safety.
27:28The Slythine.
27:31Untrustworthy scavengers with a ruthless streak.
27:35They will deploy extreme cunning in the pursuit of money-making by infiltrating other planets.
27:40Beware their ability to occupy the bodies of others using compression field technology.
27:45The blathering.
27:48Most of them may seem peace-loving.
27:52But some elements of this gluttonous clan can be even more devious than the Slythine.
27:58They may appear trustworthy, but take what they say with extreme caution.
28:03And do not accept gifts from them under any circumstances.
28:08This is Sarah Jane Smith logging off after Alien Files update.
28:31I sincerely hope you never have to use this information.
28:34But if you do, I wish you all the good fortune in the universe.
28:38I always wanted to be on that one.
28:46Yeah, I wouldn't miss that.
28:48No, hi!
28:48Oh, sorry about that.
28:49I didn't see you there.
28:50I was just looking at the wicked CBBC Beyond a Show webpage.
28:53It's your best chance to apply to be on CBBC.
28:55And it updates with information on new shows all the time.
28:59Grab your laptop, your tablet, or your mobile device and check it out.
29:02You might just make it on your favourite CBBC show.
29:04That's if I don't beat you to it.
29:06No, it's only for humans.
29:09No dogs allowed.
29:22I'm really, really nervous, but excited at the same time.
29:25You're going really fast on ice, on these super sharp blades.
29:31Meet the skaters, determined to conquer the ice, whatever it takes.
29:35All new ice stars, Tuesdays at 5 on CBBC.
29:40This is good.
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