Carole Ann Ford

Acting

Carole Ann Ford

Born June 16, 1940 (age 86)

Carole Ann Lillian Ford (née Higgins; born 16 June 1940) is a British actress best known for her roles as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and as Bettina in the 1962 film adaptation of The Day of the Triffids.

Known For

The Day of the TriffidsThe Day of the Triffids · 1963
The Day of the Triffids
★ 6.11963
MovieScience FictionHorror
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
HarbingerHarbinger · 2026
Harbinger
★ 2.32026
MovieHorror
Julia, sole survivor of late serial killer Decker, is lured back to the house she shared with him for a ghost hunting TV show. The crew discover the 'Harbinger' - a fairground fortune telling machine that reveals their fates one by one.
Doctor Who: Dimensions in TimeDoctor Who: Dimensions in Time · 1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
★ 4.81993
MovieScience FictionAdventure
All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
Horrors of the Black MuseumHorrors of the Black Museum · 1959
Horrors of the Black Museum
★ 5.91959
MovieHorror
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarDoctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War · 2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
★ 5.12025
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still unable to get her home to Earth, Belinda must fight for her life as the Doctor faces an almighty threat to reality itself…
Doctor Who: The Keys of MarinusDoctor Who: The Keys of Marinus · 1964
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
★ 6.21964
MovieScience FictionDrama
The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
The Hiding PlaceThe Hiding Place · 1975
The Hiding Place
★ 6.91975
MovieDramaHistory
Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-World War II Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. Suspected of hiding Jews and caught breaking rationing rules, they are sent to a concentration camp, where their Christian faith keeps them from despair and bitterness.
An Adventure in Space and TimeAn Adventure in Space and Time · 2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
★ 7.72013
MovieDrama
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.

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Doctor Who: The Daleks in ColourDoctor Who: The Daleks in Colour · 2023
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
★ 6.62023
MovieScience FictionDrama
The very first crew of the TARDIS land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy... the mutant Daleks. It's time to encounter the Daleks once again, but this time in a way you've never seen them before. Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, the seven original episodes of the first Dalek story have received a cosmic makeover, dazzlingly colourised and woven together into a 75-minute blockbuster with brand-new sound and a brand-new score created by Mark Ayres. The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original story remains as thrilling as it was in 1963.

Susan Foreman (archive footage)

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? · 1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
★ 7.71973
SeriesComedy
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. In 1976, a feature film spin-off was made. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press and have not spoken since. This long-suspected situation was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Unlike Bewes, Bolam is consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and has vetoed any attempt to revive his character.

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