Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Claira Heath Sladen (1 February 1946 - 19 April 2011) was an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series Doctor Who. She was a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprised the role many times in subsequent decades, both on Doctor Who and its spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7437 |
| Birthday | 1946-02-01 |
| Place of Birth | Liverpool, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Elisabeth Claira Heath Sladen, |
2000
K9 Unleashed
8/3
Documentary looking at the Doctor's robot dog, K9, which appeared in the Doctor Who series between 1977 and 1981. The documentary includes interviews...
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K9 Unleashed
1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
7/3
The Doctor and Sarah return to Earth in the present day to find a strangely deserted village and woods stalked by white-clad figures.
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Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
5/1
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
4.75/16
All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1997
Who is Tom Baker?
0/0
The Doctor is everyone’s favourite Time Lord. And Tom Baker is everyone’s favourite Doctor. With his manic grin, his wild hair and his mile long scar...
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Who is Tom Baker?
2023
Talking Doctor Who
5/3
As part of the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who, David Tennant time-travels back through the BBC archives to tell the story of the Doct...
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Talking Doctor Who
1976
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
8.8/4
When scientists in the Antarctic uncover a mysterious seed pod, the Doctor is called in to investigate. He soon realises it is extraterrestrial and ex...
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Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
1995
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
0/0
Climb aboard the HMS Belfast and enter Pinewood Film Studios for a fascinating and humorous insight into the making of SHAKEDOWN — Return of the Sonta...
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The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
Downtime
5.727/11
Retired commander of the United Nations' Intelligence Taskforce, and long-time associate of the mysterious time traveler the Doctor, Brigadier Alistai...
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Downtime
2013
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
6.688/16
While sleeping over, the TARDIS decides to play a prank on Clara, much to her displeasure.
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Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2017
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
0/0
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the TOM BAKER era of DOCTOR WHO to life! This documentary includes the b...
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The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
1975
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
7.6/14
In the distant future, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry find a space station preserving the future of mankind. But the insect Wirrn have got there first...
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Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
2007
David Tennant's Video Diary
9.3/3
David Tennant records behind the scenes interviews and glimpses into the production behind his three series of Doctor Who.
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David Tennant's Video Diary
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
7/9
There's a new drink taking the world by storm - Bubbleshock! Everyone's drinking it. When Maria's dragged along to the factory tour by her new friend,...
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The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
1978
Betzi
8/1
A moody drama concerning the lonely but luxurious imprisonment of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena.
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Betzi
1975
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
8.6/10
In a Victorian Gothic mansion, strange things are afoot. The master of the house, away in Egypt, has been replaced by a sinister Egyptian. Cloth-wrapp...
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Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
2024
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
6.5/9
The Doctor and Ruby Sunday have faced the Bogeyman, fought against Maestro, and survived the battlefield of Kastarion 3. In the epic two-part season f...
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Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
1975
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
5.9/12
Arriving on Space Station Nerva in its distant past, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry find its crew threatened by a mysterious plague. Discovering that thi...
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Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
1975
Doctor Who: Robot
7/15
The newly-regenerated Doctor helps UNIT battle a sentient robot being manipulated by a corrupt scientific organization.
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Doctor Who: Robot
2002
Chronotrip
6/2
Philosophical Time Travel
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Chronotrip
1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
8.1/9
When the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry arrive in Scotland, having received an urgent request for assistance from the Brigadier, they discover that the...
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Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
8/8
Mad scientist Mehendri Solon is building a body from spare parts to house the disembodied brain of the evil Time Lord Morbius. He fancies the Doctor's...
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Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
5.5/4
The Doctor returns to Peladon fifty years after his last visit, to find Queen Thalira, daughter of the late King Peladon, on the throne. A tense labou...
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Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
6.8/6
The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because dinosaurs have appeared mysteriously. It turns out the dinosau...
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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
6.214/7
An energy drain traps the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith on the planet Exxilon with its hostile natives, causing the travellers to make an uneasy a...
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Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
7.4/7
When scientists start to go missing in the 20th century, the Doctor is called in by the Brigadier to investigate. His investigations lead him to deduc...
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Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
7.4/9
The blue crystal that the Doctor took from Metebelis III in a previous adventure is desperately sought by the Eight Legs, a race of mutated spiders, a...
