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Doctor Who's Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane) Dies at 63
Doofus writes "NPR reports that Elisabeth Sladen, who played the Doctor's assistant Sarah Jane, has died at 63. Sladen played opposite Jon Pertwee and then Tom Baker, and eventually earned her own show. BBC stories here, including a picture with K9, and here."
Way before her time. She will be missed!
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If only she could regenerate like the Doctor :( She will be missed by millions of fans.
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The Brigadier, died in February. The Celestial Toymaker, died in March. Sarah Jane Smith, died in April. I hope it ends here.
If it rhymes it must be true.
Even in the new series, she was awesome. She'll be sorely missed.
Neil Gaiman tweeted about this video, and it seems apropos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1QgCx1CIaQ&feature=youtu.be
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John Kovalich summed it up nicely: http://www.dorktower.com/images/comics/DorkTower942.gif
Dont read below this line if you do not wish for the story to be spoiled....
...everyone dies eventually
In an somewhat related note, this is one of the issues I had with the most recent Dynasty Warriors game. The campaign mode followed each of the prominent officers and generals until their death; untimely or not. It really put a damper on things.
p.s I wanted to put more space before the big spoiler alert, but slashdot's junk filter caught on
This news on an evening spent watching four hours of the fourth Doctor, thats a weird feeling!
May she rest in peace.
I discovered The Doctor when she was playing The Companion so she has always been the defining example when I think of companions for the Doctor. To see her go at such a young age really hit me and brought back my earliest memories of the characters and show. We can only hope she is still traveling. One of the great icons of scifi.
Like so many folks, she was my first "Doctor Who Girl" and I've had a crush on her all these years. I got to interview her in the early 80s and a nicer, kinder and more friendly person I have never met. A great actress and good person. She's the first celebrity whose death I have wept for in I don't know how long. She will be sorely missed and always remembered.
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> Last time I check Slashdot wasn't some Hollywood gossip blog.
1) What Hollywood? She wasn't American.
2) Doctor Who is a cultural phenomenon most British and many internatonal readers of Slashdot grew up with. Hell, I was born in the year Elisabeth Sladen became the compagnon and though I'm not even British I know her.
Slashdot is about culture and those things are part of geek culture.
as there were a few hints that she might have been learning to act ;)
I'm generally a lurker here at Slashdot but Sarah Jane was my first companion so I find Elisabeth Sladen's death particularly sad, also coming not long after Nicholas Courtney's death. It's like the end of an era is coming. :-(((
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Really? Can't tell with time travel, could be after her time.
I will check that a little bit more sometime 2 weeks ago.
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she was a caring woman but she is now left she was the grate wonder my baby sis who is 2 cried for 1hour from her death she will be mist good bye Sarah Jane we all love you so much good bye she is on racsacalagofalabetoreas she never could say that.
I only started watching Doctor Who with the start of the new show in 2005 but i also started watching a lot of old episodes especially with Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, Sarah Jane was by far my favorite character ever. I simply love that women. I can't believe she is gone now. She looked so great in her own show still even after all those years. It truly is a sad day. Elizabeth Sladen you will be missed. Sarah Jane well it's Doctor Who, who knows what they'll do.
Having watched Doctor Who since the seventies, she will be sorely missed. I have enjoyed so many hours watching her beside 2 doctors and then through her own series. Which she very much deserved and I very much enjoyed. So many of the people I have enjoyed in my life have gone away and now another one leaves me behind. Goodbye my friend.
I'm old, not dead. Well that's my 2 cents worth, your mileage may vary. I say what I think, not what you want to hear.
Living round the corner from Sarah Jane's house it feels like we've lost a mildly eccentric neighbour - there's always a buzz when they film here, particularly so for the local children. I feel Elisabeth Sladen created an engaging character that went beyond the Dr Who franchise - that dotty sixty something year old women had a lot of fun and life in them, unusual for what is still a very male dominated genre.
I'll miss her forever alonge with lots of over fans. So this is my last good bye, goodbye! :(
Just adding my farewell. Sarah Jane was always my favorite Dr Who companion.
i remeber when they showed the last series of sarah jane smith with the new doctor who matt smith. i was sad that it was the last series i think they showed it this year or last year
and now i just found out that she's DEAD!!!!!
R.I.P
GOODBYE SARAH JANE :(
K9 shall go on in the void looking for his mistress
Great career, great achievements... great life. Well done.
I'm still fairly new to the series, only having watched since the 9th Doctor, but when I saw Sarah Jane, I knew she was special. I researched as much as I could, watched some of the older eps (and some of SJA), and I can say I will deeply miss her.
While not having two hearts like a time lord, she demonstrated that humans can indeed carry great depths of warmth and wisdom. RIP Elisabeth Sladen.
