Happy Birthday Elizabeth Sladen! She is one of the most well known Companions of the Doctor. Sladen's first ongoing role was in the ongoing soap opera Coronation Street as Anita Reynolds. She had a taste of sci fi in the strange science in a 1972 episode of Doom Watch. Then, she had the iconic role of Sarah Jane Smith who traveled with the Doctor from 1973-1983. Her first adventure was with Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor in "The Time Warrior: Part One." She also made the TV movie spin-off K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981). Next, Sladen appeared in the Gulliver in Lilliput (1982) mini-series. Sladen also appeared as Dormouse in the Alice in Wonderland (1986) mini-series. She returned as Sarah Jane Smith with David Tennant's Tenth Doctor in "School Reunion" (2006).
Elizabeth Sladen was there at "The End of Time: Part Two" (2010), the farewell to the Tenth Doctor and show runner Russell T. Davies. Then, Sarah Jane had her own series in the Sarah Jane Adventures starting with "Invasion of the Bane” (2007). This was geared to a young audience with a team of young teens including her adopted son, Luke Smith (Tommy Knight), her super computer, Mr. Smith, and of course faithful K-9. Season 5 was the last for the series ending with “The Man Who Never Was” (2011). We lost her on April 2011, but Sarah Jane Smith still travels through time and space in our memories! In 2020, there was a special, Farewell, Sarah Jane written by Russell T. Davies. Happy Birthday Elizabeth Sladen!
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