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1975
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
6.1/13
Sontaran Field Major Styre is conducting experiments on the survivors of future Earth in preparation of a full-scale Sontaran invasion of the planet....
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Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
1976
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
6.6/7
An alien intelligence hitches a ride onboard the TARDIS to 15th century Italy, where a deranged astrologer attempts to harness its power.
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Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
8.9/17
The Time Lords dispatch the Doctor to the past of the planet Skaro on his deadliest adventure yet — to prevent the creation of the Daleks.
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Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
6.75/8
Picking up a distress call from the edge of the known universe, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find themselves on Zeta Minor where a geological team has ru...
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Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
1976
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
7.6/8
When the TARDIS lands in a quarry on Earth, Sarah unearths what appears to be a fossilised hand, buried in one-hundred-fifty-million-year-old strata....
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Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
1980
Silver Dream Racer
5.571/14
Nick Freeman is a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle, and is determined to race i...
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Silver Dream Racer
1981
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
5.714/7
Sarah Jane Smith arrives at the home of her Aunt Lavinia in the cozy village of Moreton Harwood, only to find that Lavinia is nowhere to be found and...
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K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
1999
Adventures in Space and Time
9/1
A documentary on the history of Doctor Who (1963) featuring new interviews with cast and crew, transmitted as part of "Doctor Who Night" on BBC2.
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Adventures in Space and Time
1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
7.8/22
Many incarnations of the Doctors and their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There, they must battle...
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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
0/0
Producer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, including the production and transmission...
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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2006
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
7/1
The genesis and development of the Sontaran race through the history of the series, as told by some of the actors and production team involved. This s...
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Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2004
Serial Thrillers
8/1
In 2004 a documentary was commissioned by the BBC looking back at the Philip Hinchcliffe era of British Television Series Doctor Who and what made tho...
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Serial Thrillers
2003
The Story of Doctor Who
8/1
Documentary to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this popular cult sci-fi television series.
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The Story of Doctor Who
1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey
6.111/9
Gerry and Fred Marsden, Les McGuire, and Les "Chad" Chadwick portray themselves in a romp through the early-1960s Liverpool Beat Scene. Art students b...
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Ferry Cross the Mersey
2020
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
8/1
A feature-length look at the life and career of Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen.
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Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
1980
Name for the Day
7/1
Clive decides he will go mad. Stark raving mad. His wife doesn't take him seriously, until Clive does something that makes her realise he means it.
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Name for the Day
1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis
7.375/8
After an encounter with the Master, an airline stewardess named Tegan Jovanka becomes an unwitting stowaway aboard the TARDIS as it travels to the pla...
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Doctor Who: Logopolis
1992
Summer Session
0/0
Rob Brydon auditions to be the Doctor, whilst some Daleks escape to an auction in Wales.
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Summer Session
1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
7.875/4
A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.
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30 Years in the TARDIS
2010
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
6.5/17
Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.
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Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
7.9/7
Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Dalek...
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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
2007
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
0/0
A selection of key production personnel look at the making of Planet of Evil.
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A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
0/0
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.
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The Ties That Bind Us
2007
Are Friends Electric?
0/0
This documentary examines Tom Baker's introduction as the Doctor and the making of his first story, Robot.
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Are Friends Electric?
2008
The K-9 Files
0/0
Several key production personnel look at the making of K-9 and Company: A Girls Best Friend, plus K-9's subsequent life in books and comic strips is e...
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The K-9 Files
2006
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
8/1
A special 50-minute documentary that looks at the making of The Hand of Fear, and also examines the special relationship between the Doctor and his co...
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Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2025
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
0/0
In 1974, Ian Marter was cast as Harry Sullivan, opposite Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen, in a new era of Doctor Who. Marter was meant to be the show’s...
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Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
2008
Five Doctors, One Studio
0/0
Raw video footage of the only studio recording session in which Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton and Richard Hurndall were all together d...
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Five Doctors, One Studio
2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
0/0
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen was a special documentary made by the Doctor Who Confidential production team as a memorial tribute to th...
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My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time
8.5/1
The Doctor finally faces his destiny as both his home planet and old foe reappears.
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