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'''Carole Ann Ford''', or '''Carol Ann Ford''' as she is sometimes credited, played [[companion]] [[Susan Foreman]] from "[[The Pilot Episode]]" to "[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]," and again in the anniversary stories, "[[The Five Doctors]]" and "[[Dimensions in Time]]." She also played the role of [[Zorelle]] in the [[Reeltime Pictures]] spin-off video, "[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]." She was born [[8th June|8]] [[June]] [[1940]].
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'''Carole Ann Lillian Ford''' (born [[16 June (people)|16 June]] [[1940 (people)|1940]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>), or '''Carol Ann Ford''' as she is sometimes credited, played [[companion]] [[Susan Foreman]] from "[[The Pilot Episode]]" to ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' and again in the anniversary stories ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. She also played [[Zorelle]] in the [[Reeltime Pictures]] spin-off video ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]''. She voiced [[Sura]] in ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'': ''[[Forever (audio story)|Forever]]''.


Ford has had a long and varied acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as ''[[Wikipedia:The Jungle Book|The Jungle Book]]'', ''Stranger in the House'', ''Bakerloo to Paradise'', ''[[Wikipedia:The Owl and the Pussycat|The Owl and the Pussycat]]'', ''The Rumpus'', ''[[Wikipedia:Pride and Prejudice|Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''Inadmissable Evidence'', ''Enrico'', ''Expresso Bongo'', ''[[Wikipedia:Sleeping Beauty|Sleeping Beauty]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:You Never Can Tell|You Never Can Tell]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Ned Kelly (1970 movie)|Ned Kelly]]'', ''Mother'', ''MacBett'', ''[[Wikipedia:The Boy Friend|The Boy Friend]]'', ''Have You Seen Manchester'', and ''[[Wikipedia:Private Lives|Private Lives]]''.
== Career ==
Ford has had a long and varied acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', ''Stranger in the House'', ''Bakerloo to Paradise'', {{wi|The Owl and the Pussycat (play)|The Owl and the Pussycat}}, ''The Rumpus'', ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''Inadmissable Evidence'', ''Enrico'', ''Expresso Bongo'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', {{wi|You Never Can Tell}}, {{wi|Ned Kelly (1970 film)|Ned Kelly}}, ''Mother'', ''MacBett'', {{wi|The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend}}, ''Have You Seen Manchester'' and {{wi|Private Lives}}.


Her films include ''Sarah'' (about the life of [[Wikipedia:Sarah Bernhardt|Sarah Bernhardt]]), ''Hiding Place'', ''[[Wikipedia:The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery|The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'', ''Mix Me a Person'' and the part of the blind French girl Bettina in the science fiction film ''[[Wikipedia:The Day of the Triffids|The Day of the Triffids]]''. She also worked as a glamour model in the late [[1950s]].
Her films include ''Sarah'' (about the life of {{w|Sarah Bernhardt}}), ''Hiding Place'', {{wi|The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery}}, ''Mix Me a Person'' and the part of the blind French girl Bettina in the 1963 science fiction film ''[[The Day of the Triffids]]''. She also worked as a glamour model in the late 1950s.


In addition to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', her television appearances include ''Suspense'' (in the play ''[[Wikipedia:Man on a Bicycle|Man on a Bicycle]]''), ''[[Wikipedia:Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?|Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Public Eye|Public Eye]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Emergency Ward 10|Emergency Ward 10]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Attorney General (TV series)|Attorney General]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Moonstrike|Moonstrike]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Compact (soap opera)|Compact]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Probation Officer (TV series)|Probation Officer]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia:Dial M for Murder|Dial M for Murder]]''. According to the documentary ''[[Doctor Who: Origins]]'', it was an appearance on ''[[Wikipedia:Z-Cars|Z-Cars]]'' that led to Ford being tested for her role in ''Doctor Who''.
[[File:Lady larna.jpg|thumb|Carole in the 1960's|left]]
In addition to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', her television appearances include ''Suspense'' (in the play {{wi|Man on a Bicycle}}), {{wi|Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?}}, {{wi|Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye}}, {{wi|Emergency – Ward 10}}, {{wi|Attorney General (TV series)|Attorney General}}, {{wi|Moonstrike}}, ''[[Compact]]'', {{wi|Probation Officer (TV series)|Probation Officer}} and ''Dial M for Murder''. According to the documentary ''[[Doctor Who: Origins]]'', it was an appearance on ''[[Z-Cars]]'' that led to Ford being tested for the role of [[Susan Foreman]] in ''Doctor Who''. According to ''The Handbook: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Production of Doctor Who'', [[Waris Hussein]], director of the first ''Doctor Who'' episodes, recommended Ford after seeing her image on a studio monitor; this came after a number of other actresses (including future companions [[Jackie Lane]] and [[Anneke Wills]]) had been passed over for the part.


