The Sarah Jane Adventures

13 Bannerman Road is where Sarah Jane Smith lives,

home to things beyond your imagination.

There's an extra-terrestrial super computer in the wall,

a genetically engineered boy genius in the attic,

a schoolgirl investigator across the road.

And a whole universe of adventure right here on the doorstep.

Ready?

Always.

Ashen Hill Manor is reputedly one of the most haunted

locations in the UK.

Ghosts do not exist.

My children!

Disappearances? Nobody said anything about any disappearances.

EMF readings throughout the house are spiking.

Something's happening. Aaaahhhh! Where did she go?

You crossed my threshold of your own free will

and now by my will you shall stay.

You will never leave this place.

You will be with me for eternity.

Mr...Darkening?

Good to meet you. You're a legend. Really.

But this is a 'one night only' appearance.

It's not like we're not tempted, but we've got school on Monday...

Ha ha ha ha!

You crossed my threshold.

In a single step you left choice behind.

Now you are in my world.

Your world? You need to get out more, mate.

Er, sorry, you can't. I forgot, you're a ghost.

A ghost?

Is that what you think I am?

Child, there's no such thing as ghosts.

Oh, boy, this is worse than The Sixth Sense.

Are you in for a shock!

You are mine.

You will not have them. That's...

Marchwood!

It's a super-spook smackdown! Have you not yet faded into the ether?

Not while your shadow still stains the walls of my family, wizard!

We exist at different frequencies.

You still cannot harm me, Marchwood.

And your magic cannot hurt me again.

Ha ha ha ha...

Run!

You shall not escape me!

No-one escapes me!

How do we get out of here? Just keep running.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Come this way. Quickly.

Oh, wow! Ghost boy.

Who's here?

Whoever you are, whatever you are,

I'm neither frightened of you, nor here to hurt you.

If you want to communicate, I'm listening.

Who's there?

'Sarah Jane! Help me!

'Sarah Jane! Help me!

'Sarah Jane! Help me!' Professor Rivers?

Celeste, is that you? 'Sarah Jane! Help me!

'Sarah Jane! Help me!'

I will. I will help you, I promise.

'Sarah Jane! Help me!

'Sarah Jane! Help me!'

He's coming for you!

Professor Rivers.

Oh! Sarah Jane!

What on earth are you doing in the fire place?

We found Erasmus Darkening! He seemed pretty lively for a ghost.

He's not a ghost, I've seen him, too.

Whatever is going on in this house,

it is far more dangerous than a haunting.

There's this technology, ancient,

but it shouldn't have been here 340 years ago! Show me.

There's a secret passageway in the control room.

You must leave this place.

Lord Marchwood!

Hey, your lordship.

Thanks for earlier.

He helped us escape from Darkening.

Yes, he saved me, too. Whatever you do, don't go into the grounds.

There's something out there. There is still time.

The creature needs time to reassemble.

We can't leave. Not without our friend.

Your friend is lost to Darkening.

As is everyone who comes here. As am I.

As are my children.

Your children helped us escape out of the tunnel.

You've seen Elizabeth and Joseph? So have I.

They're here? In this house? They're looking for you.

I have searched for over 300 years.

Darkening says you exist at different frequencies.

So that's how he separated you from your children.

He is a curse upon my house. Upon my family.

He has taken the very land of my ancestors and turned it against us.

And I am responsible.

You didn't die here, did you?

Neither did your children. No-one died here, did they?

His curse is more than death itself.

Miss Smith! CRACKLING

You should see this.

CRACKLING

I was coming to look for you and they were just...there.

It's all the people who've disappeared in the house.

You poor, poor souls.

Still say there's no such thing as ghosts, Miss Smith?

You said you wanted to help us. I do.

You're all trapped here? He trapped us.

Erasmus Darkening?

He's as much a part of this house as the bricks and mortar.

He took my whole family away.

Is anybody there? Can anybody help me?

What about Professor Rivers? She hasn't been fully absorbed yet.

Absorbed? By the house.

There's still time to get her back. Please. Help us all.

Joseph and I, we miss our father, we want him back.

He's OK, we've seen him.

Release us from this purgatory.

SPARKING

What treachery is this?

I grant to all life eternal

and this is how you honour my beneficence?

Darkening, no!

Be gone!

What are you, Erasmus Darkening?

I am lord of this place

and all who cross its threshold,

and step into my dominion.

I am Erasmus Darkening, lord of magic!

You really shouldn't believe your own press.

Maybe people believed in magic

when you were conning Lord Marchwood that you could make gold from lead,

but not any more.

Mmm.

The passage of 340 years has bequeathed humankind

with a little more wisdom, I see.

Are you saying you're not human?

You're an alien?

Alien? What are you talking about? These are ghosts, not aliens.

This is an emissary of the afterlife.

Call me what you will.

Know only that this is my world,

that I rule all who cross its threshold,

and that this night...

I will come for you all.

CRACKLING

Well, he knows how to leave you wanting more, I'll give him that.

So if he's responsible for the Professor vanishing,

why didn't he take us when he had the chance?

Because he's playing with us, trying to scare us.

We don't scare that easily.

Listen to me, Darkening!

I have fought the worst things from the darkest corners of the universe.

You don't stand a ghost of a chance!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

I'm not sure that was entirely wise.

Come on. Show me how to get to Darkening's chamber.

Well, can't say I'm looking forward to this.

Hold on. If Darkening catches us all in his lab,

we're gonna be in trouble. She's got a point.

When he found us down there before,

it wasn't exactly what you'd call a magical moment.

You need someone to keep him busy.

No. It's out of the question. It's far too dangerous.

And all of us piling into Darkening's lab isn't?

Even a ghost can't be in two places at one time. Not even an alien ghost!

If me and Clyde are keeping him busy,

there's no way he can stop you looking at that thing down there.

The logic is undeniable.

All right. But stay together.

And, whatever you do, don't go outside. OK.

You be careful. Don't worry about me.

I've got Toby here.

Come on.

So how do you distract a ghost?

You...find him a pretty...ghoulfriend?

Tell me, why are you so determined to believe in the supernatural?

You're a scientist.

Your father was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics.

You must know it's nonsense.

When I was six years old, something used to come into my room.

Something?

Something grey, with no face.

It stood and watched me, all night.

And don't try to tell me it was a dream, like my father did.

I pleaded with him to let me sleep in another room.

I begged him

and I cried,

but he wouldn't let me.

I've never forgiven him for that.

It's OK.

Hey, Darkening! Ssh!

Where are you hiding?

We've come to...

bust you!

Yeah, well, I'd feel a whole lot better,

if I was wearing a Ghostbusters proton pack right now.

Yeah. I know what you mean.

They even made boiler suits look cool.

Talking of which, is it getting cold in here?

I thought that was just me.