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Susan was the preferred name ofthe Doctor's granddaughter, who travelled with theFirst Doctor as his firstcompanion. At different times in her life she used the surnamesForeman orEnglish and, after her marriage,Campbell.

Many details of Susan's early life were unclear, with numerous sources delivering contradicting accounts. According to most, Susan and the Doctorfled from their home planet together — with most accounts agreeing they had lived on theTime Lord homeworld ofGallifrey, although theEighth Doctor encountered evidence that, in an early version of history, they had run froma different planet in the49th century — by stealing a brokenType 40TARDIS before using their time in exile to explore the universe. Eventually, the pair landed onEarth in1963, where Susan learned to appreciate 20th centuryhuman culture and even enrolled ina local school. However, after her teachersIan Chesterton andBarbara Wright discovered her true life onboard the TARDIS, the Doctor set the controls of the ship to take off, effectively kidnapping them.

The four shipmates grew very close as they travelled in the TARDIS. They eventually landed inLondon during the2160s, which they found to be occupied by aDalekinvasion force. Susan developed feelings for a freedom fighter namedDavid Campbell, but resisted these emotions as she knew that staying with her grandfather was more important. The Doctor, realising that Susan had become a woman, elected to leave her with David after helping liberate the Earth. As he said goodbye, he promised that he would one day return.

By numerous accounts, the Doctor would indeed return to see her, specifically during theireighth andthirteenth incarnations.

Name[[edit] |[edit source]]

Many accounts suggested she was born with a different name than "Susan", (PROSE:Frayed^[+]Loading...["Frayed (novel)"],AUDIO:All Hands on Deck^[+]Loading...["All Hands on Deck (audio story)"],Sphere of Influence^[+]Loading...["Sphere of Influence (audio story)"],PROSE:A Brief History of Time Lords^[+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"]) which may have beenLarn (PROSE:Birth of a Renegade^[+]Loading...["Birth of a Renegade (short story)"],A Brief History of Time Lords^[+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"]) orArkytior, from theGallifreyan word for "rose". (PROSE:Roses^[+]Loading...["Roses (short story)"],A Brief History of Time Lords^[+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"]) Her original name was said to be a "great state secret", which she did not deny. (AUDIO:The Shoreditch Intervention^[+]Loading...["The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)"])

Later in life, she stated that Susan was her preferred name. (AUDIO:Sphere of Influence^[+]Loading...["Sphere of Influence (audio story)"]) While living and attending school inLondon,1963, she used the surname "Foreman", naming herself afterForeman's Yard, wherethe TARDIS was parked; (TV:An Unearthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"], et al.) by another account, she used the surname "English". (PROSE:Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"]) After marryingDavid Campbell, she took his last name, (PROSE:Legacy of the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"], et al.) although by another account her spouse's surname was Cameron; (PROSE:Doctor Who and the Crusaders^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)"]) theFirst Doctor later expressed uncertainty whether David's surname was "Cameron" or "Campbell". (PROSE:Susan's Diary^[+]Loading...{"page":"15","1":"Susan's Diary (short story)"})

Biography[[edit] |[edit source]]

Origins[[edit] |[edit source]]

Various true origins[[edit] |[edit source]]

After she leftGallifrey with theFirst Doctor, records of Susan's true identity were deliberately obscured. (PROSE:A Brief History of Time Lords^[+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"]) Atour operator for temporaltourism, writing in thepost-War universe, acknowledged that Susan had been "the most enigmatic of[her] planet's inhabitants" and that she had multiple equally true points of origin at different points in Gallifrey's history. This was an example of how the Doctor's history was in flux. (PROSE:Gallifrey: A Rough Guide^[+]Loading...["Gallifrey: A Rough Guide (short story)"])

These origins included her beingthe Other's granddaughter, (PROSE:Lungbarrow^[+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"],Gallifrey: A Rough Guide^[+]Loading...["Gallifrey: A Rough Guide (short story)"]) being the Doctor's biological granddaughter who enjoyed a normal childhood on Gallifrey, (PROSE:The Day of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"],Gallifrey: A Rough Guide^[+]Loading...["Gallifrey: A Rough Guide (short story)"]) or being the last descendant ofRassilon and unrelated to the Doctor, who would only meet her and take custody of her when she was already seven years old, helping her flee the planet following thePrydonian Academy Revolution. (PROSE:Birth of a Renegade^[+]Loading...["Birth of a Renegade (short story)"],Gallifrey: A Rough Guide^[+]Loading...["Gallifrey: A Rough Guide (short story)"]) Susan possibly had the ability toregenerate, thinking to herself after many years on Earth that her "[current] incarnation... [was] wearing a bit thin." (PROSE:Fellow Traveller^[+]Loading...["Fellow Traveller (short story)"])

In addition, although Susan definitely remembered growing up onanother planet thanEarth, (TV:"An Unearthly Child"^[+]Part ofAn Unearthly Child,Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"},"Rider from Shang-Tu"^[+]Part ofMarco Polo,Loading...{"namedep":"Rider from Shang-Tu (5)","1":"Marco Polo (TV story)"},"A Desperate Venture"^[+]Part ofThe Sensorites,Loading...{"namedep":"A Desperate Venture (6)","1":"The Sensorites (TV story)"}) there were even accounts where the Doctor referred to himself and his granddaughter as "humans". (TV:The Sensorites^[+]Loading...["The Sensorites (TV story)"]) A number of other accounts treated the First Doctor as an "Earth-man", (PROSE:Doctor Who and the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)"],The Equations of Dr Who^[+]Loading...["The Equations of Dr Who (short story)"], etc.) witha Faction Paradox member once suggesting to theEighth Doctor that a human colony in the49th century had been the Doctor's — and, by extension, his family's — original home untilthe Enemy began rewriting their timeline. (PROSE:Unnatural History^[+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"]) WhenRennis said that she was aTime Lord, she said that that depended on who one asked. (AUDIO:Assets of War^[+]Loading...["Assets of War (audio story)"])

Relationship to the Doctor[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan specifically identified the Doctor as her grandfather, (TV:"An Unearthly Child"^[+]Part ofAn Unearthly Child,Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"},"The Escape"^[+]Part ofThe Daleks,Loading...{"namedep":"The Escape (3)","1":"The Daleks (TV story)"}) recognising him even after he was reborn as the First Doctor in the account where she was the Other's granddaughter. (PROSE:Lungbarrow^[+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"]) Others also referred to Susan as the Doctor's granddaughter, includingBarbara Wright, (TV:"An Unearthly Child"^[+]Part ofAn Unearthly Child,Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"},"Hidden Danger"^[+]Part ofThe Sensorites,Loading...{"namedep":"Hidden Danger (3)","1":"The Sensorites (TV story)"})Ian Chesterton, (TV:"The Ambush"^[+]Part ofThe Daleks,Loading...{"namedep":"The Ambush (4)","1":"The Daleks (TV story)"},"Kidnap"^[+]Part ofThe Sensorites,Loading...{"namedep":"Kidnap (5)","1":"The Sensorites (TV story)"})Ping-Cho (TV:"The Wall of Lies"^[+]Part ofMarco Polo,Loading...{"namedep":"The Wall of Lies (4)","1":"Marco Polo (TV story)"}) and theFirst Doctor himself, (TV:"The Brink of Disaster"^[+]Part ofThe Edge of Destruction,Loading...{"namedep":"The Brink of Disaster (2)","1":"The Edge of Destruction (TV story)"},"The Rescue"^[+]Part ofThe Daleks,Loading...{"namedep":"The Rescue (7)","1":"The Daleks (TV story)"},Marco Polo^[+]Loading...["Marco Polo (TV story)"],The Sensorites^[+]Loading...["The Sensorites (TV story)"],"Flashpoint"^[+]Part ofThe Dalek Invasion of Earth,Loading...{"namedep":"Flashpoint (6)","1":"The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"}) as did theFifth Doctor, (AUDIO:The Toy^[+]Loading...["The Toy (audio story)"]) theEighth Doctor (AUDIO:Relative Dimensions^[+]Loading...["Relative Dimensions (audio story)"]) and theFirst Elder. (TV:"Hidden Danger"^[+]Part ofThe Sensorites,Loading...{"namedep":"Hidden Danger (3)","1":"The Sensorites (TV story)"}) TheEleventh Doctor later recalled coming to theRings of Akhaten "a long time ago with my granddaughter". (TV:The Rings of Akhaten^[+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"]) One account says she was rescued from theChancellery Guards by the time travelling First Doctor shortly after her natural birth, along with her grandmother,Patience, since only theLoom-born were allowed in Gallifrey. The Doctor told Patience he would take their grandchild "far from this world of vampires and Valeyards". (PROSE:Cold Fusion^[+]Loading...["Cold Fusion (novel)"])

The Curator cited his having had a granddaughter as evidence that the Doctor had not been avirgin, contrary to popular belief — thereby ostensibly confirming a biological relation between the Doctor and the granddaughter in question. (PROSE:The Day of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"])

However, other accounts cast doubt on their biological relationship. One, related bythe Tremas Master, described Susan as Lady Larn, a contemporary of the Doctor whom he had rescued from civil strife on Gallifrey. (PROSE:Birth of a Renegade^[+]Loading...["Birth of a Renegade (short story)"])QuadriggerStoyn also doubted the Doctor and Susan's familial relationship, noting that no one on Gallifrey had grandparents anymore. (AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"]) According toThe Book of the War, among the aristocratic Loom-bornTime Lords, the term of "grandfather" was an antiquated way of addressing the founder of one'sGreat House. (PROSE:The Book of the War^[+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])

Another account intimated that she was the last womb-born children on Gallifrey beforePythia's curse, and sent away from Gallifrey bythe Other — her grandfather — toTersurus to escapeRassilon. She spent a year wandering the streets selling books, after Rassilon sealed thespaceports, until she met the Doctor, whom she recognised as her grandfather reborn, while he too mutually recognised her. (PROSE:Lungbarrow^[+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"])

TheFifteenth Doctor said he had "not yet" fathered or given birth to one of Susan's parents. He owed this to living "[the] life of a Time Lord", heavily implying that theFirst Doctor and Susan initially crossed paths due to time travel. (TV:The Legend of Ruby Sunday^[+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"])

Parents[[edit] |[edit source]]

Upon seeing a picture of Susan,the Hermit said she took after her mother. (PROSE:The Three Paths^[+]Loading...["The Three Paths (short story)"])A Brief History of Time Lords reported that she was thedaughter of aLord President. (PROSE:A Brief History of Time Lords^[+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"])

One of her many contradictory and equally-true points of origin across Gallifreyan history was that, as aninfant, Susan lived on Gallifrey with her parents, who owned aconcept shop. (PROSE:Gallifrey: A Rough Guide^[+]Loading...["Gallifrey: A Rough Guide (short story)"])

Early life on Gallifrey[[edit] |[edit source]]

Though she appeared like a teenager tohuman eyes, one account stated Susan was older than Ian and Barbara combined. (AUDIO:Here There Be Monsters^[+]Loading...["Here There Be Monsters (audio story)"]) The First Doctor toldShivani Bajwa Susan was 73 years old. (PROSE:Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill (short story)"]) However, according to the First Doctor, by the time she was onMaitland's ship with Ian and Barbara, she was a few years younger than the young humanCarol Richmond. (TV:"Strangers in Space"^[+]Part ofThe Sensorites,Loading...{"namedep":"Strangers in Space (1)","1":"The Sensorites (TV story)"}) Susan herself toldPing-Cho that she was "in [her] sixteenth year". (TV:"The Roof of the World"^[+]Part ofMarco Polo,Loading...{"namedep":"The Roof of the World (1)","1":"Marco Polo (TV story)"}) In Susan's application form for admission toCoal Hill Secondary School (dated June 21, 1963), the First Doctor initially wrote that she was 97 at the time of entry to school. However, he ultimately struck that out and wrote she was 15 and gave her date of birth as23 June1948. (PROSE:The Time Lord Letters^[+]Loading...["The Time Lord Letters (novel)"])

According toA Brief History of Time Lords, when the eight-year-old Susan was taken for the selection process in theDrylands to stare into theUntempered Schism, she reacted by running away from what she saw in the Schism. (PROSE:A Brief History of Time Lords^[+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"])