Playing the granddaughter of [[First Doctor|the Doctor]], she was one of the first [[companion]]s to appear in the show in [[1963]]. She left the series in an emotional farewell scene in [[1964]] at the conclusion of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', but briefly returned for the 20th anniversary special ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' in [[1983]] and also appeared in the 30th anniversary charity special ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''. She has also appeared on ''[[Wikipedia:Juke Box Jury|Juke Box Jury]]'', numerous quiz shows, and done a multitude of voiceovers, dubbing, post synching and audio tapes.
[[File:Janet_and_Carole.jpg|thumb|right|Carole with then-current companion [[Janet Fielding]].]]
Playing the granddaughter of [[First Doctor|the Doctor]], she was one of the first [[companion]]s to appear in the show in 1963; although Ford was twenty-three at the time, Susan was depicted as being fifteen. She left the series in an emotional farewell scene in 1964 at the conclusion of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', but briefly returned for the twentieth anniversary special ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' in 1983 and also appeared in the thirtieth-anniversary charity special ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. She has also appeared on ''[[Juke Box Jury]]'' (in fact she appeared on the programme only a couple of days after her first wardrobe fitting for ''Doctor Who'') and numerous quiz shows. She has done a multitude of voiceovers, dubbing, post-synching and audio tapes.


Ford is married with two daughters. She is currently teaching voice and presentation skills and dialogue coaching to politicians, businessmen, after dinner speakers and actors. She has also reprised the role of Susan in two ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' audio plays by [[Big Finish Productions]], ''[[Auld Mortality]]'' and ''[[A Storm of Angels]]''.
Ford remained close friends with [[William Hartnell]] after leaving ''Doctor Who'' and was devastated by his death in 1975.


==External links==
She is currently teaching voice, presentation skills and dialogue coaching to politicians, businessmen, after dinner speakers and actors.
*{{imdb name|id=0285545|name=Carole Ann Ford}}
{{Wikipedia|Carole_Ann_Ford}}


[[Category:Doctor Who regular cast|Ford, Carole Ann]]
She has also reprised the role of Susan in two ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' audio plays by [[Big Finish Productions]], ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'' and ''[[A Storm of Angels (audio story)|A Storm of Angels]]''. She again returned to the role in several other Big Finish dramas, including ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'', ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'', ''[[Here There Be Monsters (audio story)|Here There Be Monsters]]'' and ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]'', the latter of which co-starred her daughter [[Tara-Louise Kaye]] as the story's villain [[Meedla]].
In 1975, Carol Ann was saddened and heartbroken when she learned that William Hartnell (The First Doctor) died. She cried for weeks after Hartnell's death.  She was close friends with Hartnell, and was devastated by his death.
 
She is older than [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy]], [[Paul McGann]], [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[Peter Capaldi]], almost twice the age of [[David Tennant]], and more than twice the age of [[Matt Smith]], [[Jodie Whittaker]] and [[Ncuti Gatwa]], all of whom play her on-screen grandparent.
 
In 2024, she became the last surviving member of the original ''Doctor Who'' cast.
 
== Personal life ==
Ford is married with two daughters. One of her daughters, [[Tara-Louise Kaye]], is also an actress and starred alongside her in the Big Finish audio ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]''.
 
