Sarah Jane Smith, occasionally rendered Sarah-Jane Smith, was an investigative journalist who served as a major character in the Doctor Who franchise. She serves as the deuteragonist in Seasons 11-14 of Doctor Who, a supporting character in it's revival series, specifically a minor character in Series 2 and a supporting character in Series 4 and the titular main protagonist of it's 2007-2011 spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures.
She was portrayed by the late Elisabeth Sladen as an adult and Jessica Mogridge and Jessica Ashworth as a child. Her daughter Sadie Miller would go onto voice the character for Big Finish.
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Backstory[]
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Doctor Who[]
Sarah Jane travelled with The Doctor in his third and fourth incarnations. She later reunited with him in his tenth incarnation and had adventures with him and his immediate successor, the Eleventh. On TV and in spin-off media, Sarah Jane met nine of the Doctor's incarnations in total: those already mentioned and the First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh.
Her time with the Doctor ended after he had to go to Gallifrey and at the time humans weren't allowed on the planet so the Doctor was forced to leave Sarah Jane on Earth but when doing so, he accidentally left her in Aberdeen instead of Croydon. Sometime later the Doctor gifted her with a robotic dog named K-9 Mark III, with whom she shared a number of adventures (many unchronicled). K-9 III was later destroyed, but the Doctor subsequently gave her K-9 Mark IV as a replacement.
The Sarah Jane Adventures[]
After an encounter with the Tenth Doctor, which reinvigorated her after many years of malaise, she began re-engaging in her own efforts to help protect Earth from hostile extraterrestrials and helping peaceful aliens. Based out of a home on Bannerman Road, London, and aided by a group of young companions that included her adoptive children alien boy (Luke) and girl (Sky) she adopted, Clyde Langer, Maria Jackson (who later moved to America) and Rani Chandra, as well as a sentient computer named Mr. Smith, she engaged in a number of adventures. One adventure was shared with Jo Jones (nee Grant), herself once a companion of the Third Doctor. These adventures were chronicled in the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, plus several crossover appearances on Doctor Who.
Farewell Sarah Jane[]
In this 2020 audio story, Sarah Jane has passed away and her funeral is attended by Luke, Clyde, Rani, Maria (via video link) and several friends (including other former companions of the Doctor).
The Giggle[]
The Fifteenth Doctor is aware Sarah Jane has died by 2023; the Fourteenth Doctor didn't. The news saddened the Fourteenth, whom immediately reminiscenced about Saraha Jane.
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Trivia[]
- As the Lockdown special from 2020 is canon, Sarah Jane passed away by that year; as Luke, Rani, and Clyde mention her being gone.
- The Thirteenth Doctor (and by extension the Fourteenth Doctor) didn't know she was dead. However, the Fifteenth Doctor did; having memories of Fourteenth rehab years.
- Sarah Jane is one of the few people the Doctor considered his best friends. This includes Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
- Her home was inherited by Rani, whom is charge of Mr. Smith.
- She will only ever tolerate being called "Sarah" by the Doctor; otherwise she vehemently insists she be called Sarah Jane.
- Sarah Jane didnt find it rude for Maria, Clyde and Rani to call her by name; instead of Miss Smith.
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