Want to ask Doctor Who's Carole Ann Ford a question? Submit yours now
Doctor Who's very first companion returned to screens earlier this year.
After starring in the first ever episodes with William Hartnell and paving the way for every single companion that would come after her, Carole Ann Ford made a highly anticipated return to Doctor Who this year.
Now, Radio Times is set to welcome the Doctor Who legend for an in-depth interview about her time as Susan Foreman - and you've got the chance to ask her a question.
If you have a question you've been dying to ask Ford, submit it in the box below and we'll do our best to get it asked. We can't guarantee all questions will be asked - so make sure you make it a good one!
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Carole first appeared as Susan in the iconic first ever Doctor Who story, An Unearthly Child, which aired in 1963, but she left the show in 1964 (with the Doctor unceremoniously locking Susan out of the TARDIS).
Ford later returned in Doctor Who's 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors (plus Children in Need special Dimensions in Time). Susan was also referenced in two episodes in season 14, with fans calling for her return and, in The Interstellar Song Contest, it finally happened!
Speaking about why it was the right time to bring Ford back, showrunner Russell T Davies said on Doctor Who: Unleashed: "At that extreme moment in the Doctor’s life where he’s frozen in space and could be dying, I wanted something extraordinary to bring him back.
"It was a great moment sitting with Juno [Dawson], who wrote that script, to say ‘Please can you put in Susan? Please can Susan appear to him and pull him out of his deep freeze?’
"She was like, ‘Wow! Will I do that or what?!’ And then along she came. Carole Ann Ford came to the studio. Top secrecy, everything closed down, everyone signing NDAs, brought in on to the TARDIS."
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Louise Griffin is the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Editor for Radio Times, covering everything from Doctor Who, Star Wars and Marvel to House of the Dragon and Good Omens. She previously worked at Metro as a Senior Entertainment Reporter and has a degree in English Literature.
