DOCTOR WHO HAS been running for so long, it’s almost impossible to imagine a world in which it was brand new. But even though it was 57 years ago, Carole Ann Ford distinctly remembers how she felt when she was offered the role of the Doctor’s granddaughter Susan, for a new sci-fi drama.
“Oh, I was hugely excited, of course!” she beams. “And intrigued, because there’d been nothing like it before, so there was no way of saying, ‘Oh, I’m going to be a part of that’. All the people who came to the series afterwards could prepare themselves for it. But I had no idea. None of us had any idea about the impact it was going to have.”
The four original cast members – William Hartnell (the Doctor), William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright), and Carole Ann herself – were assembled in the summer of 1963. That first meeting with her co-stars lives long in Ford’s memory.
“Yes, well, largely I felt a bit intimidated!” she laughs. “They were all delightful – and very friendly – but so much more experienced than I was. Again, there was the question of, ‘Am I going to be able to handle this?’ But in the end, we became like a little family, you know? It was wonderful.”
In those days William Hartnell was better known for playing gruff military roles, and saw the role of the Doctor as a chance to show his softer side. Although Ford felt daunted by such an established performer, she soon formed a close bond with him.
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