Good night Sarah-Jane, Sleep well

We bid a disbelieving and fond farewell to Elizabeth Sladen.  Born on the 1^st February 1946 and passing only yesterday leaving a hole and heartfelt sadness amongst her fans and Doctor Who legacy.  She was cast as the investigative journalist, Sarah-Jane Smith in cult TV classic, Doctor Who in 1973 after meeting a frantic Barry Letts who was desperately seeking a new stellar companion for the third Doctor, Jon Pertwee.  She wasn’t aware of the part she was auditioning for and at the time was rather intimidated by Pertwee but both Letts and Pertwee couldn’t help secretly signalling with thumb-ups after a thorough examination of the young woman’s talent for acting. 

She remained with the show for three and a half years, moving through a regeneration to the fourth Doctor played by Tom Baker and when she did decide to leave this well beloved role her exit made front page headlines – a phenomena never before seen for a Doctor’s companion.

She returned to the revitalised show with new director Russell T Davies and tenth Doctor, David Tennant in a special and nostalgic episode in the second series of “New Who”, School Reunion and was awarded her very own spin-off series “The Sarah-Jane Adventures” appealing to a younger Whovian audience and was still working on this, a the age of 65 when she died.  There’s not many 65 year old who are that beautiful and active!!!  She had such a caring and warm personality on screen and, a fan myself, I am in shock and righteous anger that the world his lost this star.

It is right that the entertainment industry and millions of fans should grieve such an inspiring life that has been taken from us.  She was a favourite companion of many whovians and affected so many in that role.  She will always be remembered and loved, a woman who gave so much but was cheated on that precious commodity of Time.  We are sad because love was there and we loved because we couldn’t help it.

Help Japan

Hey all,

Just wanted to help promote the Help Japan Auction Community (http://community.livejournal.com/help_japan/) here on LJ. I've offered a few fics and also, if you didn't know already, I'm a photographer so I'm donating 75% of proceeds from my site http://www.elwoodprints.com to Help Japan for any photographic 8" x 6" print mounted with 8" x 10" white board purchased at my online store.

I also help run Strictly Shakespeare - a creative writing community and competition site and for the rest of March anyone can donate through my site using the Paypal donate button on the side-nav bars at http://www.strictlyshakespeare.com also I'm offering an original poem of at least 12 lines for anyone who donates at least £5.00 through my site. You can challenge me to any theme or keyword - just leave a message through the contact forms or by emailing me at feedback@strictlyshakespeare.com.

Many thanks and God Bless,

xxx

Doctor Who Day

As an avid and unashamed Whovian I have to report the petition to create an official Doctor Who Day!  For nearly 50years, which is like 'L' in Roman Numerals, DW has fluttered heartbeats and aspired dreamers, humanists and geekchic science nerds alike with its madcap mayhem and mania of its protagonist and the imaginative, moral, monstrous stories and plots.

Who of us doesn't silently dream of escape in a 'bigger on the inside' antiquated bobby blue, police telephone box hiding a universe of untempered discovery, stars in supernova, galaxies beyond the eagle eyes of the finest telescopic lens in the biggest and best earth observatories, anywhere, anywhen, adventure, self-worth, making a difference and seeing sights inconceivable to the human consciousness?  And top it off with an enigmatic, celery totting, cricket playing, badguy busting, Gallifreyian genius with the interpersonal skills of a puppy and backbone of Clarke Kent and the Hulk combined and the magnetism and prescense of Ret Bulter meeting the stereotypical sexy science teacher and fly me to Austen's England 'cause I'm going to swoon!

My love for the show isn't just the larger than life, heroic and tormented character of the Doctor, nor the epic episodes of creative fantastical genius but it is the potentiality of humanity and the idea that we can all be more than we are, better, stronger, braver and more complete and of course that dreams can come true even tot he most socially insignificant recluse living in their four walled cage.

So set the date ladies and gents 23rd NOVEMBER - the day of the first ever screening of William Hartnel, first fabulous Doctor way back int he eons of time, 1963!

Join the group of facebook and shares you're whovian celebratory ideas and spread the word.  lets sell out the fashion stores of brown pinstripes and bowties and tell really bad jokes like: What do you get when you cross a Dalek and a Vampire: 'Exsanguanate' and have fun before the festive season buries us all in sticky tapy, credit cards bills and the incessent repetition of one line of that Christmas Carol that you just can't get out of your head!