Carole Ann Ford was born in June 1940 and first appeared in a film at the age of eight. Following acting and elocution lessons, she started doing commercials and walk-on work, and her first proper role was in the play "Women of the Streets." She continued working in theatre, film (including "Day of the Triffids") and television (including "...
We all had a great deal of fun doing 'The Five Doctors'. Richard Hurndall was marvellous, spooky actually. He hasn't recreated him - he hasn't tried to do another William Hartnell and yet somehow or other he looks so much like him. I suppose that's John Nathan-Turner's doing, actually - casting him, knowing the sort of performance he'd give. John is lovely - everybody gets on well with him
2
The part I was originally offered ended up being something completely different, and if I'd known I was going to be asked to do the lady I finished up doing for a year, I wouldn't have been quite so happy to do it. I was doing another television play, and up in the control box was not only the director of the programme I was doing but also Verity Lambert and Waris Hussein. I've never asked her what she was doing up there, I presume she was just a friend of the man directing it. Whether or not she said to him 'I'm looking for someone for this part' and he said 'Well come and have a look at this girl', I don't know. Anyway, they saw I was a good screamer and offered me the part.
3
The mix of stories was fantastic - the science-fiction ones were great, the historical ones were wonderful. I suppose the historicals came out slightly better. John Lucarotti was a great writer. My favourite story was 'Planet of Giants'. The sets were superb - you almost didn't need to act. Mind you, there were ones that I wasn't so keen on, such as 'The Edge of Destruction'. We went mad for two episodes, and I think that was simply because none of us knew what it was all about - we just didn't know what we were doing. And not only because it was so quick - it was frankly so weird and whenever we asked why we were behaving in a particular way we were just told to get on with it and say the words!
4
Bill Hartnell was lovely. There was a great team feeling. We were in contact with David Whitaker and Mervyn Pinfield all the time. It was a great big cumulative business - a much more chummy, family-type business than I think it is today, possibly because it's such a big production now.
5
It was a tiring schedule on the show. We often recorded them as if they were live, without any breaks for nearly twenty-five minutes. The air conditioning wasn't very good in the studios and we really sweated our heads off and the TARDIS console would keep going wrong because of the heat. I would have been happy to have left earlier.
6
It never had to be made up to time, but we certainly used to put some of our own ideas into it simply because of continuation of character. When you are doing it for a long period like that, inevitably new directors come in who don't necessarily know every aspect of your character, and there are writers to come on to the programme likewise, and so you have to change things when you know your character just wouldn't be doing this.
7
I left Dr Who after 18 months as my character was going nowhere. In truth, I wished I had never gone into it. Afterwards all the scripts that came my way were for 15-year olds.
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Fact
1
Her favourite Doctor Who (1963) was "Marco Polo", which sadly no longer exists. She also named "Planet of the Giants" as a favourite.
2
Ford remained close friends with William Hartnell after leaving Doctor Who (1963), and was devastated by his 1975 death.
3
She worked as a glamour model in the late 1950s.
4
After leaving Doctor Who (1963), she made a guest appearance in a detective drama as prostitute. When the episode aired, she received angry letters from parents of children who watched her.
5
Currently a vocal coach in London. [October 1999]
6
Has two daughters with her husband.
7
Left the acting profession to concentrate on her family.
