that entry: Reviewer Barbara Wheatley wrote: "C.S. Lewis left to a whole generation of devoted fans an unsolved perplexing riddle - why did Susan have to be excluded and alienated from Narnia? It certainly serves no purpose in the plot of The Last Battle or of the Narnia Series as a whole. To my mind, there is a logical explanation – though admittedly, I found no quotation of Lewis to support it. The fate of Susan makes perfect sense when viewed as leaving the way open for a sequel. Susan needs to be separated from the others and become immersed in the mundane world so that she would grow up, get married and have children of her own, and it is they who would have a whole new series of adventures – presumably not in Narnia, whose story is most definitely concluded, but in some brand-new world. Unfortunately, if that was Lewis' aim, he never got around to writing that sequel, and we are all the poorer for it". Criticism Fantasy author Neil Gaiman's 2004 short story "The Problem of Susan" depicts its protagonist, Professor Hastings (who strongly resembles an adult version of Susan), dealing with the grief and trauma of her entire family's death in a train crash, as she is interviewed by a college literature student regarding her opinion on Susan's place in the Narnia books. Since the publication of Gaiman's story, "the problem of Susan" has become used more widely as a catchphrase for the literary and feminist investigation into Susan's treatment. Authors J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman, both of whom were influenced by Lewis, have also commented on the issue: Portrayals In the six-part 1960 BBC Home Service adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Susan is played by Carol Marsh. In the 1967 ITV serial, Susan was played by Zuleika Robson. In the 1988–1997 BBC Radio 4 adaptations of the Narnia books, Abigail Docherty played Susan in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Susie Hay played her in Prince Caspian and Deborah Berlin played the adult Queen Susan in The Horse and his Boy. In the 1979 Warner Bros. TV movie adaptation, she is voiced by Susan Sokol. In the 1988 BBC production, Susan is portrayed by Sophie Cook. In the 2005 Disney film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Susan is portrayed by British actress