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|species=Human | |species=Human | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas (webcast)|A Ghost Story for Christmas]]'' | |appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas (webcast)|A Ghost Story for Christmas]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[The Lonely Assassins (video game)|The Lonely Assassins]]'' | ||
|actor = Carey Mulligan | |actor = Carey Mulligan | ||
|clip = Don't Blink! - Doctor Who - Blink - Series 3 - BBC | |clip = Don't Blink! - Doctor Who - Blink - Series 3 - BBC | ||
|clip2 = The Weeping Angels attack! - Doctor Who - Blink - Series 3 - BBC | |clip2 = The Weeping Angels attack! - Doctor Who - Blink - Series 3 - BBC | ||
|partner = Larry Nightingale|aka = | |partner = Larry Nightingale|aka = | ||
}}{{you may|Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|n1=the original, prose version of this character}} | }}{{you may|Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|n1=the original, prose version of this character}} | ||
'''Sally Sparrow''' was a young photographer from [[London]] who indirectly assisted the [[Tenth Doctor]] | '''Sally Sparrow''' was a young photographer from [[London]] who indirectly assisted the [[Tenth Doctor]] and encountered the [[Weeping Angel]]s. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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Sally had an interest in "urban exploration" (the hobby of entering abandoned buildings to take photographs) which led her to explore [[Wester Drumlins]] one night. While taking photographs, she found strange messages addressed to her left by someone called the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]]. She went to her close friend, [[Kathy Nightingale]], for advice; this led her to meet Kathy's brother [[Larry Nightingale]] for the first time. On a second visit to the house (with Kathy this time), Sally briefly met [[Malcolm Wainwright]], who claimed to be Kathy's grandson. Baffled, Sally went to ask Kathy for an explanation, only to find that she had vanished. Malcolm gave Sally a packet of letters and photographs from his grandmother. Sally read the letter, in which Kathy asked Sally to tell her brother Larry that Kathy loved him. Sally went to the DVD store where Larry worked, and told him that his sister had gone "on a trip" when she had actually been transported to [[Hull]] on [[5 December]] [[1920]] by the [[Weeping Angel]]s. She saw [[The Tenth Doctor|a mysterious man]] on a TV screen that seemed to reply to what she said. Larry explained that this man was on seventeen completely unrelated DVDs, almost like an "easter egg" and then gave Sally a list of the DVDs. | Sally had an interest in "urban exploration" (the hobby of entering abandoned buildings to take photographs) which led her to explore [[Wester Drumlins]] one night. While taking photographs, she found strange messages addressed to her left by someone called the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]]. She went to her close friend, [[Kathy Nightingale]], for advice; this led her to meet Kathy's brother [[Larry Nightingale]] for the first time. On a second visit to the house (with Kathy this time), Sally briefly met [[Malcolm Wainwright]], who claimed to be Kathy's grandson. Baffled, Sally went to ask Kathy for an explanation, only to find that she had vanished. Malcolm gave Sally a packet of letters and photographs from his grandmother. Sally read the letter, in which Kathy asked Sally to tell her brother Larry that Kathy loved him. Sally went to the DVD store where Larry worked, and told him that his sister had gone "on a trip" when she had actually been transported to [[Hull]] on [[5 December]] [[1920]] by the [[Weeping Angel]]s. She saw [[The Tenth Doctor|a mysterious man]] on a TV screen that seemed to reply to what she said. Larry explained that this man was on seventeen completely unrelated DVDs, almost like an "easter egg" and then gave Sally a list of the DVDs. | ||
Sally also met [[Billy Shipton]], a police officer, and he asked her out. Billy was sent by the | Sally also met [[Billy Shipton]], a police officer, and he asked her out. Billy was sent by the Weeping Angels back to [[1969]] and given instructions from the Doctor to tell Sally an important instruction: "Look at the list". She sat with him on his last night of life, in a hospital, as Billy had said that that would be the last day that Sally and he met. | ||
