Doctor Who
Summary
Susan ’s chronicle continue to develop long after she departedDoctor Who , with the latest update coming via Ncuti Gatwa in time of year 14 . play by Carole Ann Ford , Susan Foreman was the Doctor ’s granddaughter and first canonicalDoctor Whocompanion , with the clip - traveling duet escaping their home satellite of Gallifrey to settle in London , where Susan was subjected to the unforgiving environment of the British education organisation . Susan then joined her grandfather ’s adventures through time and space alongside her Earth schoolteachers , Ian and Barbara .
Unfortunately , their bond was not enough to prevent William Hartnell ’s First Doctor locking Susan out of the TARDIS in the closing moments of 1964 ’s " The Dalek Invasion of Earth . " justify his decision , the Doctor explicate that he know Susan would never willingly leave his side , despite go down in love with human exemption fighter David Campbell . The Doctor realized that the time had come for Susan to fly the TARDIS nest , which just so pass off to concur with Carole Ann Ford leavingDoctor Who ’s mould . Susan ’s story since then has bit by bit unfolded piece by piece .
Doctor Who has been a fixture on TV screens for 60 years , mean there are plenty of stories to choose from when nibble out the Time Lord ’s best .
Susan Returned In Doctor Who’s 20th Anniversary Special
Susan’s Return In “The Five Doctors” Wasn’t A Proper Doctor Who Comeback
From the perspective of the telecasting series , Susan is n’t heard from again until the 1983Doctor Whoanniversary especial , " The Five Doctor , " which reunites several preceding Doctors with an categorisation of their former companions . Although Susan is 20 years older by this point , " The Five Doctors " strongly entail she has not seen her grandfather ( any of them ) during that entire menses . Nevertheless , Susan seems proud of to stand beside the Doctor again , showing no sentience of resentment over their sharp separation .
A homicidal Dalek cut Doctor ’s catch - up with Susan poor , giving audience no chance to glean selective information about her life after leaving the TARDIS . Susan is then sideline for the oddment of the account , spend most of her time trapped in the Fifth Doctor ’s TARDIS with Turlough , and , as if that was n’t big enough , recovering from a twisted ankle bear while run . “The Five MD , " therefore , never in earnest addresses Susan ’s post - TARDIS lifeor her relationship with the Doctor before she gets returned to her own timeline via the Time Scoop .
Susan’s Doctor Who Story Continued Via Big Finish Audio Stories
Some Of Susan’s Best Doctor Who Adventures Didn’t Happen On TV
deal to completely forget about his granddaughter once more , the Doctor would n’t meet Susan again until 2009 ’s grown Finish audio floor " An Earthly Child . " Set 30 years after the Dalek line of Earth , the major planet is in a sorry state and still recover from year of Dalek regulation . Susan , now a widow woman , works for the Earth Council , trying to get the satellite back on its feet , but she worry Earth will slide back into the dark ages and believes the only way to stop the planet ’s decline is extraterrestrial assistance . Susan utilize her Time Lord smarts to build a transmitter , hoping outlander can aid Earth ’s recovery .
The Big Finish audio " Susan ’s War " research her battles in the Time War , which reason out with Susan remaining on Gallifrey .
Paul McGann ’s Eighth Doctor also picks up the transmission system and actually makes the effort to see his estranged granddaughter . Unlike " The Five Doctors , " a tangible tension presides on this occasion , with Susan quite appalled thatthe Doctor has regenerated so many timessince she met his fifth incarnation . In turn , the Doctor is surprised to learn he has a great - grandson , Alex Campbell , and is especially shocked Susan could conceive a child with a human . Naturally , Doctor Who ’s original TARDIS duet are embroiled in another risky venture .
The reunion takes a twist when the Doctor invite Susan and Alex into the TARDIS for Christmas dinner party , lead direct into the second Dalek invasion of Earth - an epic tale whereSusan finally tells the Doctor how savage she still is about being left behind . Despite her passion , Susan is ultimately happy that her gramps keep his hope to come back - even if it was quite a few regenerations by and by . Tragically , the Daleks lay claim the lives of both Alex and Eighth Doctor fellow Lucie . This trouble the Doctor , who tries to break the police of time to economise them before Susan intervenes . The Doctor invites his granddaughter to rejoin him aboard the TARDIS , but Susan declines .
Ironically , Susan then moves into an flat building on the site of what used to be Coal Hill School fromDoctor Who ’s very first instalment . Here , she is contacted by the Time Lords , who wish to enroll her inDoctor Who ’s Time Waragainst the Daleks . Despite the best attempt of the Eighth Doctor , she agrees , and is call for to the difference ’s front argument . The Big Finish audio " Susan ’s War " explores her battle in the Time War , which conclude with Susan remaining on Gallifrey .
The Doctor Thinks Susan Is Dead In Season 14
Susan Is Presumed Dead In Doctor Who
SinceDoctor Whoreturned to TV screens in 2005 , the nominal protagonist has repeatedly declared all of his family members dead , leaving him as the last Time Lord . Ever the playwright , Doctor Whohas proven this assertion unseasonable on numerous function , firstly by reveal the Master ’s endurance , then by confirming the entirety of Gallifrey was really fine all along . This disclosure left Susan ’s ultimate fate inDoctor Whoambiguous . If her self-aggrandising Finish dangerous undertaking are reckon canon , it must be assumed that Susan survive the Time War alongside her fellow Gallifreyans . If the swelled Finish audios are not canyon to the TV show , Susan must still be on Earth .
A retentive - awaitedupdate on Susan at long last come inDoctor Whoseason 14 , installment 2 , " The Devil ’s Chord , " which is set in the sixties . While say Ruby that his first incarnation is , at that peculiar second , just across London in Totter ’s Lane with Susan , the Fifteenth Doctor theorizes that his granddaughter was killed by the Master . As seen in " The Timeless Children , " the Master react to learningGallifrey ’s Timeless Child secretby committing race murder against the Time Lords . The Doctor muse that the Master ’s attack rippled across space and time , which would imply Susan choke regardless of whether she was on Earth or Gallifrey .
Will Susan Finally Return To Doctor Who?
Susan May Return In Doctor Who Season 14
Despite what the Doctor may reckon , Susan could potentially regress inDoctor Whoseason 14 and beyond . As alluded to antecedently , the Doctor has a habit of wrong proclaiming himself as the universe ’s last Time Lord standing . His belief that Susan was killed during the Master ’s genocide is merely inquisitive , and the strong possibleness that his granddaughter somehow survived can not be ignore . Crucially , the Doctor has n’t discommode to see out Susan ’s status for certain , either because he is afraid of learning the result , or because assume Susan died is easier than confront her after so long apart .
Upon hearing about Susan in " The Devil ’s Chord , " Ruby appears taken aback that her new time - move companion has a granddaughter that he does n’t see . Ruby , an orphan abandoned by her own parents , perhaps recognizes that the Doctor has been avoiding the Susan take for too long and needs closure one manner or the other . accordingly , season 14 ’s Susan reference could be the first step toward a grandfather - granddaughter reunion . For her part , Carole Ann Ford is willing to return toDoctor Who , mean Susan ’s story may not be finished quite yet .
The latest Doctor of the Church Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by Modern companion Ruby Sunday .
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.
