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Doctor Who's Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane) Dies at 63

Posted by timothy on from the lifetime-pass dept.

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."

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  1. Good Bye Sarah Jane by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Way before her time. She will be missed!

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    "I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)

    1. Re:Good Bye Sarah Jane by Gadget_Guy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      She will be missed indeed. I was very suprised at how much this saddened me. She was but one actor in such a long running show, and yet it is amazing how her character's impact is still felt today (at least for me). I think it was because she was on for so long, and because she had such a warm connection with the Doctor. You could tell they cared for each other, more than with other companions (and without all the stupid sexual angst that the modern series displays).

      When she reprised her role in the modern series, it was such a delight to see her again; it was like seeing an old friend. It was nice that this feeling was also displayed by the Doctor, who referred to her fondly as "my Sarah Jane".

      I have been watching The Sarah Jane Adventures recently. A lot of the stories are understandably juvenile, but there have been some in the later seasons that really quite good. I still haven't finished watching the show, but it is going to be very sad to do so knowing that Elisabeth Sladen has passed away. I hope that this last season has a fitting finale with which to bid her goodbye.

    2. Re:Good Bye Sarah Jane by osu-neko · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I'm a bit shocked that she died so young (63!!)...

      Cancer sucks...

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      "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."
  2. Re:Bad things Happen in 3's by iced_773 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Tom Baker's getting up there in years...God I hope it doesn't happen

  3. Re:Bad things Happen in 3's by Fractal+Dice · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know you've been following a show for a long time when you start to tune in for the obituaries

    :_(

    Goodbye Sara Jane.

  4. Re:WTF is this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    How about you just go fuck yourself and die.

  5. Culture by k2r · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > 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.