At the risk of feeding the troll: the people who are deeply saddened are "within the miniscule circle of people who watched Dr. Who". They are sharing their grief, in a natural, human way.
Your mealy-mouthed quotes ("deeply saddened") are unnecessary - many people are genuinely saddened to see another part of their childhood gone. That more than anything is what gets me thinking.
I am not as saddened by her passing as I was by the death of my father last year of cancer, aged 67, but the parallels are all too plain for me, and I suspect others who have posted here and in other forums.
Feel free to go and puke, we'll carry on without you quite happily.
She was my First Doctor's (Tom Baker) assistant (Elisabeth Sladen). It was the way that her chemistry bounced off of Tom Baker and the great adventures they went on together that drew me into Dr. Who. I was hooked.
In the last year or so, I've been re-introduced to Dr. Who and was delightfully surprised when she appeared on some more recent episodes with David Tennant (I think it was David).
She was wonderful and fun and I hope her spirit lives on beyond her. Good bye Sarah Jane.
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Like many of you, I'm saddened at the loss of Lis Sladen, and feel almost like I've lost a friend. Not just because her Sarah Jane Smith character was so fabulous, but because Lis herself always seemed so genuine and nice. Every interview I've ever watched or read with her, she just seemed like she embodied many of Sarah Jane's finest qualities--except Lis was a bit smarter and more grounded. I'm sorry I never got to meet her and express my appreciation for her work. She seemed like a really good person.
Like many here, she was the first Companion I saw, with the Tom Baker episodes from the 70s. Unlike most of them before or since, she held her own with Baker (as I later saw she had with Pertwee). Of all the companions to bring back to the new series, she was the obvious choice, and my grandkids have enjoyed the spin-off Sarah Jane Adventures, which led to them now watching the Tom Baker episodes as well.
She will be missed as much as she was loved by fans worldwide. Requesicat in pace, Elisabeth.
My Sarah Jane....
Cue sad Goodbye Doctor music.
Well spoken, sir.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Elisabeth Sladen's portrayal of an intelligent and competent woman had a direct positive influence on how I learned to look at women and view relationships. While the rest guys my age were ogling teh bewbs of Farah Fawcett, I along with the other young geeks had Sarah Jane Smith with brains (and yes good looks too).
She will be missed
i will mis you i hope you have a grate time in another world. god rest your sole xxxx
Way too young. However, either the wikipedia article or all the news stories are wrong. If she was born in '46, she was 65.
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:'( Omgg,i was atching her yesterdayy,saying to my sis we will watch her tommorow,and she is gone..She dies in the episode yesterday,on the pier,the trixter+he swapped her round..R.I.P sarah jane smith :( 33
SHE WILL NEVER DIE (to me) The Famous Elisabeth Sladen, Aliases Sarah Jane Smith. The memory will live on. Her soul. Did they know this was coming? It was such a shock to me... I was in tears last night. I was. Why did no one tell me she had cancer? Did they know she was going to pass out? I mean away...? She was too young, too young...
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Too soon. She will be missed.
I just spent last weekend watching most of the fourth season of SJA, except for the last story: "Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith," then I got the news yesterday. I'm sure no one knew that would be her final show. It's going to make it sad when I finally watch it.
A few episodes back, there was "The Death of The Doctor" with Matt Smith. The real surprise was Katy Manning playing Jo Grant: the previous companion. It was neat seeing them interact, although the previous get-together between Sarah Jane and Rose Tyler can't be beat. I see Manning was born in 1949, so she's a bit younger. I also see she once posed nude with a Dalek back in '77. *scratches head* Okay, back to Ms. Sladen.
I had no idea she was in her sixties--she looked great and had to be in shape. Cancer is a real bastard.
I first saw her and The Doctor (Tom Baker) when I was twelve or so, thanks to PBS for bringing it to us in the states all these years. She will be missed.
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Elisabeth Sladen was really good at her job, working with David Tennent and making 'Doctor Who' really interesting for kids, she had a great life when she lived!! My daughter watched all the programs she was in: Sarah Jane, Doctor Who...etc and i myself grew a need to watch some of these programs too, i'm truly sad she died, R.I.P xx
My husband watched doctor who and he truley loved it, he always tried to miss dinner to see it and he has all the old posters of it in this little case of his, my family loved doctor who and we want the best for dear Elisabeth xx
I grew up with Tom Baker, and very quickly developed crushes on Sarah Jane and Leela, along with rolling k9's and juju-bees, and now 1 by 1 they're dissappearing , my condolencses to frieds family and please know all who loved her around the world will soerly miss one more shining star, I will always remember you and Thank You for the memories.
First off really sorry to hear Elisabeth Sladen passed away, I am absulutly gutted.
She was great on Dr Who And in the Sarah Jayne Adventures.
I am an fan of sarah jane adventures and Dr Who myself.