In one of her possible origins, Susan studied on Gallifrey, being particularly good at "astronomy,thermonuclear dynamics andwarping". However, her parents were dissatisfied with her progress learningFrench, hence deciding to send her toEarth with her newly-retired grandfather. (AUDIO:Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?^[+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? (audio story)"])

Susan attendedthe Academy withAndolar, whom she befriended. (AUDIO:The Golden Child^[+]Loading...["The Golden Child (audio story)"])

Susan often visited a garden on Gallifrey. Years later she had a dream about the garden where she was accompanied by Ian. (PROSE:The Mother Road^[+]Loading...["The Mother Road (short story)"])

Susan once attended a ritual with the Doctor inArcadia wherethe Master gave her a toy. The toy was, in reality, a communication node in which the Master intended to use to locate the Doctor if he ever left Gallifrey. (AUDIO:The Toy^[+]Loading...["The Toy (audio story)"]) Susan remembered him and knew that he was trouble. (AUDIO:The Destination Wars^[+]Loading...["The Destination Wars (audio story)"])

Susan briefly lived on Gallifrey with the First Doctor in a small white house in a poor community atop a mountain, who shielded her from his peers in fear of her origins being found out. Susan was considered the Doctor's adoptive granddaughter - rescued from the wolves of a primal time. She would often tell him stories of his future and how they would leave Gallifrey together, and one day, Susan began to enter a trance while telling stories to the Doctor in the Capitol, which alerted some Time Lords, which annoyed the Doctor. Susan ran off in shame, and the Doctor followed her, only to be confronted by Chancellery Guards upon reaching his home. (PROSE:The Longest Story in the World^[+]Loading...["The Longest Story in the World (short story)"])

Departure from Gallifrey[[edit] |[edit source]]

Main article:The Doctor and Susan's escape from Gallifrey

The Doctor and Susan about to leave Gallifrey. (COMIC:Time & Time Again^[+]Loading...["Time & Time Again (comic story)"])

For pressing reasons the Doctor did not explain to her, (AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"]) theFirst Doctor and Susan left Gallifrey together when they purloined a faultyTARDIS from therepair shop beneath the Capitol. (TV:The Name of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"],AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"])

The Doctor had brought the flying trunk containing theHand of Omega with him, and Susan had brought basic luggage from her house. Armed guards chased the fugitive Doctor and Susan into the repair shop, where the only place for them to hide was a line of TARDISes. Susan walked into one TARDIS, but the Doctor didn't follow her inside. After Susan heard voices outside, the Doctor urged her to go inside the cylinder next to it instead. (AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"]) The Doctor was being advised by a version ofClara Oswald to steal theType 40 with a faulty navigation system instead of the one Susan had walked inside, as it would be much more fun. This account also showed the Doctor already wearing Victorian era dress before he visitedEarth. (TV:The Name of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"]) The Doctor speculated that the TARDIS was deregistered, and that was how it slipped through Gallifrey'stransduction barrier and how they evaded the Time Lords. This account stated the Doctor and Susan already went by these names when they left Gallifrey. (AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"])

Their initial trip inthe TARDIS was the first time the Doctor had ever piloted a TARDIS. (PROSE:The Exiles^[+]Loading...["The Exiles (short story)"],AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"]) According to one account, the Doctor chose to travel throughtime, rather than justspace. During that first bumpy flight, Susan could not sleep and began to explore the TARDIS interior. She found a mirror in the wardrobe room that reflected the image of a young man. He stepped out of the mirror, bared a pair of fangs at her, told her she was "not the one", and disappeared. The Doctor speculated that she had seen an echo throughthe vortex of something happening in another time. (PROSE:The Exiles^[+]Loading...["The Exiles (short story)"])

According to another account, the Doctor and Susan were thrown onto the TARDIS control panel as the TARDIS was seemingly being torn apart. When the Doctor was able to reach for the button marked "flight stabiliser", Susan collapsed shortly after the engines were stabilised. The Doctor tended to Susan as she slept, and used his jacket as a makeshift pillow for her before she reawakened. Susan then explored the TARDIS as the Doctor tended to the ship's controls. She tripped over a rigger's work case and brought it back to the Doctor when the TARDIS had run out of power. Inside the work case, the Doctor found anartron cell and attached it to the drive system to power an emergency landing. After finding a nearby world, the TARDIS appeared to take over and brought them tothe Moon. (AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"])

Long after she had stopped travelling with her grandfather, she described herself as "an accidental passenger" and "a hanger-on" in this first journey from Gallifrey. (AUDIO:Here There Be Monsters^[+]Loading...["Here There Be Monsters (audio story)"]) Other accounts, however, held that the Doctor had intentionally taken Susan away with him (AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"], et. al) to prevent her from being "brainwashed" by the regimentation of standard Time Lord society. (PROSE:Legacy of the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"])

Meeting humans[[edit] |[edit source]]

According to one account, the Doctor and Susan's first destination was avivarium beneath the surface of the Moon. Before walking outside, they were confronted by QuadriggerStoyn, who had become an unwitting passenger and had part of his face burned when the TARDIS took off. Stoyn's job was to take apart the TARDIS's engines before it was sent to be vaporised, but the TARDIS had run out of power, stranding them. The Doctor took thedematerialisation circuit so Stoyn wouldn't leave them behind and they explored the strange location. The Doctor, Susan and Stoyn were taken out of the tank and realised they were in a massive cavern filled with vivariums carefully-preserved specimens. TheArchaeons had been seeding primitive planets such as theEarth with life by firing red lightning from the Moon, creating an established order out of the chaos and nurturing the early lifeforms under controlled conditions.

While checking to see if the TARDIS was a threat, the Archaeons began taking it apart. They took the TARDIS'stemporal stasis capacitor while it was still attached to the power source. This caused thestasis field to breach, freezing the Doctor, Susan, Stoyn and the Archaeons in time, allowing the TARDIS to recharge itself. 450 million years later,humans had evolved on the Earth until they established a lunar colony,Giant Leap Base. A group of humans from Giant Leap Base broke the stasis field, taking the Doctor and Susan on board theirlunar rover, where they came to.

According to one account, the Doctor and Susan learnt about the Earth's history through a "first contact induction video" Susan had been provided while on board the rover. With the dematerialisation circuit still in the Doctor's possession, the Archaeons had sentnematodes, which didn't affect the Time Lords, to kill all of the humans on the rover. When the Archaeons, found the life they had "seeded" had become disorderly and "run rampant", no longer matching their carefully-planned vision, they "purged" the humans on the lunar base and on the Earth withlightning. The Doctor, who was blamed for the disruption of the Archaeons' experiments, was brought back to the cavern. Meanwhile, the humans retaliated against the Archaeons withmissiles. After the Doctor went inside the TARDIS, evading the distracted Archaeons, Stoyn tried taking Susan with him, but she refused and ran inside the TARDIS.

With the dematerialisation circuit in place, the Doctor and Susan left without Stoyn, as the Doctor felt that he was just as willing to abandon them. Another barrage of missiles breached theatmosphere of the Archaeons' cavern, destroying their weaponry; the Archaeons were pulled outside, though Susan saw Stoyn struggle to reach the rover. Afterwards, the Doctor continuously watched the video about the Earth's history and evolution inside the TARDIS, marvelling at the planet's abundance. He promised it would be his next destination. Instead, his next stop was a place with a blue sun and air like wine. It took several trips before he reached the Earth again. (AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"])

According to another account, the first time "Susan" and her grandfather met humans was on theplanetIwa. They were separated. In his search for Susan, the Doctor found a human medical colony. The principal work of the facility, called "the Refuge", was to rehabilitate patients identified as "Future Deviants". By undergoing dream therapy, it was hoped that such individuals would not become criminals.

The Doctor soon learned the residents were besieged by fox-like aliens who could disintegrate and reconstitute their bodies. Taking him inside their compound, the humans stripped him of his clothes and burned them, citing possible contamination by the "foxes". They gave him new clothes drawn from their own supply. This meant that he was now wearing the garb of a doctor. When they assumed that he was sent by Earth to help them, he agreed. Not wishing to give them his real name, he referenced his new clothes to derive a title: "the Doctor".

He agreed to help them with their "fox problem" if they would help him find his granddaughter. They discovered "Susan" had become trapped in the colonists' "dream chambers", medical devices that put patients into a deep sleep and linked them in one communal dream. Inside the dream chamber, the Doctor's granddaughter met a human colonist named Jill, who promptly gave the young girl the name "Susan", after Jill's own mother.

Eventually, the newly named Doctor and Susan were reunited. They helped the colonists broker an uneasy peace with the foxes. They left the colony, deciding to retain the names they had gained there. The Doctor was deeply impressed by humans during this initial encounter. He told Susan they should find a way to settle amongst them for a while so that he could study them and they could maintain a low profile on the run from theTime Lords. (PROSE:Frayed^[+]Loading...["Frayed (novel)"])

The Doctor and Susan were present inLondon during thecoronation ofElizabeth II on2 June1953, where they were pursued by a creature with lasers spewing out of its one eye. They were saved when the creature was subdued byEva De Ville; unbeknownst to them, Eva had been instructed to clean upextraterrestrial activity as she pursued theThirteenth Doctor. (COMIC:Where's the Doctor?^[+]Loading...["Where's the Doctor? (comic story)"])

The Doctor and Susan travelled toQuinnis in thefourth universe during a drought. Visiting the marketplace, Susan was interested in a local type of fish before the Doctor was drafted into the role of a rainmaker. As Susan ran back and forth from the TARDIS to gather supplies for atmospheric excitation, she befriendedMeedla who told her thatBridgetown was on stilts due to the dangerous ground it was built on before a flood swept away Meedla and the TARDIS. The next morning, Susan discovered Meedla was theShrazer that Bridgetown feared so much. When Meedla revealed that she'd stolenSusan's TARDIS key, she haggled passage off Quinnis for saving the Doctor from the planet's dangerous weeds. The Doctor however was rescued byEvalihi Parch IV who later killed Meedla. When the two returned to the TARDIS, a disappointed Doctor gave Susan theBlitzen fish that she was interested in but noted that she needed stability in her life. (AUDIO:Quinnis^[+]Loading...["Quinnis (audio story)"])

The Doctor and Susan inBerlin. (AUDIO:The Alchemists^[+]Loading...["The Alchemists (audio story)"])

At one point Susan had to adventure out of the TARDIS to find medical help for the Doctor when he became ill. When she landed onRua she discovered that she couldn't find any antibiotics because they had superseded such medicines using nano-technology. She was later chased by a robot, but was, in fact, policemanKendrick. Because of her expertise in nanotechnology, she helped Kendrick to stop theButcher but she became upset when Kendrick killed the Butcher. (AUDIO:The Sleeping Blood^[+]Loading...["The Sleeping Blood (audio story)"])

Giving humans a try[[edit] |[edit source]]

Sometime after this first meeting withhumans, but before taking up residence at76 Totter's Lane, the Doctor and Susan began to study humans more closely, with theFrench Revolution inFrance being their first visit to Earth. (PROSE:Just War^[+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])

One of their first trips to Earth was to theBritish coastal town ofKeelmouth in1933. There, they vacationed at abed and breakfast called "Bide-a-Wee". Another of its guests was a time traveller namedPrentice. He had used his technology to displace Keelmouth in time; the village was in 1933, but the surrounding world was in1999. The Doctor and Susan had to convince Prentice to reverse the effect, because hisretirement fantasy was not fair to the people he had trapped alongside him. (PROSE:Bide-a-Wee^[+]Loading...["Bide-a-Wee (short story)"])

Susan was saved from drowning in a boating accident by the then-retiredAlistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart near his house. (PROSE:The Gift^[+]Loading...["The Gift (ST short story)"])

The Doctor and Susan went to ancientRome,Antioch, andJerusalem. (PROSE:Byzantium!^[+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])

