Mickey Smith's mother: Difference between revisions

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|species       = Human

|spouse       = Jackson Smith

|child         = Mickey Smith

|grandchild   = August (Farewell, Sarah Jane)

|in-law       = Rita-Anne Smith

|in-law2       = Martha Jones

|origin       = [[Earth]]

|first mention = Rose (TV story)

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'''Odessa Smith''' was [[Mickey Smith]]'s [[mother]] and a close friend of [[Jackie Tyler]].

In the [[1980s]], Odessa met [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Sarah Clark|Sarah]], [[Suzie (Father's Day)|Suzie]] and [[Bev (Father's Day)|Bev]] and every Wednesday night, they all went out for wine and chips and named themselves the "Wednesday Girls". At some point she met and married [[Jackson Smith]] and around [[1983]], had a son, Mickey, by him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') Jackie would later recall that Odessa had tightly held her hand throughout childbirth. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Party on Earth (audio story)|The Last Party on Earth]]'') Odessa took Mickey to see Jackie's newborn baby, [[Rose Tyler]], on the day that she was born circa [[1986]].

As her relationship with Jackson deteriorated, Odessa relied on the "Wednesday Girls" to cheer her up for the one night of laughter of the week; other nights were darker. Jackie would later say that Odessa "could never really cope with money, with men, or anything really" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') and Rose said that she "just couldn't cope". After Jackson "wandered off", ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') marrying [[Josette (The Last Party on Earth)|Josette]] and moving to [[Spain]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Party on Earth (audio story)|The Last Party on Earth]]'') Mickey was raised by [[Rita-Anne Smith|Jackson's mother]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')

According to one account, around [[1989]] when Mickey was five, Odessa quietly went to her bedroom and committed [[suicide]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') According to another, she was still alive in [[2005]] and Rose told the [[Ninth Doctor]] that she would have to call her after believing that Mickey was dead. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')