== DWU credits ==
As [[Susan Foreman]]
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[The Pilot Episode]]''
* ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''
* ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]''
* ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]''
* ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]''
* ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]''
* ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]''
* ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]''
* ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]''
* ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''
* ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
 
===== Mini-episodes =====
* ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''
 
=== Direct-to-video ===
* ''[[Planet of Giants (home video)|Planet of Giants]]'' [[DVD]] release (voice)
 
=== Audio ===
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]''
* ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''
 
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[Farewell, Great Macedon (audio story)|Farewell, Great Macedon]]''
* ''[[The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance (audio story)|The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance]]''
* ''[[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|The Masters of Luxor]]''
 
==== The Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]''
* ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]''
* ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]''
 
==== Once and Future ====
* ''[[The Union (audio story)|The Union]]''
 
==== The First Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Tick-Tock World (audio story)|Tick-Tock World]]''
 
==== The Early Adventures ====
* ''[[Domain of the Voord (audio story)|Domain of the Voord]]''
* ''[[The Age of Endurance (audio story)|The Age of Endurance]]''
* ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]''
 
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* ''[[Here There Be Monsters (audio story)|Here There Be Monsters]]''
* ''[[Quinnis (audio story)|Quinnis]]''
* ''[[The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)|The Flames of Cadiz]]''
* ''[[The Alchemists (audio story)|The Alchemists]]''
* ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]''
* ''[[The Sleeping Blood (audio story)|The Sleeping Blood]]''
* ''[[E is for... (audio story)|E is for...]] ''
 
==== Destiny of the Doctors ====
* ''[[Hunters of Earth (audio story)|Hunters of Earth]]''
 
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[All Hands on Deck (audio story)|All Hands on Deck]]'' - Narrator (in-character as Susan)
* ''[[A Small Semblance of Home (audio story)|A Small Semblance of Home]]'' - Narrator
 
==== Susan's War ====
* ''[[Prequel (Susan's War)|Prequel]]''
* ''[[Sphere of Influence (audio story)|Sphere of Influence]]''
* ''[[The Uncertain Shore (audio story)|The Uncertain Shore]]''
* ''[[Assets of War (audio story)|Assets of War]]''
* ''[[The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)|The Shoreditch Intervention]]''
 
Other Roles
=== Direct-to-video ===
* ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'' - [[Zorelle]]
 
=== Audio ===
==== Novel Adaptations ====
* ''[[Nightshade (audio story)|Nightshade]]'' - [[The Sentience (Nightshade)|The Sentience]]
 
==== Doctor Who Unbound ====
* ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'' - [[Susan (Auld Mortality)|alternate Susan]]
* ''[[A Storm of Angels (audio story)|A Storm of Angels]]'' - alternate Susan
 
==== Gallifrey ====
* ''[[Forever (audio story)|Forever]]'' - [[Sura|Unit 190]]
 
=== Audiobook readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Planet of Giants]]''
 
=== Documentary ===
* ''[[30 Years in the TARDIS]]''
* ''[[Lust in Space]]''
* ''[[The Story of Doctor Who]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who: Origins (documentary)|Doctor Who: Origins]]''
* ''Myth Makers: William Hartnell''
* ''[[Adventures in Space and Time]]''
* ''[[Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction" (documentary)|Over the Edge]]''
* ''[[Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS (documentary)|Inside the Spaceship]]''
* ''[[Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (documentary)|Celebration]]''
* ''[[Girls! Girls! Girls!: The 1960s (documentary)|Girls! Girls! Girls!]]''
* ''[[Rediscovering the Urge to Live (documentary)|Rediscovering the Urge to Live]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty]]''
* ''[[Looking for David (documentary)|Looking for David]]''
* ''[[Flight Through Eternity (documentary)|Flight Through Eternity]]''
 
=== Other ===
* ''[[Children in Need 1985 (TV story)|Children in Need 1985]]''
* ''[[Myth Runner (home video)|Myth Runner]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)|Doctor Who at the Proms]]''
* ''[[An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)|An Adventure in Space and Time]]'' - [[Joyce (An Adventure in Space and Time)|Joyce]]
* ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV story)|The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''
 
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0285545}}
{{Twitter|CaroleAnnFord1}}
 
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
{{NameSort}}
 
[[ru:Кэрол Энн Форд]]
 
