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From David Tenant's heartfelt introduction, to the devastating postscript by Brian Miller (Sladen's husband), there shines a personality determined to give her best to both her career and her family and friends. What came across from them was her absolute professionalism, and this is also evident in the book itself, beautifully read by Caroline John (herself a Doctor Who companion, the wonderful Liz Shaw to Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor).īy turns hilarious, insightful and heart-breaking, this twelve CD unabridged reading is a journey through one woman's career and dealings with fandom. I also knew so little about her, other than what people had told me when I'd interviewed them about her after her death. In her role as Sarah Jane, Sladen linked together old and new Who, something I was very fond of.

I'm not one for celebrity biographies (not that Miss Sladen would ever have referred to herself as such), but this one was different.

I slowly drifted away from Who after she left, and was thrilled when she returned triumphantly in the new series episode "School Reunion" and then her own series "The Sarah Jane Adventures". She was a good role-model for a small child: feisty, determined, feminine but not girly (although depending on who the writers were, she could be a bit screamy), she let nothing stand in her way.

Some of my earliest TV memories are of watching Lis Sladen, Tom Baker and Ian Marter, dashing about the universe battling aliens and monsters. Sarah Jane Smith meant a great deal to me as a child. With their passing, another part of my childhood was gone, just as the deaths of Jim Henson, Tony Hart and Oliver Postgate had taken away pieces years before. The lovely Nicholas Courtney had died only two months before, but he was much older and had been ill for some time, so although his passing was very sad, it was not such a shock.

The loss of Elisabeth Sladen in April 2011 was a devastating blow to so many people, especially as it came completely out of the blue.