Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Elisabeth Sladen, who portrayed Doctor Who companion
Sarah Jane Smith, star of The Sarah Jane Adventures, lost
her battle with cancer yesterday. I didn't even know she
was ill. So very sad.

I got some cleaning done yesterday. I did some laundry
and sorted dishes and trash, and sorted clutter in my
room. I watched more Doctor Who. I watched 7
installments yesterday:

28x13 Attack of the Graske
28x14 Tardisode 07 [Part I]
28x15 The Idiot's Lantern [Part II]
28x16 Tardisode 08 [Part I]
28x17 Tardisode 09 [Part II]
28x18 The Impossible Planet [Part III]
28x19 The Satan Pit [Part IV]

I slept for about 7 hours later. When I woke Mark told me
he had some bad news and told me that Lis Sladen had
died. I read the news online after that and told people that
I thought might like to know. I'm very sad about this and
not just about one of my shows ending. I've never heard a
single negative story concerning Lis and I'm sad that her
life was cut short; she was only 63 years old...and really
seemed to be full of life. :(

As for The Sarah Jane Adventures, 3 more stories (6
episodes) have been filmed for the next season. They were
to film 6 more episodes in the near future for a 12
episode season that was to air this fall, with talk of a 5th &
6th Seasons. I can't imagine them not airing those final
stories, both as a tribute to her...and honestly, I expect
they'll get big ratings. But I'm left wondering if there will
be an episode of Who covering the death of Sarah Jane the
character? Will the remaining cast of The Sarah Jane
Adventures spin-off into another series? It's too early to
say. I keep thinking that maybe they'll have Jo Grant (Jo
Jones now) return and carry on for Sarah. I don't know. I'm
just sad. And grasping at straws.

Mark & I just watched the new episode of Glee (2x17 Night
of Neglect) which was another good episode, but sad for a
few reasons. I feel a bit stressed and might take a Xanax.
There's some stuff going on that I've not discussed
here...and I don't know that I'm ready to.

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