[[Category:Articles that were originally Wikipedia forks]]
[[Category:Doctor Who regular cast]]
[[Category:Reeltime Pictures actors]]
[[Category:An Adventure in Space and Time cast]]
[[Category:The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot cast]]
[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who Unbound voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Gallifrey voice actors]]
[[Category:Pre-2005 Doctor Who cast reprising their roles at Big Finish]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed Barbara Wright]]
[[Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers]]
[[Category:People interviewed on Doctor Who Live]]
[[Category:Doctor Who at the Proms presenters]]
[[Category:Doctor Who Pinball archive voice actors]]
[[Category:Destiny of the Doctor voice actors]]
[[Category:Novel Adaptations voice actors]]
[[Category:The Early Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:The Companion Chronicles voice actors]]
[[Category:Bonus Releases voice actors]]
[[Category:The Lost Stories voice actors]]
[[Category:Short Trips voice actors]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Special Releases voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish regular cast]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed Susan Foreman]]
[[Category:The First Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Susan's War voice actors]]
[[Category:Once and Future voice actors]]

Latest revision as of 18:36, 3 November 2024

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Carole Ann Lillian Ford (born 16 June 1940[1]), or Carol Ann Ford as she is sometimes credited, played companion Susan Foreman from "The Pilot Episode" to The Dalek Invasion of Earth and again in the anniversary stories The Five Doctors and Dimensions in Time. She also played Zorelle in the Reeltime Pictures spin-off video Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans. She voiced Sura in Gallifrey: Forever.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ford has had a long and varied acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as The Jungle Book, Stranger in the House, Bakerloo to Paradise, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Rumpus, Pride and Prejudice, Inadmissable Evidence, Enrico, Expresso Bongo, Sleeping Beauty, You Never Can Tell, Ned Kelly, Mother, MacBett, The Boy Friend, Have You Seen Manchester and Private Lives.

Her films include Sarah (about the life of Sarah Bernhardt), Hiding Place, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, Mix Me a Person and the part of the blind French girl Bettina in the 1963 science fiction film The Day of the Triffids. She also worked as a glamour model in the late 1950s.

Carole in the 1960's

In addition to Doctor Who, her television appearances include Suspense (in the play Man on a Bicycle), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Public Eye, Emergency – Ward 10, Attorney General, Moonstrike, Compact, Probation Officer and Dial M for Murder. According to the documentary Doctor Who: Origins, it was an appearance on Z-Cars that led to Ford being tested for the role of Susan Foreman in Doctor Who. According to The Handbook: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Production of Doctor Who, Waris Hussein, director of the first Doctor Who episodes, recommended Ford after seeing her image on a studio monitor; this came after a number of other actresses (including future companions Jackie Lane and Anneke Wills) had been passed over for the part.

Carole with then-current companion Janet Fielding.

Playing the granddaughter of the Doctor, she was one of the first companions to appear in the show in 1963; although Ford was twenty-three at the time, Susan was depicted as being fifteen. She left the series in an emotional farewell scene in 1964 at the conclusion of The Dalek Invasion of Earth, but briefly returned for the twentieth anniversary special The Five Doctors in 1983 and also appeared in the thirtieth-anniversary charity special Dimensions in Time. She has also appeared on Juke Box Jury (in fact she appeared on the programme only a couple of days after her first wardrobe fitting for Doctor Who) and numerous quiz shows. She has done a multitude of voiceovers, dubbing, post-synching and audio tapes.

Ford remained close friends with William Hartnell after leaving Doctor Who and was devastated by his death in 1975.

She is currently teaching voice, presentation skills and dialogue coaching to politicians, businessmen, after dinner speakers and actors.

She has also reprised the role of Susan in two Doctor Who Unbound audio plays by Big Finish Productions, Auld Mortality and A Storm of Angels. She again returned to the role in several other Big Finish dramas, including An Earthly Child, Relative Dimensions, Here There Be Monsters and Quinnis, the latter of which co-starred her daughter Tara-Louise Kaye as the story's villain Meedla.

She is older than Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and Peter Capaldi, almost twice the age of David Tennant, and more than twice the age of Matt Smith, Jodie Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa, all of whom play her on-screen grandparent.

In 2024, she became the last surviving member of the original Doctor Who cast.

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ford is married with two daughters. One of her daughters, Tara-Louise Kaye, is also an actress and starred alongside her in the Big Finish audio Quinnis.

DWU credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Susan Foreman

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Direct-to-video[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lost Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Once and Future[[edit] | [edit source]]

The First Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Early Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Destiny of the Doctors[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Susan's War[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Direct-to-video[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novel Adaptations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Unbound[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
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