Celeste Rivers

Professor Celeste Rivers was a senior scientist working at the Pharos institute.

Biography
In 2007, She showed Sarah Jane Smith around the institute, much to the dismay of Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen, then masquerading as the human child prodigy Nathan Goss. (SJA: The Lost Boy)

In 2008, She thanked Sarah Jane for not telling anyone about the incident with Goss, which could have destroyed the institute. Later, unofficially she permitted Sarah Jane to take away a fragment of the Weserbergland Meteorite kept at the institute. (SJA: The Day of the Clown)

In 2009, She invited Sarah Jane to an old mansion, along with Rani Chandra and Clyde Langer, to investigate the ghost sightings there. Celeste and her associate, Toby Silverman, set up cameras throughout the mansion to try to catch glimpses of the ghost. Celeste went to the nursery room to investigate a camera failure from the control hub room, leaving her associate. After fixing the camera problem, Celeste was startled by a baby monitor spinning of its own accord. While distracted, Erasmus Darkening took her. When Sarah Jane defeated Darkening, Professor Rivers was returned. (SJA: The Eternity Trap)

Behind the scenes

 * She appeared in series 3 and had a bigger role than her first two appearances. Although it had previously been confirmed by the production team, her name was not actually mentioned on-screen until The Eternity Trap.