Haresh Chandra Haresh Chandra was the husband of Gita Chandra and the father of Rani Chandra . Biography . Haresh grew up in Nottingham . ( PROSE : " Day of the Clown " ) As a child , Haresh loved school . He enjoyed it so much that he wanted to become a teacher . ( TV : " The Empty Planet " ) When Haresh got a job at the history department at a school in Camden he left his home and moved to London . ( PROSE : " Day of the Clown " ) He first met his future wife , Gita , in a museum ; she was taking refuge from the rain . ( TV : " The Curse of Clyde Langer " ) When they married they honeymooned in Brussels , which Haresh enjoyed but Gita did not . ( TV : " The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith " ) Later the family moved to Danemouth . ( TV : " The Mad Woman in the Attic " ) Haresh and his family moved to Ealing and Haresh became the head teacher of Park Vale School . When Clyde Langer and Luke Smith first met him he was angry at their class ' behaviour . Rani pretended not to know him ; she did not want her friends to know her father was the head teacher . Later , when Clyde saw a clown , Haresh did not believe him and thought he was telling lies . The next day he was puzzled when students walked out of school with balloons . He put it down to a prank organised by Clyde . At first upset that his daughter had taken part in the " prank " , he was pleased to discover she was with Luke and Clyde " studying at the library " . He then offered to make them all tea . ( TV : " The Day of the Clown " ) Like Sarah Jane Smith , he was a Taurus , and was one of the few not hypnotised by Martin Trueman . ( TV : " Secrets of the Stars " ) He fell victim to the Berserker pendant twice : once when it was used by his daughter Rani , and again by Paul Langer after he had stolen it from Sarah Jane ' s attic . When Rani used it on him , he obeyed random , meaningless commands : hopping on one foot , believing the pendant was a hamster and doing an impression of a lion , but she soon stopped and had him forget when it began to scare her . When Paul used it on him , he started by jogging on the spot , then was told to do push - ups . It was this command that almost caused him to die of exhaustion ; no matter what happened around him , he refused to stop . ( TV : " The Mark of the Berserker " ) He was pushed into putting plants in the Genetec building by Gita . When they put the plants in the reception , they were arrested by security and locked in a room . Haresh picked the lock . While looking for a way out , they were stopped by a troop of Judoon , to whom Haresh tried to talk . As they were trying to escape the building they narrowly avoided bumping into the Judoon , who had just captured Androvax . On their return to Bannerman Road , Haresh and Gita told Sarah Jane and the others of their encounter , although Haresh doubted anyone would believe them . ( TV : " Prisoner of the Judoon " ) Haresh attended Sarah Jane ' s wedding to Peter Dalton , voicing his doubts about the hasty union . He was proven right , when Peter " disappeared " before the ceremony . ( TV : " The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith " ) He agreed to look after Luke while Sarah Jane was investigating a " haunted house " . He taught Luke how to play chess and ended up beaten six times . ( TV : " The Eternity Trap " ) He went on a schooltrip with Rani ' s Clyde ' s and Luke ' s class . They went to Snowdonia where they slept in tents . ( " AUDIO : The Shadow People " ) He began to like Clyde when he won an art contest which let the school see the " Mona Lisa " , but was shocked when the painting disappeared . ( TV : " Mona Lisa ' s Revenge " ) Haresh Chandra had an electric guitar . Someday Clyde Langer borrowed it to destroy the Rakweed . The guitar sound broke the plants ' communication methods and neutralised the Rakweed spores . This killed off the Rakweed . ( WC : " Sound " ) In September 2009 , Haresh and Gita stayed several days in Danemouth to visit relatives . ( AUDIO : " Wraith World " ) In the same month , Haresh recommended Luke take his A Levels a year early and apply to the University of Oxford . Luke took Haresh ' s advice , and was accepted to Oxford the next year . ( TV : " The Nightmare Man " ) Before Luke left he threw two farewell parties . Haresh , Gita and Rani came together to Luke ' s second farewell party . ( PROSE : " The Nightmare Man " ) Gita dragged him to BURPSS , where she told how they had seen two different alien species . When they got home , Gita saw Androvax in Sarah Jane ' s driveway and sent Haresh over to check . He did not find Androvax , as Sarah Jane , Clyde and Rani interrupted him . Later , he went to play badminton . ( TV : " The Vault of Secrets " ) When UNIT arrived at Sarah Jane ' s house to announce the Eleventh Doctor ' s death , Haresh asked if everything was all right . Rani later hugged him and told him never to go away . He believed that Sarah Jane was grieving and denying the Doctor ' s death . He told Clyde that he ' d know about static electricity if he paid attention in class . ( TV : " Death of the Doctor " ) One day , Haresh had not seen Rani all day , so visited her in her room . Rani , tryng to read " Great Expectations " , asked him to leave so she could concentrate . The next day , along with most people , Haresh had disappeared . ( TV : " The Empty Planet " ) Haresh was with Gita when Luke caused Mr White ' s hologram meteor to be seen by everyone on Earth which defeated Ruby White . ( TV : " Goodbye , Sarah Jane Smith " ) In 2011 , Haresh later enrolled Sky in Park Vale . ( TV : " Sky " , " The Curse of Clyde Langer " ) He was , like his daughter , one of the many to be affected by Hetocumtek ' s curse but returned to normal after the curse had been lifted . ( TV : " The Curse of Clyde Langer " ) Haresh helped Gita to bring flowers to her now Bloomin ' Lovely shop at the White Cross shopping mall . ( AUDIO : " Judgement Day " ) Eventually , he became a grandfather to Rani ' s son , Shuresh , and a great - grandfather to Shuresh ' s children . ( TV : " The Mad Woman in the Attic " ) Personality . Although Haresh was , when in his job as a headteacher , a very strict man , at home he was a loving , caring husband and father to Gita and Rani . He often showed fatherly concern for his daughter , especially when she began to befriend Clyde , whom Haresh at first disliked as he was a troublemaker in school . However , over time Haresh grew to tolerate , and even possibly like , Clyde . Haresh often had to compensate for his wife ' s constant chatter and tendency to panic and / or go over the top such when she tried to plant flowers in the Genetec Systems . ( TV : " Prisoner of the Judoon " ) He was a good cook . ( TV : " The Day of the Clown " ) Haresh liked Luke Smith because he was a well - behaved , high achieving student . He was happy when Rani befriended Luke , and was the one who recommended to Luke that he take his A - Levels a year early . When students began disappearing , Haresh showed genuine concern for all of his students , and was delighted when he discovered that Clyde had a talent for drawing . ( TV : " Mona Lisa ' s Revenge " ) Rani worried about disappointing her parents , especially Haresh . ( TV : " The Mad Woman in the Attic " )