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Lousy picture, can someone get a better one? james_anatidae 07:48, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)

Can anyone find a more up-to-date and flattering picture of Lis? There must be plenty of possibilities what with her recent appearance on Blue Peter and of course the forthcoming Dr Who appearance. The current picture on this site really doesn't do her justice.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaunt (talk • contribs) 12:42, 25 April 2006

Khaosworks - thanks for uploading the new picture. Definitely an improvement on the older one. :-)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaunt (talk • contribs) 13:21, 28 April 2006

Also, can someone get a picture from her Doctor Who days, possible from the show itself? I'm sure there are plenty of screenshots on Wikipedia. --Howdybob 01:31, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can, but it's not needed here for this article - there's a couple of shots of her at Sarah Jane Smith, which is a more pertinent location for them. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 01:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's relevant here; it should go in the section about her time on Doctor Who. --Howdybob 05:31, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added a biobox, persondata and a picture I found hidden on wikipedia (the copyright status of which I am extremely unsure.) What do you think? El Zoof 04:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:scifiradioguy text

User:scifiradioguy, all the text you added appears to be copied directly from [1]. Can you please confirm you are the author or have been permitted to add this, or else the additional material will need to be removed. (Khaosworks has rewritten some of it so the rest can be reworked too if necessary.) Tim! (talk) 08:11, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sources and accuracy

In the third paragraph of ‘later career’ it used to state “Sladen was very heartbroken when Jon Pertwee, who was her closest friend, on Doctor Who” it now states "Sladen revealed in an interview with the BBC that in May of 1996 when Jon Pertwee (her close friend) died, she was heartbroken and cried for weeks." which is a more accurate reflection of the qoute listed in the references section. this still needs to be cited, which i do not know how to do, and fleshed out into more than just an extremly small paragraph or possibly removed altogether.--Jacobpaige (talk) 09:40, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i've now read the article in question and have come to realise that the whole paragraph was a complete distortion of her actual words. the relevent paragraph in the interview reads "Tom Baker was always very sweet to me. It was in our interests to get on, but it was never forced. I adore seeing him now. No-one else understands what it was like. I was very sad when Jon Pertwee died. Doing the two radio stories (Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space) had brought a great deal of enjoyment to us both and given us a new relationship. We had both mellowed. Although I hadn't seen him much since then, when he died I realised how much I missed him because he was my Doctor. If I go to a convention now, Ian isn't there and Jon isn't there and you feel a bit lonely! Jon and Tom were two very different gentlemen in the way they worked – Jon enjoyed being much more protective towards the companion – and I liked the difference." Which implies that they liked each other but weren't particularly close at the time of his death.--Jacobpaige (talk) 10:38, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Use of File:Sarahjane.jpg

I just removed File:Sarahjane.jpg from the infobox because its use there fails Wikipedia:NFCC. 68.167.191.189 (talk) 00:15, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm amazed it lasted so long actually. At least now we finally have an up-to-date, free image we can use.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:36, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Elisabeth Sladen: written by Elizabeth Swadling

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Elisabeth Sladen

Sladen in 2003 Born Elisabeth Claira Heath Sladen 1 February 1948 (1948-02-01) (age 62) Liverpool, England, UK Other name(s) Elizabeth Sladen Occupation Actress, Presenter, Writer Years active 1965-present Spouse(s) Brian Miller (1968-present)

Elisabeth Sladen (born 1 February 1948, Liverpool) is an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series Doctor Who, K-9 and Company and the current The Sarah Jane Adventures, as well as in various audio stories.

She appeared as a regular on Doctor Who with both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and has reprised the role many times. Sladen has been married since 1968 to actor Brian Miller. Their daughter, Sadie Miller, appeared with her in the range of Sarah Jane Smith audio plays by Big Finish Productions

Brian Miller is elisabeth sladen's husbund.

01 – "Invasion of the Bane" The Sarah Jane Adventures episode Cast Elisabeth Sladen – Sarah Jane Smith Yasmin Paige – Maria Jackson Thomas Knight – Luke Smith Alexander Armstrong – Mr Smith John Leeson – K-9

Guest stars Porsha Lawrence Mavour – Kelsey Hooper Jamie Davis – Davey Joseph Millson – Alan Jackson Juliet Cowan – Chrissie Jackson Konnie Huq and Gethin Jones – Themselves Samantha Bond – Mrs Wormwood

Production Writer Gareth Roberts Russell T Davies Director Colin Teague Script editor Simon Winstone Producer Susie Liggat Executive producer(s) Phil Collinson Russell T Davies Julie Gardner Production code 1.X Series New Year's Day special Length 60 minutes Originally broadcast 1 January 2007 Chronology ? Preceded by Followed by ? — Revenge of the Slitheen

