April 28th, 2011
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Elisabeth Sladen [1948-2011]
Elisabeth Sladen [1948-2011]
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Andrew Skilleter
Tom Baker…
Sarah Jane dead? No, impossible! Impossible. Only last week I agreed to do six new audio adventures with her for Big Finish Productions. She can’t be dead. But she is: she died yesterday morning. Cancer.
You can read the full tribute Here.
Matt Smith…
“What struck me about Lis was her grace. She welcomed me, educated me, and delighted me with her tales and adventures on Doctor Who. And she also seemed to have a quality of youth that not many people retain as they go through life. Her grace and kindness will stay with me because she had such qualities in abundance and shared them freely. I will miss her, as will the world of Doctor Who and all the Doctors that had the good pleasure to work with Lis Sladen and travel the universe with Sarah Jane.”
David Tennant…
I just can’t believe that Lis is gone. She seemed invincible. The same woman who enchanted my childhood, enchanted my time on Doctor Who and enchanted generations who have watched her and fallen in love with her – just like I did. I feel very honoured to have shared a TARDIS with Sarah Jane Smith, and I feel very lucky to have shared some time with Lis Sladen. She was extraordinary.
Russell T Davies…
“I absolutely loved Lis. She was funny and cheeky and clever and just simply wonderful. The universe was lucky to have Sarah Jane Smith, the world was lucky to have Lis.”
Nicholas Briggs…
We are all so shocked and so very sad at the news of the death of Lis Sladen. Only yesterday I was filming a DVD extra in which I was talking with such heartfelt passion about how she was so ‘luminous’ on screen and how brilliant she was as Sarah Jane Smith.
Please bear in mind some comments on this site are from very young and upset people. This news as come as a great shock to many fans, old and new.
David Tennant on Elisabeth Sladen – BBC Breakfast…
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Time reversed
April 20th, 2011 - 6:31amWhen i first heard his news i refused to belive it. Im still kind of hoping this is some big joke, but you wouldent make this sort of joke. Gooidbye sarah jane smith. Goodbye elizibeth sladen. We will never,ever forget you, as you are still the slightly crazy bannerman road woman who fights aliens to us, and you will stay in our hearts for centurys.
jimbob
April 20th, 2011 - 8:04amthe finale of s4 was titled goodbye sarah jane smith. and that is litrally the last time we will see her on screen so literally godd bye sarah jane smith. 😥
DoctorWho2011
April 20th, 2011 - 6:16amI Bet Lis Was Looking Forward To Seeing Doctor Who Series 6 But She Now 🙁
Richard
April 20th, 2011 - 5:35amCant believe im actually in tears after reading this news! Now her spirit is going on one last great adventure! R.I.P. Sarah Jane.
Jimbub123
April 20th, 2011 - 8:17amI will really miss her.
First the Brig and now SJ.
Worst year for who news ever 🙁
craig
April 20th, 2011 - 11:51amI was so sad that I took down all my sja posters
Mark in Surrey
April 20th, 2011 - 1:43amI cant believe this ive just read it on the web site. She was brillinat i loved her as the Doctors companion in the 70’s as a kid and again in the Sarah Jane Adventures as an Adult. this is so sad. RIP Elizabeth you will be greatly missed
Juddon Platoon
April 20th, 2011 - 12:13amI hope they make a programme of her life!
First Nick and now her not fair!’
what about Series 5?
DoctorWho2011
April 20th, 2011 - 6:12amI Dont Think We Heard About Series 5 Yet Whether They Are Going To Cancel It Or Not
Johnny
April 20th, 2011 - 12:10amSometimes someone who you didn’t know personally dies and it really hits you. I grew up in the seventies watching her with Jon Pertwee & Tom Baker and she was quite simply brilliant. When I remember my childhood TV she is someone who stands out a mile.
Ive just had a really fantastic day and a great evening….what a crap end to it. Very,very sad news……gutted. RIP Lis
drwhomad6500
April 19th, 2011 - 11:49pmAs we recover from one passing, another has gone too. Up to the TARDIS in the sky. I and I’m sure all Whovians will miss her very dearly. She was an incredible person, appearing in both Classic and New Who. She was incredible. I just hope that at the end of Doctor Who this week, they will too give a tribute. Rest in peace Elisabeth, we will all miss you.
Thedoctortimelord
April 19th, 2011 - 11:41pmShe was too young to die she was too amazing in everyway to die.
doctorwhomad
April 19th, 2011 - 11:18pmR.I.P Elisabeth Sladen. Doctor Who’s No.1 companion. A true legend. She’ll be sadly missed by everyone who loved her.
Liam
April 19th, 2011 - 11:13pmThis is just terrible, so unexpected I’m lost for words
third doctor
April 19th, 2011 - 11:11pmElisabeth Sladen was a brillant lady,funny and kind. I met elisabeth in 2009 i was star struck when i met her at a doctor who convention. I went as the third doctor and i went to go and talk to elisabeth sladen. As i went up to Elisabeth sladen i crept up behind her and said “Hello Sarah jane” and elisabeth jumped a mile away from me and she said “Doctor”. We’d laughed,i had my photo took with her and at the end of the doctor who convention i met her for the very last time. She seen me and she said “it was lovely meeting you Adam and i said “you too Elisabeth and good luck in the future”. Before she left she said “come and give me a hug and a kiss” and i said “are you sure” and she said “yeah” and i did. Elisabeth said Goodbye Doctor and i said Goodbye Miss Sarah Jane Smith. R.I.P Elisabeth and thank you for that day.
Chris Bale
April 19th, 2011 - 10:56pmI’m very saddened to have heard that Elisabeth Sladen has passed away.
She was a true Doctor Who icon.
