My Sarah Jane: Tribute Post

[viomisehunt]

Please join me in sharing clips, or first viewings, or articles about our Dear Sarah Jane Smith. Sarah Jane was not the First Assistant, and in some minds not the best of Assistants, but to this Classic Who Fan she was the definitive Doctor's Assistant. Feisty, pretty, intelligent, courageous, curious, independent, with a sweet but dry sense of

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[ibishtar]

when becoming the Doctor's best friend meant a little more than She doesn't want to jump my skinny bones....
Ehh, I reckon there's a lot more to the Doctor's friendship with Donna and Amy than 'they didn't want to jump his bones' (or didn't eventually). And of course he had a very sweet friendship IMO with someone who did...

But back to Sarah Jane!

[viomisehunt]

Thanks for the link. Here is a wonderful interview where Miss Sladen talks about Sarah's dynamic debut as opposed to her falling back into "Yes, Doctor, No Doctor" role of Assistant.

Ehh, I reckon there's a lot more to the Doctor's friendship with Donna and Amy than 'they didn't want to jump his bones' (or didn't eventually).

Fans have their own POV, and I would hope it is true, but that statement was a cryptic aside to NuWho writers. Russell Davies, in discussing the ease with which Donna and Ten bond, Noted that Donna did not represent the tragedy of Rose, and Complication of Martha, and then we have this conversation:
DONNA

[ibishtar]

I think you forgot to include the link to the interview in your comment?
Yeah, in that moment the Doctor needs to clear that issue with Donna because after what he experienced with Rose, Martha and Astrid he's not ready to go through that again (he would anyway, and indeed it did him in), but I think his and Donna's friendship goes way beyond 'lack of romantic complications'. It's already there in The Runaway Bride when Donna's heartbroken after discovering Lance's betrayal, and he is still raw from losing Rose, but they both forget that in the moment when he has the joy of showing her the formation of the Earth, she's awed by the new perspective this gives her, she makes a joke about the Isle of Wight, and they both laugh. It's also there in the times she's told him off, supported him, been his voice of conscience, and all the times he trusts her, praises her, and continues to expand her horizons. And all the laughter they share all throughout.

[viomisehunt]

Doctor needs to clear that issue with Donna because after what he experienced with Rose, Martha and Astrid I'm not a fan of NuWho tendancy making the Doctor's emotional issues front and center as somehow the "Fault" or "responsibility" of the Companion, which is why the Sarah Jane/Three and Four is so precious to me. But as you say, back to Sarah.

Here's the link:

[viomisehunt]

This is also precious and so Our Sarah Jane"

[gonzo21]

I have a signed photograph from her hanging on my wall. :)

[viomisehunt]

ENVY!

[blueprintblue]

This is mine.

[viomisehunt]

Thank You, thank you. This looks like so much fun. I absolutely loved this show. The First and Second Seasons came on SyFy here in the States as an hour long series, just before the First Season of Doctor Who. It was cheesy and silly, but still fun to watch because Lis and the other actors were having so much fun bringing that beloved character back to our screens.