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|individual name= Mr Smith

|alias= Smithy

|race= [[Xylok]]

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'''Mr Smith''' was a super-computer owned by [[Sarah Jane Smith]], located in the attic of Sarah Jane's house at [[13 Bannerman Road]]. It was revealed that he was actually a [[Xylok]] embedded into the computer.

The computer known as Mr Smith housed a sentient and highly intelligent crystal known as a [[Xylok]]. In the [[distant past]] a Xylok ship had crashed into the [[Earth]], trapping the Xyloks in the crust of the [[planet]]. It is believed that that earth shock wiped out the [[Dinosaur|dinosaurs]], but it may be speculated that it was the Xyloks that did. When the [[volcano]] [[Krakatoa]] erupted, one crystal escaped. Centuries later, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] retrieved the living crystal, took it to her home on [[13 Bannerman Road]], and found it could communicate with her via her [[Computer|laptop]]. The crystal informed her how to build the computer to house the living crystal. Sarah Jane did not know at this time about the Xyloks or that Mr Smith planned to free the other Xyloks, even at the cost of the planet itself. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')

After she created the computer to house him, Mr Smith helped Sarah Jane, and offered her knowledge on many things. His help at this point however, was mainly confined to hacking other computers and displaying information on alien life forms. He momentarily revealed his dark side to [[Clyde Langer]], presumably because he realised he might get help from the [[Slitheen]]. ([[SJA]]:'' [[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')

Eventually, Mr Smith was able to team up with members of the [[Slitheen family]] on [[Earth]]. He helped two of them pose as [[Luke Smith]]'s true parents so that they could kidnap him. [[Alan Jackson]] used a [[Armageddon virus|computer virus]] against Mr Smith which disabled him and wiped his database. When he forgot his purpose, Sarah Jane informed him of his mission to save humanity, which he accepted and helped to save the Earth. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')

Mr Smith was of great help to Sarah Jane and Luke during the first part of the Dalek invasion of Earth in the [[21st century]]. He alerted the Smith family to the Earth's changed position in space. He detected the presence of incoming space ships, and relayed the message of them to the Smiths. Once the fleet had been identified as Dalek in origin, he amplified an incoming [[sub-wave communication|sub-wave message]] from [[Harriet Jones]]. This message allowed a pivotal conference call between Sarah Jane, [[Martha Jones]], [[Torchwood Three]], and, unbeknownst to Sarah Jane, [[Rose Tyler]]. They formulated a plan of action to contact the missing [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]], in the hope that he could help repel the Daleks.

In this scheme, Mr Smith vitally linked together all the world's phone networks to dial the number of [[Superphone|Martha Jones' phone]] aboard the TARDIS. Mr Smith's efforts were relayed to Torchwood, whose [[rift manipulator]] greatly amplified his signal. The power needed to amplify its phone call damaged the computer. Nevertheless, he was able to determine the site of the Doctor's TARDIS landing, prompting Sarah Jane to leave Luke in Mr Smith's care while she rendezvoused with the Time Lord. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') Later, Mr Smith received the TARDIS base numerals from [[K9 Mark IV|K9]] and linked with the TARDIS and Torchwood Rift, allowing the Doctor to tow the planet back to its proper place in space and time. ([[DW]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'')

Mr Smith received a distress signal and video from a [[Judoon]] in a ship crashing to Earth. He told the gang where the ship was. Later on. Sarah Jane, possessed by [[Androvax]], activated Mr Smith's self-destruct program, to destroy all of Bannerman Road in sixty seconds. Luke reminded Mr Smith that purpose was the most important thing to a Xylok and his purpose was to protect the Earth;Mr Smith's actions were against his purpose, so he stopped the countdown. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'')

Mr. Smith helped [[Sarah Jane]] find [[Rani]], who was in Danemouth, and then put [[Sarah Jane]]'s phone through to [[K9]] to use the black hole to power [[Eve (The Mad Woman in the Attic)|Eve]]'s ship. This allowed K9 to come back. Mr Smith showed disdain for [[K9]] very quickly. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')

