The Sarah Jane Adventures/Recap/S2/E11 E12 Enemy of the Bane

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    • E01 E2 Revenge of the Slitheen
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    • E03 E4 Eye of the Gorgon
    • E05 E6 Warriors of Kudlak
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    • E01 E2 The Last Sontaran
    • E03 E4 The Day of the Clown
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    • E05 E6 Secrets of the Stars
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    • E07 E8 The Mark of the Berserker
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    • E09 E10 The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith
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    • E11 E12 Enemy of the Bane
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    • E01 E2 Prisoner of the Judoon
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    • E03 E4 The Mad Woman In the Attic
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    • E03 E4 The Mad Woman in the Attic
    • E05 E6 The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith
    • E07 E8 The Eternity Trap
    • E09 E10 Mona Lisa's Revenge
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    • E11 E12 The Gift
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    • E01 E2 The Nightmare Man
    • E03 E4 The Vault of Secrets
    • E05 E6 Death of the Doctor
    • E07 E8 The Empty Planet
    • E09 E10 Lost in Time
    • E11 E12 Goodbye Sarah Jane Smith
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    • E01 E2 Sky
    • E03 E4 The Curse of Clyde Langer
    • E05 E6 The Man Who Never Was
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Mrs. Wormwood has been marked for death by the Bane due to the failure of her last attempt to invade Earth. Desperate, she reaches out to Sarah Jane & Co. for help. She tells them that the Bane were attempting to revive a godlike cybernetic entity called Horath, whose body and consciousness were separated at opposite ends of the galaxy. The Bane had found the consciousness and were seeking the body, which was hidden on Earth. Wormwood convinces Sarah Jane to find the body before the Bane do. The only clue to the body's location is the Tunguska Scroll, which is hidden in UNIT's Black Archive. Sarah Jane enlists the help of her old friend the Brigadier to break into UNIT's archive and steal the scroll.

It is revealed that Wormwood had allied with Kaagh, an exiled Sontaran, who had stolen the crystal containing Horath's consciousness. Taking Luke hostage, Wormwood forces Sarah Jane to give her the scroll. Wormwood, Kaagh, and Luke head to the village of Whitebarrow, where Horath's body is hidden. On the way, Wormwood tries to convince Luke that she is his rightful mother and that he should join her in ruling the galaxy. Using the scroll and the crystal, Wormwood creates a portal to Horath. She then betrays Kaagh and attacks him with her sonic ring. Sarah Jane, Clyde, and Rani arrive. Luke refuses to join Wormwood and returns to his mother. Kaagh, with a final "Sontar-ha!" tackles Wormwood, pushing her and himself into the portal, sealing it. Sarah Jane destroys the Scroll with her sonic lipstick.

Tropes

• Badass Grandpa: The Brigadier
• Immune to Bullets: Subverted. The Brigadier finally gets his wish to meet an alien menace who isn't immune to bullets when he faces a UNIT Major who is actually a Bane in disguise.
• When I Was Your Age: The Brig to the aforementioned slimy Major.
• We Can Rule Together