On16 August1979, thedematerialisation circuit was fried while the TARDIS was orbiting Earth. The TARDIS was taken on board a Slarvian transport, and the duo learned that the snail-like species planned to conquer Earth by hatching their eggs all over the planet. Their plan failed because the Slarvian ship crashed into theEnglish Channel, making the threat localised toEngland. With the help of the humansLinda Grainger and her grandfatherEdward, Susan and the Doctor stopped the Slarvian eggs from hatching. (PROSE:Childhood Living^[+]Loading...["Childhood Living (short story)"])

TheEleventh Doctor once recalled having visited the markets ofAkhaten with "his granddaughter". (TV:The Rings of Akhaten^[+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])

During their travels, she and the Doctor metNoël Coward, (AUDIO:The Sleeping City^[+]Loading...["The Sleeping City (audio story)"]) visitedLondon duringthe Blitz in1941 andRome during the time ofAugustus. (AUDIO:The Alchemists^[+]Loading...["The Alchemists (audio story)"]) They also observed aZeppelin attack duringWorld War I. (TV:Planet of Giants^[+]Loading...["Planet of Giants (TV story)"];AUDIO:The Alchemists^[+]Loading...["The Alchemists (audio story)"])

Shortly before they settled on Totter's Lane, they unwittingly travelled toParis in the22nd century. They became embroiled in political intrigue in the run-up to an election in the city ofUrrozdinee. Departing after the incumbent had been killed, they never quite understood that the city they had visited was what had once been known asEuroDisney. (PROSE:Urrozdinee^[+]Loading...["Urrozdinee (short story)"])

The Doctor and Susan visitedPeking during theBoxer Rebellion and used smoke bombs to escape. (AUDIO:The Flames of Cadiz^[+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)"])

They also visitedDido (TV:The Rescue^[+]Loading...["The Rescue (TV story)"]) and sailed around the Caribbean on board a pirate galleon. They witnessed the assassination ofU.S. PresidentWilliam McKinley as well and travelled toCassuragi. (PROSE:Byzantium!^[+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])

The Doctor and Susan travelled toBerlin inNovember1932 where they went to seeFitz Haber in a scientific institute. Susan found Berlin confusing. The Doctor visited the scientist. She metPollitt in a local café, but he drugged her. After the Doctor was kidnapped, Susan enlisted the help of theSturmabteilung to locate them. She was later interrogated by Pollitt, who thought that the Doctor was involved in extracting into gold and wanted to know the secret. (AUDIO:The Alchemists^[+]Loading...["The Alchemists (audio story)"])

On one occasion, they went to central Europe in the16th century. On the way out of the TARDIS, Susan noticed what looked like ameteorite. She tossed it out, thinking it unimportant, but soon came to realise that it was, in fact, a part of aLiciax ship. When she tried to find what she had carelessly discarded, it was gone. With the help of a man named Lovey, they traced it toPrague, where they found it had been shaped into a golem. It was definitively alive. It was also on a murderous rampage. The Doctor and Susan trapped it in the attic of aJewish synagogue, placing it under a security system, to which only they knew the access codes. Some 450 years later, theFourth Doctor andRomana I returned to retrieve the golem, hoping to take it back to the Liciax homeworld. (PROSE:Life from Lifelessness^[+]Loading...["Life from Lifelessness (short story)"])

At another time, they accidentally landed at theBBC'sParis studios in1955 because transmissions there had disabled theirdematerialisation circuit. They met a radio comedian namedMax Wheeler, the star of a programme calledAnyway, As I Say. His recordings were plagued by a distinctive background "hum" caused by ghostly aliens known as theShakers. These aliens could kill people with sonic resonance — the thing manifesting itself as a "hum" on BBC broadcasts. DuringWorld War II, theBritish saw the Shakers as a useful ally. They recruited the Shakers into theFrench resistance. In 1955, the Shakers were unaware that the war had ended and were unable to clearly understand who their enemies were. Unfortunately, the audiences' laughter during the performance ofAnyway As I Say was, because of its precise harmonics, resonating them out of their "homes" in the walls of Broadcasting House, reawakening them to their murderous task. The Doctor and Susan used canned laugh tracks to force the Shakers out of the walls. Though she and her grandfather tried to explain the current reality to them, the Shakers continued to kill indiscriminately. The only course of action was for Susan and the Doctor to alter the harmonics of the canned laughter and kill them with it. (PROSE:Losing the Audience^[+]Loading...["Losing the Audience (short story)"])

According to one account, Susan and the Doctor were safe in the TARDIS control console, with the TARDIS in flight indeep space in what, inEarth-time, was1963, when a figure whom the First Doctor recognised as theFather of Time materialised inside the TARDIS. Having resolved to test the Doctor, Time forced the TARDIS to take off and land in the far future of aradioactive planet, where Susan and the Doctor briefly metstrange creatures before the planet began to be torn apart from the inside. The "Test of Time" was to escape from this apocalypse. The Doctor and Susan took refuge down a Dalek mineshaft, and "rode out the storm" safe at the very heart of Skaro. Satisfied with their quick thinking, the Father of Time transported them back into the TARDIS, which he deposited at76 Totter's Lane,London in the 1960's, foretelling that they would find "a new life" there. (COMIC:The Test of Time^[+]Loading...["The Test of Time (comic story)"])

According to another account, the Doctor and Susan made a short trip to the planetTacunda. There, they uncovered a jewel called a "Blessing Star". Thiscrystal altered the laws of probability around the holder, essentially making their dreams come true. The Doctor tried the device, wishing that he could pilot the TARDIS to20th centuryEarth. While he was successful, it completely fried the navigational system, stranding the Doctor and Susan inI.M. Foreman's junk yard inTotter's Lane,London. (PROSE:The Rag & Bone Man's Story^[+]Loading...["The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)"]) Susan and her grandfather took up residence in London so the Doctor could effect repairs. (PROSE:Time and Relative^[+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"]) One account placed the Doctor and Susan's arrival in London beforeMarch 1963. (PROSE:Time and Relative^[+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"]) Another had Susan say they came here inJune, four months beforeOctober. (AUDIO:Hunters of Earth^[+]Loading...["Hunters of Earth (audio story)"])

Before starting school[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan had a number of adventures before she formally started classes.

The Doctor and Susan got lost at night in the dense fog. They met a girl namedJoan Calder who sheltered them at her home, where they met her mother and grandfather. During the visit, the house burst into flames. On the Doctor's instruction, Susan broke a mirror in the house. The elder Calder crumbled into ash and the fire abated. Although the Doctor never was able to adequately explain the event, it was related to the fact that the house had in fact been levelled during the London Blitz two decades earlier. The Doctor postulated that Susan's action likely saved the lives of Joan and her mother. (PROSE:Ash^[+]Loading...["Ash (short story)"])

Life as a schoolgirl[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan was enrolled atCoal Hill School (TV:"An Unearthly Child"^[+]Part ofAn Unearthly Child,Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"}) inShoreditch (TV:The Day of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"],AUDIO:Hunters of Earth^[+]Loading...["Hunters of Earth (audio story)"]) as part ofClass 5B. (AUDIO:Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?^[+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? (audio story)"]) One account had her enrolled there by March 1963, (PROSE:Time and Relative^[+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"]) while according to another account, Susan said she had been at Coal Hill since the start of the autumn term. (AUDIO:Hunters of Earth^[+]Loading...["Hunters of Earth (audio story)"])

Susan took the last name "Foreman" fromI.M. Foreman, the name on the gates of the junkyard where the Doctor had hidden his TARDIS. (PROSE:Interference - Book Two^[+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"]) She eagerly sampled the cultural fads ofBritish teenagers. She came to love pop groups such asJohn Smith and the Common Men. (TV:"An Unearthly Child"^[+]Part ofAn Unearthly Child,Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"}) She had a John Smith and the Common Men album aboard the TARDIS. (AUDIO:1963: Fanfare for the Common Men^[+]Loading...["1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)"])

On her first day of school, in thewinter of1963,Gillian Roberts talked to her, and the pair quickly became good friends. Susan continued her life as an ordinary teenage girl at Coal Hill School. She tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to fit in with her classmates. Even her friendJohn Brent - who she only connected with through Gillian - often found himself mistrusting Susan for her alien behaviour. During this time Susan and Gillian snuck into theRialto cinema to watch afilm they were not old enough to see. She and her friends also madesnowmen in theplayground, which came to life due tothe Cold.

During this time Susankept a diary, in which she recorded that she foundJohn Lennon,Peter O'Toole andPatrick McGoohan attractive, but notAlbert Finney. (PROSE:Time and Relative^[+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"])

Susan later befriended a girl calledRoberta Sampson, however when it turned out Roberta was awerewolf, theFirst Doctor told her to leave Susan alone. This action caused Roberta to become angry and transition into her lupine form, prompting the Doctor to shoot her (in the shoulder and thigh) in self-defence, with the silver bullets killing her. The Doctor wasput on trial for this crime, but was found "not guilty", largely due to the influence of four of his later incarnations. After the verdict, Susan ran over to hug her grandfather, thankful that he had retained his freedom. (PROSE:The Juror's Story^[+]Loading...["The Juror's Story (short story)"])

She was also interested inbeat poetry. This interest led to two adventures with her grandfather, only one of which she remembered. After witnessing a man explode into a protoplasmic mass at a beat poetry reading, she and her grandfather traced the unusual death to aBritish government project,Operation Proteus. They discovered the project was being run by an alien namedRaldonn, who was mutatinghumans to turn one into his own species so that he would have a co-pilot to help him fly his ship back home. Unfortunately, his efforts relied on a lethal virus that threatened allLondon. After reversing the effects of the virus, the Doctor and Susan returned to the TARDIS inTotter's Lane, whereupon she was taken and then returned to his side without their knowledge. (COMIC:Operation Proteus^[+]Loading...["Operation Proteus (comic story)"])

Susan was taken from her time stream to the year2082 by theThreshold. They had been hunting time travelling humans to send to their clients, theLobri, who fed on humanity's base emotions until they could break free of their psychic plane of existence. Because time travellers could survive the journey to the Lobri's "realm", the Threshold had been particularly interested in the Doctor's formercompanions, likePeri,Sarah Jane, andAce. Unfortunately, the Threshold didn't realise until after they had captured her that Susan wasn't human, and did not use her as they believed she would be unsuitable. The Lobri's "realm" either rejected or destroyed alien and non-human visitors. Despite this, claiming to be "more human" than he looked, theseventh incarnation of Susan's grandfather went into the dimension to rescue all his companions from the Threshold's sinister scheme. Susan went with him and somehow survived, implying there was more than Gallifreyan genetics in her heritage. The Doctor was only successful in this effort because Ace sacrificed herself by blowing up the Lobri and herself withNitro-9. Grieving the loss of Ace, the Doctor wiped Sarah and Peri's minds of the event and returned them to their proper times. Susan was returned to the side of her grandfather as they walked back to Totter's Lane after the incident. (COMIC:Ground Zero^[+]Loading...["Ground Zero (comic story)"])

AtRosa's that October, Susan and sixth form studentCedric Chivers heard a DJ on the radio read a message to them from a future incarnation of the Doctor saying "it's blowing in the wind," and "it's all in the beat". The following day, a mob of Coal Hill students and bikers attacked and chased Susan. The following day, while crossingMayfield Terrace, Cedric was influenced by aGerman weapon that had been buried in the terrace duringWorld War II that used radio waves to make young people hate and attack anyone who was different to them. He joined a mob led by Mavis but stopped when Susan dropped her transistor radio.

