Sarah Jane Smith and the eleventh Doctor
Sarah Jane Smith was a companion without compare, following Jo Grant’s departure to marry a long haired hippy in The Green Death, she joined the third Doctor on his adventures in the 1973 serial The Time Warrior and then – post regeneration – the fourth Doctor, before finally parting company in 1976′s The Hand of Fear.
During that time she met Sontarans, Daleks, Cybermen, even Davros himself.
Although only in the show – initially at least – for three years, she became popular with the fans and it is this popularity that lead to her later appearances.
She first returned to the role in a pilot for K-9 And Company which although unsuccessful at the time would be reborn decades later in a much more successful format.
Her proper return to Doctor Who though, took place in 1983′s The Five Doctors, where she joined a number of other companions and the first five Doctors in playing the deadly Game Of Rassilon.
This wasn’t the end for Sarah Jane Smith though, it would be a while before she would return again to the role of Sarah Jane Smith but when she did it was explosive.
Riding high on the success of his rejuvenation of Doctor Who and its popularity with a new generation of kids, Russell T Davies brought back Sarah Jane – still an investigative journalist – in the tenth Doctor’s 2006 adventure School Reunion. It was this reintroduction of Sarah Jane that lead to the best kid’s science fiction show ever; The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Elisabeth Sladen played Sarah Jane with conviction and sincerity, without her the character wouldn’t have been as strong and believable. She will be greatly missed.
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