![]() Through her largesse and openness I very quickly moved from adoring fan to genuine devotee. She inspired absolute devotion in everyone who worked with her. Charming, diffident, conscientious, giggly, determined, straightforward, a little crazy, and enormously warm. ![]() Except, of course, she was everything I could hope should would be. ![]() I was doing scenes with Sarah Jane Smith, I’d played them out a million times in the playground as a kid, but actually meeting Elisabeth Sladen, who used to be on posters on my bedroom wall, and having to talk to her as an adult. I would have to admit to a handful of instances where such professionalism has failed me though, and that afternoon, when I finally met Lis, was one of them. It’s a professional necessity that you can at least pretend to be easy in the company of your colleagues. Sladen, the only Doctor Who companion to merit her own series, played Sarah Jane from 1974-1977 with Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, revived the part briefly for the specials K-9 and Company and The. It wouldn’t be very helpful if you couldn’t look your co-star in the eye when you’re supposed to be playing their boss or their lover. David Tennant and Elisabeth Sladen, behind the scenes of Doctor Whoĭavid Tennant from the forward to Elisabeth Sladen’s autobiography:Īs an actor you’re not supposed to get star-struck it isn’t the done thing to be in awe of someone you’re working with. ![]()
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