Re: [NEWS] RTD has no idea if Billie Piper is the next Doctor

On 2025-07-10 23:27:54 +0000, Melissa Hollingsworth said:

Verily, in article <104pa32$125qt$1@dont-email.me>, did
YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:

 In the original episodes, Susan was enrolled as a student at a local
school, so she would have been high school age (like Dawson's Creek,
Smallville, Beverly Hills 90210, etc.).

 Yeah, I did get that after a bit, thanks. It just didn't make visual
sense.
 I was about 14, and it was flamingly obvious to me that she was
significantly older than I was. I wondered if Time Lords had a different
life cycle.

Yep.
    "Playing the granddaughter of the Doctor, she was one of the
     first companions to appear in the show in 1963; although
     Ford was twenty-three at the time, Susan was depicted as
     being fifteen."
     <https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Carole_Ann_Ford>
Having older actors playing younger roles is often done to get around the limitations and laws for child working hours, time off required for education, filming of more adult scenes (even things like simply kissing), etc.