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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|image= 39.jpg | |image = 39.jpg | ||
|alias= Nigel Collins Smith, | |alias = Nigel Collins Smith, | ||
|species=Human | |species = Human | ||
|origin= [[Liverpool]], [[England]] | |origin = [[Liverpool]], [[England]] | ||
|sister=Lavinia Smith | |death date = [[18 August]] [[1951]] | ||
|sister = Lavinia Smith | |||
|brother = Africana Smith | |brother = Africana Smith | ||
|spouse=Barbara Smith | |spouse = Barbara Smith | ||
|child=Sarah Jane Smith | |child = Sarah Jane Smith | ||
|adoptive grandchild=Luke Smith | |adoptive grandchild = Luke Smith | ||
|adoptive grandchild2=Sky Smith | |adoptive grandchild2 = Sky Smith | ||
|grandchild=Lauren (Lily) | |grandchild = Lauren (Lily) | ||
|first mention= The Roving Reporter (short story) | |first mention = The Roving Reporter (short story) | ||
|only= The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story) | |only = The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story) | ||
|actor= Christopher Pizzey | |actor = Christopher Pizzey | ||
|clip = Sarah Jane Says Goodbye to her Parents The Temptation of Sarah Jane The Sarah Jane Adventures | |clip = Sarah Jane Says Goodbye to her Parents The Temptation of Sarah Jane The Sarah Jane Adventures | ||
}}'''Eddie Smith''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') or in one account '''Nigel Collins Smith''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roving Reporter (short story)|The Roving Reporter]]'') was the brother of [[Lavinia Smith]] and [[Africana Smith]], the husband of [[Barbara Smith]] and the father of [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. He was killed in a road accident shortly after the birth of his daughter. | }}'''Eddie Smith''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') or in one account '''Nigel Collins Smith''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roving Reporter (short story)|The Roving Reporter]]'') was the brother of [[Lavinia Smith]] and [[Africana Smith]], the husband of [[Barbara Smith]] and the father of [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. He was killed in a road accident shortly after the birth of his daughter. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Mr Smith was born in [[Liverpool]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]'') He and his [[Barbara Smith|wife]] became the parents of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] on [[1 February]] [[1956]]; the couple's death in a [[car crash]], which left Sarah Jane an orphan in the care of her [[Lavinia Smith|Aunt Lavinia]], took place either in [[1961]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roving Reporter (short story)|The Roving Reporter]]'') or [[1951]], depending on accounts. According to the account holding that he died in 1951, later time travel interference by [[the Trickster]] caused three different timelines for the event to exist. | Mr Smith was born in [[Liverpool]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]'') He and his [[Barbara Smith|wife]] became the parents of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] on [[1 February]], [[1956]]; the couple's death in a [[car crash]], which left Sarah Jane an orphan in the care of her [[Lavinia Smith|Aunt Lavinia]], took place either in [[1961]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roving Reporter (short story)|The Roving Reporter]]'') or [[1951]], depending on accounts. According to the account holding that he died in 1951, later time travel interference by [[the Trickster]] caused three different timelines for the event to exist. | ||
=== Timeline 1 === | === Timeline 1 === | ||
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=== Timeline 3 === | === Timeline 3 === | ||
After Sarah Jane returned to 1951 Foxgrove from the [[The Trickster's World|alternate timeline]] her parents' survival had created, Eddie and Barbara quickly worked out who Sarah Jane was and what they had to do. They decided to sacrifice themselves to save her world, restoring the original timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | After Sarah Jane returned to 1951 Foxgrove from the [[The Trickster's World|alternate timeline]] her parents' survival had created, Eddie and Barbara quickly worked out who Sarah Jane was and what they had to do. They decided to sacrifice themselves to save her world, restoring the original timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | ||
== Other references == | |||
On her first visit to [[13 Bannerman Road]], [[Maria Jackson]] saw a [[photograph]] of a "[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|fierce-looking Army officer with a clipped moustache]]" who she mistook as being Sarah Jane's father. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (novelisation)|Invasion of the Bane]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* A photograph of Eddie appeared in ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]'', the story prior to ''Temptation''. | * A photograph of Eddie appeared in ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]'', the story prior to ''Temptation''. | ||
