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{{Infobox Individual
|individual name=Rita-Anne Smith
|image      = Rita-Anne widescreen.jpg
|image=
|alias      =  
|race=[[Human]]
|species    = Human
|home planet=[[Pete's World|Alternate Earth]]
|child      = Jackson Smith (Pete's World)
|home era=[[21st century]]
|grandchild = Ricky Smith
|appearances=[[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel]]''
|adoptive grandchild = Mickey Smith
|actor= [[Mona Hammond]]
|origin    = [[Pete's World]]
}}
|only      = Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)
|actor      = Mona Hammond
}}{{counterparts |name=Rita-Anne Smith |2= Rita-Anne Smith (Pete's World)| 3=Rita-Anne Smith (The Last Party on Earth)|d3=''The Last Party on Earth''}}
'''Rita-Anne Smith''' was the blind [[grandmother]] of [[Ricky Smith]], who took him in as a child when his [[Jackson Smith (Pete's World)|father]] left him.


== Biography ==
In the prime universe, [[Mickey Smith]]'s [[Rita-Anne Smith|grandmother]] died when she broke her neck after tripping on the stair carpet Mickey forgot to fix. However, on a [[Pete's World|parallel Earth]], he discovered her to still be alive.


Rita-Anne had a tense relationship with her grandson, as she did not approve of his running off with [[the Preachers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') In [[2007]], when the [[Cybusman|Cybermen]] began to summon the humans for [[upgrade]]s through their [[EarPod]]s, she was one of those summoned, but she was not upgraded. The death of Ricky Smith left her with no one to take care of her, which was a major deciding factor in Mickey deciding to stay behind. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'')


'''Rita-Anne Smith''' had a grandson called [[Ricky Smith]] who was Mickey's alternate on an [[Pete's World|alternate Earth]]. She hit Mickey in the face and called him silly because she thought that he was Ricky (Ricky ran off with the [[Preachers]]). When the [[Cybus Cybermen]] began to summon the humans for upgrades, she was one of the people who was summoned, but she was not upgraded by the Cybermen (as confirmed by Mickey). ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
Rita-Anne came to live in the [[Pete and Jackie Tyler's mansion|Tylers' mansion]], where she eventually [[death|passed away]] peacefully. Just as her survival helped Mickey decide to stay on the parallel world, her death ultimately inspired him to return to his original Earth when the opportunity arose. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''){{NameSort}}


She passed away peacefully in a mansion in the parallel universe between the events of [[Doomsday]] and [[Journey's End]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'')
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Latest revision as of 13:33, 4 January 2023

Rita-Anne Smith was the blind grandmother of Ricky Smith, who took him in as a child when his father left him.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the prime universe, Mickey Smith's grandmother died when she broke her neck after tripping on the stair carpet Mickey forgot to fix. However, on a parallel Earth, he discovered her to still be alive.

Rita-Anne had a tense relationship with her grandson, as she did not approve of his running off with the Preachers. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen) In 2007, when the Cybermen began to summon the humans for upgrades through their EarPods, she was one of those summoned, but she was not upgraded. The death of Ricky Smith left her with no one to take care of her, which was a major deciding factor in Mickey deciding to stay behind. (TV: The Age of Steel)

Rita-Anne came to live in the Tylers' mansion, where she eventually passed away peacefully. Just as her survival helped Mickey decide to stay on the parallel world, her death ultimately inspired him to return to his original Earth when the opportunity arose. (TV: Journey's End)