Elisabeth Sladen Posthumous Birthday Wishes

Today would've been Lis Sladen's 69th birthday. Seen here with the Doctor Jon Tom David Matt.

Born on 1st February 1946
Died 19th April 2011

R.I.P

And this wonderful image produced by an unknown source.

Rembering Elisabeth Sladen

It is 2 years since the passing of our much loved and greatly missed companion to the Doctor, Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen. 

R.I.P.

1st February 1946 - 19th April 2011

Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 - 5 Boxset

 Release Date: 6th February 2012 Priced£51.99  
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Springfield Punx: Lis Sladen Tribute

Springfield Punx artist Dean Fraser has brought Doctor Who favourite and the late Lis Sladen to the world of Springfield.

 

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BBC to screen final filmed episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures

As the BBC confirms it won't be continuing with the show, it's been revealed that the final, completed episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures are to be screened.

If you're anything like us, you're still struggling with the shock and unfairness of the death of Elisabeth Sladen last month. Tributes poured in for the late, great actress from people of all ages, and it's clear that she's left behind a mass of appreciative fans. Us included. May she rest in peace.
As expected, her untimely death means that the BBC has no plans now to film further episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures. But it has now confirmed that it will screen the episodes that were already shot. The BBC statement reads:
"Contrary to press reports today we can confirm that no new episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures will be filmed following the tragic death of actress Elisabeth Sladen in April, 2011. As a tribute to Elisabeth the six episodes that were recorded with her last year will be broadcast on CBBC at a date to be confirmed."
Once we have that transmission date, we'll be sure to let you know. Our thoughts remain with Elisabeth Sladen's family.

Source: Den Of Geek

CBBC - My Sarah Jane: A Tribute To Elisabeth Sladen

 Aired on the CBBC digital channel at 18:45 (GMT), shown straight after Doctor Who Series 32 Episode1 'The Impossible Astronaut' on BBC1.

I actually cried whiilst watching this very moving tribute to the wonderful Lis Sladen. I have never cried over the departure of a celebrity before and I doubt I ever will again.

May you forever wonder the corridors of Time & Space. R.I.P. My Sarah Jane xx

Elisabeth Sladen Dies Aged 63

Elisabeth Sladen

(1st February 1948 - 19th April 2011)

It is with a saddened heart that I write this post. Elisabeth Sladen has sadly passed away on the morning of Tuesday, 19th April 2011. She was best known as Doctor Who's most loved companion, journalist Sarah Jane Smith.

Born in Liverpool in 1948, Elisabeth Sladen started her career as an assistant stage manager at the Liverpool Playhouse. Her first stage role was as a corpse before starring in 'Ferry Across The Mersey' as an extra. She went on to play Desdemona in Othello prior to appearing in Coronation Street as a barmaid. She walked the cobbles for six episodes!

Sladen appeared in various TV shows as Z Cars, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. In 1973, she took over the role of companion to the Doctor from Katy Manning (Jo Grant) in Doctor Who. Starring alongside Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker as the Third & Fourth Doctors. She stayed for three and a half series before leaving in 1976. Elisabeth Sladen and Tom Baker wrote the exit of Sarah Jane themselves.

The departure of such a well-loved character as Sarah Jane Smith even made it to the  front pages of the tabloids, when it was usually the change of the Doctor himself! After leaving the show, Sladen returned to her roots in Liverpool and  to the theatre.

In 1981, she reprised her role of Sarah Jane Smith in K9 & Company:A Girl's Best Friend. The first spin off from Doctor Who. Unfortunately, it was not to go beyond a pilot. 

Russell T Davies (former Exec Producer Doctor Who 2005 - 2009), brought Elisabeth Sladen back to the folds of Doctor Who in 2006's School Reunion with David Tennant as the Doctor, and in 2008's two-part finale The Stolen Earth & Journey's End. In 2007, under RTD, CBBC & BBC1 aired the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. A fourth series is due to air later in 2011.

David Tennant on BBC's Breakfast show:

Elisabeth Sladen leaves behind husband Brian Miller and daughter Sadie Miller.

The 116-page magazine is on sale now, priced £6.99.

Sarah Jane Adventures Series Four

The fourth series of the CBBC Sarah jane Adventures begins it's run on Monday, 11th October 2010 approx time 16:35. The first episode is entitled - The Nightmare Man.