8
Was the first of the original TARDIS crew to leave Doctor Who (1963), after eighteen months of playing Susan Foreman. She returned to the role of Susan for the twentieth anniversary story: Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
TV Movie
Carole Ann Ford
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
TV Movie
Joyce
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
2012
Video short
Susan
Soul's Ark
1999
Video
Stella Grant
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1994
Video
Zorelle
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
TV Short
Susan Foreman
Doctor Who
1963-1983
TV Series
Susan Foreman
The Hiding Place
1975
Woman (uncredited)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1974
TV Series
Valerie
The Man Outside
1967
Cindy
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
Albertine
Public Eye
1965
TV Series
Jenny Graham
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
Girl in seaside kiosk
Suspense
1963
TV Series
Jacky
Moonstrike
1963
TV Series
Harpers West One
1962
TV Series
Marilyn
Mix Me a Person
1962
Jenny
Top Secret
1962
TV Series
Sonia
The Day of the Triffids
1962
Bettina (as Carol Ann Ford)
Z Cars
1962
TV Series
Rita
Crying Down the Lane
1962
TV Mini-Series
Jenny
The Attorney-General
1961
TV Movie
Martha Salisbury
No Hiding Place
1961
TV Series
Mary Donovan
Dixon of Dock Green
1961
TV Series
Helen Layton
Emergency-Ward 10
1960
TV Series
Miss ffoulkes
The Ghost Train Murder
1959
Short
Jean
Probation Officer
1959
TV Series
Susan Portway
Horrors of the Black Museum
1959
Teen in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
Theatre Night
1958
TV Series
Ensemble
The Last Load
1948
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctor Who Explained
2013
TV Movie
Herself / Susan Foreman
Doctor Who at the Proms
2013
TV Movie
Herself
BBC Proms
2013
TV Series
Herself
Don't Lose Your Head
2012
Video documentary short
Herself
Rediscovering 'The Urge to Live'
2012
Video documentary short
Herself
Daleks! Conquer and Destroy
2010
Video documentary short
Herself
Girls! Girls! Girls! The 1960s
2009
Video documentary short
Herself
Celebration
2008
Video documentary
Herself
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
Video documentary
Herself / Susan Foreman
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006
Video documentary short
Herself / Susan Foreman
Over the Edge: The Story of the Edge of Destruction
2006
Video documentary short
Herself / Susan Foreman
The Story of 'Doctor Who'
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Adventures in Space and Time
1999
TV Special documentary short
Herself
Myth Makers: William Hartnell
1999
Video documentary
Herself
Lust in Space
1998
Video
Herself
The Time, the Place
1996
TV Series
Herself
Doctor Who: 30 Years in the Tardis
1993
TV Movie documentary
Herself
'Doctor Who': Then and Now
1987
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Myth Makers Vol. 7: Myth Runner
1987
Video
Herself
Children in Need
1985
TV Series
Herself
Nationwide
1978
TV Series documentary
Herself
Juke Box Jury
1963-1964
TV Series
Herself - Panellist
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
TV Movie documentary
Herself (as Carole Anne Ford)
William Hartnell: The Original
2013
TV Short documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctors
2015
TV Series
Susan Foreman
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
TV Movie
Susan
The Culture Show
2013
TV Series documentary
Susan
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
TV Movie
Susan Foreman (uncredited)
Doctor Who
2013
TV Series
Susan Foreman
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Susan Foreman
Rewind the 60s
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Susan Foreman
Mounting the Rescue
2009
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman
Doctor Who Confidential
2009
TV Series documentary
Susan Foreman
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
TV Movie documentary
Susan Foreman (uncredited)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Video documentary short
Susan
5 Doctors One Studio
2008
Video documentary short
Susan
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
2007
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman
The Crowded TARDIS
2007
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman
Love Off-Air
2006
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman
The Dalek Tapes
2006
Video documentary
Susan Foreman
Creation of the Daleks
2006
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman (uncredited)
Masters of Sound
2006
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman
Tales of Isop
2005
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman
Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
2005
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman
Future Memories: Making the Dalek Invasion of Earth
2003
Video documentary
Susan Foreman
Restoring 'The Aztecs'
2002
Video documentary short
Susan Foreman
'Doctor Who': Daleks - The Early Years
1993
Video documentary
Susan Foreman (uncredited)
Resistance Is Useless
1992
TV Movie documentary
Susan Foreman
'Doctor Who': The Hartnell Years
1991
Video documentary
Susan Foreman (segment "An Unearthly Child")
The Rock 'n' Roll Years
1985
TV Series
Susan Foreman
The Lively Arts
1977
TV Series documentary
Susan Foreman
Known for movies
Doctor Who (1963-1983) as Susan Foreman
The Day of the Triffids (1962) as Bettina
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) as Joyce
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (1994) as Zorelle
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