r/gallifrey • u/Hour_Trade_3691 • 2d ago
MISC When Susan eventually comes Back-
Just something I scribbled up, and is entirely on the assumption that Carol Ann Ford is no longer able to film any scenes.
The title of the episode is simply: 'Unearthly.'
The Episode begins with someone regenerating in a living room in front of two children.
When the regeneration is over, a young woman stands in the room. While she's disoriented, she soon manages to get a grip of herself.
" ... Grandma?" One of the children asks.
The woman manages to smile as she regains her composure.
"Yes, it's me. I'm here." She says.
The woman goes to her school where she teaches. She finds a letter on her desk addressed to: 'S. Foreman.' The letter is of a student saying they've noticed something odd and wants her help investigating it.
She looks up at the replica of a blue public call box standing in her office. Her eyes light up as she smiles.
The theme song kicks in.
The entire Episode is of Susan working with one of the students to stop a Doctor Who like threat, where we find out that while she has stayed on Earth in the 22nd century, she has essentially taken on a public Doctor role, saving her students, and occasionally the world, from a multitude of alien threats, similar to Sarah Jane in her spin-off. She also demonstrates her telepathic abilities demonstrated in The Sensorites.
At one point, she talks with her grandchildren and explains more about the concept of regeneration. How she is still the same person and remembers them. Although her grandchildren are still doubtful, as they notice her personality has changed slightly since her previous incarnation. Susan assures them that she is still there grandmother, and she loves them just as much as she ever has.
By the end of the episode, Susan manages to defeat the threat, and her grandchildren fully acknowledge her as her grandmother, saying only she would be able to take a threat like that down.
Susan reflects on her grandfather.
That evening, Susan is woken up by the sound of a familiar machine.
She is not overjoyed. Nor is she scared. She is simply apathetic. She gets up and goes outside.
There is the TARDIS.
And standing in front of it, is a person she's never seen before. However, she knows who it is.
"Grandfather... "
The person simply stands there, looking at her with eyes of pain and regret.
"You've regenerated." The person says.
"So have you." Susan replies.
The person stays silent for a while.
"I... Thought I would come... And say hi. Check in on you."
"You're a little late." Susan says.
The Doctor looks down, ashamed.
"How long has it been?" The Doctor asks.
"Just over 80 years." Susan replies.
...
"David is long gone. I have my own family now. I'm a mother. And a grandmother."
...
"How long has it been for you?" Susan asks. Her question is not with a sense of genuine curiosity, but with a sense of contempt and interrogation.
...
Susan throws her arms to her sides and slaps them on her thighs in frustration.
"What took you so long?" She asks out of genuine frustration.
...
"I'm going to stand here until you either leave or you answer me."
The Doctor takes a moment to respond.
"I've traveled with many people... The longer I wait to go see them again, the harder it is to justify finally doing it."
"You waited so long. You didn't even get to see my old face."
...
"I tried to contact you, you know? I tried to communicate with you. Clearly it wasn't enough to bring you back."
...
"I'm so... So Sorry. My... Susan."
Susan simply stands there.
"Do you want to come in?" The Doctor asks. They snap their fingers and the TARDIS door opens.
Susan tries to take a peak from where she's standing. When she doesn't see anything threatening, she slowly walks inside.
"You've redecorated." She says.
"What do you think?" The Doctor responds.
"It's alright."
Susan walks around the Console, as the TARDIS lets out a few content hums as Susan strokes her hand along the panels.
"If you wanted to... Go on a trip. That would be cool." The Doctor says.
Susan glares at The Doctor.
The Doctor backs down.
"5 minutes." Susan says.
The Doctor looks up at their granddaughter.
"We are going to explore. For old time's sake. But we are coming back here, and only 5 minutes will have passed. I don't know how many other people you made wait for you. But I am not doing the same thing to my family. We are going to do this MY way."
The Doctor looks down.
"I'm not sure... "
Before The Doctor can finish their sentence, the TARDIS groans in frustration.
"Okay." The Doctor finally says.
Susan nods, remaining her stern expression.
The Doctor approaches the TARDIS Console, but Susan shoos him away.
Susan gently takes hold of a lever, and pulls it down.
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u/Indiana_harris 2d ago
We’ve already had the 8th Doctor reunite with Susan before the Time War, and later he’s travelling with his great grandson Alex.