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This is one of those crucial episodes that's up there with Zammo's overdose, and Antoni Karamanopolis's and Judi Jeffries accidents. In this story, Kevin has acquired an air pistol, and sits in the classroom trying to find an opportunity to return it to its owner, Wayne. A teacher works out that he's hiding a gun, and when he produces it, he accidentally fires it, shooting Sarah-Jane in the arm. We see Sarah Jane scream in pain and clutch her arm. Afterwards, there were complaints to the BBC. The scenes were edited for the Autumn repeat to reduce the impact, so we no longer see the scene in full. There's another version which was shown in Australia, and perhaps elsewhere, where the shooting storyline is completely excised. In its original form, it's quite a powerful scene, excellently directed. Curiously it's a bit of a dead end in terms of story lines.