Ace | |
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Doctor Who character | |
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First appearance | Dragonfire (1987) |
Last appearance | Tales of the TARDIS (2023) |
Created by | |
Portrayed by | Sophie Aldred |
Non-canonical appearances | Dimensions in Time (1993) |
Duration | 1987–1989, 1993, 2022–2023 |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Affiliation | Seventh Doctor Thirteenth Doctor UNIT |
Family | Audrey Dudman (mother) |
Relatives | Frank Dudman (grandfather) Kathleen Dudman (grandmother) |
Home | Earth |
Home era | 20th and 21st centuries (born c. 1970,[2] leaves Earth c. 1987[3]) |
Ace is a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.[4] A 20th-century Earth teenager from the London suburb of Perivale, she is a companion of the Seventh Doctor and was a regular in the series from 1987 to 1989 and returned in 2022. [5] She is considered one of the Doctor's most popular companions.[6]
Ace appeared in ten stories (32 episodes), and was the final companion in the original run of the classic series.[7]
Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel said that the character was written to be a "fighter and not a screamer".[8] In the television series Ace reveals that her real given name is Dorothy. Her family name is never explicitly stated in the series but spin-off media refer to her as both Dorothy Gale and Dorothy McShane.