On Monday, Susan bought Cedric aBob Dylan LP because of the man on the radio. They were chased by street gangs who chanted "aliens out", and Cedric brought Susan to his uncle ColonelRook's warehouse, where Cedric revealed he was spying on her and told her that the Doctor and Susan could be used to fight a war. The Doctor deduced the workings of the weapon and devised a means of using Susan's radio and other pieces in the warehouse to transmit a blocking signal that negated the effect of the weapon. To buy the Doctor more time, Susan used her psychic powers to slow down the oncoming mob. After his life was saved, Rook decided against coercing the Doctor and Susan to fight in the war and told them that their "secret" would be safe. Afterwards, Susan received a premonition of something coming for the Doctor in his future that he couldn't escape. (AUDIO:Hunters of Earth^[+]Loading...["Hunters of Earth (audio story)"])

Susan enjoying1960sBritish music. (TV:"An Unearthly Child"^[+]Part ofAn Unearthly Child,Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})

This was especially difficult during lessons. There was an obvious imbalance in her knowledge compared with her classmates. She understood advancedphysics andchemistry beyond the abilities of her teachers, yet did not know how many shillings made apound; she thought theUnited Kingdom was on the decimal system, which only theUnited States had in 1963 and hadn't yet been introduced to the UK. Her teacher,Ian Chesterton, believed that Susan imparted her knowledge bit by bit to avoid embarrassing her teachers. (TV:"An Unearthly Child"^[+]Part ofAn Unearthly Child,Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})

Susan privately developed "such acrush" on Ian Chesterton. (AUDIO:The Shoreditch Intervention^[+]Loading...["The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)"])

During this time, she used theBlessing Star, hoping it would help her fit in. Instead, it made her extraordinarily lucky, which only further emphasised the differences between her and her fellows. In a fit of pique, she buried the Blessing Star in I.M. Foreman's junkyard — an act that would inadvertently help England win the1966 World Cup. (PROSE:The Rag & Bone Man's Story^[+]Loading...["The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)"])

Meeting her step-grandmother[[edit] |[edit source]]

WhenRiver Song was hired as a history teacher at Coal Hill, Susan was intrigued by her peculiar method of teaching and by the way she talked about historical events as if she had actually lived them. Her curiosity heightened when, one night, she found River patrolling the streets dressed as a policewoman, and witnessed a skirmish she had with an alien entity. Eventually, she figured out that River was another time traveller, but promised to keep her secret, vaguely sensing that River had "an air of family" around her. She offered to help her in her quest, but River turned her down. Susan nonetheless kept an eye on her, and thus she was able to intervene when River had traced the mysteriousentity which was possessing one of Susan's classmates,Sheila Page. Susan helped River to cast out the entity and save Sheila. She then offered River the chance to join them, but River refused and the two women said a fond goodbye to each other. (AUDIO:An Unearthly Woman^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Woman (audio story)"])

Travels with Ian and Barbara[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan pleading with her grandfather to release Ian and Barbara from the TARDIS. (TV:"An Unearthly Child"^[+]Part ofAn Unearthly Child,Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})

Susan's individuality may have been more a problem for her teachers than for her. Susan called her five months on Earth "the happiest of [her] life". WhenIan andBarbara followed her home one night to find out more of her mysterious home life, they found the TARDIS. The Doctor kidnapped Ian and Barbara and took a reluctant Susan too, travelling toEarth in theStone Age. The Doctor was taken byKal, who had seen him producefire. The others tried to rescue the Doctor but were taken to theCave of Skulls. TheOld Mother released the Doctor and his companions and they escaped intoa nearby forest.Za was injured by an animal when he tried to chase after them. Ian and Barbara took care of Za, but the group were still sent back to the cave. Ian produced fire for the tribe and devised a way of scaring the cavemen by setting the skulls on fire. The group escaped to the TARDIS, which took off again. (TV:An Unearthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"])

However, one account claimed that Susan was Barbara's pupil and Ian was ascientist in need of work. In this account, after a road accident, Ian and Barbara met and ended up entering the TARDIS. They did not end up in the Stone Age, but directly on Skaro. (PROSE:Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"]) During theLast Great Time War,the Barber-Surgeon explained this version of the meeting had been experienced by a "version" of the Doctor he met before theWar Doctor, who remembered the events in Totter's Lane as how he met Barbara and Ian. (AUDIO:The Horror^[+]Loading...["The Horror (audio story)"])

At some point after Ian and Barbara joined them, Susan looked back on her tragic encounter with the Seventh Doctor, as she believed that the Doctor had begun the long journey to Notting Hill. She wrestled with telling her grandfather about his future, but elected to preserve the timeline by not telling him. (COMIC:Ground Zero^[+]Loading...["Ground Zero (comic story)"])

When the TARDIS landed onSkaro, the Doctor lied about thefluid link needing moremercury, when there was nothing wrong, so he could explorea nearby city. TheDaleks imprisoned the Doctor and his companions inside the city, confiscating the fluid link they brought along. Susan helped the Daleks write an agreement for theThals, but once they arrived, the Daleks ambushed them, killing the Thal leader,Temmosus. Having escaped, they assisted the Thals in their attack on the Dalek city. The Daleks' power supply was damaged in the attack. The Daleks died and their plans to flood theatmosphere withradiation failed. (TV:The Daleks^[+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"])

With the fluid link retrieved, the Doctor left Skaro for Earth, using thefast return switch. The spring in the switch was damaged, causing it to be stuck. The TARDIS was sent to the beginning of a solar system and everyone was knocked out in the trip. The TARDIS tried warning the crew about theatoms forming around them when they came to, but the Doctor assumed that this was Ian and Barbara's sabotage of the ship. Susan had been affected the worst by what had happened. Once Barbara figured out what was going on, the Doctor fixed the spring, ending the fault. (TV:"The Rescue"^[+]Part ofThe Daleks,Loading...{"namedep":"The Rescue (7)","1":"The Daleks (TV story)"},The Edge of Destruction^[+]Loading...["The Edge of Destruction (TV story)"])

Still heavily damaged and malfunctioning, the TARDIS found its way to Earth but did not make it to Ian and Barbara's time, instead, landing in thePlain of Pamir in1289. There, the Doctor and his companions metMarco Polo. Polo took the TARDIS and itskeys on his caravan the breadth ofCathay to hand toKublai Khan as part of a bargain for his return toVenice. During this time, Susan formed a strong friendship with a young girl namedPing-Cho. Along the way, theMongol warlordTegana, also part of Polo's caravan, tried to take the TARDIS forNogai as part of his plan toassassinate Kublai. In the chaos of Tegana and Polo's duel inPeking, the Doctor and his companions escaped in his repaired TARDIS. (TV:Marco Polo^[+]Loading...["Marco Polo (TV story)"])

Arriving inside the tomb of Menkaure inEgypt in 26th century BC, the Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara were arrested and taken to the palace.Itennu planned to assassinate PharaohMenkaure with a poison dart and then blame the travellers. However, the Doctor inadvertently foiled the attempt with his walking stick and, when a more open attack began, the TARDIS crew fled back to the ship. (COMIC:The Forgotten^[+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"])

She wanted to help the person she saw in an airlock. She was taken to the Endurance to be examined. She was told byMyla that they were escaped slaves. She told Myla that the Doctor could create a filter for radiation storms so they could go afterArran. She was taken to engineering as it was the safest place on the ship. She was later chased through engineering by the apparently deadShift. The Shift hunted her as her blood carried a lot of information. She was rescued by Ian. She looked after Benya whilstToban and Ian repaired the engines. She realised that the interference was Morse code and found the Doctor. He and Susan piloted a small ship to lureArran back to the Endeavour. (AUDIO:The Age of Endurance^[+]Loading...["The Age of Endurance (audio story)"])

The Doctor landed on an island onMarinus.Arbitan asked them to search for the keys to the reprogrammedConscience of Marinus to regain control over theVoord, as all of his other followers and family members failed to retrieve them. Arbitan trapped the TARDIS in a forcefield, preventing the Doctor and his companions' escape.

They used Arbitan'stravel dials to reachMorphoton. Barbara released Arbitan's daughter,Sabetha, and the rest of the city from theMorpho's mind control, and retrieved the first key. While Ian and Barbara searched for the second key, Susan and Sabetha were trapped inside a mountain cave. Ian, Barbara andAltos rescued them and found the third key deep inside the caverns guarded byIce Soldiers.

InMillenius, Ian was framed for murder. The Doctor stood as the defence at Ian's trial, but he wassentenced to death. While Susan was held hostage byKala, the Doctor learnt from her that one of the conspirators in the murder, the prosecutorEyesen, was ready to collect one of the keys. Ian was spared execution. The guards captured Eyesen and the last key was found in the mace that killedEprin.

The Doctor and his companions returned to Arbitan's island, where Arbitan had been murdered. Ian handed the Voord a fake key, which destroyed the Conscience, along with the Voord. They were able to leave in the TARDIS once more. (TV:The Keys of Marinus^[+]Loading...["The Keys of Marinus (TV story)"])

On the planetMalkus, Susan's latent telepathic powers were ignited by the atmosphere of the place. When she was separated by her companions following an accident, she used her new-found abilities to find a prison of maximum security where she supposed the Doctor, Ian and Barbara were held. She released all the gifted (i.e. superpowered) people kept in there; among them there wasVirgil Winters aka Weapon E, a man capable of exploding anything by just touching it. With his help, Susan travelled to an abandoned military facility, the same one where Virgil was weaponised, in order to use its system to find her grandfather and his friends. Together, Susan and Virgil destroyed the weapons program of the place, and discovered the true origins of the gifted. It then turned out that the Doctor, Ian and Barbara were never imprisoned, and they had been looking for her; however, Susan and Virgil's travels gave the latter a new-found sense of humanity and hope. (AUDIO:E is for...^[+]Loading...["E is for... (audio story)"])

The Doctor and his companions arrived in anAztec temple inMexico. They went through a one-way passage that prevented access to the TARDIS. Barbara posed as the Aztecgod,Yetaxa, with the others as her servants, to find a way back. For interrupting thefirst victim'shuman sacrifice, Susan was sent to aseminary.

Susan was to be punished for denying marriage to thePerfect Victim of the Aztecs' sacrifice and Ian to be executed when he was framed by theHigh Priest of Sacrifice,Tlotoxl, for attacking theHigh Priest of Knowledge,Autloc. Autloc's faith in Yetaxa was shattered, and he left for the wilderness. The Doctor, Ian and the Doctor's accidentalfiancée,Cameca, distracted Ian and Susan'sguard to escape. They worked on a pulley system to open the doorway back to the TARDIS. As they departed, the sacrifice of the Perfect Victim continued as planned. (TV:The Aztecs^[+]Loading...["The Aztecs (TV story)"])

The Doctor landed insidea spaceship in the28th century, where two crew-members were suspended in a state resembling death and another,John, had had his mind opened and turned insane, following an attack on their minds by theSensorites. TheSense Sphere, which the ship had been trapped around, had its aqueducts' water supplypoisoned withatropine by survivors of a previous human expedition whose ship had been destroyed.

The TARDIS's lock was taken by the Sensorites, leaving the Doctor and his companions trapped on the spaceship. After the Doctor and his companions resisted the Sensorites, the Doctor, Ian and Susan agreed to go down to the Sense-Sphere, where the Doctor worked out the cure for this "disease", which had also afflicted Ian, while the Sensorite scientists treated John. When the Doctor and Ian had gone to the aqueduct to investigate with broken weapons, Susan held atelepathic link with Barbara to help her way through the aqueduct. The Doctor, Ian and Barbara found the human expedition and pretended to be a welcoming party for them and that the "war" against the Sensorites was won. The expedition were taken into custody onMaitland's ship. Maitland's ship was free to leave and the TARDIS crew had regained their lock. (TV:The Sensorites^[+]Loading...["The Sensorites (TV story)"])

When the Doctor thought he had landed the TARDIS on 1960s Earth, Susan was sceptical as Barbara, Ian and herself found 18th century furniture in a nearby building. In fact, they had landed in revolutionary France. She noted that this was one of he grandfather's favourite eras of history. Whilst there she was suspected of being a traitor to the revolution and was sentenced to death. On the way to their execution, Susan and Barbara were rescued. However, in the protection of her rescuers, she became ill and learned how primitive medicine was in revolutionary France. The Physician that treated her reported her as an escaped prisoner. Back at the prison, and the Doctor facilitated her second escape, by impersonating an official. (TV:The Reign of Terror^[+]Loading...["The Reign of Terror (TV story)"])

