Susan Triad
Susan Triad was a 21st century tech billionaire, who served as a "chrysalis" for Sutekh. While Susan was unaware of her true nature, she and versions of her spread to every time-zone the Doctor's TARDIS landed served as clues in a trap set for the Fifteenth Doctor by Sutekh, who had taken control of his TARDIS and as a seed for his empire of death.
Biography
Origins
Susan Triad was biologically human, and believed herself to have had a normal mother and father, coming from a working-class background before working her way to the top. (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"])
Dreams
Susan had dreams about other lifetimes, which reflected genuine versions of her scattered wherever the TARDIS landed by the power of Sutekh. (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"]) These included:
- Mrs Merridew, Isaac Newton's housekeeper in 1666. (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"], PROSE: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (novelisation)"])
- A tea lady at EMI Recording Studios in 1963. (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"])
- A woman who, on 22 December 2023, attended a performance of Ruby Sunday's band at (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"]) the King's Arms in London. (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"])
- The avatar of the Villengard Automated Ambulance Unit used by 5 October 5087 by the Anglican Marines. (TV: Boom [+]Loading...["Boom (TV story)"])
- Gina Scalzi of Pacifico Del Rio, one of the original crew of Baby Station Beta in 21500. (TV: Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (TV story)"])
- Penny Pepper-Bean, mother of Lindy on Finetime. (TV: Dot and Bubble [+]Loading...["Dot and Bubble (TV story)"])
- The mother of the Duke of Pemberton, whose portrait was seen by Ruby in 1813. (TV: Rogue [+]Loading...["Rogue (TV story)"])
Other versions of Susan Triad included a Smoogma from the planet Smoog, a Griffin from the planet Varsitay, and a Bleet from the Fivefold Configuration. (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"])
Triad Technology
Susan came to prominence three years prior to 2024 when she founded Triad Technology. Two months before she was set to release her software for free to the world, as an unprecedented gesture of "giving back", she was subconsciously compelled to change the name of the company to S Triad Technology. Unbeknownst to her, this attracted the attention of UNIT due to the new name being an anagram of "TARDIS". She was placed under close surveillance with Melanie Bush becoming one of her employees.
After the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday noticed the lookalikes of Susan Triad they kept meeting throughout time and space, Mel introduced the Doctor to her; he questioned her about the dreams she was having. She was shocked that he knew of them, such as "being" a Villengard Automated Ambulance Unit or Penny Pepper-Bean. She was taken away from the Doctor to start the speech, but became a bit disorientated during the speech thinking about her dreams. As Sutekh revealed himself back at UNIT HQ, his voice began to speak to Susan Triad, who became anguished with the question of "what [she was]", before finally losing all individuality and being transformed into a skeletal form as Sutekh fully possessed her and spoke through her. (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"])
Sutekh used her as his operative on Earth whilst Harriet Arbinger piloted the TARDIS. She got the information from the UNIT database for Sutekh to gain control of Mel. During the final confrontation she wanted the Doctor to be killed so that Sutekh would no longer have need of her and she would no longer have a half-life. After Sutekh was defeated, she was returned to her old life. Kate Stewart offered her a job and she was glad to help, even joking she'd "make the tea". (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
Legacy
At some point, Susan Triad had a Q&A with Union Jack; a copy of this issue was later present in the Memory TARDIS. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