Afterward, Sally looked at the list of seventeen DVDs, and realised their connection: they were all seventeen DVDs that she owned; the messages on the DVDs were meant for her. She called Larry and told him to meet her at Wester Drumlins. They found the Weeping Angels and were warned by the Doctor not to blink, because the Angels moved when they were not seen. On one of the DVDs, the Doctor told Sally about the Weeping Angels. Sally and Larry found and trapped the Weeping Angels and returned [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to the Doctor and [[Martha Jones]]. | Afterward, Sally looked at the list of seventeen DVDs, and realised their connection: they were all seventeen DVDs that she owned; the messages on the DVDs were meant for her. She called Larry and told him to meet her at Wester Drumlins. They found the Weeping Angels and were warned by the Doctor not to blink, because the Angels moved when they were not seen. On one of the DVDs, the Doctor told Sally about the Weeping Angels. Sally and Larry found and trapped the Weeping Angels and returned [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to the Doctor and [[Martha Jones]]. | ||
Over the next year, Sally and Larry took over the video store Larry had been working at and converted it into a used book-and-DVD store. While Larry wanted to pursue a relationship, Sally remained distant as she compiled detailed notes of her experiences. Some time later, she met the Doctor and Martha in person and delivered her important package of information. Only then did she finally allow herself to pursue a relationship with Larry. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') | Over the next year, Sally and Larry took over the video store Larry had been working at and converted it into a used book-and-DVD store. While Larry wanted to pursue a relationship, Sally remained distant as she compiled detailed notes of her experiences. Some time later, she met the Doctor and Martha in person and delivered her important package of information. Only then did she finally allow herself to pursue a relationship with Larry. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') | ||
=== Later life === | |||
In [[2017]], Sally moved to the [[United States]] to work as a photographer. In [[2020]], she returned to London for an exhibition of her pictures, which included photos from her store. She returned to the United States at the end of it. When Larry revealed his suspicions that his wife, Natasha, was captured by a Weeping Angels, Sally proposed to return to London and help him, but Larry said it was better that Sally stay at home to be safe. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Lonely Assassins (video game)|The Lonely Assassins]]'') | |||
=== Legacy === | === Legacy === | ||
While revisiting London in 1969, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] remarked that Sally Sparrow was "rather brilliant", and wondered whatever happened to her. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)|A Little Help from My Friends]]'') | While revisiting London in 1969, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] remarked that Sally Sparrow was "rather brilliant", and wondered whatever happened to her. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)|A Little Help from My Friends]]'') | ||
Kathy Nightingale's letter to Sally was later included in [[Justin Richards (The Secret Lives of Monsters)|Justin Richards]]' book ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters]]''. Additionally, a write up of ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') the Tenth Doctor's half of the DVD discussion with Sally ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') was also included, though Richards and others simply referred to him as the "[[The Doctor's aliases|Easter Egg Man]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') as they did not know the full details like she and Larry had. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') | |||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
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*According to [[Steven Moffat]], she was supposed to become a companion, but [[Carey Mulligan]] declined the offer. | *According to [[Steven Moffat]], she was supposed to become a companion, but [[Carey Mulligan]] declined the offer. | ||
* Sally serves a similar function to [[Marc Cory]] in ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' and [[Elton Pope]] in ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', in that she is a one-off guest character who serves as the protagonist of the story. | * Sally serves a similar function to [[Marc Cory]] in ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' and [[Elton Pope]] in ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', in that she is a one-off guest character who serves as the protagonist of the story. | ||
* There was a plan in one draft to have the book and DVD shop run by Sally and Larry to be crushed by a [[Dalek]] ship in ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', but this scene wasn't filmed. | * There was a plan in one draft to have the book-and-DVD shop run by Sally and Larry to be crushed by a [[Dalek]] ship in ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', but this scene wasn't filmed. | ||
* In ''[[The Lonely Assassins (video game)|The Lonely Assassins]]'', Larry has Sally listed as a contact on his [[phone]]. | * In ''[[The Lonely Assassins (video game)|The Lonely Assassins]]'', Larry has Sally listed as a contact on his [[phone]]. | ||