When the TARDIS landed onDestination, Susan befriendedReena, the daughter of their hosts and a wanna-be inventor, just like her idol, the "Inventor" who gave Destination the push for its development. Susan was with her when Reena was summoned to meet the Inventor and accompanied her, together with Ian, to the meeting. When she finally met "the Inventor", she recognised him fromGallifrey asthe Master. She tried to warn first Ian and then Reena about him, but the Master subdued her and kept her captive, until the arrival of the Doctor and Barbara. When the travellers were all reunited, the Master showed them how he was able to move across time and brought them twelve years into the future, during a war between Reena's people and theDalmari, the original people of the planet. To force the Doctor to hand over hisTARDIS key, he threw Susan and the others into the war zone. Susan managed to reunite with Reena, and together they stopped her mother,Tanna, from bombing the town to stop the Dalmari. She later reunited with the Doctor and was stranded with him when the Master left in the TARDIS. She helped her grandfather to take control of the Master's servers, which he used to stop the fighting and bring the two people to a peace. She then convinced the Doctor to stay on Destination and help them to find an agreement to live together. The Doctor left her in the Master's laboratory with Reena, after setting the controls so that they would travel two years into the future, as he stayed behind and helped the people on Destination. By that time, Ian and Barbara managed to take back control of the TARDIS and bring it back to Destination, so that the travellers were then able to leave. (AUDIO:The Destination Wars^[+]Loading...["The Destination Wars (audio story)"])

Arriving in1888New York City shortly before theGreat White Hurricane, Susan was kidnapped byPatrick Ellis, who took her hostage in order to escape the police. Despite her predicament, she befriended Patrick and helped him hide from theAlley Dogs. The two eventually wound up on the ice, being rescued by the Doctor who'd managed to convince the police and the criminals to work together. Returning to the TARDIS, the two met up with Ian and Barbara. After Susan discussed diseases with Ian and Barbara, the Doctor revealed an idea on how to return Ian and Barbara to their time and place. (AUDIO:The Great White Hurricane^[+]Loading...["The Great White Hurricane (audio story)"])

Via a temporal slingshot, the Doctor tried to return to 1963 only for the TARDIS to end up onAshtallah. Exploring, the group met theAshtallans, an immortal race with prodigious healing abilities. After the Ashtallans had mortally injured but quickly healed Barbara, the TARDIS crew explained several concepts to the race, including death, before a plague began killing the Ashtallans. In short order, the group discovered thatSharlan had been injecting their people with a sample of Barbara's blood, hoping to use a shorter lifespan to accelerate their race's development. After the disease was halted, the travellers left the planet, pondering the effect they'd had on the society. (AUDIO:The Invention of Death^[+]Loading...["The Invention of Death (audio story)"])

The TARDIS then landed in19th centuryJapan, a time where the country was closed to foreigners, finding themselves caught in the midst ofTakagi Mamoru's power play. Once the group managed to escape, Susan dived into the swamp where the TARDIS had been dumped and raised it to the surface. (AUDIO:The Barbarians and the Samurai^[+]Loading...["The Barbarians and the Samurai (audio story)"])

At some point during her travels with the Doctor, Ian and Barbara, they visitedBob Dovie at59A Barnsfield Crescent inTotton,Hampshire on23 November1963. (AUDIO:The Light at the End^[+]Loading...["The Light at the End (audio story)"])

When she found out that they had landed in theLibrary of Alexandria she looked it up in the TARDIS Library and discovered its fate. (AUDIO:The Library of Alexandria^[+]Loading...["The Library of Alexandria (audio story)"])

When inSeville she helped the Doctor impersonate a cardinal to help Ian get out of prison before he was sentenced to death. With Barbara she rescued him from the flames. (AUDIO:The Flames of Cadiz^[+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)"])

During a "night" in the TARDIS, the Doctor and Susan showed Ian and Barbara around the TARDIS before Susan showed her teachers some sketches she'd made of them. (COMIC:In-Between Times^[+]Loading...["In-Between Times (comic story)"])

After Ian had further explored the TARDIS, the group landed on a planet where they founda path ofPathicol skulls that the Doctor suspected was a monument to renewal. (COMIC:The Path of Skulls^[+]Loading...["The Path of Skulls (comic story)"])

When the TARIDS landed in the city of Tyre, the group earned the favour ofPrincessElissa, which earned the ire ofKingPygmalion. The group fled on the king's prized ship but the Doctor failed to board in time, causing Susan to sequester herself in the TARDIS, reading books about the period. When the group arrived at the site of the futureCarthage, Susan was nearly conscripted into a temple before the Doctor caught up with them, proclaiming that the TARDIS crew were emissaries of the gods. After defeating Pygmalion's invasion fleet, the TARDIS took off again, only to wind up in a hostile region of space-time, crash landing ona temporally unstable planet. (AUDIO:The Phoenicians^[+]Loading...["The Phoenicians (audio story)"])

Along with Ian and Barbara, Susan awoke in a hodgepodge of buildings, populated by temporal echoes. After Susan explained the echoes to her teachers, Ian pointed outone that was trying to contact Susan but she refused to believe such a thing was possible. Upon reuniting with the Doctor, despondent over the TARDIS's destruction, Susan met the echo again who warned her that the planet was infected withXesto. After encountering a future Ian who warned that the group would die, the four travellers metHorl andKatta who took them to seeNocta, who'd survived so long by hiding in a Zero Cabinet in a ruined ship where a Xesto devoured the Doctor. Despondent, Susan was advised by the echo to seek out the remains of the TARDIS. Finding theTARDIS control console, Susan tried to use its power to connect with one of the echoes of the TARDIS but the damaged hardware proved unable to handle the strain. As the Xesto began swarming, Susan was left as the only survivor, running back to the Zero Cabinet only to be barred by the echo who revealed herself to be a future version of Susan. As the two spoke, the Doctor appeared to them both and encouraged them to exploit theBlinovitch Limitation Effect to undo events. Catapulted back to the moment of the crash, Susan suggested rerouting power from theTARDIS force field, being supported by the fading echo of her future self, allowing them to avert the crash. Thrown clear of the planet, Susan expressed hope that they'd wound up somewhere relaxing. (AUDIO:Tick-Tock World^[+]Loading...["Tick-Tock World (audio story)"])

When the Doctor attempted to make use of thefast return switch to get Ian and Barbara home, the mechanism brought them back to Skaro, fiftycycles after their last visit. Brought to theThal City, Susan befriendedJyden who convinced her to explore the disused Dalek City. Guiding the Thal through the city, Susan found that theMaster Room was still active, drawing power from an underground source. Descending to the city'sincubation level, the two found two operatingDalek drones before they encountered the search party that had come for them withTryana introducing them to theDalek Supreme who claimed to want peace. Sent back to the Thal City with the larger force, Susan was taken captive by the Daleks when they abandoned the ruse so as toblackmail the Doctor for the secrets of the TARDIS. After Jyden rescued them with a discarded Dalek casing, the Doctor reprogrammed theionising towers to strike the Daleks, ending the attack before the four TARDIS travellers left Skaro again. (AUDIO:Return to Skaro^[+]Loading...["Return to Skaro (audio story)"])

The TARDIS then landed inEkaterinburg shortly before theRussian Civil War. Susan and Barbara explored together for a while before finding that the ship had vanished. After speaking toThomas Preston, the British Consul, Susan and Barbara posed as nuns to infiltrate the house ofNicholas II and his family, Susan befriendingAnastasia Romanov. Though Susan wished to help Anastasia, the Doctor reminded her offixed points in time and that they could not intervene. Though initially morose about the experience, Susan soon found hope that the meditation techniques that she'd taught Anastasia might have allowed the once Grand Duchess to escape death. (AUDIO:Last of the Romanovs^[+]Loading...["Last of the Romanovs (audio story)"])

Following the TARDIS suddenly losing power, Susan helped her grandfather force a system reboot that forced the ship to land in a sewer in the human settlement ofUrth. Given the humans'xenophobia, the travellers were forced to submit to a genetic scan, the Doctor sabotaging the machine to read Susan as human and escape punishment. Given the genetic drift of humanity however, Susan found herself as the only one of the four who read as human, finding herself in the employ ofSissy Cruciatu andMummy Martial. Having becoming a carrier for thebubonic plague, Mummy Martial assigned Susan to meet with delegates from another human colony to spread the disease to the rest of the human race. Before she andBrubble Medicius left to meet with the other humans, Susan bargained for the freedom of her friends, and her grandfather's new friendBrooskin. Upon arriving for negotiations, the humans disinfected Susan who led them back to Urth to help the people before the TARDIS set off again. Convinced she heard a buzzing, Susan began digging into the control console. (AUDIO:For the Glory of Urth^[+]Loading...["For the Glory of Urth (audio story)"])

Susan pulled out aGolithan Spiney Back Beetle from the console. Convinced that she had repaired the ship, the Doctor made another attempt to return Ian and Barbara to their time only to wind up in1601. When the four sought to see a play byWilliam Shakespeare, they found theGlobe Theatre shuttered and a volatile political climate. Rescued byJudith Shakespeare, the four were brought to Shakespeare's home. Bonding with Judith's frustrations of not being taken seriously by an elder, Susan found herself drawn into her new friend's involvement withLadyPenelope Rich's plot to dethroneElizabeth I. After this had resulted in Shakespeare's arrest, Susan and the Doctor attempted to free him only for the Doctor to be arrested upon identifying himself. Left alone, Susan was found by Queen Elizabeth, who was posing as a commoner, who brought a quick end to the conflict. When the time came to leave, Susan, Barbara and Ian expressed a desire to stay and see a play before an outside source activated the TARDIS and sent it flying away from England. (AUDIO:The Hollow Crown^[+]Loading...["The Hollow Crown (audio story)"])

They later landed in a flotilla of ships on the planetHydra where they were captured byAmyra Kaan andPan Vexel for being stowaways. She was interested in the plight of the Hydran's when she heard how they were invaded by theVoord. When theFortitude sank she spent the following weeks grieving for her Grandfather and Barbara's deaths, as well as talking to the captured VoordNebrin. When Ian and Susan found the TARDIS, Ian forced her to pilot it to take it away from the Voord.Tarlak wished to know how she knew of Yartek and the Marinus mission. When Tarlek found out that the Doctor wished to stop his invasion, he commanded for Susan to be converted into a Voord to stop the Doctor in his plans. (AUDIO:Domain of the Voord^[+]Loading...["Domain of the Voord (audio story)"])

When the TARDIS landed on the doomed planetSarath, Susan was taken to hospital after she was injured in a building collapse. When she entered a healing coma, Susan was replaced by anandroid duplicate as part of a plan by the city's supervising A.I.,Monitor, to ensure his own survival, but the original Susan recovered in time to escape incineration. After the truth about the Android and Monitor's plan was revealed, the android's connection to Susan allowed her to resist and disrupt Monitor's control, allowing him to be destroyed. With the last few survivors of the planet needing a controlling computer to take the last ship toMirath, the android volunteered to take on the role, despite knowing that the society on Mirath would be unable to sustain her. (PROSE:City at World's End^[+]Loading...["City at World's End (novel)"])

The Doctor later managed to return the group to 20th century Earth but a malfunction with the TARDIS doors caused them all toshrink. The four discovered theDN6pesticide, a substance so potent it killed all forms of animal life. Using their small size to their advantage, the group managed to discreetly alert the British government to the dangers of DN6 before restoring themselves to normal size. (TV:Planet of Giants^[+]Loading...["Planet of Giants (TV story)"])

The group's next destination was in22nd centuryLondon. When Susan climbed to higher ground, she tripped and twisted her ankle as well as causing debris to bar them from the TARDIS. Exploring with Barbara, Susan was drafted byDavid Campbell into the human resistance against theDalek invasion. After a failed attempt to assault theDalek Earthforce's saucer, Susan conversed with David, a discussion which led to her reflecting that she had no planet to call home before the two reunited with the Doctor. At David's suggestion, the group headed north, Susan bonding with David during the journey. Upon arriving atBedfordshire, the group discovered that the Daleks intended toturn Earth into a warship. After the Doctor had caused avolcanic eruption that destroyed the Daleks, Susan realised that she had fallen in love with David but still felt the need to stay with her grandfather. The Doctor realised Susan would never leave him of her own free will and subsequently forced her hand, locking her out of the TARDIS, bidding her farewell and saying that one day he would return. Until then, she finally had a place and a home where she could belong. (TV:The Dalek Invasion of Earth^[+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"]) Despite the Doctor's promise, he never returned to see Susan, understanding that disaster seemed to follow him and wanting her to have a peaceful life away from that. (TV:The Legend of Ruby Sunday^[+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"])

