tenth Doctor. Personal life Sladen married actor Brian Miller on 8 June 1968 in Liverpool. Their daughter, Sadie Miller, appeared alongside Sladen in the 1993 documentary, Thirty Years in the TARDIS, wearing a replica of the Andy Pandy overalls Sladen wore in The Hand of Fear. Death Sladen was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February 2011 and died on 19 April 2011, though she had once fought it before, over a decade earlier in 1999. She was 65. Her death was widely reported in the UK—on the BBC One Ten O'Clock News; as one of the rolling headlines of the BBC News channel for the day; featuring prominently on many commercial television news reports (including Granada which serves her native Liverpool); on the front page of the Daily Mirror and the Liverpool Echo; and in the obituary features of almost every UK newspaper. The first episode of the sixth series of Doctor Who, "The Impossible Astronaut", aired on the following Saturday, and opened with a screen dedicating the episode to her memory. Straight afterward a special programme called My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen was aired on CBBC. In 2012 the new companion, Jenna Coleman's character, was named Clara. This was interpreted by some fans as a tribute to Sladen, as her middle name was Clara. The Hand of Fear was also shown on BBC Four as a tribute. At the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, during the film clips of people who had died in the past year, Sladen was the final person to be shown. Singer-songwriter Talis Kimberley wrote a tribute song, "Goodnight, Sarah-Jane". Tom Baker paid tribute to Sladen on his official website saying "sweet memories of happy days with Lis Sladen, the lovely, witty, kind and so talented Lis Sladen". A tribute to Sladen's character, Sarah Jane Smith, was aired as a final episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures on 19 April 2020, titled "Farewell, Sarah Jane". Filmography Television Personal appearances Tributes Film Radio and CD audio drama References External links Online TV Interview on Liverpool Reporter hosted by Jonathan Thompson with Elisabeth Sladen in 2006 BBC Norfolk webTV: Elisabeth Sladen previews The Sarah Jane Adventures Elisabeth Sladen at Doctor Who Appreciation Society online archive BBC Norfolk webTV: Lis Sladen reflects on School Reunion – October 2006 BBC Norfolk webTV: Elisabeth Sladen interview from April 2006 BBC confirm return of Sarah Jane