{"id":18732,"date":"2011-11-21T18:17:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T18:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=18732"},"modified":"2012-03-07T10:42:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T10:42:22","slug":"review-elisabeth-sladen-the-autobiography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/books\/review-elisabeth-sladen-the-autobiography\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-18733\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/books\/review-elisabeth-sladen-the-autobiography\/attachment\/elisabeth-sladen_305\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18733\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" title=\"Elisabeth-Sladen_305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Elisabeth-Sladen_305-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Author:<\/strong> Elisabeth Sladen and Jeff Hudson<br \/>\n<strong> Publisher:<\/strong> Aurum Press<br \/>\n<strong> Price: <\/strong>\u00a318.99<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Review: Atlas Infernal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/star.png\" alt=\"Review: Atlas Infernal\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Review: Atlas Infernal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/star.png\" alt=\"Review: Atlas Infernal\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Review: Atlas Infernal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/star.png\" alt=\"Review: Atlas Infernal\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Review: Atlas Infernal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/star.png\" alt=\"Review: Atlas Infernal\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to talk about <em>Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography<\/em> in a critical way, as the definitive <em>Doctor Who<\/em> companion, and by all accounts a lovely, thoughtful and affectionate woman who left an incredible impression on everyone she met, her death in April 2011 still feels achingly fresh \u2013 more so for the millions of young viewers of having to face that loss all over again as <em>The Sarah Jane Adventures<\/em> wrapped up its final season in October.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Sladen\u2019s role of Sarah-Jane Smith that\u2019s no doubt her most famous (although she appeared in <em>Coronation Street<\/em> and <em>Peak Practice<\/em> amongst others), and whether the earnest and protective matriarch in <em>TSJA<\/em> from 2007 to 2011, or the firmly inquisitive, but no less delightful companion in <em>Doctor Who<\/em> from 1973-1976, that familiar voice is a constant. From her early career on the stage, her break into TV and radio, her marriage and motherhood, and her return to the Whoniverse courtesy of Russell T Davies in 2006\u2019s emotional \u2018School Reunion\u2019, all is recounted with the same intimate, fireside warmth that took children on those incredible journeys alongside Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and then with David Tennant, Matt Smith and a fine young supporting cast all of her own.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s critical in moderation, which is far more scathing than you expect from such a positive force, and loyal to her friends and family \u2013 the glimpses into the beautiful working relationship, and the mutual adoration shared by Sladen and Tom Baker, the fourth Doctor and Sarah-Jane Smith \u2013 that most iconic of sci-fi couplings \u2013 is worth the ticket alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t forget me,\u201d she once asked of him as the TARDIS doors opened to her for the last time in \u2018The Hand Of Fear\u2019. He didn\u2019t, and neither will we.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real Sarah Jane Adventures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":18733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[1624],"tags":[143,2255],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Elisabeth-Sladen_305.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}