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• "Crossroads," by Susan M. Garrett. Sarah Jane contemplates leaving the TARDIS. Illustrated by Marty Siegrist.
  
• "The Templar Investigation," by Michael Ratcliffe. Sarah Jane gets caught up in a murderous plot. Illustrated by Judi Boguslawski.
  
• "A Woman Ahead of Her Time," by Joelle Augustine. Sarah returns home to find that much has changed since she's been gone. Illustrated by Nan Nelson.
  
• "Croydon Correspondence," by Mark Owen. An encounter with terrorists, told entirely in the form of letters. Illustrated by Anne Davenport.
  
• "The Valley, the Plains, and the Far Mountains," by Roxie Ray and Kevin W. Parker. The Doctor and Sarah must help a primitive people who are being enslaved. Illustrated by Cynthia J. Guido.
  
• "Take a Walk on the Silly Side," by Tom Beck. Sarah visits the Ministry of Silly Walks.
  
• "With a Little Help From My Friends," by Kevin W. Parker. The pilot for The New K9 and Company. Sarah Jane investigates a mysterious series of computer breakdowns in the south of England. Meanwhile, K9 has broken down, and she has had to entrust him to an eccentric American computer engineer currently consulting at a local think tank. But can he be trusted?
  

• Feature story: "Labyrinth," an illustrated novelette in comic-book form by Martin F. Proctor. Strange happenings in the Underground lead Sarah Jane straight to a Yeti. But that's only the first sign that something is terribly wrong.
  
• "The Funny Lady at 57," written and illustrated by Yvonne S. Hintz. That strange woman down the street is collecting police boxes again.
  
• "Silver Jubilee," by Autumn Lee. There are other eccentric Time Lords in the universe, and they're good at finding trouble, too. Illustrated by Sue Law.
  
• "The Lion, the Wardrobe, and Sarah Jane," by Susan M. Garrett. There are some tasks for which our favorite journalist is uniquely qualified, or at least Aslan thinks so. Illustrated by Marty Siegrist.
  
• "Return Engagement," by Roxie Ray and Jennifer Smallwood. And there are other time travelers around, as Sarah Jane finds when she visits Project Quantum Leap. Illustrated by Judi Boguslawski.
  
• "From the Journal of Sarah Jane," by Kevin W. Parker. A diary's-eye view of "Time Warrior." Illustrated by Martin F. Proctor.
  
• "Ghost Town," by Hiram Doup and Kevin W. Parker. Sarah Jane is trapped in a life-and-death game in a strange town from the old West. Illustrated by Ken Horan.
  
• "R-r-rival Reporter," by Jeff Morris. According to Jeff, when the Doctor "blew it" getting Sarah Jane home, he really "blew it," as she ends up in Max Headroom's world. Illustrated by Martin F. Proctor.
  
• "In Space, No One Can Hear You Interview," by Tom Beck. Sarah regrets having taken a fluffy happy-news assignment on a TV program called Entertainment Britain and wishes for some excitement. When the Brigadier goes missing and Doris Lethbridge-Stewart asks for her help, she gets more than she bargained for. Illustrated by Martin F. Proctor.
  

• "The Adventure of the Visiting Doctor," by Joelle Augustine. The Doctor and Sarah Jane help Holmes and Watson foil an elusive mass murderer. Illustrated by Stefanie Kate Hawks.
  
• "Dark Rain," by Sheila Schneider. Sarah discusses vampires with a cab driver, only to learn a bit more than she bargained for. Illustrated by Judi Boguslawski.
  
• "Alien Wine," by Atlanta Lea Sheridan and Jill Stone. Sarah drinks some unusual wine, with embarrassing results. Illustrated by Ken Horan.
  
• "Fringe Benefits," another Max Headroom story by Jeff Morris. There are mysterious deaths in the Fringes, and Edison Carter has gone missing. Illustrated by Martin F. Proctor.
  
• "With Fans Like These," by Tom Beck. World-famous journalist Sarah Jane Smith finds that having a fan club isn't all it's cracked up to be. Illustrated by Martin F. Proctor.
  
• "Flight to Nowhere," by Kevin W. Parker. Sarah stows away aboard the flight of an experimental aircraft, only to encounter a mysterious and manipulative alien menace. The third story in The New K9 and Company series. Illustrated by Martin F. Proctor.
  
• "Judgment of the Yarthkins," by Rosemary Sullivan. The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane, with some help from Isaac Newton, try to resolve a deadly conflict between stranded aliens and villagers in 17th-century England. Illustrated by Cynthia J. Guido.
  

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What is this New K9 and Company business, anyway?

Once upon a time a budding Sarah Jane/Elisabeth Sladen fan (namely me) found out about K9 and Company. "Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane in a leading role!" he thought. "This sounds great!" He looked forward to seeing the episode, but when he finally did he was disappointed. He fell to brooding about its deficiencies and resolved to remedy them in his own mind, if nowhere else. "Forget about witches, the Cotswolds, and--especially--Brendan," he thought. "Let's have science-fiction adventures in a high-tech setting, and let's give Sarah Jane a companion that she can truly relate to, and who is interesting in his own right."

This much is true. Now imagine if you will that this fan, by some incredible stroke of good fortune, is hired by an Anglo-American production company (not unlike the one currently trying to bring back Doctor Who ) to help them revive K9 and Company. What results are two seasons worth of stories in Doctor Who format (two to six twenty-five minute episodes per story), one season filmed in Britain and the other in America, with an American co-star alongside Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane. Thus we have The New K9 and Company, whose stories are being novelized in issues of Roving Reporter, and will be documented extensively in RR#5. Enjoy.

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