50 years of “Lavinia”!

So we were all excited by the 60th anniversary of some TV show or other recently, but today also marked the 50th anniversary of one of its most important casting changes:

Lis Sladen making her debut as Sarah Jane Smith (posing as her aunt to break into UNIT) in “The Time Warrior” on December 15, 1973. I always thought she got a pretty rum deal at the end of her time, just getting dropped off at the end of “Hand of Fear”, so I was pleased to see her getting a second chance on the revived show and with her own series. After all, if you were going to bring back a classic series companion, she was the obvious first choice.

Author: James R.

The idiot who owns and runs this site. He does not actually look like Jon Pertwee.