Ace (Doctor Who)

Ace
Student, chemist, anti-fascist, companion
from Doctor Who
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Ace was the last companion in the original run of Doctor Who, who appeared from the 24th to the 26th seasons of the show, travelling with the Seventh Doctor. She was played by Sophie Aldred.

TV Ace

Ace is a white human teenager from Perivale (a suburb of London, England) in the 1980s, who was swept up in a time storm while experimenting with chemistry in her bedroom, and stranded on Iceworld in the far future, where she met the Doctor.

She is a self-made expert in explosives, who makes her own "Nitro-9" canisters and uses them.

Her first name -- which she never uses -- is Dorothy, an allusion to Dorothy Gale, whose character her story echoes.

Ace hates racists and facists and enthusiastically goes along with the Doctor's habit of empire-toppling and monster-fighting, while he regards her as a protégée. She calls him "Professor" (much to his annoyance).

She's a rarity among Doctor Who companions because she doesn't scream.

She received a fair amount of character development and backstory, notably in "The Curse of Fenric", "Ghost Light" and "Survival".

NA Ace

The New Adventures series of Doctor Who spin-off books published after the cancellation of the original television series extensively developed Ace's character.

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