Ian came to believe that locking Susan out of the TARDIS was the bravest thing that he ever saw the Doctor do. (AUDIO:The Revenants^[+]Loading...["The Revenants (audio story)"])

Settling on Earth[[edit] |[edit source]]

David and Susan after the occupation. (AUDIO:After the Daleks^[+]Loading...["After the Daleks (audio story)"])

Immediately after the end of the Dalek Invasion, Susan helped David andJenny Chaplin track down the survivingRobomen, in the hope of finding a cure for their condition. As they did so, they found out about the existence of a creature living under an hospital, and a survivingDalek ship containing various vials of an orange liquid, secreted by the creature. WhenMarcus Bray proposed himself as new leader of humanity, Susan was convinced by David to run for the leadership herself, and showed real skills of politician in doing so. Bray, unfortunately, was able to put her into prison and exclude her from the election on the ground of her being an alien. (AUDIO:After the Daleks^[+]Loading...["After the Daleks (audio story)"]) According to other accounts, Susan's non-human nature remained a tightly-kept secret throughout her life with David. (PROSE:Legacy of the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"])

Susan escaped using the orange liquid, and wandered through the tunnels under the hospital, when she came acrossVictor, Jenny's brother, cured from his condition as a Roboman by touching the liquid. Reunited with David at the Dalek ship, Susan used more liquid to further Victor's healing process and restore his memory, thus finding out that Bray collaborated with the Daleks during the invasion. Susan confronted Bray and revealed his treachery to the public, ruining his election, and then foiled his attempt to call the Daleks and cause another invasion. David asked her whether she wanted to leave Earth using the Dalek ship, but she refused and destroyed it, choosing to remain on Earth. (AUDIO:After the Daleks^[+]Loading...["After the Daleks (audio story)"])

Return to the 20th century[[edit] |[edit source]]

David wanted Susan to join him in rebuilding London but, according to one account, Susan was overwhelmed by this enormous task and soon opted out. She calledher godfather's brother,Terry, who offered to pick her up next time he was inspecting that part of thetime waft. She asked Terry to drop her off around1967 or1968, where she knew London was becoming interesting, but he left her in1964 to respect real time.

Unable to lie, Susan told her classmates that she had spent the year travelling abroad with Mr Chesterton and Ms Wright.Joey Oxford, a reporter from theDaily Sketch, heard of these allegations and reached out to interview Susan, but dismissed her claims of being a time traveller. Angered, Susan went to Ian's house and demanded he tell everyone the truth; Ian called the police, hoping they would give her a warning, but they arrested her and searched her belongings, finding several artefacts which were misidentified as property stolen from the British Museum.

Susan was sent to a prison-like approved school in Barking. When she got out, she became a drifter, and tried religion. She opened aconcept shop of her own, but went out of business as people would only buy t-shirts. After this, she decided to be an ordinary girl, and became a typist for the civil service. In1972 she was involved in Britain's entry to theCommon Market. She remained part of theEuropean Commission, and marriedan EC commissioner. She bore hima daughter, but the marriage failed due to Susan's inability to lie.

In 1989, Susan became an EC commissioner for education. In 1994, she was interviewed for a BBC Radio documentary about her life, and affirmed her dedication to preparing humanity for the Dalek invasion of 2164, saying that "there's only a hundred and seventy years to go". Susan still saw the Doctor occasionally, and said that he was always regenerating younger so as to attract female companions; at one point, she suspectedone of her daughter's boyfriends was a regenerated Doctor. (AUDIO:Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?^[+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? (audio story)"])

Rebuilding the Earth[[edit] |[edit source]]

According to most accounts, Susan married David and contributed to the rebuilding of the Earth. (PROSE:Legacy of the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"],AUDIO:An Earthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"]) Thirty years later, she was a member ofEarth Council. (AUDIO:An Earthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"])

One account suggested that she never told her husband that she was not human. (AUDIO:Here There Be Monsters^[+]Loading...["Here There Be Monsters (audio story)"]) However, others contradicted this. (PROSE:Legacy of the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"],AUDIO:An Earthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"])

According to one account, Susan and David adopted three war orphans and named themIan,Barbara andDavid Campbell Junior, as Susan was not able to conceive with David. Susan worked as a peace officer who kept people from meddling with Dalek artefacts, such as Dalek bases and constructions left sealed after the Daleks' destruction. However, the years she spent on Earth caused problems for her; she did not age as fast as humans and was forced to disguise herself to look thirty years older. (PROSE:Legacy of the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"])

Further contact with Gallifrey[[edit] |[edit source]]

An older Susan. (TV:The Five Doctors^[+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"])

In about2187, (PROSE:History of Mankind according to Doctor Who^[+]Loading...["History of Mankind according to Doctor Who (short story)"]) "many years" after being left on Earth, Susan, now married to David and a mother of three, was walking through the "gleaming"New London one morning (PROSE:The Five Doctors^[+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (novelisation)"]) when she was captured using theTime Scoop byBorusa so that she could be reunited with theFirst Doctor in theDeath Zone on Gallifrey and assist him in theGame of Rassilon. She met her grandfather in hisfifth incarnation (and, briefly, hissecond andthird incarnations), along withTegan Jovanka andVislor Turlough, and briefly metSarah Jane Smith and theBrigadier. (TV:The Five Doctors^[+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"]) After the adventure, she accompanied theFirst Doctor back into his TARDIS. (TV:The Five Doctors^[+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"],PROSE:The Five Doctors^[+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (novelisation)"])

At an unknown point, an adult Susan took her Grandfather's TARDIS on a trip herself, but the London she landed in was, unbeknownst to her, London at the height of the Dalek occupation. Chased back to the TARDIS by aRed Dalek and aSilver Dalek, she escaped, but the Daleks sent aBlue Chrono-Dalek after her; she materialised in a new time zone where the TARDIS was glimpsed by aboy, whom she invited inside, but the Blue Chrono-Dalek soon pursued them. (TV:Susan and the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Susan and the Daleks (TV story)"]) Having survived, Susan was eventually returned to the correct point in her time-stream. (PROSE:Legacy of the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"],AUDIO:An Earthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"])

While living on Earth, Susan was contacted by theCelestial Intervention Agency, and agreed to become one of their informants. (PROSE:CIA File Extracts^[+]Loading...["CIA File Extracts (novel)"])

Further contacts with the Doctor[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan, pulled out of her own time, encounters the Sixth Doctor in London's East End, 1973. (TV:Dimensions in Time^[+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"])

When theFirst Rani trapped several of the Doctor's incarnations and companions in a time loop in London's East End, Susan found herself outside theQueen Victoria pub in1973, where she encountered theSixth Doctor for the first time. After initially failing to recognise him, Susan called out for Ian and Barbara, then asked, "Where's Grandfather?My Doctor? The original?" (TV:Dimensions in Time^[+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"])

One account held that Susanwas able to have a child with David. Her son,Alex Campbell, had only one heart. (AUDIO:An Earthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"]) She sent the Doctor ahypercube after his birth to tell him of what she had achieved with her life. (PROSE:Ghost of Christmas Past^[+]Loading...["Ghost of Christmas Past (short story)"]) After David's death, Susan became one of the leaders of the Earth Council to help with the planet's recovery. She contacted theGuldreasi, a seemingly peaceful race that wanted to help Earth. About this time she met with her grandfather in hiseighth incarnation and helped stop the Guldreasi enslaving thehuman race. During this time, Susan asked the Doctor if Alex could be educated on Gallifrey; the Doctor expressed doubts about David's acceptance when told that Alex had only one heart. (AUDIO:An Earthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"])

Six months later, Susan hadChristmas dinner with theEighth Doctor andLucie Miller in the TARDIS. She was unhappy when the TARDIS suddenly dematerialised and to find the Doctor was planning on having Alex travel with him. The Doctor was able to return them to the right place and Alex then departed on a tour with Lucie. (AUDIO:Relative Dimensions^[+]Loading...["Relative Dimensions (audio story)"])

During the tour a plague spread over the Earth, infecting Lucie, though Susan and Alex's Gallifreyan heritage made them resistant. Susan was able to use her influence to get Alex and Lucie fromThailand to England. Soon after this, the Second Dalek Invasion of Earth occurred. Lucie sent a message to the Doctor when she was infected before the Invasion, but he failed to come until two years afterwards. Susan kept her TARDIS Key, thinking she could detect the TARDIS with it. After a failed attack on Dalek operations in North America, she realised the TARDIS had arrived. The Doctor was in a Dalek Saucer when it was hit by torpedoes and found unconscious, however Susan realised he could be revived inside the TARDIS and found her way there. She was able to fly a Dalek Saucer to America with a bomb, Alex and Lucie, hoping to stop the Invasion. However, Alex was killed by the Daleks after which Lucie Miller destroyed the Daleks by detonating the bomb, at the cost of her life. Susan and the Doctor were saved bythe Monk, but the Doctor, upset at the deaths, left, leaving Susan to deal with her son's death alone. (AUDIO:Lucie Miller^[+]Loading...["Lucie Miller (audio story)"] /To the Death^[+]Loading...["To the Death (audio story)"])

The Last Great Time War[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan and Ian during theLast Great Time War. (AUDIO:Susan's War)

After the second Dalek invasion, Susan moved into Coal Hill School, which had been left abandoned and converted into flats. She had been sent several urgenthypercubes from Gallifrey, asking for her to join theLast Great Time War. The Eighth Doctor tried to remove most of the hypercubes, creating a number of distractions for Susan while he did so. Susan was able to work out his distractions and worked out what was happening. She locked him out of her flat, read the message and decided to join the fight, believing that she could help the Time Lords defeat the Daleks. Susan travelled to the front lines ina TARDIS sent to pick her up. (AUDIO:All Hands on Deck^[+]Loading...["All Hands on Deck (audio story)"])

The TARDIS was quickly attacked and breached by a Dalek force. Susan andVeklin retreated to the ship's secondary control room and ejected it to escape and return to Gallifrey. When CardinalRasmus informed the two of the Daleks having seized control of the TARDIS, using it to drain theEye of Harmony, Susan suggested employing the telepathic talents of the Sensorites. Reunited with Ian Chesterton, Susan was sent to theSense Sphere to negotiate with the aliens only to be assaulted by feelings of anger. As paranoia continued to mount among the Sensorites, Susan and Ian fled into theInterior where they found the cause to be aDalek-Sensorite parasite. Using her own telepathy, Susan defeated it, convincing the Sensorites to lend their aid to the Time Lords. (AUDIO:Sphere of Influence^[+]Loading...["Sphere of Influence (audio story)"])

Along with Veklin, Susan was dispatched toFlorana to discover theDalek agent who had planted the parasite in the Interior only to be attacked by a forced of "Robogrons",Robomen enhancedOgrons. WhenFaith was taken captive by the Ogrons, Susan shot her with a stun blast, bringing the Ogrons after them. After having eluded their pursuers, Susan and Veklin found that "Faith" was aBrancheerian who had been pressed into the Daleks' service. Returning to Gallifrey, Susan delivered the Brancheerian to the Time Lords while trying to convince her to turn against the Daleks. (AUDIO:The Uncertain Shore^[+]Loading...["The Uncertain Shore (audio story)"])

After the Brancheerian had revealed what she knew of the Dalek plans, Rasmus then brought Susan and Veklin toOreseia to inspect a new line of weapons. Arriving, Susan met withRennis where she found that the new weapons were specially bredOrrovix. Escorted by Rennis, Susan examined the creatures, finding them to be full of rage but also trusting. Before she could probe deeper, she was called back by Veklin where she claimed that the Orrovix should not be deployed. As she argued withLord Vibax, the Orrovix broke free before she discovered that Rennis, a Time Lord hatingGallifreyan, had turned the creatures against the Time Lords. Using her telepathy, Susan tamed the Orrovix before the Time Lords caught up with and arrested Rennis. Though continuing to oppose the program and petitioning for the Orrovix's freedom, Susan was able to convince the Time Lords to exile Rennis toNjagilheim. (AUDIO:Assets of War^[+]Loading...["Assets of War (audio story)"])

After the planetCreeno was targeted by the Daleks due to a Time Lord base hidden there, Susan successfully negotiated an evacuation of its medieval population and requisitioned a number of TARDISes to this end, saving most of the population. (AUDIO:The Last of the Kaleds^[+]Loading...["The Last of the Kaleds (audio story)"])

Susan's TARDIS was later dragged off-course by aDalek duplicate ofLehena who duped her into travelling back to 1963 to retrieve theHand of Omega. Though unsure where the Hand was, Susan used aTime Ring to return toShoreditch, unaware of a Dalek force following her. Befriending a local girl namedAlex, Susan traced her grandfather's footsteps to a pawn shop and found theEighth Doctor waiting for her, having been summoned by aspace-time telegram that Susan had yet to send. She discovered thatJP was under Dalek control but the Doctor managed to free him, They then went back to the Doctor's TARDIS, lest theRenegade Daleks find them. Before the two could leave 1963, Theodore caught up with them to inform them of Robomen, under the control of the Renegade Daleks, having kidnapped Alex with Susan bluffing them into releasing Alex only to be taken prisoner herself. The Doctor surrendered himself to the Time War Daleks to free Susan.

