Rita-Anne Smith

Rita-Anne Smith is a fictional character who played a minor role in the 2005 Doctor Who revival series. She was played by actress Mona Hammond and appeared in the season one episode, "Rise of the Cybermen". This version of Rita-Anne Smith was actually from an alternate reality. The version of Rita-Anne from the mainstream reality never actually made an appearance.

Biography
Rita-Anne Smith was an elderly woman who lived in London, England. She was the mother of Jackson Smith and the grandmother of Mickey Smith. Around the year 2001, Rita-Anne suffered a fatal injury from falling down a staircase in her home after tripping on a torn piece of stair carpeting. She broke her neck and was killed instantly.

On a parallel Earth, Rita-Anne Smith did not die from such an accident. She was the grandmother of Ricky Smith, who was that world's counterpart to Mickey. Ricky was a freedom fighter in league with the Preachers, and spent many of his nights away from home with his allies in their struggle to take down Cybus Industries. He frequently forgot to call his grandmother, which caused her no end of worry. Mickey Smith came to this reality and was overjoyed to learn that his grandmother was still alive in that world. He visited her, but maintained the pretense of being her grandson from that world. He noticed the torn piece of carpeting and promised to repair it for her. Ricky Smith died soon after during an altercation with the Cybermen. Mickey Smith elected to stay behind on this world to continue Ricky's work and to look after Rita-Anne.

Notes & Trivia



 * The Rita-Anne Smith of the mainstream timeline never made an appearance on the series. Only her parallel Earth counterpart was ever shown.