IMDb profile

"Invasion of the Bane" is the first episode of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was originally broadcast on 1 January 2007. Since the series was commissioned before the script for the episode was written, it is not a pilot, but a holiday special, and serves the introductory functions of a pilot.[1]

The episode focuses upon a thirteen year old girl, Maria Jackson, discovering the existence of aliens. After discovering that the Bane, creators of a soft drink called Bubble Shock!, harbour a destructive secret, she teams up with investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith to prevent their plans. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.208.230 (talk) 21:18, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Big city life

The article states that after moving to London Elisabeth found big city life "a bit of an adjustment". According to the previous paragraph she had moved from Manchester. Manchester is no small town, so she had adjusted from big city life to big city life? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.18.76.52 (talk) 09:35, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Birth year

I altered Lis's year of birth to 1946, because that is what is stated in publicly available records in the UK. The probable explanation is that right at the beginning of her career, Lis told a little white lie about her age, to help her start at Liverpool Playhouse as a student actor. The incorrect birth date has been stated on the Internet for at least ten years, and has been repeated in many places as a fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.21.153 (talk) 08:32, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering what is correct to record? The date of birth the individual has used for a number of years or the actual date of birth as recorded at the time of birth? The records show that Elizabeth C H Sladen was born in 1946.138.253.38.130 (talk) 07:22, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Possible death?

Just confirmed on BBC News 24 2100 19th April 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.6.107.56 (talk) 20:02, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have no official source or confirmation, but Twitter is freaking out and saying that Elisabeth Sladen has died. I'm not making any edits to the article itself, but am requesting some help researching and fact-checking to see if this is true. 153.91.136.201 (talk) 19:35, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just a reminder - Justin Bieber "died" not too long ago. Until it hits a major news site (NOT The Onion), it's better we don't mention it. Wikipedia isn't a news site anyway, overall accurate coverage is better than being in perfect touch with current events. Zakhalesh (talk) 19:38, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm aware. That's why I'm using the Talk page and asking for help fact checking. I do NOT want to be the guy to falsely update the article itself. (Previous comment was mine, just forgot to log in before making it.) Jivjov (talk) 19:43, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're doing it right. It's not unlikely that the death is a memetic hoax, as bigger media companies don't seem to have picked it up. So, I assume it's best to play it safe but keep a lookout for any mainstream coverage. I think Google News might be a good way to find the stories once they're published. Zakhalesh (talk) 19:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Got a small mention here, not sure how official it is, but for the record: http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a315484/elisabeth-sladen-dies-aged-63.html, also, the official Doctor Who Magazine twitter mentioned it. Jivjov (talk) 19:49, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There shouldn't be anything added until a reliable source that is accepted by Wikipedia backs it up. The Doctor Who Twitter might be an official Twitter but generally Twitter isn't accepted as a reliable source so I don't think we can use that.--5 albert square (talk) 19:53, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)I'd still wait for a while, but with the official Twitter channel joining in, it's a bit more likely to be real now. I found this as well but it clearly states that it's based on Twitter rumours. Well, in any case, I'm going to bed now, I trust you can decide this along with any other interested editors (or possibly just be bold about it). Nite! Zakhalesh (talk) 19:54, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, what about the from the Twitter accounts of ITV News and Lorna Cooper? Janers0217 (talk) 19:58, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) The BBC News channel has reported her death, no doubt an article will appear on the BBC News website soon. -- [[ axg ◉ talk ]] 20:00, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wait till the BBC have published the news page then update the wiki page. --Charlie Huang 【遯卋山人】 20:05, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674 :'( MrWeeble Talk Brit tv 20:21, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alas! I wish that it was only a rumour! But sadly, no. -- Derek Ross | Talk 00:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're not alone there. Britmax (talk) 07:39, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wow...uh, that was unexpected. If only it were a hoax. Such a shame. ProtoKun7 (talk) 08:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::::::::: Alas! I wish that it was only a rumour! But sadly, no. -- [[User:Derek Ross|Derek Ross]] | [[User talk:Derek Ross|Talk]]'' 00:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 ::::::::::You're not alone there. [[User:Britmax|Britmax]] ([[User talk:Britmax|talk]]) 07:39, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
+:::::::::::Wow...uh, that was unexpected. If only it ''were'' a hoax. Such a shame. [[User:ProtoKun7|ProtoKun7]] ([[User talk:ProtoKun7|talk]]) 08:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)