{"id":53295,"date":"2024-06-15T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2057256"},"modified":"2024-06-15T09:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T07:42:15","slug":"doctor-who-hints-at-susans-return-and-confirms-major-family-reveal","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-hints-at-susans-return-and-confirms-major-family-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who hints at Susan\u2019s return \u2013 and confirms major family reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Legend of Ruby Sunday teases a reappearance from the Doctor’s granddaughter. <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 15 June 2024 at 05:00 AM<\/p>

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This article contains spoilers for Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctor Who wrong-footed fans who were expecting the return of a classic character in The Legend of Ruby Sunday \u2013 but also delivered a surprising reveal regarding the Doctor\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

Ever since a reference to the Doctor\u2019s granddaughter Susan<\/a> \u2013 played by Carole Ann Ford on the show from 1963-64 \u2013 was included in this year\u2019s The Devil\u2019s Chord<\/a>, fans have been hoping that the character might reappear on-screen.<\/p>\n

Having arrived in 1963, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) told companion Ruby (Millie Gibson) that he used in live in Shoreditch during this time period \u2013 which is, of course, where viewers first met the Doctor (then played by William Hartnell) in Doctor Who\u2019s very first episode.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, right now, I live in a place called Totter\u2019s Lane,\u201d the Doctor explained. \u201c1963, I parked the TARDIS in a junkyard and I lived there with my granddaughter Susan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fans have even speculated that the mysterious character played by Susan Twist<\/a>, who has appeared across time and space in various different guises, could be the Doctor\u2019s granddaughter.<\/p>\n

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Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Mel and Susan Twist as Susan Triad in Doctor Who<\/span><\/figcaption> James Pardon\/Bad Wolf\/BBC Studios<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

In The Legend of Ruby Sunday, the Doctor himself even begins to suspect this might be the case \u2013 with Twist\u2019s latest alter-ego, tech entrepreneur Susan Triad, sharing a first name with his grandchild.<\/p>\n

Eventually, however, Susan Triad is revealed to be something else entirely \u2013 a harbinger of Sutekh<\/a>, with the god-like being mocking his Time Lord nemesis for believing he was about to be reunited with his estranged granddaughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you think I was family, Doctor?\u201d he taunts. \u201cI bring Sutekh\u2019s gift of death for you and for all your tiny, vile, incessant universe.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if the real Susan might still be out there somewhere \u2013 in The Devil\u2019s Chord, the Doctor admitted to Ruby that he has no idea where Susan is, and suggested that the genocide that wiped out the Time Lords might have killed her.<\/p>

The Doctor also explained to Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) this week why he\u2019s never gone looking for Susan: \u201cYou\u2019ve seen my life. I bring disaster, Kate, disaster. What if I go back and ruin her?\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> back in May, original Susan actress Carole Ann Ford refused to rule out returning to Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we know, with Doctor Who, absolutely anything and everything is possible,\u201d she said. \u201cThe mind boggles with all the many ways Susan could come back, where and when. But I think she would love reuniting with her grandfather in his new form. Isn\u2019t Ncuti [Gatwa] amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman and William Hartnell as the Doctor in Doctor Who<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Radio Times<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

And while Susan herself didn\u2019t appear, we did discover a secret that radically changes how fans have perceived her relationship with the Doctor.<\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s always been assumed that Susan\u2019s existence must mean that the Doctor also had at least one child \u2013 Susan\u2019s father or mother \u2013 The Legend of Ruby Sunday seems to suggest this is not the case. Instead, Susan\u2019s parent \u2013 and the Doctor\u2019s offspring \u2013 is yet to be born, something previously hinted at in The Devil\u2019s Chord but confirmed here.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a granddaughter, that means you\u2019ve got kids,\u201d suggests Kate Stewart. \u201cWell, not quite \u2013 not yet,\u201d the Doctor replies. \u201cYou can have a granddaughter before a daughter?\u201d she asks baffled. His answer? \u201cLife of a Time Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will that life ever include Susan again? Only time will tell\u2026<\/p>\n

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