He showed a report on the disappearance of the [[Mona Lisa]] and told Sarah Jane that the painting which had [[Phyllis Trupp]] in was the actual painting. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'') When the [[Slitheen-Blathereen family|Slitheen-Blathereen]] gave Sarah Jane [[Rakweed]], she had Mr Smith to scan it. He found it harmless, but the morning after, the weed mutated and attacked [[Luke Smith|Luke]]. When the spores threatened him and Sarah Jane, Mr Smith used his cooling air vents to suck them away. Mr Smith monitored Luke's condition during the crisis. When Clyde, Rani and K9 discovered how to stop the Rakweed, K9 sent Mr Smith the frequency level required to sound the alarm bell sound across London (1421.09 Hertz). He did this again when the two Blathereen attacked, causing the Rakweed in their stomachs to be destroyed, creating a build-up of methane gas which caused them to explode all over everyone, including Mr Smith. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]]'')

When the [[Nightmare Man]] put Luke into a deep sleep, Mr Smith used a USB cable to give K9 extra power to contact Luke. He was attacked and damaged by the Nightmare Man, but later recovered. Before K9 left, Mr Smith told him that he could contact him if needed, which K9 took to mean Mr Smith would miss him. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man]]'')

When Androvax returned, Mr Smith trapped him in the containment vortex. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Vault of Secrets]]'') When the [[Automaton (The Empty Planet)|Automatons]] removed all the humans from Earth bar Clyde and Rani to look for the [[Gavin (The Empty Planet)|heir]] to the throne of their planet, Mr Smith was taken as well, leaving the computer an empty shell\. He was returned when the Automatons found the heir. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Empty Planet]]'')When Sarah Jane was secretly under attack by Ruby White, she asked Mr Smith to clear her voice from the command alphas. He still warned Clyde that Ruby was dangerous. He later had Sarah Jane's voice restored to the command alphas. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith]]'')

Mr Smith was pleased that K9 did not accompany Luke when he returned from university. He told Sarah Jane the real [[Joseph Serf]] had died in a skiing accident in 2007 and analysed a [[SerfBoard]] with Clyde and Rani. They found out that it was a simple, low standard laptop. Luke used K9's whistle to speak to Mr Smith in Morse code, alerting Clyde and Rani to get the pen [[John Harrison]] was using to torture the [[Skullion]]s. Luke and Sky took control of Serf whilst Sarah Jane and Adriana took the Skullions to the roof of the building. Mr Smith had alerted the Skullion species to send a spaceship to Earth to pick up the Skullions. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Man Who Never Was]]'')

Sarah Jane and her gang continued to have adventures, defend Earth and save countless lives. Statues would be raised in their honour and they would leave behind a legacy that would last forever. ([[SJAN]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (novelisation)]]'', [[SJA]]: ''[[The Man Who Never Was]]'')

Initially, Mr Smith comported himself with a cold, clinical mindset, more like an actual computer than a living being. When his true intentions were revealed, he acted malicious and cruel, yet justified his actions by stating they were part of his "purpose".

Despite his intelligence, Mr Smith could be literal-minded when. He gave Sky Smith information about the general details of school life while skipping over relatively minor information, so she thought that 'toad-in-the-hole' actually had toad in it. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Curse of Clyde Langer]]'')

* It is not until Sarah Jane complains about it in ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' that Mr Smith's fanfare is actually acknowledged as being something the characters hear, rather than incidental music for the viewer's benefit. ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'' establishes that it's possible to avoid the fanfare when Luke says he needs Mr. Smith "quickly and quietly."

* A possible reference to Mr Smith appears in the ''[[K9 (TV series)|K9]]'' story ''[[The Bounty Hunter]]''. A news report in 2050 mentions that a "[[Smith (The Bounty Hunter)|Mr Smith]]" won the [[National Lottery]], but no one seems to know his first name or even who he is, and asks for Smith to step forward and accept his winnings.

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