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Doctor Who fans all over the earth mourn today the death of Elisabeth Sladen, who portrayed Sarah Jane Smith in the 70s with the Third and Fourth Doctors, and in the present decade with the Tenth and Eleventh.
For me she was the very measure of a Doctor's companion, the gold standard against which all others must be measured and (generally) found wanting.
I'm not ashamed to say that as a lad, she was my first television crush.
Of course, she had a successful career in theatre, and she went on to star in two different Doctor Who spin-offs, but I will always remember her running about with the Doctor and the Brigadier, all the while smiling while they saved the earth from the monster of the week.
What can we do but offer condolences to those who loved her, and prayers for her soul?
As in life, she now in death joins Jon Pertwee (the Third Doctor) and Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart). Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
For me she was the very measure of a Doctor's companion, the gold standard against which all others must be measured and (generally) found wanting.
I'm not ashamed to say that as a lad, she was my first television crush.
Of course, she had a successful career in theatre, and she went on to star in two different Doctor Who spin-offs, but I will always remember her running about with the Doctor and the Brigadier, all the while smiling while they saved the earth from the monster of the week.
What can we do but offer condolences to those who loved her, and prayers for her soul?
As in life, she now in death joins Jon Pertwee (the Third Doctor) and Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart). Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
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