SJA: Guests & Episodes Titles

Episode titles have been revealed for the fourth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

The six stories of the fourth series:

Episodes 1&2 'The Nightmare Man' by Joseph Lidster
Episodes 3&4 'The Vault of Secrets' by Phil Ford
Episodes 5&6 'Death of the Doctor' by Russell T Davies
Episodes 7&8 'The Empty Planet' by Gareth Roberts
Episodes 9&10 'Lost in Time' by Rupert Laight
Episodes 11&12 'Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith' by Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman

Julian Bleach, who previously played The Ghostmaker in Torchwoods 'Out of the Rain' and Davros in Doctor Who - 'The Stolen Earth/Journey's End', will guest star as the Nightmare Man in the first two-parter. Other names confirmed are Cheryl Campbell, Cyril Nri and Julie Graham are also due to appear.

BBC Press Release: Doctor & Ex Companion In SJA

Sarah Jane Smith is reunited with another of The Doctor's former companions, Jo Grant (Katy Manning), in a new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, set to air on CBBC this autumn. They'll be joined by The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith), in a special edition of the show penned by executive producer Russell T Davies.

The two episodes will see The Doctor and his two former time-travelling partners caught up in an alien-busting adventure that will entertain Doctor Who fans of all ages.

Elisabeth Sladen, who plays Sarah Jane comments: "It's a fantastic script and I can't wait to work with another Doctor and hope Matt has fun with us. I've known Katy for ages and I am delighted to be working with her. I last met her in LA but this time we will be in Cardiff. LA was good but Cardiff is better."

Katy Manning, who recently returned to live in the UK again, adds: "Playing Jo Grant again is something I never really considered. I was gob-smacked when they told me and I am over the moon. What an incredible little treat. I come home and this is one of the first things that happens."

Executive producer Nikki Wilson says: "We are absolutely thrilled to be introducing Sarah Jane and the gang to both The Eleventh Doctor and Jo Grant, and to have a script penned by Russell T Davies is the icing on the cake!

"Viewers are in for a real treat, with an action-packed story full of Russell's usual wit and warmth, which takes the gang inside a secret base beneath Snowdon and introduces brand-new vulture aliens, the mysterious Shansheeth. All this, plus a trip to an alien planet – a first for The Sarah Jane Adventures."

Jo Grant & Third Doctor in the lab at U.N.I.T HQ

Featuring the usual mixture of thrills, laughs and scares, the fourth series promises fun with enemies old and new, including the terrors of the Nightmare Man and a dangerous journey back into history.

A galaxy of guest stars are lined up to appear in the series and include Laila Rouass (Primeval, Footballers Wives) and Cheryl Campbell (Pennies From Heaven), whilst David Bradley (Argus Filch in Harry Potter) will provide the voice of the Shansheeth.

The Sarah Jane Adventures is executive produced by Nikki Wilson and Russell T Davies and produced by Brian Minchin.

Writers on the fourth series include Phil Ford (also co-producer), Joseph Lidster, Rupert Laight, Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman. The Sarah Jane Adventures is a BBC Cymru Wales/Children's BBC production.

Sarah Jane Adventures Back For 2 More Series

CBBC Controller Damian Kavanagh has commissioned two new series (24 x 30-minutes) of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

The fourth series, to air this autumn, will again star Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. Young actors Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra return as popular regulars Luke, Clyde and Rani.

The new adventures will feature the terrors of the Nightmare Man, the sinister Shansheeth, the series first visit to an alien world, and even a dangerous journey back into history.

It will go into production in Cardiff later this month with series three producer Nikki Wilson stepping up alongside Russell T Davies as executive producer and new producer Brian Minchin joining the team. Writers on the fourth series include Phil Ford (also co-producer), Joseph Lidster, Rupert Laight, Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.

Series 5 will go into production in 2011 for transmission later that year.

Happy Birthday Elisabeth Sladen!

Turns 62 today

Born in Liverpool in 1948. She is best known for her role as Investigative Journalist Sarah Jane Smith - companion to the third and fourth incarnations of the Doctor (1973-1976). Sarah Jane Smith is 3 years younger than Elisabeth Sladen herself (born May 1951 in the village of Foxgrove).

Reprising the role on screen for the 20th anniversary story - 'The Five Doctors', Peter Davison as the Doctor. A spin off pilot was commissioned in 1981 - 'K9 & Company'. This did not go on to become a series. 1993 Children In Need special -' Dimensions In Time', 1995's independently produced 'Downtime', alongside Nicholas Briggs (Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewert) and Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield), before returning to Doctor Who in 2006's - 'School Reunion'. Where she meets a rather young looking incarnation of the Doctor (David Tennant). Elisabeth Sladen returned again in the 2008 Series two part finale - 'The Stolen Earth' & 'Journey's End'. New Years Day 2010 saw her return for a possible final time to Doctor Who as a

New Years Day 2007 saw a new spin off - 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' which went on to 3 series and a fourth in production and to be aired later in 2010.

