Darker and Edgier: This show might be geared towards children, but the tone is positively bleak at times (see Downer Ending below) and can be shockingly frightening with high stakes each story arc.

Covered in Gunge: Aliens that explode in showers of orange goo when killed? Check.

Lexi's apparent Heel–Face Turn in the Season 2 finale has uplifted this though.

Co-Dragons: Varg and Lexi often play this role to their father, the Nekross King, though not strictly heirarchally - there are others of more authority and political power under him, so the siblings are generally just The Heavy more of the time.

Catchphrase: ' THE NEKROSS SHALL FEAST!!!'.

Accent On The Wrong Syllable: Varg always stresses the second syllable of Benny’s full name.

Three series have been made so far the show has been on an indefinite hiatus due to budgeting issues since late 2014. The Series 2 episode 'The Thirteenth Floor' originated as an unproduced script for Sarah Jane Adventures, never made because of the cancellation of the series.

After her death, it served as its Spiritual Successor. It was initially intended as a six episode 'replacement' series to air instead of The Sarah Jane Adventures while Elisabeth Sladen, who played Sarah Jane, recovered from cancer. They are opposed by young wizard Tom, his Muggle friend Benny, and Tom's eccentric grandmother Ursula. The evil Nekross, who eat magic, have come to Earth, the last place in the universe where their foodstuff still exists. The premise is Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Aliens, a CBBC Science Fantasy series for children from Russell T Davies and Phil Ford.

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