Has Sarah Jane Got Questionable Personal Hygene?

[Si Hunt]

Something that's always bothered me.

In "The Hand of Fear", Sarah Jane talks about the things she'd like to do as part of her "normal" life. And one of them is "I want to have my hair washed".

Isn't this just odd? She speaks as though this is not something she can do aboard the TARDIS.

Are we supposed to believe that, somehow, all her adventures happen continuously, on the same day? Or that the TARDIS doesn't offer hair washing facilities? We know there is a swimming pool.

Can anyone explain this line? If she hasn't washed her hair since "The Time Warrior" (or at the very least during her stay in the Fox Inn in "Terror of the Zygons", during which she could have given it a quick rinse) then it's no wonder the Doctor wants shot of her.

Si.

[SiHart]

I believe some people like to ahve their hairwashed and cut together. I'm sure Sarah washed her own hair, but having your hairwashed by a professional is something of a lovely little luxury.

Si xx

[Antony Cox]

I believe some people like to ahve their hairwashed and cut together. I'm sure Sarah washed her own hair, but having your hairwashed by a professional is something of a lovely little luxury.

Si xx

I was just about to say the same thing!

[Si Hunt]

But she didn't say "I want a bath! I want to have my hair washed by a stylist! I want to feel HUMAN again!"

I'm not convinced she didn't absolutely honk when she left the TARDIS you know.

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

She left the honking to Brendan.

[Lissa]

Maybe her hair needs to be dry cleaned and the Tardis kept missing Sketchleys. That was certainly why Liz Shaw never travelled in time and space - the Tardis only has soap and water.

[brandynigma]

She left the honking to Brendan.

I resemble that remark!

Sarah is wistfully wanting a proper chance to relax. Robert Holmes clearly thought women relax best in baths and, well, baths ARE very relaxing. Note that the Doctor introduces the massive bathroom sometime before The Invasion of Time- a guilt response, perhaps?

I can also confirm that, having had hair as long as Sarah's in this story, someone else washing your hair is immensely enjoyable. Also, she doesn't say "I want to wash my hair"; she says "I want my hair washed"- one presumes by someone else.

[Rob McCow]

There is that reference to the 'healing nanites' in The Empty Child. Perhaps the TARDIS has cleaning nanites that automatically wash hair, get stains out of clothes, remove dirt from under the fingernails and make a lovely fragrant smell.

Now whether these nanites carry out any other essential facilities is another question!

[Llordllama]

Perhaps her hair is a wig and she needs to find a specialist cleaner, which the TARDIS lacks

[Si Hunt]

"I want a bath! I want to have my wig washed by a specialist cleaner. I want to feel HUMAN again!"

It would have made the impact of that final scene oh so different.

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

Now whether these nanites carry out any other essential facilities is another question!

There's no answer to that!

Except to say, if they can grow hair back, I'd like some!