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Carole Ann Lillian Ford ( Higgins; born 16 June 1940) is a British actress best known for her roles as

Susan Foreman Susan Foreman (also known as Susan Campbell in spin-off media) is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Caro ...

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television series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'', and as Bettina in the 1962 film adaptation of ''

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''.

Life and career

Ford has had a long and diverse acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals, including ''

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'', ''Stranger in the House'', ''Bakerloo to Paradise'', ''

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'', ''The Rumpus'', ''

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'', ''Inadmissible Evidence'', ''Enrico'', ''Expresso Bongo'', ''

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

'', '' You Never Can Tell'', ''Ned Kelly'', ''Mother'', ''MacBett'', '' The Boy Friend'', ''Have You Seen Manchester'' and ''

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''. Her film appearances include ''

'' (1962) as the blind French girl Bettina, ''

Mix Me a Person ''Mix Me a Person'' is a 1962 British crime drama film directed by Leslie Norman, starring Anne Baxter, Donald Sinden, Adam Faith, Walter Brown and Carole Ann Ford. The screenplay concerns a young London criminal who is faced with being hang ...

'' (1962), ''

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'' (1966), '' The Hiding Place'' (1975) and ''

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'' (1976). In addition to ''

'', her television appearances include ''Suspense'' (in the episode "Man on a Bicycle"), ''

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'' (in the episode "Affairs and Relations"), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Attorney General'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Probation Officer'' and ''

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'' (1967). Ford appeared on ''

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'' and various quiz shows, and has performed many voice-overs and voice dubs.

''Doctor Who''

According to the documentary ''Doctor Who: Origins'', an appearance on ''

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'' prompted Ford's

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for the role of Susan in ''Doctor Who'' in 1963. Playing the granddaughter of the

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, Ford was one of the three original companions to accompany

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's incarnation of the Time Lord. According to Ford, Susan was originally intended to be a character similar to those in ''

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'', with telepathic abilities as well as the skills to fly the

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, but in the series she was made to be far more ordinary. Her character departed from the series at the conclusion of the 1964 serial ''

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'', but returned briefly for both the series's 20th-anniversary TV special, ''

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'' (1983), and 30th-anniversary charity special, ''

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'' (1993). She appeared as a different character in the independent ''Doctor Who'' spin-off film '' Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans'' (1995). Ford mostly stopped acting following an illness in 1977 which led to a dramatic weight reduction and the loss of her voice (it recovered later). Since then, she taught voice and presentation skills and dialogue coaching to politicians, businesspeople,

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s, and actors. Since the 2000s, however, she has made a limited return to the profession, reprising the role of Susan in a number of ''Doctor Who''

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(some of which have been broadcast on

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): two ''

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'' stories, '' Auld Mortality'' and '' A Storm of Angels''; two ''

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'' stories, '' Here There Be Monsters'' and ''

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''; and three stories also featuring the Doctor, starting with the subscription-only release ''

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'', in which her character is reunited with

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, followed by ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was played by Claudia Grant in the

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docu-drama ''

An Adventure in Space and Time ''An Adventure in Space and Time'' is a 2013 British biographical television film, starring David Bradley, Brian Cox, Jessica Raine and Sacha Dhawan. Directed by Terry McDonough, and written by regular ''Doctor Who'' writer Mark Gatiss, it p ...

'', which dramatises the story of the conception of ''Doctor Who'' and was broadcast on 21 November 2013 to complement the series' 50th-anniversary special. Ford herself appeared in a small role as a character named Joyce. In November 2013, Ford appeared in the one-off 50th-anniversary comedy homage ''

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''.The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
, BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013 Ford also narrated the behind the scenes look at the making of ''An Adventure In Space And Time'', "The Making of Doctor Who". She examines the making of Doctor Who and what it was like to work with

(the

First Doctor The First Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor William Hartnell. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time L ...

Filmography

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