The Sarah Jane Adventures/Recap/S1/E03 E4 Eye of the Gorgon

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    • E03 E4 Eye of the Gorgon
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    • E07 E8 Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane
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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
  • S4
    • 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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A mysterious nun haunts the residents of the local nursing home. It soon turns out that an entire sisterhood serves under an old famous mythical beast...

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• Ancient Astronauts: The Gorgons of Greek myth.
• Light Is Not Good: Oh, so very much.
• Continuity Nod: Clyde jokes that he'll never grow old because someday, he'll be able to transplant his brain into a robot. Sarah Jane responds with an exasperated sigh, likely thinking about the Cybermen.
• Mythology Gag: There's only one person a Doctor Who fan will be thinking of when Luke says "I need a screwdriver."
• Shout-Out: A nun threatens to show how her boss will "solve a problem like Maria."
  • There is a mention of the 1964 movie The Gorgon starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, and Patrick Troughton.
  • When she finds the 'statue of Alan', Chrissie refers to Sarah Jane as a 'bunny boiler.'
• Stalker Shrine: Chrissie mistakes her petrified husband for one of these when she sees him standing in Sarah Jane's living room.
• Taken for Granite: With a story title like that, it's hard to think otherwise.
• You Watch Too Much X: The nun's response when Clyde guesses she has tentacles under her habit. It turns out that the nuns are ordinary humans brainwashed into helping parasitic aliens.