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American reporter [[Kevin W. Parker (The Roving Reporter)|Kevin W. Parker]]'s unauthorised biography of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was published a few years ago by [[Ainssell and Co.]] and is now out of print; said publisher allows, at long last, abridged fragments of the book to be reprinted in the form of a newspaper article. | American reporter [[Kevin W. Parker (The Roving Reporter)|Kevin W. Parker]]'s unauthorised biography of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was published a few years ago by [[Ainssell and Co.]] and is now out of print; said publisher allows, at long last, abridged fragments of the book to be reprinted in the form of a newspaper article. | ||
The article recounts that [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was born in [[Liverpool]] on [[1 February]] | The article recounts that [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was born in [[Liverpool]] on [[1 February]] [[1956]] to [[Eddie Smith|Nigel Collins Smith]] and [[Barbara Smith|Alice Trent Smith]] and orphaned in [[1961]]. Six-year-old Sarah Jane thus becomes the ward of her [[virologist]] aunt [[Lavinia Smith]], a "strong female figure" under whose care she grows up to be a bit of a tomboy, developing a coterie of odd friends and even learning to shoot a rifle from a peculiar old chap rumoured, but never proven, to have once been a [[poacher]] — as later recounted by Aunt Lavinia. | ||
Sent to complete her schooling at [[Caterham School for Girls]], she continues to prove herself "a bit of a maverick", disregarding any rules which she thinks don't make sense, though she also distinguishes herself both for her communicative skill and as the fastest [[hockey]] player in the school. At [[Liverpool University]], she flirts with the ambitious [[Andrew Lofts]], who is himself a [[journalist]], though it is not to him that Sarah Jane would later credit her career choice, a choice which went against her aunt Lavinia's encouragements for her to get into science. | Sent to complete her schooling at [[Caterham School for Girls]], she continues to prove herself "a bit of a maverick", disregarding any rules which she thinks don't make sense, though she also distinguishes herself both for her communicative skill and as the fastest [[hockey]] player in the school. At [[Liverpool University]], she flirts with the ambitious [[Andrew Lofts]], who is himself a [[journalist]], though it is not to him that Sarah Jane would later credit her career choice, a choice which went against her aunt Lavinia's encouragements for her to get into science. | ||
