# RIP Sarah Jane :-( **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996 "2011-04-19T20:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/1 "2011-04-19T20:31:40Z")
☹ [Elisabeth Sladen dead at 63](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/2 "2011-04-19T20:35:21Z")
Oh, that’s too young. ☹ Thank you, Ms. Sladen, for helping entertain so many people over the years. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/3 "2011-04-19T20:40:06Z")
I know of her work entirely through _NuWho_, but she seemed to enjoy being part of the Whoniverse. RIP, Elisabeth. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/4 "2011-04-19T20:40:11Z")
One of my favorite [companions](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_EK76-Zpkw)… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/5 "2011-04-19T20:45:04Z")
> [@](#): > > BBC entertainment reporter Lizo Mzimba said she had had cancer for some time. 😕 She’s been filming Sarah Jane Adventures for several years. I’m pretty sure she worked on the series last year. A new season starts airing sometime this year. It’s a shame. Best wishes to her family and fans. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/6 "2011-04-19T20:54:46Z")
I Checked over at Gallifrey Base. They had about half of season 5 of SJA completed. Liz got too sick to work a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/7 "2011-04-19T21:22:59Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I Checked over at Gallifrey Base. They had about half of season 5 of SJA completed. Liz got too sick to work a few weeks ago. That is so, so sad. She was great in _School Reunion_. It wasn’t a great episode, but her scenes with the Doctor were really terrific acting. She stepped into that role after a decades long break and made us feel every bit of the sense of loss that her character would have felt when the Doctor had to disappear from her life. “You were getting on with your life…” “You were my life!” Damn, I am a big weepy bastard. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/8 "2011-04-19T21:25:18Z")
Oh, my wife and daughter are going to be upset about this news. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/9 "2011-04-19T21:27:51Z")
Tom Baker and Elizabeth Sladen were the first Doctor and companion I ever knew. I wasn’t well acquainted with the Doctor at the time and didn’t realize companions were temporary. When Sarah Jane left and Leela came along I was surprised. I’ve since seen all the Doctors except for the William Hartnell, who started it all. Sarah Jane will always hold a special place in my heart. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/10 "2011-04-19T21:31:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Tom Baker and Elizabeth Sladen were the first Doctor and companion I ever knew. Me too. I used to watch them on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/11 "2011-04-19T21:32:47Z")
I am very sad to hear the news. She was one of my favorites! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/12 "2011-04-19T21:53:52Z")
Bummer. I liked her occasional apperances on the new Doctor Who Brian ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/13 "2011-04-19T21:56:31Z")
Liz Sladen was one of the best. Sarah Jane Smith was the first “liberated” female companion, and I absolutely loved her. In fact, when I first started watching _Dr Who_, I kept watching the show because of her, not Tom Baker. Although that changed later. Became a big Tom Baker freak for awhile. The Brigadier, and now Sarah. It can’t get any sadder than that. Unless, of course, Tom d…No! I won’t even let myself think about that now. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/14 "2011-04-19T22:00:16Z")
The Brigadier and Sara both spanned a lot of doctors. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/15 "2011-04-19T22:03:36Z")
Damn, 63 is a bit on the young side. But its good to know she got one final good run (that she probably had a blast doing) for these last few years. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/16 "2011-04-19T22:24:14Z")
☹ How sad. She was an icon of my childhood, the first companion I can clearly remember. Truly the end of an era. I’ve never actually seen the SJA, are they worth watching? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/17 "2011-04-19T22:26:48Z")
I’m sorry to hear this. I haven’t watched the Sarah Jane Adventures, but I liked her work in both old and new Who. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/18 "2011-04-19T22:33:38Z")
It’s sad to hear. I did like her as the Doctor’s companion, and her return in “School Reunion” was a treat. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/19 "2011-04-19T22:33:41Z")
While not part of my first Doctor/Companion combination, Sarah Jane was my favourite companion so far, sorry to see her gone ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996/20 "2011-04-19T22:58:23Z")
Damn it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sarah-jane/578996.md?page=2)