RIP Lis Sladen

[pontisbright]

Don't even know what to say: am sitting here watching The Ark In Space in between reading this outpouring of sadness from people everywhere online, and there's so much love and fondness to it, so many amazingly happy memories, but oh. So awful. Her poor family.

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[bekkypk]

I know, shockingly unnoticed, aren't they?
I have thought of them, Sadie in particular. But the shock of the announcement has lead me only to think of what she meant to me. Selfish as that may be.
*hugs*
xx

[pontisbright]

Oh, I didn't mean that people were being insensitive, not at all: don't think there's anything wrong with grieving as a fan. Just was thinking that it's making me sob and I never laid eyes on her, so how dreadful it must be for them, you know?

Sad sad day.

[bekkypk]

Yeah, I didn't really mean it to come out like that either. Just wasn't thinking last night. I'm not ashamed to say I cried. Wonderful woman.
And yeah...
xx

[pontisbright]

Wonderful indeed. Am feeling moderately cheered by quite how overwhelmingly beloved shed clearly was by millions of people.

[taleya]

there are just...no words

;_;

[pontisbright]

It jsut seems so unfair, you know? She was having such a wonderful career renaissance, and bloody hell, 63 is too damn soon. Wah.

[taperoo2k]

There has been a lot of geniune love for Elisabeth Sladen in the last few hours. I found out through a friend who found out from Steve Roberts who works on the Doctor Who DVD's. I would not had believed it to be true if it had not come from him.

She is my favourite companion from the classic series and I will miss her a lot. She was a fantastic human being going by all the stories people have told about her down the years and in the last few hours. I shall watch School Reunion later and will drink a cup of tea in her honour during Saturday's Doctor Who.

[pontisbright]

She seems to have been utterly lovely in person, doesn't she? And to have touched so many people. I've been rewatching things and marvelling at how bloody good she was.

[gingerelanor]

I don't think I've ever encountered a famous person with so little negative press and opinion. Have you ever heard a bad thing about her ever, either before or now? Reading some of the comments online, I'm struck by how many are things like "I worked with her doing makeup/security/lighting/cameras/whatever in 1978/1984/last year/last week/before the dawn of time and she was LOVELY" - it's not just fans who didn't know her, and the fancy co-stars and directors and everyone who seemed to think she was someone special.

[pontisbright]

I thought that too, and it's above and beyond the 'well you do say nice things about dead people' business, clearly. So many of the comments on the BBC obit were from people who'd met her, in passing through work or as a fan, and literally every single one was exactly as you said: how she took time to talk, how she was just sweet and generous with her time and self-effacing about it all. Truly remarkable.

Did you read the TV Cream obit? Some lovely quotes from her. We'll always have Sarah but seems like Lis was just utterly special, and waaaah. :'(

[gingerelanor]

No I didn't - I will see what I can find.

[pontisbright]

Oops, sorry, looked up the link then forgot to add it in.

http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?p=26553