Sladen played Sarah Jane in several audio plays. Two of them were produced for BBC Radio, The Paradise Of Death (Radio 5, 1993), and The ghosts Of N-Space (Radio 2, 1996), together with Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney. Big Finish Productions has also produced two series of Sarah Jane Smith audio adventures set in the present day, released in 2002 and 2006. Her daughter Sadie has also appeared in the audios.

Below - Third Doctor & Sarah Jane battling a Sontaran, Sarah Jane & Forth Doctor in secondary Console Room, The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Tenth Doctor with his Children Of Time.

Elizabth Sladen biography

Sarah Jane Smith character biography

On The BBC Radio 2 programme Who on Who Russell T Davies confirmed himself that a fourth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures has been commissioned with possibly a fifth.

gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com In what amounts to confirmation that Series Four of The Sarah Jane Adventures has been commissioned, the BBC are recruiting a new producer to take over production of the series. The successful applicant will be based in Cardiff, and assumes responsibility for the programme which begins shooting in March. The series will once again consist of twelve thirty-minute episodes.

Series Three was shown in the UK last Autumn, achieving much higher than average ratings for CBBC. Series Two has just begun broadcasting on BBC Kids in Canada.

The Wedding Of Sarah Jane Smith Novel

The episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures that will feature David's cameo is to be released as a novel.The synopsis of the book gives us an idea of what to expect from the episodes which will be screened on 29th and 30th October:

Sarah Jane is acting very suspiciously. When Luke, Clyde and Rani investigate, with the help of Mr Smith and K-9, they discover something unexpected – Sarah Jane has a boyfriend and she’s going to marry him! Of course, in Sarah Jane’s life, things are not always as they seem and some very special wedding guests ensure this is one day she will never forget!

The book is released on 5th November 2009 Priced £4.49.

Whoniverse Boxsets

Torchwood Seasons 1-3 Boxsets

The boxset cover has been revealed for the upcoming Torchwood series one to three collection. This set will be released on both DVD and Blu-ray and includes every episode from the beginning of Torchwood, to the end of Children of Earth, and also includes all of the special features from previous boxsets released. An image of the series one to three boxset is below.

Torchwood stars John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Burn Gorman, and Naoko Mori. The boxset will be released on the 26th of October, the same day the Doctor Who series one to four collection is released. It will go on sale for £59.99 on DVD, and £69.99 on Blu-ray.

Doctor Who Seasons 27-30 Boxsets

2|entertain have revealed the boxset packaging for the complete Doctor Who series one to four set. The boxset will include every episode from the four series of the show, including the Christmas specials; “The Christmas Invasion”, “The Runaway Bride”, and “Voyage of the Damned” and ext

The Doctor Who series one to four boxset will be released on the 26th of October at the recommended retail price of £89.99. It stars Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, and Catherine Tate.

Sarah Jane Adventures Season 2 Boxset

The cover for the complete second series boxset for The Sarah Jane Adventures has been released online and can be seen below.

Life on Earth can be an adventure too! Get ready for more danger, mystery and wonder as incomparable Sarah Jane Smith returns for a second series of the spectacular, thrilling children’s drama from the makers of Doctor Who and Torchwood! When Sarah’s adopted son, Luke, first became part of Sarah Jane’s life, he encountered a world of adventure – not just of dangerous aliens bent on invasion and destruction, but also an amazing world of wonder and excitement which showed him that the universe really is an amazing place. This is something that Sarah Jane is keen to keep from Bannerman Road, and Series Two’s newest addition, fourteen-year-old Rani Chandra and her parents Gita and Haresh. But sparky Rani is a wannabe journalist and, like Sarah Jane, is not the type to let a mystery go unsolved!

Released on the 9th of November at the RRP of £19.99.

The Doctor In SJA - Autumn

BBC SJA Press Release

The BBC Press Office have published a press release regarding the third series of the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures online today. It contains new information about the third series, such as what monsters will appear and what the episodes will be about. It also includes news about David Tennant appearing in one of the stories which we reported yesterday. The press release can be seen below.

