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'''Sophie Aldred''' (born [[20th August]] [[1962]]) portrayed [[Ace]] in the original television series from "[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]" to "[[Survival]]," and reprised the role for "[[Dimensions in Time]]" and for [[List of Audio Stories#Big Finish Audio Dramas|audio dramas]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]. Aldred also had a part in the 1998 [[Doctor Who]] spin-off [[Mindgame]]. She was born in [[Greenwich]], and raised in [[Blackheath, London]].
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|birth date    = [[20 August (people)|20 August]] [[1962 (people)|1962]]
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|non dwu        = ''Melvin & Maureen's Musicagrams'', ''Dennis & Gnasher'', ''Pointless Celebrities''
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|twitter        = sophie_aldred
|official site  =
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'''Sophie Aldred''' (born [[20 August (people)|20 August]] [[1962 (people)|1962]]<ref>[https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/sophie-aldred.html Famous Birthdays]</ref>) portrayed [[Ace]] in the original television series from ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' to ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', and reprised the role for ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' and [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|audio stories]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]. Aldred also had [[Human (Mindgame)|a part]] in the 1998 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off ''[[Mindgame (home video)|Mindgame]]'', and played [[Alice]], a close analogue of the TV Ace, in [[BBV Productions]]' ''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]]'' audios.


Having attended [http://www.gdst.net/blackheathhighschool/ Blackheath High School], she studied drama at the University of [[Manchester]], before embarking on a career in children's theatre. In [[1987]] she was cast as Ace in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
She was born in [[Greenwich]], [[London]] and raised in [[Blackheath]]. She shares her birthday with her co-star, [[Sylvester McCoy]], who is 19 years her senior, and [[Anthony Ainley]].


Aldred's ''Doctor Who'' tenure spanned the last nine stories of the show's run. The Ace character was a troubled teenager from [[Perivale]], West [[London]]. The Doctor found her serving milkshakes on [[Iceworld]] in the story "[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]," at the end of which she joined the Doctor on his travels. Several stories ("[[Ghost Light]]," "[[The Curse of Fenric]]," and "[[Survival]]") explored her character to an extent that previous [[companion]] characters had not been.
== Biography ==
Sophie attended [http://www.gdst.net/blackheathhighschool/ Blackheath High School] and studied drama at the University of [[Manchester (city)|Manchester]] before embarking on a career in children's theatre. In 1987, while she was working back chorus on ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', she was cast as [[Ace]]. The Doctor found Ace serving milkshakes on [[Iceworld]] in the story ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'', at the end of which she joined the Doctor on his travels. Several stories (''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', and ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') explored her character to an extent that previous [[companion]] characters had not seen.


Both before and since ''Doctor Who'', Aldred has had a varied and busy [[television]] career, particularly in children's programming, where she has presented educational programmes such as ''Corners'', ''Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams'' and the long running [[BBC]] series ''Words and Pictures''. She has also performed on [[radio]] and in the theatre. She has also reprised her role as Ace in the charity special "Dimensions in Time" and the ''Doctor Who'' audio plays produced by [[Big Finish Productions]].
[[File:Sophie Aldred 2008.jpg|thumb|Sophie Aldred in 2008.|left]]
Before and since ''Doctor Who'', Aldred has had a varied and busy [[television]] career, particularly in children's programming, where she has presented educational programmes such as ''Corners'', ''Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams'' and the long-running [[BBC]] series ''Words and Pictures''. She has performed on [[radio]] and in the theatre. She has also reprised her role as Ace in the charity special ''Dimensions in Time'' and continues to perform the role in ''Doctor Who'' audio plays produced by [[Big Finish Productions]].


She co-wrote the hardback reference book, ''[[Ace, The Inside Story of the End of An Era]]'' with [[Mike Tucker]], published by [[Virgin Publishing]] in [[1996]]. (ISBN 1-85227-574-X).
She co-wrote the hardback reference book, ''[[Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era]]'' with [[Mike Tucker]], published by [[Virgin Publishing]] in 1996. (ISBN 1-85227-574-X). She also edited a special issue of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' ([[DWM 255|Issue 255]]).


