Holy Crap- RIP Elisabeth Sladen

[donutsweeper]

It looks like the news is real:

Elisabeth Sladen has passed away at the age of 63.

The actress is best known for portraying Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures. The cause of death is not yet clear.

Doctor Who Magazine tweeted: "With great sadness, DWM must report the loss of our beloved Sarah Jane, actress Elisabeth Sladen. The best of best friends. Too, too sad."

More to follow

It is with great sadness that we have to report that the actress Elisabeth Sladen - forever known to us as the Doctor's best friend, Sarah Jane Smith - has died. The news, which was broken on Twitter earlier today, has since been confirmed via Twitter by Doctor Who Magazine.

A full obituary will be published soon.

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html
http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/s7/doctor-who/news/a315485/elisabeth-sladen-dies-aged-63.html

Comments

[noirrosaleen.livejournal.com]

WHAAAAAT????

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

BBC news has confirmed it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674

*sniffles*

:(

[noirrosaleen.livejournal.com]

Tony Lee posted about it. I guess it has to be real.

GODDAMMIT CANCER. You've taken my breasts, you're taking my hair, AND NOW YOU'VE TAKEN MY SARAH JANE. This is WAR.

[captain-tiv.livejournal.com]

I'm just catching up with this.

::stares in shock::

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

*HUGS* It's quite a blow. I know a lot of people were saddened by the death of The Brig a few weeks back, but there's a whole generation of Whovians who grew up with Sarah Jane. I'm seriously afraid to tell my friend Ivan. He's going through a lot of emotional stuff right now and I'm afraid this would really devastate him.

[snufflesdbear.livejournal.com]

Fuck cancer. She was only 63! There was a new season coming up.
*FU CANCER!*

[indigocat.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[snufflesdbear.livejournal.com]

You know what we need? We need a comm here called FUCANCER with links to help (which I desperately need) RIPs, celebrations... is there anything like that here?

On a happier note, our 1 new kitten here, looks very much like the dude in your icon.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yay for new kitten!!!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

she will always be my favorite companion, gone too soon.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Sarah Jane ranks in my top five probably. Lis died way too young

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't even know her that well, only from the new series, but that still makes me very sad. Sarah Jane was kickass. :(

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

She really, really was, there are quite a number of excellent old School serials Sarah Jane was in (not like there isn't enough canon to try to catch up on or anything)

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

My friend Erica is a huge old school Who fan and she leant me a few serials she had taped off the TV, as well as The Five Doctors DVD. I think I saw 'The Sontaran Experiment' with Sarah Jane? I remember describing it as 'the one about the baked potato people with Sarah Jane and the guy who looks like he should be boating' and Erica went 'oh, that's {episode title}'. The problem is that Erica tends to lend things out then immediately want them back and she lives four hours away, so it makes things difficult. Zip seems to have a good sized collection of the dvds to rent, so I might take a look there.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*hee* I love your description!

If you're interested in seeing oldschool serials a lot can be found here: http://www.dailymotion.com/playlists/user/tardismedia/12 (if you go from last page to first they'll be in order) or here http://www.youtube.com/user/PanopticonVault#p/p or here http://www.dailymotion.com/playlists/harrietamidala1691

[sequitur-fic.livejournal.com]

I was very, very sad about this. Sarah Jane will always be remembered as one of the best companions, and Elizabeth Sladen just seemed like a fantastic person in general.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

She truly was a wonderful companion and a great person. I keep hoping Doctor Who will bring back other old school companions, there are a number I'd like to see again.