Luke Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Luke Smith is a fictional regular character played by Tommy Knight in the British children's science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures, a spin-off of the long-running series Doctor Who. Luke is a regular character in The Sarah Jane Adventures and has also appeared in three episodes of Doctor Who: the two-parter "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" (2008), and Tenth Doctor finale episode "The End of Time, Part Two" (2010).

Within the narrative of the series, Luke is a human archetype, created by alien species the Bane from thousands of DNA samples, who comes to be adopted by the series' heroine, Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen). Luke is something of a child prodigy, showcasing a remarkable degree of genius but also a level of social ineptitude owing to being born in adolescence.

Famous quotes containing the words luke, smith and/or jane:

    Calling it your job don’t make it right, boss.
    Donn Pierce, U.S. screenwriter, Frank R. Pierson, and Stuart Rosenberg. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman)

    What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he whispers.
    —Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)

    Mistress, there are portents abroad of magic and might,
    And things that are yet to be done. Open the door!
    —Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (b. 1893)