When the Doctor was to turn over the Hand of Omega to the Daleks, he sent Susan back to the TARDIS and revealed that the Hand was a fake and that he'd masterminded events to hide the genuine Hand. Locking Susan in the TARDIS, the Doctor was shot by a Dalek execution unit but managed to use the energy weapons to recharge the Time Ring and teleport back to the TARDIS. With Susan still committed to the war effort, the Doctor returned Susan toKasterborous before she teleported back to Gallifrey. After being informed thatRassilon himself was now taking an interest in her, Susan reflected that Gallifrey had to win the war but also not lose itself on the way. (AUDIO:The Shoreditch Intervention^[+]Loading...["The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)"])

Shortly after her return from Shoreditch, Rasmus ordered Susan and Veklin to investigate the disappearance of PriestessVesselina’s son onMateros to help broker a treaty with her people. During the investigation Susan became taunted by visions of Alex, alleging he was alive and she’d abandoned him. Veklin came to her aid, having discovered the chief of securityStethan was responsible for the disappearance. With the treaty agreed, they departed, though they suspected the Priestess had been responsible for the visions via her empathetic abilities and had been planning to hand over Susan to the Daleks in return for her son if they’d held him, but couldn’t prove it. (AUDIO:The Lost Son^[+]Loading...["The Lost Son (audio story)"])

Susan was alerted by her archivist friendAndolar of a discrepancy in the records centring aroundMaxor, who should have been a useful ally to the Time Lords but had vanished whilst his world was time locked. Susan talked Andolar into coming with her to investigate, finding Maxor far from his character as remembered by Andolar and then witnessed his assassination. TheWar Doctor intervened to save them from being caught up in the assassination and agreed to work with them to rewrite Maxor’s timeline to make him the ally Andolar remembered, though Susan was suspicious of his true motive as he came from the future of the Time War. Travelling back in time she and Andolar spent years trying to alter Maxor’s education, however Susan realised the War Doctor was working against them to his own ends, resulting in the timeline not changing. On their second attempt to rewrite Maxor’s life they had again failed to alter his character and the assassination still happened, however now with Andolar caught in the blast too. The Doctor prevented Susan aiding her, causing Andolar to regenerate into an incarnation physically identical to Maxor. Recognised as Maxor by emergency workers, Andolar took on his identity and became the man the records had suggested Maxor should be. Susan departed with the War Doctor who revealed he’d orchestrated this as the Maxor he’d known was a coward who’d swapped sides to the Daleks. He agreed to take her back to Gallifrey though was wary as her era was earlier in the Time War than he had come from. Susan still believed he could help her do some good however. (AUDIO:The Golden Child^[+]Loading...["The Golden Child (audio story)"])

During the Time War, Susan was captured bythe Union and held at herDiamond Array, though she proved immune to herdegeneration weapon. She was eventually rescued thanks toRiver Song and her degenerating grandfather. Before he stabilised as his war incarnation again, the Doctor took advantage of his shifting incarnations to reunite Susan with his first incarnation again. Once stable, the War Doctor took Susan back to Gallifrey. (AUDIO:The Union^[+]Loading...["The Union (audio story)"])

Leaving Earth[[edit] |[edit source]]

According to another account, in2199, Susan had not yet met theEighth Doctor when she encounteredthe Master whilst investigating activity in a Dalek Artefact. Captured by him to use as a hostage against the Doctor, she hid from him that she was a relation of the Doctor and member of both Renegades' own species, instead claiming she was simply a former human companion of his.

During a brief four-way confrontation between David, Susan, the Doctor and the Master, Susan saw David sacrifice himself to save the Doctor from a shot by the Master. Her spirits momentarily crushed, Susan let herself be taken by the Master intohis TARDIS as he made his escape to the planetTersurus. However, waking from her torpor, she revealed to him that she was also a Time Lord, startling the Master, and then used her own psychic abilities combined with the TARDIS's telepathic circuits to attack the Master's mind with a destructive mental attack that chipped away at the Master's mind, leaving him half-mad with only force of will and hatred to drive him.

Although she planned to simply strand the mentally-damaged Renegade stranded on Tersurus, he refused to give up thematter transmuter he'd stolen from the Daleks, forcing her to shoot it with the Master's own TCE while he was still holding the transmuter. The blast severely damaged the Master in a way which Susan knew would prevent him from regenerating even if he still had any regenerations left; consequently believing him dead, she left in his TARDIS, setting the controls to a random location. With nothing left to hold her down on Earth, she once again became a wandering exile, much like she and the Doctor had been when she'd first travelled with him. She had no intention of letting the Time Lords know where she was, let alone returning to Gallifrey, as she assumed that the "very good reasons" which had led her and her grandfather to make their escape all those years ago had likely not changed since then. (PROSE:Legacy of the Daleks^[+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)"])

Meeting the Thirteenth Doctor[[edit] |[edit source]]

According to a third account, David died young of a strain of virus, which Susan blamed on the Daleks. A widow, Susan wandered the ruined Earth alone. 50 years after the Dalek invasion, she decided to head for Bedford after hearing of a pyre of Daleks. She meta traveller on her way and they rested together in a house. She suspected there was more to the traveller when she made her breakfast and the traveller showed her a dead Dalek shell she’d found, which she invited Susan to hit to let some of her anger out. Afterwards Susan realised the traveller was the Doctor and contemplated regenerating into a new form. (PROSE:Fellow Traveller^[+]Loading...["Fellow Traveller (short story)"])

Fate[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan or, if she became aTime Lord, a futureregeneration of hers, may have met agroup of adventurers. She may have even taken on the role ofthe Doctor in the group. (GAME:"Susan's Fate"^[+]Part ofThe Dalek Invasion of Earth,Loading...{"namedpart":"Susan's Fate","1":"The Dalek Invasion of Earth (game)"})

While theNinth Doctor twice implied that his "whole family" had died, (TV:Father's Day^[+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"],The Empty Child^[+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"]) theTenth Doctor once said that he was unsure if she was alive, as he simply had not checked, only to then say he was certain she was gone and that he was the last of his people. (COMIC:The Forgotten^[+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"]) TheEleventh Doctor reaffirmed this and said that Susan was "lost", and that he hadn't looked for her. (COMIC:Dead Man's Hand^[+]Loading...["Dead Man's Hand (comic story)"]) After the revelation ofGallifrey's survival at the end of theLast Great Time War, (TV:The Day of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])Clara Oswald, while masquerading as the Doctor, stated that all of his children and grandchildren were assumed dead. (TV:Death in Heaven^[+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"]) TheThirteenth Doctor would later tell hersoon to becompanions that all of her family had died. (TV:The Woman Who Fell to Earth^[+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"]) After reminiscing about living with Susan in 1963, theFifteenth Doctor toldRuby Sunday that he didn’t know what had happened to Susan and speculated she may have fallen victim to thegenocide of the Time Lords. (TV:The Devil's Chord^[+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"]) After the Doctor and Ruby had encounteredSutekh'sAngels of Death,UNIT directed him toSusan Triad - whose company's nameS Triad Technology, was an obviousanagram ofTARDIS, suspecting that she might be Susan trying to signal her presence to the Doctor. When the Doctor confronted Triad though, she was revealed to be a "chrysalis" for Sutekh, unknowingly luring the Doctor into a trap created by theOsiran. (TV:The Legend of Ruby Sunday^[+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"]) Sutekh soon elaborated on the Angels of Death, explaining that he had deliberaly named them Susan after the Doctor's granddaughter to trap him.

Following Sutekh's defeat, the Fifteenth Doctor that it was "[his] mistake" that he'd never gone back to see Susan, and contemplated that "maybe [he'd] find her again, one day." (TV:Empire of Death^[+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])

Undated events[[edit] |[edit source]]

At some point, Susan was taken to theBlack Archive byUNIT to have her record as acompanion of the Doctor taken. Her memories of the visit were subsequently erased and she was sent on her way. (TV:The Day of the Doctor^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])

The Doctor allowed Susan to borrow the TARDIS for a trip toVenus, but she instead landed onSkaro, where she had an encounter with theDaleks. (COMIC:The Message of Mystery^[+]Loading...["The Message of Mystery (comic story)"])

Prior to their adventures with Ian and Barbara, the Doctor and Susan had metHieronymus Bosch. While her grandfather considered the artist to be a "lovely fellow", Susan found him to be "a bit of a grump". (AUDIO:Tick-Tock World^[+]Loading...["Tick-Tock World (audio story)"])

Other realities[[edit] |[edit source]]

Parallel universes[[edit] |[edit source]]

Auld Mortality's universe[[edit] |[edit source]]

Main article:Susan (Auld Mortality's universe)

InAuld Mortality's universe, wherethe Doctor never leftGallifrey and became a reclusive writer,Susan had a family and grandchildren of her own before she rose to become President of Gallifrey. After her attempts to visit her grandfather helped him break free ofQuences' influence, Susan encouraged him to leave Gallifrey and travel while she assumed her position as President. (AUDIO:Auld Mortality^[+]Loading...["Auld Mortality (audio story)"]) However, unwilling to travel alone, the Doctor used hisPossibility Generator to create a duplicate of Susan who did travel with him. When the generator eventually began to break down, the Susan it had created ceased to exist. The original Susan eventually caught up with the Doctor and her "counterpart" when the Doctor's attempts to help history created a timeline where Earth would be destroyed in the Elizabethan era, but after Susan's counterpart convinced her to help, she was able to arrange for the attackers to be drawn away from Earth while she began to travel with the Doctor herself, her duplicate given a final energy boost before returning to Gallifrey to tie up loose ends before she ceased to exist. (AUDIO:A Storm of Angels^[+]Loading...["A Storm of Angels (audio story)"])

The Doctor ofa parallel universe, where they ran away fromtheir trial following theWar Chief incident and regenerated into a woman who lived in hiding onEarth, used the name "Susan Foreman" as analias while working atSainsbury's. (AUDIO:Exile^[+]Loading...["Exile (audio story)"])

Alternate timelines[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan seesher grandfather surrounded byCybermen. (COMIC:Prologue: The First Doctor^[+]Loading...["Prologue: The First Doctor (comic story)"])

WhenRassilon joined forces with theCyberiad, the latter began re-writing history and undo their losses at the Doctor's hands. (COMIC:Supremacy of the Cybermen^[+]Loading...["Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)"]) On the23 November1963, Susan, fearing that someone was following her, ran into the scrapyard that hid the TARDIS only to find her grandfather, who told her to run, surrounded byCyberMondans. (COMIC:Prologue: The First Doctor^[+]Loading...["Prologue: The First Doctor (comic story)"])This timeline was later undone when a remorseful Rassilon joined forces with theTwelfth Doctor. (COMIC:Supremacy of the Cybermen^[+]Loading...["Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)"])

