RIP: Sarah Jane, Doctor Who's Companion

[thewayne]

Elisabeth Sladon passed away, she'd been battling cancer. She started with Doctor #3, John Pertwee, then continued with Tom Baker and got a spin-off show with K-9. She was definitely one of the more fun and interesting companions.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/04/elisabeth-sladen-obit/

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/19/135553513/elisabeth-sladen-doctor-who-actress-dies-of-cancer?ft=1&f=1001

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/20/0321204/Doctor-Whos-Elisabeth-Sladen-Sarah-Jane-Dies-at-63

Comments

Sad

[jadziaesq.livejournal.com]

I liked her as companion when she was with Tom Baker. i even liked her spin off show.

As a Dr Who fan, i will miss her!

RIP Elisabeth

[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

I read about that yesterday! So sad! :( Now I really wanna check out the spin off show.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Apparently she did more than one spinoff: Sarah Jane Adventures (2010), not to be confused with Sarah Conner Chronicles, SJA: Alien Files (2010), and K-9 & Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981). Adventures and K-9 are available on Amazon, it would seem that SJA is not yet available.

I haven't seen any of them except for the extended Dr. Who episode she did which was sort of a crossover with Sarah Jane Adventures. If you pick up any of them, I'd love to borrow them from you some time, and I'll extend the same offer if I manage to snag any of 'em any time soon.

Re: Sad

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

She was great. I think the first Baker companion that I remember was Lela(?) and the ever popular "Shall I kill him now?" tag line, but I always thought Sarah Jane was the best and definitely cutest. I never saw any of her spinoffs.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I should have mentioned that the Sarah Jane spinoffs were written for a more juvenile market, not that that makes a lot of diff for me.

[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

heck yeah! I'll let you know if paychecks allow me to buy those bad boys, you'll be more than welcome to borrow 'em! :D

[silveradept]

Sarah Jane, for the few episodes that we saw her for, definitely sparked as an interesting companion. It's too bad that we lost her so early.

Re: Sad

[jadziaesq.livejournal.com]

Sara Jane was the first b/c she was already there when John Periwee left and Tom Baker took over.

But, Lela was my favorite of the companions during Tom Bakers years. I liked that tag line too.