RIP Elisabeth Sladen - 04/19/11 02:23 PM
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith in Dr. Who) has died
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674
She'll be greatly missed.
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She'll be greatly missed.
Re: RIP Elisabeth Sladen - 04/19/11 06:20 PM
I just came in to post on this if no one else had.
Before DT came along, when I was a child, Sarah Jane, the Brigadier and Tom Baker's Doctor represented the Golden Age for me. It was, in fact, the only time I really watched the show. I still have very fond, nostalgic memories of their adventures. Those Egyptian mummies still send shivers down my spine to this day.
It's a testament to Elisabeth's vitality and youthful energy that when I heard this on the news my immediate reaction was to think, "No - goodness, she's too young." When the scrolling news bar said she was 63 a couple of seconds later, I was amazed and then, of course, immediately on the heels of that thought came the, "Well, of course she was - she had to have been if she was on the show back in the '70's!"
Yet, she never seemed to have aged for me. Still youthful, still beautiful. Still the Sarah Jane I knew and loved back then.
What a sad loss. RIP, Elisabeth - you've left a wonderful legacy in the minds of children all over the world.
LabRat
Before DT came along, when I was a child, Sarah Jane, the Brigadier and Tom Baker's Doctor represented the Golden Age for me. It was, in fact, the only time I really watched the show. I still have very fond, nostalgic memories of their adventures. Those Egyptian mummies still send shivers down my spine to this day.
It's a testament to Elisabeth's vitality and youthful energy that when I heard this on the news my immediate reaction was to think, "No - goodness, she's too young." When the scrolling news bar said she was 63 a couple of seconds later, I was amazed and then, of course, immediately on the heels of that thought came the, "Well, of course she was - she had to have been if she was on the show back in the '70's!"
Yet, she never seemed to have aged for me. Still youthful, still beautiful. Still the Sarah Jane I knew and loved back then.
What a sad loss. RIP, Elisabeth - you've left a wonderful legacy in the minds of children all over the world.
LabRat
Re: RIP Elisabeth Sladen - 04/19/11 07:05 PM
Oh, no!
I did not watch classic Who, but really enjoyed Sarah Jane's character during her visits to Doctor Who with the 10th Doctor (I haven't yet seen her act with Matt Smith). She seemed to me to be a very gracious lady and I thought that Elisabeth's true character shined through her TV personality.
Labrat said:
Even though she looked to be a good decade younger than her age, 63 is still too young. She will be missed.
B
I did not watch classic Who, but really enjoyed Sarah Jane's character during her visits to Doctor Who with the 10th Doctor (I haven't yet seen her act with Matt Smith). She seemed to me to be a very gracious lady and I thought that Elisabeth's true character shined through her TV personality.
Labrat said:
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It's a testament to Elisabeth's vitality and youthful energy that when I heard this on the news my immediate reaction was to think, "No - goodness, she's too young."
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Re: RIP Elisabeth Sladen - 04/20/11 06:16 PM
Newsround (the BBC children's news programme) led with this today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/
and the adult news version here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/
and the adult news version here
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Re: RIP Elisabeth Sladen - 04/20/11 06:42 PM
Re: RIP Elisabeth Sladen - 05/31/11 02:38 PM
I just found out today. What a brilliant woman. She will be sadly missed.
James
James