A portrait of Sarah Jane Smith as played by Elisabeth Sladen. Sarah Jane was a travelling companion of the third and fourth Doctors between 1973 and 1976 but returned several times to the role over the years both on TV and radio/audiobook and also repriosed the role in the new series in 2006, after which she was given her own series "The Sarah Jane Adventures". Always a feisty and popular character, she was recently voted Favourite Companion in a 2009 Doctor Who Magazine poll.