My sincere condolences to her family.
“Goodbye Sarah Jane”
andy forest monkey
April 19th, 2011 - 10:55pmJust cant believe it , growing up in the 70s Sarah Jane and Tom Baker were and will remain the best Doctor and companion and the first series with Sarah Jane and Tom Baker is still and will remain the best and the benchmark by which all other series should be judged , Saying a prayer for you now Lis and your family ……. Gutted !!!
Andrew Blakey
April 19th, 2011 - 10:51pmI really really really can’t believe this very sad news Rest in Peace Liz you will be missed.
Liz was my first companion when I started watching Doctor Who in 1998 and has never been replaced by anyone. I have a lot of DVD’s and books with Liz in them I will treasure them forever and I am now holding my Sarah Jane figure right now. Rest in Peace
mdalek
April 19th, 2011 - 10:45pmMust be a sad ending for SJA
What on earth is going to happen next to any of the doctor who actors or actress
Angel Tim
April 19th, 2011 - 10:44pmNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I realy was not expecting this! she was one of the best companions and she was great in SJA. I hate cancer for all the wonderfull people it targets. I saw this on the news a few minutes ago and I just went WHAT??!! in my head. 😥 😥 I am with her series 2 figure (DW) and a huge lego ATLANTIS set behind me which realy doesn’t relate to this at all. 😥 A big shock 😯 on my Birthday. (which if you have been in the merchandise pandorica C&B bit, you will know is today)
They could still make a spin off for SJA with martha or Joe in. But it wont be the same without Liz. 😥 😥 😥 😥
Doctor Who Crazy Ross Muscroft
April 19th, 2011 - 10:39pmRIP LIZ XXX
DID THEY FINISH MAKING SERIES 5 OF SJA BECAUSE IT COULD BE COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO HER AND IT COULD HAVE A SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY OF LIZ’S LIFE ON THE DVD
SARAH AND LIZ ALIKE WILL BOTH BE MISSED
simon w
April 19th, 2011 - 10:37pmI personly know what its like to have had cancer and my thoughts got to her family in this time. I was only watching an episode of the SJA this afternoon. She will be missed by all dr who and sja fan’s. may she rest in peace.
KORSAIR
April 19th, 2011 - 10:34pmI’ve just heard the sad news and I’m gutted, that lovely,talented lady that Elizabeth Sladen was will be sorely missed,sleep well Sarah Jane x, Peter
b box
April 19th, 2011 - 10:24pmit must be terrible for her husband and dauther
booboo
April 19th, 2011 - 10:25pmI’m sure, our thoughts go out to them
Thomas Jones
April 19th, 2011 - 10:06pmR.I.P Elisabeth Sladen
The universe was lucky to have Sarah Jane Smith, the world was lucky to have Elisabeth sladen
b box
April 19th, 2011 - 10:17pmyou got that from
booboo
April 19th, 2011 - 10:22pmNo, it comes from Russell t Davies
Cymon P
April 19th, 2011 - 9:56pmSo sorry. God bless you Elizabeth you were the best
Callum Metcalfe
April 19th, 2011 - 9:47pmR.I.P the best companion ever.
I wonder if they have filmed all of series 5 so it goes on air in the autumn.
b box
April 19th, 2011 - 10:14pmprob not as its april
Anonymous
April 19th, 2011 - 10:39pmThey filmed 1/2 the series back to back with series four and filmed some more earlier this year. I’m not sure if they finished filming though. I’m so sad right now
Anonymous
April 19th, 2011 - 10:43pmApparantely they had to postpone as she was not well.
Jason doctorwhoone
April 19th, 2011 - 9:44pmMe and my younger Sister met her [ along with co-stars Daniel Anthony and Thomas Knight ] back in 2008 as Borders in London before it was closed down. She noticed my replica Tardis Key, telling me she owned one as well which she said to me was at her home. Before saying goodbye to her when we met, i said ” Hope to see you again someday perhaps ” and she smiled with a big thumbs up to me, but now, i know another meeting with Sarah Jane will never happen, but thank you Lis, it was a please for me and my younger Sister to have met you, just as many other fans have.
2doctors2000
April 19th, 2011 - 9:46pmi nearly as i saw her on set never properly though
Anonymous
April 19th, 2011 - 10:41pmWhen I et her at a book signing in bath, the interviewer wouldn’t come to me, she looked at me and smiled and mouthed ‘sorry’ and smiled. when we got to the front of the book signing queue, my sister was feeling ill, so she gave us an extra exclusive signed postcard. She is so nice and funny. She shall be truley missed]
RIP LIZ SLADEN
April 19th, 2011 - 9:43pmR.I.P Liz you were best classic companion and you will be sadly missed…..
Joe
April 19th, 2011 - 9:42pmI can’t believe it. im genuinely upset, almost crying. this is horrible news. i really wish i was dreaming. she was one of the most inspiring actresses of this time, and a lovely lady. unfortulatly, i never received the privilege of actually meeting her in person 🙁 RIP
eternaldalek101
April 19th, 2011 - 9:41pmcannot believe that Elisabeth Sladen has passed away. Absolutely shocking and devastating news. She will be missed by thousands. Heart breaking news. Goodbye Sarah Jane, we won’t forget you. We shall all be sheding a tear for you today.
The face of Boe
April 20th, 2011 - 7:21pmGoodbye Sarah Jane Smith
Sonic screwdriver
April 19th, 2011 - 9:41pmThis is just terrible
the master
April 19th, 2011 - 9:32pmSaddened and shocked by this news,loved liz,great lady,one of my fave compsnions.
Anonymous
April 19th, 2011 - 9:28pmshe will be sadly missed god bless her soul
R.I.P Elizabeth Sladen