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Dorothy ("Ace")
Ace
Affiliated with Seventh Doctor
Race Human
Home planet Earth
Home era 20th century
First appearance Dragonfire
Last appearance Survival
Portrayed by Sophie Aldred

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Character history

Ace first appears in the 1987 serial Dragonfire, where she is working as a waitress on the planet Iceworld. Dragonfire is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three She had been a troubled teen on Earth, having been expelled from school for blowing up the art room as a "creative statement". Gifted in chemistry (despite failing it for her O-levels), she was in her room experimenting with the extraction of nitroglycerin from gelignite when a time storm swept her up and transported her to Iceworld, and far in her future. The General Certificate of Education or GCE is a secondary-level academic qualification that Examination boards in the United Kingdom confer to students Nitroglycerin ( NG) ( US spelling also known as nitroglycerine, ( UK Spelling trinitroglycerin, trinitroglycerine Gelignite, also known as blasting gelatin, is an Explosive material consisting of Collodion - Cotton (a type of Nitrocellulose There, she meets the Doctor and his companion Mel. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in Melanie "Mel" Bush is a fictional character played by Bonnie Langford in the long-running British science fiction television series When Mel leaves the Doctor at the conclusion of the serial, he offers to take Ace with him in the TARDIS, and she happily accepts. The TARDIS ( T ime A nd R elative D imension(s I n S pace is a time machine and Spacecraft in the

Ace has suffered traumatic events in her childhood, including a bad relationship with her mother and the racist firebombing of her friend Manisha's flat when she was 13. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that The Molotov cocktail, also known as the booze bomb, alcohol bomb or Molotov bomb, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary Following the latter event, needing to lash out, she burnt down a local abandoned Victorian house named Gabriel Chase after sensing an evil aura there and was put on probation. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Probation is the suspension of all or part of a jail sentence the Criminal who is "on probation" has been convicted of a crime but instead of serving jail Consequently, Ace covers up her own fears and insecurities with a streetwise, tough exterior. Her weapon of choice, disapproved of by the Doctor (who nonetheless finds it useful on occasion), is a powerful explosive she called "Nitro-9", which she mixes up in canisters and carries around in her backpack.

Affectionately giving the Doctor the nickname of "Professor", she is convinced that the Doctor needs her to watch his back, and protects him with a fierce loyalty. In turn, the Doctor seems to take a special interest in Ace's education, taking her across the universe and often prompting her to figure out explanations for herself rather than giving her all the answers. However, the Doctor becomes more mysterious, single-minded and calculating after taking her on, and though he acts with her best intentions at heart, his higher motives and morality, as well as his strong tendency to manipulate events and people, including Ace, result in several difficult moments in their relationship.

Under the Doctor's tutelage, Ace fights the Daleks in 1963 (Remembrance of the Daleks) and the Cybermen in 1988 (Silver Nemesis), encounters the all-powerful Gods of Ragnarok in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, the sadistic torturer called the Kandy Man in The Happiness Patrol, and many other dangers. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television Remembrance of the Daleks is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast The Cybermen are a Fictional race of Cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British Science fiction television Silver Nemesis is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in the This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has featured many Robots The Daleks and Cybermen are The Happiness Patrol is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast She also faces the ghosts of her own past in Ghost Light and The Curse of Fenric, enabling parts of her own timeline, including her birth, in the process. Ghost Light is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three The Curse of Fenric is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast Over time, she begins to mature into a confident young woman, and her brash exterior ceases to be a front.

What the Doctor is aware of, but Ace is not, is that her arrival on Iceworld was no accident but part of a larger scheme conceived by Fenric, an evil that had existed since the beginning of the universe, a plan that stretches across the centuries. This is a list of villains from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Ace is a "Wolf of Fenric", one of many descendants of a Viking tainted with Fenric's genetic instructions to help free it from its ancient prison, and a pawn in the complex game between it and the Doctor. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas After Fenric is defeated, Ace continues to journey with the Doctor.

