Portrayal
Mr Smith is hidden behind the chimney breast in Sarah Jane's attic at 13 Bannerman Road, Ealing, London. He reveals himself on the vocal command "Mr Smith, I need you". When he reveals himself as requested a fanfare plays (apparently diegetic, as Sarah Jane comments on it in the Doctor Who episode "The Stolen Earth"). The fanfare is omitted if summoned by the phrase "Mr Smith, I need you quickly and quietly," or if he determines that the fanfare would be inappropriate. He can request the attention of Sarah Jane and can be heard quite clearly from her living room, three floors below. Mr Smith can also be called through mobile phones. In The Gift (Series Three), Clyde called Mr Smith through K-9.
In the first season, Mr Smith's main screen displays a crystal-like visualisation when idle. While Mr Smith allowed his sinister intentions to manifest at the end of the first series, the crystal shape that rotated, grew, and shrunk on his screen on a black background, turned green in some places and black in others. After his reboot and cleansing of malicious personality traits, in the second season the main screen displays a more abstract, fluid pattern, though retaining the same basic colours as the original display.
Behind the screen is a large mass of tangled wires and electronics. Despite Mr Smith's extraterrestrial origins, his construction includes one or more USB ports.
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