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:: It's not just the Hartnell era - she was also credited as Susan Foreman in The Five Doctors. And the BBC radio play "Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman" also shows that audiences 30 years later generally understood the character to be named Susan Foreman. (Edit: She has also been credited as "Susan Foreman" in Big Finish audios set after the Dalek Invasion - [https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-after-the-daleks-2229 example].) The TV credits should settle the matter, but if people are concerned for some reason about the name being an alias, the eighth Doctor angrily tells I.M. Foreman in Interference that "My granddaughter even named herself after you," so it's evidently a meaningful choice that characters are discussing emotively centuries later rather than some trivial bureaucratic decision. [[User:PintlessMan|PintlessMan]] [[User talk:PintlessMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:04, 23 November 2022 (UTC) | :: It's not just the Hartnell era - she was also credited as Susan Foreman in The Five Doctors. And the BBC radio play "Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman" also shows that audiences 30 years later generally understood the character to be named Susan Foreman. (Edit: She has also been credited as "Susan Foreman" in Big Finish audios set after the Dalek Invasion - [https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-after-the-daleks-2229 example].) The TV credits should settle the matter, but if people are concerned for some reason about the name being an alias, the eighth Doctor angrily tells I.M. Foreman in Interference that "My granddaughter even named herself after you," so it's evidently a meaningful choice that characters are discussing emotively centuries later rather than some trivial bureaucratic decision. [[User:PintlessMan|PintlessMan]] [[User talk:PintlessMan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:04, 23 November 2022 (UTC) | ||
:::Jack did say "with the exception of ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]''". But I'm in favor of moving her back. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:13, 23 November 2022 (UTC) | :::Jack did say "with the exception of ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]''". But I'm in favor of moving her back. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:13, 23 November 2022 (UTC) | ||
:Firstly, I agree the page should be moved back. "Foreman" is a part of the character's identity both in-universe and out. But also, I just noticed that [[T:DAB]] still uses [[Susan]] as an example of a page which should be a disambiguation page! While that policy does have a section on primary topics, I don't think that applies here. It first says common English names should always be disambiguation pages. So not only do I think [[Susan Foreman]] is a better page title, but we should not even be using the page [[Susan]] for her— both because that page is supposed to be a disambiguation, and because she actually has a last name to use. The concept of primary topics is much about what readers would search for, and I'd argue that's more likely to be Susan Foreman than just Susan. [[User:Chubby Potato|Chubby Potato]] [[User talk:Chubby Potato|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:24, 12 January 2023 (UTC) | |||