In an aborted timeline, the Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara, along with other incarnations of the Doctors and their companions, were dragged to the same date and location via the TARDIS’s warning system andthe Decayed Master’s conceptual bomb. Later, Ian Barbara had never nor met the Doctor, due to the bomb, and later the Doctor and Susan had never left Gallifrey. This timeline was primarily negated by the Fifth,Sixth, Seventh, and First Doctors. (AUDIO:The Light at the End^[+]Loading...["The Light at the End (audio story)"])

Legacy[[edit] |[edit source]]

TheSeventh Doctor chanted Susan's name, amongst those of other companions, when under attack by theHaemovores. (TV:The Curse of Fenric^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]

The name "Foreman. S." was recorded on theRoll of Honours Board, which listed both dead and missing staff and students, at the renovatedCoal Hill Academy. (TV:For Tonight We Might Die^[+]Loading...["For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)"])

The Doctor kept a portrait of Susan inhis cottage. (COMIC:A Matter of Life and Death^[+]Loading...["A Matter of Life and Death (comic story)"])

Ace wore Susan's Coal Hill High School uniform as a joke for TheSeventh Doctor. The Doctor didn't find it funny. (PROSE:Nightshade^[+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"]) He later told Ace that he thought about Susan every day. (AUDIO:Nightshade^[+]Loading...["Nightshade (audio story)"])

When theCelestial Toymaker sought the TARDIS, he lured theTwelfth Doctor back to theCelestial Toyroom witha toy of Susan. (COMIC:Relative Dimensions^[+]Loading...["Relative Dimensions (comic story)"])

TheTwelfth Doctor's photograph of Susan. (TV:The Pilot^[+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"])

TheTwelfth Doctor kept a framedphotograph of Susan on hisdesk inhis office during the years he spent as alecturer atSt Luke's University, along with a picture of his late wifeRiver Song. (TV:The Pilot^[+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"])

TheThirteenth Doctor discovered a message that Susan had left in the TARDIS. (PROSE:Press Play^[+]Loading...["Press Play (short story)"])

Even after theLast Great Time War, Susan was considered one of the Time Lords' greatest and most enduring mysteries,a Time Lord historian being unable to confirm or deny many of the rumours surrounding her. The author even speculated that the conspicuous lack of discussion about Susan atthe Doctor's Malfeasance Tribunal was proof that even the court authorities knew nothing of her. (PROSE:A Brief History of Time Lords^[+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"])

Reuniting withSteven Taylor within theRemembered TARDIS,Vicki Pallister reflected that, after theFirst Doctor had rescued her as a youngorphan, she had became the granddaughter he lost. (TV:The Time Meddler^[+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"])

Personality[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan loved her grandfather, as he did her. She was fond of20th centuryEngland, so she enrolled in school there. Despite the Doctor's warnings, she still endangered their secrets. Susan understood contemporary technology and was familiar with historical events, but knew very little about ordinary things, like money. Despite these gaps, however, she was still very intelligent, to the extent that teacher Ian suspected she was not only smarter than him but holding back on her knowledge so that her teachers didn't feel stupid. (TV:An Unearthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"])

Susan considered the Doctor to be a "great man". (AUDIO:Domain of the Voord^[+]Loading...["Domain of the Voord (audio story)"]) The Doctor once commented that Susan was "very precious" to him. (AUDIO:Masters of Earth^[+]Loading...["Masters of Earth (audio story)"])

Her sheltered life on Gallifrey resulted in her being quick to show fear, either by screaming or calling for her grandfather. She quickly befriended Ian and Barbara but did not accept their claims the Doctor had intentionally damaged his own TARDIS. (TV:The Daleks^[+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"]) She also did not overcome her fears easily, being terrified ofthe Master, (AUDIO:The Destination Wars^[+]Loading...["The Destination Wars (audio story)"]) and the Daleks when she reunited with them. (AUDIO:Return to Skaro^[+]Loading...["Return to Skaro (audio story)"])

She also seemed to have a sense of humour, having mentioned a liking of memes when visiting theLibrary of Alexandria, (AUDIO:The Library of Alexandria^[+]Loading...["The Library of Alexandria (audio story)"]) which could take a turn to the morbid side, as seen with her excitement regarding using burning skulls to chase some cavemen off. (TV:An Unearthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"])

When thefast return switch was stuck, it was Susan who suffered the worst from its effects, possibly due to her having the highest level of psychic sensitivity. She very nearly killed Barbara and Ian. At first, she sided with her grandfather, blaming the teachers for the problems. However, she soon recognised their innocence. (TV:The Edge of Destruction^[+]Loading...["The Edge of Destruction (TV story)"])

OnMarinus, Susan travelled ahead of the others and was frightened by the jungle and the screams that emanated from it. Despite her earlier truthfulness, the others did not take this seriously. (TV:The Keys of Marinus^[+]Loading...["The Keys of Marinus (TV story)"])

Compared to her grandfather, Susan had a much more altruistic mindset, being able to sympathise withQuadriggerStoyn despite what he'd done to them, (AUDIO:The Beginning^[+]Loading...["The Beginning (audio story)"]) and believing that Ian and Barbara could be trusted not to speak of the TARDIS. (TV:An Unearthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"]) She was however not above manipulating her grandfather to try and force him into doing the right thing, (AUDIO:The Destination Wars^[+]Loading...["The Destination Wars (audio story)"]) or calling out his rudeness. (AUDIO:The Invention of Death^[+]Loading...["The Invention of Death (audio story)"])

As Susan grew older, she began to develop an inquiring mind similar to her grandfather's, sharing his penchant for solving mysteries. (AUDIO:Return to Skaro^[+]Loading...["Return to Skaro (audio story)"]) She also started to resent being treated like a child and having her suggestions ignored.A future, and rather bitter, version of Susan that had been trapped onTick-Tock World noted that she was capable of more than most gave her credit for, being insulted at the Doctor's belief that her younger self couldn't survive without him. (AUDIO:Tick-Tock World^[+]Loading...["Tick-Tock World (audio story)"]) Despite maturing, she still enjoyed younger company of a more similar age to her. (AUDIO:The Destination Wars^[+]Loading...["The Destination Wars (audio story)"],Return to Skaro^[+]Loading...["Return to Skaro (audio story)"],The Hollow Crown^[+]Loading...["The Hollow Crown (audio story)"])

On22nd century Earth, Susan developed a relationship withDavid Campbell. The Doctor recognised this and decided it was best to leave her behind so that she could live a normal life. Susan was reluctant, but the Doctor seemed to convince her it was for the best. (TV:The Dalek Invasion of Earth^[+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"]) She had a son Alex whom she loved dearly. (AUDIO:An Earthly Child^[+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"], etc.)

During theLast Great Time War, Susan began thinking far less of her grandfather than she had in her youth, looking down on his refusal to fight while she herself was quick to return to Gallifrey and aid their people. (AUDIO:Sphere of Influence^[+]Loading...["Sphere of Influence (audio story)"]) She soon saw how wrong she was to doubt him; (AUDIO:The Shoreditch Intervention^[+]Loading...["The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)"]) especially after meeting hiswar incarnation. (AUDIO:The Golden Child)

A pet peeve of Susan's was people butchering her name's pronunciation, particularly being called "Suzanne". (AUDIO:Return to Skaro^[+]Loading...["Return to Skaro (audio story)"],Sphere of Influence^[+]Loading...["Sphere of Influence (audio story)"])

Appearance[[edit] |[edit source]]

Observing from a distance,Clara Oswald praises Susan's style. (COMIC:Time Trick^[+]Loading...["Time Trick (comic story)"])

At sixteen years old, Susan was tall forhumans her age, (PROSE:Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)"]) with closely-cropped, dark hair (PROSE:The Sensorites^[+]Loading...["The Sensorites (novelisation)"]) framing a pale and round (PROSE:The Reign of Terror^[+]Loading...["The Reign of Terror (novelisation)"]) elfin face (PROSE:Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)"]) of almost Asiatic prettiness (PROSE:The Sensorites^[+]Loading...["The Sensorites (novelisation)"]) with finely-boned cheeks. (PROSE:The Edge of Destruction^[+]Loading...["The Edge of Destruction (novelisation)"]) She had dark, almond eyes that belied an intelligence far beyond her years (PROSE:The Sensorites^[+]Loading...["The Sensorites (novelisation)"]) and looked very much like an ordinary student. (PROSE:Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)"]) She had an infectious smile. (PROSE:Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus (novelisation)"]) Her style was praised byClara Oswald. (COMIC:Time Trick^[+]Loading...["Time Trick (comic story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] |[edit source]]

Origins[[edit] |[edit source]]

In reality, this character was originally to have been a princess saved from a planet which wasn't the same world as the Doctor came from.^[1] Thereafter, she was envisioned as a fugitive from the Doctor'shome planet. It wasAnthony Coburn who altered the character so that Susan became the Doctor's granddaughter, instead of being a biologically unrelated female teenager travelling with an old man. (The Tribe of Gum, "Doctor Who – The Beginning")

No televised episode has ever explored Susan's origins. The unbroadcastpilot episode features a line of dialogue in which Susan states she is from the49th century. However, the final televised version, broadcast as the first episode ofAn Unearthly Child, contains no such reference.

The contradicting stories regarding Susan's origins predate theBBC Wales version ofDoctor Who. The 2005 version establishes the fact that the Doctor had a family on Gallifrey and intimates, though never explicitly states, that Susan was in all likelihood his biological granddaughter. As of February 2018, there has never been an indication given in any TV episode to suggest otherwise.

Expanded media stories did attempt to expand Susan's origins, but they were limited and also contradicting one another. For example,City at World's End novel did suggest that Susan wasTime Lord in origin, mentioning as she was considering "beginning the change" as a last resort to heal her injuries, butThe Union audio suggests that she is different from Time Lords.

Name[[edit] |[edit source]]

Susan's name would have originally been "Suzanne", while she was being conceived as an alien princess.^[1]

Other names considered were Biddy, Mandy, Sue, Gay, Jill, Janet and Jane.^{[source needed]}

According to theBrief Encounter storyRoses, Susan's real name is theGallifreyan word for "Rose". This allows a subtle connection between the firstcompanions of the 1963 and 2005 versions ofDoctor Who.

David Whitaker chose to change the character's name to SusanEnglish for his novelisations, though it's unclear why he did so. The later unofficial novelCampaign reinstated this use in tribute, but all other novelisations and original novels have used "Foreman" if specifying her last name.

Other matters[[edit] |[edit source]]

• According toThe Handbook: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Production of Doctor Who, among other young actresses considered for the role in 1963 wereAnneke Wills andJackie Lane, who each later played companions in the series. DirectorWaris Hussein is credited with recommending Carole Ann Ford for the part. According to theauthorised scholarship ofDavid J. Howe and friends, however, there is no evidence of Lane or Wills actually having read for the part, at least not forRex Tucker, the original director assigned tothe first serial. Lane doesn't even appear on the audition list that has survived in the archives, and Wills was marked as a no-show. (REF:The First Doctor Handbook)
• Carole Ann Ford's hairstyle as Susan was created by famed stylistVidal Sassoon.
• She is one of three classic series companions to appear inthe 50th anniversary trailer.
• Despite several non-TV stories showing Susan's reunion with her grandfather (inhis eighth incarnation), the live performanceThe Doctor Surprises Fans At The Doctor Who Experience in2015 sawPeter Capaldi'sTwelfth Doctor tearfully admit that he never fulfilled his promise to come back to her. Regardless, the story is not considered a valid source.
• The striped top she wore actually belonged toCarole Ann Ford. She also wore it inThe Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery.
• She was originally supposed to have a crush onIan.Carole Ann Ford later admitted that she pushed the writers to go for this angle, as she fanciedWilliam Russell.
• According toCarole Ann Ford, the character was initially conceived as an alientelepath andAvengers-type girl, which would have played into hergymnastic skills. Her disappointment at her character's development led to her leaving the series.
• David Richardson cited Susan among the potentialcompanions to meet theTenth Doctor inTenth Doctor Classic Companions, but were ultimately not utilised in the anthology. (BFX:Tenth Doctor Classic Companions)

External links[[edit] |[edit source]]

• Susan Foreman attheDoctor Who Legacy wiki

Footnotes[[edit] |[edit source]]