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|job    = Professor
|race= [[Human]]
|origin  = [[Earth]]
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|only    = Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)
|home era= [[1980s]]
|actor   = Chloe Ashcroft
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]''
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'''[[Professor]] Sarah Laird''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (novelisation)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') was a [[scientist]] attached to the [[bomb]] disposal squad of the [[British Army]] in [[1984]].


'''Professor Laird''' was a professor attached to the Bomb Disposal Squad of the British Army. When the rest of the soldiers in the squad were being controlled, she helped [[Tegan Jovanka]] to escape the warehouse where the were situated. However in the struggle to escape, Laird was killed by the controlled soldiers.
== Biography ==
While the rest of the [[soldier]]s in the squad were killed and replaced by [[Dalek duplicate]]s, Laird helped [[Tegan Jovanka]] escape the [[warehouse]] where they were situated; however, Tegan ended up being recaptured by Lytton's "policemen".
 
Laird panicked and ran when the duplicate of Colonel [[Archer (Dalek duplicate)|Archer]] ordered his troops to put her and Tegan into the [[time corridor]], whereupon she was shot and killed by the duplicate soldiers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Laird's first name, Sarah, was never mentioned on-screen; it is given only in [[Eric Saward]]'s novelisation.
* [[Miriam Margolyes|Miriam Margoyles]] was offered the role.{{NameSort}}
 
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 20 July 2022

Professor Sarah Laird (PROSE: Resurrection of the Daleks) was a scientist attached to the bomb disposal squad of the British Army in 1984.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

While the rest of the soldiers in the squad were killed and replaced by Dalek duplicates, Laird helped Tegan Jovanka escape the warehouse where they were situated; however, Tegan ended up being recaptured by Lytton's "policemen".

Laird panicked and ran when the duplicate of Colonel Archer ordered his troops to put her and Tegan into the time corridor, whereupon she was shot and killed by the duplicate soldiers. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Laird's first name, Sarah, was never mentioned on-screen; it is given only in Eric Saward's novelisation.
  • Miriam Margoyles was offered the role.