{"id":30507,"date":"2023-02-24T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1790355"},"modified":"2023-02-24T13:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T12:33:39","slug":"doctor-whos-carole-ann-ford-has-story-idea-for-susans-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-carole-ann-ford-has-story-idea-for-susans-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Carole Ann Ford has story idea for Susan\u2019s return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> She&#8217;s ready to come back as Susan Foreman. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Louise Griffin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 24 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>It\u2019s been almost six decades since Carole Ann Ford\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-susan-first-doctor-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Susan Foreman<\/a> was unceremoniously locked out of the TARDIS in <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a> \u2013 but Ford has no shortage of ideas about <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-susan-return-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">how she could return<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> readers voted her as the classic <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-companions-in-order\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">companion<\/a> they <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-susan-return-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">most want to see back in action<\/a>, the star is well and truly on board, telling us her story pitch \u2013 and it relies on the Doctor and Susan\u2019s telepathic connection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_xxxmsonormal&quot;\">\u201cI\u2019m just wondering how far that would go, where [The Doctor] would be in the TARDIS if I wanted to communicate with him telepathically,\u201d Ford told us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_xxxmsonormal&quot;\">\u201cAnd I thought, maybe it would be that [Susan] had some incurable disease that only he, with all his knowledge, and travelling around in foreign parts and extra-terrestrial parts, would have been able to cure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_xxxmsonormal&quot;\">\u201cAnd if I reached out to him and said, \u2018Grandfather, I really need you because I\u2019m dying,\u2019 and he probably could whip up some concoction to cure her and they might stay together or not, who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Goodbye\" susan=\"\" the=\"\" dalek=\"\" invasion=\"\" of=\"\" earth=\"\" doctor=\"\" who=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;150&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Um5Cn5eHsGo?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>While Ford made comebacks to the show for the 20th anniversary special, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/the-five-doctors\/&quot;\">The Five Doctors<\/a>, and the charity special, Dimensions in Time, it\u2019s been years since she returned to the show, and she\u2019s keen to work with a modern Doctor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_xxxmsonormal&quot;\">\u201cI would love to have been re-instated when Jodie [Whittaker] was on, it would have been marvellous working with her,\u201d she pointed out. \u201cI\u2019d love to meet her. That would have been doable, I think. But I can\u2019t imagine myself saying, \u2018Grandmother!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_xxxmsonormal&quot;\">Responding to <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong>\u2018s recent poll, which saw her win 43% of the vote, Ford said: \u201cThat\u2019s amazing, I\u2019m absolutely flabbergasted. I\u2019m very honoured!\u201d<\/p> <p>Speaking about why people resonate with the character of Susan, she added: \u201cThe idea of her, what I was told after I got the part, was she would be the eyes and ears of the young people watching it, that her reaction would be the perceived reactions of them, so, therefore, they would probably identify with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;x_xxxmsonormal&quot;\">As for whether she would be open to returning? \u201cAre you kidding?! Do you really have to ask? I\u2019d love to be in it as it is now! I\u2019d love to experience all the money they spend on it now \u2013 it\u2019s done like a film! 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