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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2011-04-19 09:01 pm
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She saved the world a lot.

Elisabeth Sladen, aka Sarah Jane Smith, has passed away.

I honestly, genuinely, do not know how to tell my children.

ETA: From looking at wiki, they were apparently working on S5 of SJA, but it's unclear whether it had been completed or not. However, I am so grateful she got to meet Ten and Eleven. To quote [livejournal.com profile] calapine from her review of the first part of 'Death of the Doctor', because it sums everything up just beautifully (even though it also chokes me up):

"Hello, Sarah Jane," says Eleventy because Doctors have to do that to Sarah now and look at her beautifully with love and he does.



Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith

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[identity profile] fenchurche.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no! Wow... that's just so sudden!

[identity profile] zanthinegirl.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
What?? Wow, she wasn't that old! And from what I can tell nothing official yet so I'm hoping it's just a rumor.
elisi: (A Hole in the World by amavel_bel.)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! I had no idea she was ill...

[identity profile] sevedra.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT??!!! is there anyway this is not true? OMG
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Sarah Jane and Clyde by xterminatesheep)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
She was in her sixties, so yeah, it's all sudden.

And it might be just a rumour, but somehow I doubt it - it's not the kind of thing that people make up. I hope.
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Sarah Jane and Clyde by xterminatesheep)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It's only on twitter so far...

[identity profile] jeymien.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Also on BBC news now.

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

I'm still a lil shocked. I loved her on DW and SJA,

[identity profile] sevedra.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I was just coming here to post that same link for you!

I am so sad :(

[identity profile] unfolded73.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
My 9-year-old came and read it over my shoulder when I gasped out loud. He's not really sure how to react, either to the news or to his mom crying. :(

[identity profile] topaz-eyes.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just stunned. Can't believe it.
elisi: (A Hole in the World by amavel_bel.)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
:(
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[identity profile] flake-sake.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
That's terribly sad. I loved her work and I thought Sarah Jane was a unique and fantastic character.

:(

[identity profile] agnes-bean.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in shock. This is so sad.

[identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT?!?

No.

:(
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Sarah Jane and Clyde by xterminatesheep)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

She was such an integral part of everything. A real link between the different eras and a wonderful role model...
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Sarah Jane and Clyde by xterminatesheep)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The girls are on their way to bed. Guess I;ll tell them tomorrow, this is not news to get just before they sleep...

:'(
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Goodnight by gogo_didi)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Just... out of nowhere. :(

[identity profile] skipthedemon.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Fuck cancer, is all I can say. I didn't know she was ill.

I was deliberately holding the last two eps of SJA to watch this week to tide me over when I got twitch for new Who. No idea when I'll watch that now.
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Sarah Jane and Clyde by xterminatesheep)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* Few characters have survived for that long, or been so successful...

:'(
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Sarah Jane and Clyde by xterminatesheep)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too. :(
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Sarah Jane and Clyde by xterminatesheep)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
And the world became a little less bright...

[identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
How very sad.

[identity profile] thornyrose42.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
My eleven year old sister was in the room when I saw the news on LJ. She was pretty upset. She loved SJA because Doctor Who is too scary for her.

I think its really hard for kids especially cause on some level, when you are that age, it's difficult to separate actors from the characters they play.
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Sarah Jane and Clyde by xterminatesheep)

[personal profile] elisi 2011-04-19 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I had no idea either. And she was only 63... :(

The last two episodes are lovely. And called 'Goodbye Sarah Jane Smith'... Although they've been working on S5, so I dunno what'll happpen.
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