Gita Chandra
Gita Chandra was the wife of Haresh, and mother of Rani Chandra.
Biography
Gita, her husband and her daughter, Rani, moved to Bannerman Road with her family when children were being abducted by a clown known as Odd Bob the Clown. When Gita first met Sarah Jane Smith, she told her that Rani wanted to be a journalist like Sarah and believed Rani to be doing work experience with Sarah as she was defeating the Pied Piper.
Gita was an easy-going, sociable person. In contrast with Maria's mother, she quickly embraced her neighbours from over the road, and saw them as chiefly positive influences on her daughter's life. She also appeared to have a strong bond with her husband. She claimed that the reason she had recently gained weight was because her husband had a Dawn French fetish. (SJA: The Day of the Clown)
She was a a Gemini and as such was one of the first to be taken over by Truman and the Ancient Lights. She became a member of Truman's inner circle, although she seemed to have no memory of what had happened during the incident after Trueman was defeated. (SJA: Secrets of the Stars)
She briefly let Clyde Langer visit Rani but was nearly erased from time until Sarah Jane restored everything. Clyde and Rani in the meantime met an alternate timeline version of her. (SJA: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith)
While working in her flower shop she was kidnapped by Mrs Wormwood and put in a trance. Mrs Wormwood did this to catch Sarah Jane's attention. Gita was rescued when the Bane tried to catch and eat Mrs Wormwood alive. She seemed to have no memory of the incident. Later that day Cal Kilburne went to Sarah Jane's house she found him and invited him in for coffee. He led her to believe that he was Sarah Jane's nephew but in fact he was Bane. (SJA: Enemy of the Bane)
She later attempted to get a job for Genetec Systems by placing flowers in the foyer, but was taken by security. She and Haresh escaped and encountered alien Judoon. They returned home and Gita happily exclaimed to Rani and Sarah Jane that she saw aliens. Rani then took her inside for a cup of tea. (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon)
Gita met Sarah Jane's new boyfriend, Peter Dalton, and took an immediate shine to him, proclaiming him "dishy". She later attended Sarah Jane and Peter's wedding, also providing floral arrangements for the ceremony. (SJA: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)
Before Luke left for Oxford University, Sarah Jane brought him some boxes to pack his things into. Sarah Jane told him Gita had given them to her and had also offered to help pack. (SJA: The Nightmare Man)
In 2010, Gita dragged Haresh to B.U.R.P.S.S and explained her meeting with two aliens. When they returned home, Gita saw Androvax in Sarah Jane's driveway, and sent Haresh over to check it out. She called Ocean Waters to tell her about her sighting, and arrived at Sarah Jane's house with her and Melvin to detect aliens. She was later used as a host body for Androvax to reach the Vault. Rani convinced him to leave Gita's body and Gita witnessed Mister Dread transmat the Veil ship into space, saving Earth. Gita was going to tell everyone until Dread, under Sarah Jane's instruction, wiped her mind of all of her alien encounters. Sarah Jane and the others convinced her that they went on a picnic so she did not recognize Ocean and Melvin. (SJA: The Vault of Secrets)
When Haresh believed that Sarah Jane was grieving and denying the Doctor's death, he asked Rani if she remembered when her grandfather died. Rani said the Gita had washed everything, even walls. (SJA: Death of the Doctor)
When most people were removed from Earth, Gita had also disappeared. (SJA: The Empty Planet)
Personality
Gita was a friendly person who was always kind to people, inviting her daughter's friends for dinner. Like Chrissie Jackson, Gita also seemed to have problems getting Sarah Jane's name right, often referring to her simply as Sarah. (SJA: Day of the Clown et al) She was also very nosey (SJA: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith) and bossed her husband around frequently. (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon)
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