The circumstances of Ace's parting of ways with the Doctor are not known, as the series went on hiatus in 1989 with the end of the very next serial, Survival, in which Ace is returned by the Doctor to Perivale but ultimately chooses to leave again with him. Survival is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three parts A painting seen in the extended version of the serial Silver Nemesis suggests that at some point in her personal future Ace will end up in 18th or 19th Century France. Silver Nemesis is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This idea is further explored in the novelisation of The Curse of Fenric and the Virgin New Adventures. The Virgin New Adventures ( NA s were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series The novelisation contains an epilogue not included in the televised serial, in which the Doctor visits an older Ace in 1887 Paris.

If the series had continued, the production team's intent was to have Ace eventually enter the Prydon Academy on the Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey and train to be a Time Lord. Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and is the homeworld The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' The story Ice Time by Marc Platt, in which this would happen, was never made. Marc Platt (born 1953 is a British writer He is most known for his work with the BBC Science fiction Television When the Seventh Doctor is next seen in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, he is travelling alone, with no reference to what had happened to him or Ace in the interim.

Other appearances

Ace after rejoining The Doctor in Deceit.
Ace after rejoining The Doctor in Deceit.

Ace and the Seventh Doctor appeared twice more on television after Doctor Who was cancelled. The first was in 1990, in a special episode of the BBC2 educational programme Search Out Science. In this episode, the Doctor acts as a quiz show host, asking questions about astronomy; Ace, K-9 and "Cedric, from the planet Glurk" are the contestants. K-9, or K9, is the name of several fictional Robotic dogs in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor The last appearance of Ace on British television was in the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time. Dimensions in Time is a charity special crossover between the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who and Neither of these appearances is generally considered canonical. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series

Ace was also featured in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip sporadically, one of the few television companions to appear in it. Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a Magazine devoted to the long-running British Science fiction television A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist

The character is extensively developed in the New Adventures, a BBC-licensed series of novels from Virgin Books continuing on from Survival. The Virgin New Adventures ( NA s were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book Publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally Ace becomes more and more frustrated with the Doctor's manipulations, eventually leaving his company in Love and War by Paul Cornell. Love and War is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Paul Cornell (born July 18 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction She joins Spacefleet and fights the Daleks for three years, later rejoining the Doctor and his new companion Bernice Summerfield in Deceit by Peter Darvill-Evans, older and more hardened. Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a Fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell Deceit is an original novel written by Peter Darvill-Evans and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Peter Darvill-Evans (born 1954 Buckinghamshire, England) is a British writer and editor This development in the character was the result of a deliberate decision by Darvill-Evans as the editor of the line at Virgin to change Ace and her role in the ongoing narrative. It is first revealed in Blood Heat by John Mortimore that Manisha had died in the firebombing of her flat. Blood Heat is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor The name John Mortimore refers to a number of people John Mortimore (cricketer John Mortimore (footballer

Ace's relationship with the Doctor remains strained for some time, but by No Future (also by Cornell) they have resolved their differences. No Future is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor In Set Piece by Kate Orman, Ace leaves the Doctor again to become Time's Vigilante, using a short-range time hopper mounted on a motorcycle to patrol a particular segment of time; in effect doing what the Doctor does, but on a smaller scale. Set Piece is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Kate Orman (born 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian author best-known for her books connected to the British She shows up in later books, notably Head Games, Happy Endings, and Lungbarrow. Head Games is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Happy Endings is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Lungbarrow is an original novel written by Marc Platt and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor

Other spin-off media give contradictory versions of Ace's eventual fate. Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of but related to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor The comic strip in Doctor Who Magazine has Ace being killed off just prior to the events of the 1996 television movie (Ground Zero, DWM #238-#242). Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a Magazine devoted to the long-running British Science fiction television In the webcast audio play Death Comes to Time, Ace inherits the mantle of the Time Lords when they become extinct. Death Comes to Time is a Webcast audio drama based on the long-running British Science fiction Television series Doctor These contradictory fates were all in stories licensed by or, in the last case, made by a part of the BBC (BBCi), and there is fan debate as to which, if any, should be considered canonical. Ace's fate has yet to be referred to in the new Doctor Who television series of 2005, making her one of the few companions whose departure from the TARDIS has yet to be chronicled on television.