Sophie Aldred married Vince Henderson on [[12th July|12]] [[July]], [[1997]]. They have two sons, Ad and Williams.am.
[[File:Sophie Aldred meets Karen Gillan.jpg|thumb|Sophie Aldred and [[Karen Gillan]] meet. ([[VOR 17]])]]
While recording ''[[Short Trips - Volume I]]'', Sophie Aldred met [[Karen Gillan]], who was recording audio for an online interactive game. Sophie introducted herself to Karen as "one of the old girls", saying she played Ace. Karen then gasped, and asked Sophie to take a picture with her. Sophie asked Karen to sign her T-shirt, and joked she would never be able to wash it again. ([[VOR 17]])


==External links==
Beginning in 2012, Aldred provided the lead voice-over role in the animated series ''Tree Fu Tom''; her co-star for the first series was [[David Tennant]].
*{{imdb name|id=0017644|name = Sophie Aldred}}
{{Wikipedia|Sophie_Aldred}}


[[Category:Doctor Who regular cast|Aldred, Sophie]]
Sophie Aldred married [[Vince Henderson]] on 12 July 1997. They have two sons, Adam and [[William Henderson]].
[[Category:Doctor Who voice actors|Aldred, Sophie]]
 
In 2013, Sophie and her co-star [[Sylvester McCoy]] partnered up for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' edition of the game show ''Pointless Celebrities''. She also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]'' and was interviewed for ''[[Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It]]''.
 
== Acting Credits ==
As [[Ace]]
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''
* ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]''
* ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''
* ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''
* ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]''
* ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]''
* ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''
* ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''
* ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''
 
==== Mini-episodes ====
* ''[[Search Out Space]]''
* ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''
* ''[[Untitled (1988 TV story)|Untitled]]''
 
=== Webcasts ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]''
 
==== Tales of the TARDIS ====
* ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''
 
==== The Collection Blu-Ray Trailers ====
* ''[[Ace Returns! (webcast)|Ace Returns!]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Fearmonger (audio story)|The Fearmonger]]''
* ''[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]''
* ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)|The Shadow of the Scourge]]''
* ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''
* ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]''
* ''[[The Rapture (audio story)|The Rapture]]''
* ''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]''
* ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]''
* ''[[Dreamtime (audio story)|Dreamtime]]''
* ''[[LIVE 34 (audio story)|LIVE 34]]''
* ''[[Night Thoughts (audio story)|Night Thoughts]]''
* ''[[The Settling (audio story)|The Settling]]''
* ''[[No Man's Land (audio story)|No Man's Land]]''
* ''[[Nocturne (audio story)|Nocturne]]''
* ''[[The Dark Husband (audio story)|The Dark Husband]]''
* ''[[Forty-Five (audio anthology)|Forty-Five]]''
** ''[[False Gods (audio story)|False Gods]]''
** ''[[Order of Simplicity (audio story)|Order of Simplicity]]''
** ''[[Casualties of War (audio story)|Casualties of War]]''
** ''[[The Word Lord (audio story)|The Word Lord]]''
* ''[[The Magic Mousetrap (audio story)|The Magic Mousetrap]]''
* ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)|Enemy of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]''
* ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]''
* ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]''
* ''[[Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (audio story)|Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge]]''
* ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]''
* ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]''
* ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]''
* ''[[1963: The Assassination Games (audio story)|1963: The Assassination Games]]''
* ''[[Afterlife (audio story)|Afterlife]]''
* ''[[Revenge of the Swarm (audio story)|Revenge of the Swarm]]''
* ''[[Mask of Tragedy (audio story)|Mask of Tragedy]]''
* ''[[Signs and Wonders (audio story)|Signs and Wonders]]''
* ''[[You Are the Doctor and Other Stories]]''
** ''[[You Are the Doctor (audio story)|You Are the Doctor]]''
** ''[[Come Die With Me (audio story)|Come Die with Me]]''
** ''[[The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (audio story)|The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel]]''
** ''[[Dead to the World (audio story)|Dead to the World]]''
* ''[[A Life of Crime (audio story)|A Life of Crime]]''
* ''[[Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)|Fiesta of the Damned]]''
* ''[[Shadow Planet (audio story)|Shadow Planet]]'' / ''[[World Apart (audio story)|World Apart]]''
* ''[[The High Price of Parking (audio story)|The High Price of Parking]]''
* ''[[The Blood Furnace (audio story)|The Blood Furnace]]''
* ''[[The Silurian Candidate (audio story)|The Silurian Candidate]]''
* ''[[Red Planets (audio story)|Red Planets]]''
* ''[[The Dispossessed (audio story)|The Dispossessed]]''
* ''[[The Quantum Possibility Engine (audio story)|The Quantum Possibility Engine]]''
* ''[[Muse of Fire (audio story)|Muse of Fire]]''
* ''[[An Alien Werewolf in London (audio story)|An Alien Werewolf in London]]''
* ''[[Dark Universe (audio story)|Dark Universe]]''
* ''[[The Flying Dutchman (audio story)|The Flying Dutchman]]'' / ''[[Displaced (audio story)|Displaced]]''
* ''[[The Grey Man of the Mountain (audio story)|The Grey Man of the Mountain]]''
 
