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Superbike10 wrote:

R&CFOREVER wrote:I know The Sarah Jane Adventures never finished properly but the Elizabeth Sladen (who played Sarah Jane Smith) died from cancer after episode 3 was complete.

Unfortunately the actor couldn't always be replaced unlike voice actors in cartoons. Who else could be Sarah Jane Smith? Elizabeth was Sarah since the seventies. William Hartnell died in 1975, 13 before the 5 Doctors but Richard Hurndall did a good job as his replacement.