Doctor Who fans are in for a treat this Autumn as David Tennant makes a special appearance as The Doctor in CBBC's hit drama series The Sarah Jane Adventures with a starring role across two episodes.

Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, one-time companion to that strange wanderer in time and space known as The Doctor, is reunited with her old friend as The Sarah Jane Adventures is back for a third series of alien-busting adventures on CBBC this September.

Elisabeth Sladen, who plays Sarah Jane, says: "When I heard the news that David was going to be joining us I was absolutely over the moon. Not only has it made my day but it will also make the viewers' day.

"It's fantastic news that Sarah Jane is going to spend some time working with The Doctor again and is testament to just how successful this CBBC series is."

Russell T Davies, Executive Producer of The Sarah Jane Adventures, adds: "Viewers thought they may have to wait until November for the next full episode of Doctor Who, but this is an extra special treat.

"And it's not just a cameo from David – this is a full-on appearance for The Doctor as he and Sarah Jane face their biggest threat ever."

The series includes 12 weeks of brand new adventures featuring a new alien race, the reptilian Veil and their enemies the Judoon, alongside an extraterrestrial girl that can make people play games against their will.

There will also be a living painting, the inhabitants of a supposedly haunted house, monsters who want to infect Earth with a strangely aggressive weed and a chance for Sarah Jane to find personal happiness with someone who could be the perfect person to complete her family.

Alongside adopted son Luke, Sarah Jane's team is made up of Luke's streetwise pal Clyde Langer, their schoolmate Rani, who lives opposite and has aspirations to become a journalist like Sarah Jane, and Mr Smith, their Xylok supercomputer up in the attic, plus Sarah Jane's robot dog, K-9.

David Tennant will be appearing in the fifth and sixth episodes of the series. Although it was previously reported that the Judoon may be appearing in the series it is now confirmed, and we know that they are after the the reptilian Veil. The Sarah Jane Adventures series three is currently filming and will air in Autumn this year on BBC One and CBBC.

Anna Friel To Star In The Sarah Jane Adventures?

According to various sources, Anna Friel has apparently landed a role in an episode for the third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures which will air later this year. Anna Friel has appeared in many TV shows and films during her career and is well well known for her role as Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles in Pushing Daisies. You can view more information about Anna and her previous work here. The reports and articles claim that she will play an evil zombie life-sized doll and will come face to face with Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Rani. It should be noted however that these are only rumours at the moment and that the casting of Anna Friel hasn't yet been confirmed by an official source. More information about these rumours will be posted if and when it becomes available.

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Sarah Jane Adventures - Comic relief

Mini Monster Munch

Is Ronnie Corbett out to steal David Tennants time traveling thunder? In another brilliant sketch for Comic Relief, he joins former Doctor Who Companion Elizabeth Sladen and company - including K9 - in what Russell t Davies calls "Sarah Jane Smith's most extraordinary adventure yet". Ronnie Corbett plays a monster called - Sorry, were not aloud to tell you!

The episode should be shown somewhere between 7.00-7.30pm on Friday March13th.

The Sarah Jane Adventures has also been nominated for Royal Television society award for best children's Drama along with MI High and Summerhill. The ceremony takes place on Tuesday 17th March 2009.

Music from Outer Space

• Saturday, 18 April 2009 6.00pm
• Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Ian Mcmillan conductor
JUST ANNOUNCED - Elisabeth Sladen (star of the Sarah Jane Adventures and Dr Who's companion) presenter

We are delighted to announce that Elisabeth Sladen, star of the Sarah Jane Adventures and a regular on Dr Who, will be presenting this concert.

Elisabeth Sladen will be joined by her husband Brian Miller, the voice of the daleks on Dr Who.

A mind-blowing journey through time with a spectacular programme of 'space inspired' science fiction music including Star Wars, Star Trek, The Empire Strikes Back, Thunderbirds, E.T., Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Superman and Dr Who. Sit back, fasten your seat belts and be prepared to marvel as you take an unforgettable trip to Outer Space in the company of the RLPO!

Come along dressed up as your favourite sci fi character - Dalek or Doctor, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Princess Leia or perhaps Superman!

Concert starts at 6pm and finishes at 7.30pm, with a ten-minute interval.

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Cast of SJA on Red Nose Day 09

With David Tennant hosting the first hour of Comic Relief in March, it appears he iwill be joined by fellow WHOniverse actors Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Anjli Mohindra and Daniel Anthony who are scheduled to film a specail for the night.

Details regarding the plot are not yet known, however it will feature a well-known comedian and an attack by Rednosicles(!)