* Eddie's actor, Christopher Pizzey, was a regular on another CBBC show that ran at the same time as Sarah Jane Adventures, The Basil Brush Show, in which he played Mr. Steven, though at this point, he had left said show. | * Eddie's actor, Christopher Pizzey, was a regular on another CBBC show that ran at the same time as ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', ''The Basil Brush Show'', in which he played Mr. Steven, though at this point, he had left said show. | ||
* Eddie Smith was planned to return at some point for an unproduced story. The story would have involved Eddie appearing in the attic of 13 Bannerman Road after a flash of lightning, and finding himself face to face with his daughter. Sarah Jane would discover how and why her father had returned, and Eddie would get to witness who his daughter becomes and how special she is before returning to his own time. [[Russell T Davies]] told ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' that had the series continued, then the story was guaranteed to be done "in some shape or form". Davies commended Pizzey's peformance as Eddie and stated that of all the unproduced episodes, he believed this story was "the saddest loss of all". ([[REF]]: [[DWMSE 32]], p. 65) | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 1 November 2024
Eddie Smith, (TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith) or in one account Nigel Collins Smith, (PROSE: The Roving Reporter) was the brother of Lavinia Smith and Africana Smith, the husband of Barbara Smith and the father of Sarah Jane Smith. He was killed in a road accident shortly after the birth of his daughter.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Mr Smith was born in Liverpool. (PROSE: Island of Death) He and his wife became the parents of Sarah Jane Smith on 1 February, 1956; the couple's death in a car crash, which left Sarah Jane an orphan in the care of her Aunt Lavinia, took place either in 1961 (PROSE: The Roving Reporter) or 1951, depending on accounts. According to the account holding that he died in 1951, later time travel interference by the Trickster caused three different timelines for the event to exist.
Timeline 1[[edit] | [edit source]]
On 18 August 1951, the day of the Foxgrove village fête, Eddie and his wife drove off in their car, leaving their three-month-old baby Sarah Jane Smith behind in the street. Barbara and Eddie subsequently died when their car crashed into a tractor that had broken down in the road. Sarah Jane was subsequently reared by Eddie's sister, Lavinia.
Timeline 2[[edit] | [edit source]]
Sarah Jane and her son Luke travelled from 2009 to meet Eddie and Barbara, and Sarah Jane decided to save them by deactivating their car so they would not be able to escape. However, while this change in and of itself had no major effect on the timeline, meddling with history near an unstable rift in time caused the rift to open, allowing the Trickster to fully materialise on Earth and suck it of its life.
Timeline 3[[edit] | [edit source]]
After Sarah Jane returned to 1951 Foxgrove from the alternate timeline her parents' survival had created, Eddie and Barbara quickly worked out who Sarah Jane was and what they had to do. They decided to sacrifice themselves to save her world, restoring the original timeline. (TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith)
Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]
On her first visit to 13 Bannerman Road, Maria Jackson saw a photograph of a "fierce-looking Army officer with a clipped moustache" who she mistook as being Sarah Jane's father. (PROSE: Invasion of the Bane)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A photograph of Eddie appeared in The Mark of the Berserker, the story prior to Temptation.
- Eddie's actor, Christopher Pizzey, was a regular on another CBBC show that ran at the same time as The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Basil Brush Show, in which he played Mr. Steven, though at this point, he had left said show.
- Eddie Smith was planned to return at some point for an unproduced story. The story would have involved Eddie appearing in the attic of 13 Bannerman Road after a flash of lightning, and finding himself face to face with his daughter. Sarah Jane would discover how and why her father had returned, and Eddie would get to witness who his daughter becomes and how special she is before returning to his own time. Russell T Davies told Doctor Who Magazine that had the series continued, then the story was guaranteed to be done "in some shape or form". Davies commended Pizzey's peformance as Eddie and stated that of all the unproduced episodes, he believed this story was "the saddest loss of all". (REF: DWMSE 32, p. 65)
