Following the recent announcement that The Sarah Jane Adventures will be on our screens until at least the end of 2011, its executive producer has promised that its exciting two-year renewal will bring ‘more stability’ to the CBBC spin off.

And with filming for its fourth series due to commence in South Wales in just under three weeks time, Nikki Wilson has also offered some teases as to what fans can expect from the next run of adventures, to air this Autumn!

“The Nightmare Man is part of a really big emotional journey for Luke which involves him facing his fears and excitement about the future,” she told DigitalSpy. “The Shansheeth are vulture undertakers who get embroiled with the gang on a big adventure for the middle of the series.” 

Series 4 will also see Sarah Jane and the gang visit their first alien world together. “London and Bannerman Road will always be the heart of the show,” she explained. ”We’re not Doctor Who, so we don’t go flying off around the universe, but this is an opportunity for us to get a glimpse of that.”

And producers aren’t ruling out another possible crossover with its parent show, following the success of the Tenth Doctor’s appearance in Series 3! “We will always maintain our links with the show but, Sarah Jane is a show in its own right,” she said. ”There will always be room for crossovers in the future but it won’t be a bigger feature than it has been in the past.”