Elisabeth Sladen, known to millions of fans as Sarah Jane Smith, the longest (and arguably most popular) companion of the Doctor, died today of cancer, survived by her husband and daughter, rest in peace my dear.

Elisabeth Sladen (born 1st February 1948, Liverpool, England - 19th April 2011) played Sarah Jane Smith. She appeared as a regular on Doctor Who with both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, (and later with both David Tennant and Matt Smith) and also appeared in the pilot for the spin-off series, K9 and Company. Most recently, she reprised her role as Sarah Jane both on Doctor Who and in its spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures.

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Date: 2011-04-20 12:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] earthspirits.livejournal.com
Very, very sad to hear this! She was a lovely woman and actor, and will be greatly missed.

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Date: 2011-04-20 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karadin.livejournal.com
My heroes are going away.

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Date: 2011-04-20 01:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aidannwn.livejournal.com
wow, didn't she show up in the previous series as well, with K9. She must have already been sick then but it didn't show. Really sad :(

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Date: 2011-04-20 01:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karadin.livejournal.com
You mean K9 and Company? That was only one episode, the pilot, then they did Sarah Jane Adventures, and she completed all of last season.

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Date: 2011-04-20 01:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karadin.livejournal.com
I was checking wiki and it states that three episodes of the newest season of SJA (year five) were completed before her death.

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Date: 2011-04-20 04:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kumiko-gackt.livejournal.com
I can't believe she's gone... ;__;

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Date: 2011-04-20 06:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] koshien.livejournal.com
The last episode aired I remember before Xmas was entitled "Goodbye Sarah Jane" and was a kind of semi-closure episode. You know the kind of "well this adventure is done, but other stuff might happen in the future and you just know we will deal with it too, rides off into the sunset" kind of thing. Even though they were making a new series, it seemed a bit strange.

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Date: 2011-04-21 12:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kayay.livejournal.com
Aw I liked her lots. On a tangent, I wish the Doctor would get a male companion, not for any "oooh teeheee sekret lovers" factor -- though I'm sure there'd be fanfic about that -- but just because. Anytime (unless it's changed with the most recent Doctor, which I've not watched yet) there's been a male companion around, even briefly, there's also been a female.

I was sad Mickey didn't stick around.

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Date: 2011-04-21 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] karadin.livejournal.com
Yep, while I like Rory and Amy, they just aren't as interesting to me as past companions, I think my fave was the trio of Adric, Nyssa and Tegan, they just seemed to work together so well.

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Date: 2011-04-26 12:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kayay.livejournal.com
I loved that trio too!

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