Doctor Who - Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? - Adrian Mourby Audiobook

Written by Adrian Mourby
Read by Jane Asher, James Grout, Claire Rayner, June Barry, Eva Haddon, Andrew Sachs, Peter Woodthorpe and Becky Harrison
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization

Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? was a mockumentary that aired on BBC Radio 4 as the fifth instalment of Adrian Mourby’s Sony Award-winning first series of Whatever Happened to …?

Like the other episodes, it examined the life of a fictional character through the realistic lens of a researcher conducting an interview with a subject. Consequently, its format forced the actors to play the scenes “straight”, which in turn enhanced the parodic elements of the piece. In a sense, its structure removed Susan (played here by Jane Asher) from the Doctor Who universe, allowing her metafictional comment upon it.

Its format also allowed the researcher to directly ask Susan many questions that naturally resulted from her appearances on Doctor Who. Whether or not one agreed with the answers, Whatever Happened was the first piece of performed Doctor Who to answer such things as:

Did the Doctor ever see Susan after the events of The Dalek Invasion of Earth?
Who were Susan’s parents, and why did they let her travel with her grandfather?
Why did the Doctor choose 1963 London as a place to settle down?
What became of Susan and Ian after they stopped travelling with the Doctor?
Did Susan actually marry and stay in 2164 London the rest of her life?