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|name= Kathleen Dudman
|image      = Kathleen Dudman.jpg
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|species    = Human
|species=Human
|job        = Radio operator
|origin= [[Earth]]
|origin     = [[Earth]]
|only= The Curse of Fenric
|spouse      = Frank Dudman
|actor= Cory Pulman
|child      = Audrey Dudman
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|grandchild  = Ace{{!}}Ace McShane
|grandchild2 = Liam McShane
|in-law      = Harry McShane
|first      = The Curse of Fenric (TV story)
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ace of Hearts (short story)|Ace of Hearts]]''
|actor       = Cory Pulman
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'''Kathleen Dudman''', [[Ace]]'s maternal grandmother, worked as a [[radio]] operator at the [[British Army]] base at [[Maiden's Point]] in [[1943]].
'''Kathleen Dudman''', [[Ace]]'s maternal grandmother, worked as a [[radio]] operator at the [[British Army]] base at [[Maiden's Point]] in [[1943]].


Kathleen was the single mother of [[Audrey Dudman|Audrey]]. Her husband, [[Frank Dudman]], was killed during [[World War II]]. She hid her baby in the base because she couldn't find anyone to look after her. After Commander [[Millington]] discovered the baby, he fired her. Ace, not knowing her identity, struck up a friendship with her.
== Biography ==
Kathleen was the widowed mother of [[Audrey Dudman|Audrey]]. Her husband, [[Frank Dudman]], was killed during [[World War II]]. She hid her baby on the base because she couldn't find anyone to look after her. After [[Commander]] [[A. H. Millington]] discovered the baby in [[1943]], he fired Kathleen. Ace, not knowing her identity, struck up a friendship with her and became protective of her. When the troops were mysteriously collecting and confiscating [[chess]] sets, Kathleen hid hers. She escaped the attack on the base by the [[Haemovore]]s. Evacuating in a military vehicle, she was given an address by Ace to which to relocate. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')


When the troops were mysteriously collecting and confiscating [[chess]] sets, Kathleen hid hers. She escaped the attack on the base by the [[Haemovore]]s. Evacuating in a military vehicle, she was given an address by Ace to which to re-locate. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'')
In [[1963]], Audrey went by "Alex" in order to spite her mother, who disapproved of her using a "boys' name". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)|The Shoreditch Intervention]]'')
 
=== Death ===
According to one account, Kathleen died in [[1973]], when Ace was only three-years-old. Audrey cried for days afterwards. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]'')
 
According to another account, Kathleen died in a care home when Ace was a young adult. Ace would visit Kathleen every [[Tuesday]] until the day she died, with Ace believing that Kathleen recognised her from their meeting in 1943 before she passed, as her eyes "sparkled" and she "smiled like she'd never smiled before". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')


She died in [[1973]]. Although Ace was only three at the time, she remembered that her mother Audrey cried for days afterward. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Thoughts]]'')
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Kathleen Dudman, Ace's maternal grandmother, worked as a radio operator at the British Army base at Maiden's Point in 1943.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kathleen was the widowed mother of Audrey. Her husband, Frank Dudman, was killed during World War II. She hid her baby on the base because she couldn't find anyone to look after her. After Commander A. H. Millington discovered the baby in 1943, he fired Kathleen. Ace, not knowing her identity, struck up a friendship with her and became protective of her. When the troops were mysteriously collecting and confiscating chess sets, Kathleen hid hers. She escaped the attack on the base by the Haemovores. Evacuating in a military vehicle, she was given an address by Ace to which to relocate. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)

In 1963, Audrey went by "Alex" in order to spite her mother, who disapproved of her using a "boys' name". (AUDIO: The Shoreditch Intervention)

Death[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to one account, Kathleen died in 1973, when Ace was only three-years-old. Audrey cried for days afterwards. (AUDIO: Night Thoughts)

According to another account, Kathleen died in a care home when Ace was a young adult. Ace would visit Kathleen every Tuesday until the day she died, with Ace believing that Kathleen recognised her from their meeting in 1943 before she passed, as her eyes "sparkled" and she "smiled like she'd never smiled before". (TV: The Curse of Fenric)