Ace's first name is Dorothy. Production notes suggest that it was intended that her last name would be Gale, an allusion to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, given the fact that she was transported to Iceworld via a time storm. The novels (and, following their lead, Big Finish audio plays), however, have given Ace the last name of McShane. Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to Compact disc and A sequence of BBC Books' Past Doctor Adventures set after Survival and written by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry used the "Dorothy Gale" name, as the authors were unaware of the name used in the New Adventures. The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC Science fiction Mike Tucker (born South Wales is a Special effects expert who worked for many years at the BBC Television Visual Effects Department and now works as a freelance Robert Perry (born South Wales is a television writer He was script-editor on the BBC Soap opera EastEnders, as well as writing for the television This was eventually resolved to some exent when the novel Relative Dementias by Mark Michalowski gave her full name as Dorothy Gale McShane, a version later taken up by the audios. Relative Dementias is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Michalowski and based on the long-running British science fiction television Mark Michalowski (born 1963 in Chesterfield) is the editor of Shout!, " Yorkshire 's lesbian gay bisexual and transgender paper" as well as being

Sophie Aldred has voiced Ace for several audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions, alongside Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and, in some stories, Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield or Philip Olivier as Hex. Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith 20 August 1943 is a Scottish actor. Lisa Bowerman is a British actress. Bowerman was a regular in the first two series of BBC medical drama Casualty playing Sandra Mute Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a Fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell Philip Olivier (born Philip Lee Borg-Olivier 4 June 1980 in Liverpool) is an English Actor and model. Thomas Hector Schofield, nicknamed Hex, is a Fictional character played by Philip Olivier in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions In one of these stories, The Rapture, Ace discovers that she has a brother named Liam, of whom she had no previous knowledge. The Rapture is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series As the more experienced traveller, Ace has developed a slightly flirtatious mentor-teacher relationship with Hex. How the audio plays tie in with the other media is not clear, and the continuity of the various lines may not match up with each other.

In 1996, Virgin's Doctor Who Books imprint published a hardback by Sophie Aldred and Mike Tucker entitled Ace!: The Inside Story of the End of an Era (ISBN 1-85227-574-X). This book gives details of each serial featuring the character Ace, complete with many photographs and concept art. It also contains a list of other spin-offs in which the character of Ace appears and some of the conventions which Sophie Aldred attended, along with some information about the planned Season 27, including Ace's departure.

In 1998, BBV produced a number of audio adventures starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred as "The Professor" and "Ace". The plays were not licensed by the BBC, but the duo were clearly intended to be the same characters, to the extent that the BBC intervened, causing BBV to change the character names to "The Dominie" and "Alice". Dominie is a Scots language and Scottish English term for a Scottish Schoolmaster or a minister, usually of the Church of Scotland

The Reeltime Pictures video Mindgame features Sophie Aldred as "the Human", imprisoned with a Sontaran and a Draconian. Reeltime Pictures is a British multimedia film and video production company founded in 1984 by Keith Barnfather. The Sontarans are a Fictional extraterrestrial race from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, invented The Draconians are a Fictional extraterrestrial race from the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. From dialogue, it is possible this character is Ace during the years she spent as a mercenary in the New Adventures.

List of appearances

Television

Season 24
Season 25
Season 26
30th anniversary special

Audio dramas

Big Finish Productions
BBCi webcast

Novels

Virgin New Adventures
Past Doctor Adventures
Telos Doctor Who novellas

Short stories

External links

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