Elisabeth Sladen/Sarah Jane Smith 1948-2011

Elisabeth Sladen touched many peoples lives, young and old, during her career as her portrayal as the plucky young journalist, Sarah Jane Smith, in Doctor Who. I was not fortunate to have met her personally, however my father and uncle did at a convention years ago in Phila, PA. My Uncle has said she was one of his favorites! When I broke the news to my children, they were very upset by the news as they have grown to know her, not only from some of the older episodes I have shown them but also from their own experiences watching her in the new series of Doctor Who alongside David Tennant, and in her own spin off series The Sarah Jane Adventures!!

In Memorandum for all the fans out there, new and old, here are some pictures from every episode that the lovely Mrs. Sladen ever appeared in:

Very 1st apperance in 1973 along side Jon Pertwee in The Time Warrior


Invasion Of The Dinosaurs


Death To The Daleks


The Monster Of Peladon


Planet Of The Spiders, Even though I am scared to death of spiders in real life, I loved this episode!!


With the 4th regeneration of The Doctor, Tom Baker, in Robot


The Ark In Space


The Sontaran Experiment


Where she meets Davros for the very first time in Genesis Of The Daleks


One of My personal Favorites, Revenge Of The Cybermen


When Sarah Jane Smith saw the Locness Monster in Terror Of The Zygons


Planet Of Evil


Pyramids Of Mars


The Android Invasion


The Brain Of Morbius


The Seeds Of Doom


Another one of my favorites, The Masque Of Mandragora


Yet Another of My Favs in which when I was a kid I used to draw the hand alot...lol
The episode in where she leaves The Doctor, The Hand Of Fear


In 1981, Elisabeth Sladen returned in a pilot episode of a proposed Doctor Who spin off that unfortunatly never was picked up. K-9 and Company: A Girls Best Friend


In 1983 she appeared in Doctor Who's 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors


After many years, Elisabeth Sladen reprised her role as Sarah Jane Smith meeting the 10th regeneration of The Doctor, David Tennant, in School Reunion


Sarah Jane Smith comes back in The Stolen Earth to assist in helping find The Doctor


Journey's End where she and all of the 10th Doctor's companion join up to help defeat Davros


In the 2nd part of The End Of Time, the Tenth Doctor has a silent brief good-bye to Sarah Jane Smith to let her know he was to regenerate again


In 2007 the spin off series The Sarah Jane Adventures aired based on the adventures of investigative journalist and former companion of The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith.


Invasion Of The Bane


Revenge Of The Slitheen


Eye Of The Gorgon


Warriors Of Kudlak


Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane?


The Lost Boy


The Last Sontaran


The Day Of The Clown


Secret Of The Stars


The Mark Of The Berserker


The Temptation Of Sarah Jane Smith


Enemy Of The Bane with guest star Nicolas Courtney (who also sadly passed away earlier this year)reprising his role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart


In 2009 The Sarah Jane Adventures did a 5 minute skit for Red Nose Day called From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love


Prisoner Of The Judoon


The Mad Woman In The Attic


The Wedding Of Sarah Jane Smith with David Tennant in a guest appearence as The Doctor


The Eternity Trap


Mona Lisa's Revenge


The Gift


The Nightmare Man


The Vault Of Secrets


Death Of The Doctor with Guest Stars Matt Smith at the 11th Doctor and Katy Manning reprising her role as the companion of the doctor Jo Grant


The Empty Planet in which Elisabeth Sladen was only in a little bit of the episode


Lost In Time


Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith


Filming for three stories for Series 5 was completed prior to Elisabeth Sladen's death. Production for series 5's final three stories was planned for spring 2011, but never commenced due to Sladen's illness. So hopefully out of respect for Elisabeth Sladen, they will air her last three episodes that she had filmed.