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[The Veiled Leopard (audio story)|The Veiled Leopard]]''
* ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''
* ''[[The Legacy of Time (audio anthology)|The Legacy of Time]]''
** ''[[The Split Infinitive (audio story)|The Split Infinitive]]''
 
==== The Lost Stories ====
* ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]''
* ''[[Crime of the Century (audio story)|Crime of the Century]]''
* ''[[Animal (audio story)|Animal]]''
* ''[[Earth Aid (audio story)|Earth Aid]]''
 
==== The Seventh Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Last Day 1]]''
 
==== Novel Adaptations ====
* ''[[Love and War (audio story)|Love and War]]''
* ''[[Theatre of War (audio story)|Theatre of War]]''
* ''[[All-Consuming Fire (audio story)|All-Consuming Fire]]''
* ''[[Nightshade (audio story)|Nightshade]]''
 
==== Tenth Doctor Classic Companions ====
* ''[[Quantum of Axos (audio story)|Quantum of Axos]]''
 
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* ''[[The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)|The Prisoner's Dilemma]]''
 
==== Destiny of the Doctor ====
* ''[[Shockwave (DotD audio story)|Shockwave]]''
 
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[Police and Shreeves (audio story)|Police and Shreeves]]''
* ''[[Critical Mass (audio story)|Critical Mass]]''
* ''[[The Riparian Ripper (audio story)|The Riparian Ripper]]''
* ''[[The Shadow Trader (audio story)|The Shadow Trader]]''
* ''[[Dark Convoy (audio story)|Dark Convoy]]''
* ''[[Washington Burns (audio story)|Washington Burns]]''
* ''[[Doctors and Dragons (audio story)|Doctors and Dragons]]''
* ''[[Dead Woman Walking (audio story)|Dead Woman Walking]]''
* ''[[Inside Story (audio story)|Inside Story]]''
 
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[Random Ghosts (audio story)|Random Ghosts]]''
* ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]''
* ''[[The Pyramid of Sutekh (audio story)|The Pyramid of Sutekh]]''
* ''[[The Vaults of Osiris (audio story)|The Vault of Osiris]]''
* ''[[The Eye of Horus (audio story)|The Eye of Horus]]''
* ''[[The Tears of Isis (audio story)|The Tears of Isis]]''
 
==== Gallifrey ====
* ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]''
* ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]''
 
==== Gallifrey: Time War ====
* ''[[Celestial Intervention (audio story)|Celestial Intervention]]''
* ''[[Soldier Obscura (audio story)|Soldier Obscura]]''
 
==== The Eighth of March ====
* ''[[The Big Blue Book (audio story)|The Big Blue Book]]''
 
==== UNIT ====
* ''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]''
 
==== Class: The Audio Adventures ====
* ''[[In Remembrance (audio story)|In Remembrance]]''
 
==== Torchwood ====
* ''[[The Red List (audio story)|The Red List]]''
* ''[[Death in Venice (audio story)|Death in Venice]]''
 
Other Roles
=== Television ===
==== Other ====
* ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV story)|The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''
 
==== Direct-to-DVD ====
* ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'' - [[P.R.O.]]
* ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'' - [[Mari]]
* ''[[Mindgame (home video)|Mindgame]]'' - "[[Human (Mindgame)|Human]]"
* ''[[Mindgame Trilogy]]'' - "[[Human (Mindgame)|Human]]"
* ''[[White Witch of Devil's End (home video)|White Witch of Devil's End]]'' (grateful thanks)
* ''[[Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (home video)|Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor]]'' - Mistress [[Na]]
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'' - [[Duck (Zagreus)|Captain Duck]]
* ''[[Muse of Fire (audio story)|Muse of Fire]]'' - [[Concierge (Muse of Fire)|Concierge]]
 
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[Beyond the Sun (audio story)|Beyond the Sun]]'' - [[Miranda (Beyond the Sun)|Miranda]]
* ''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]'' - [[Dave Stone (Many Happy Returns)|Dave Stone]]
 
==== Iris Wildthyme ====
* ''[[Iris at the Oche (audio story)|Iris at the Oche]]'' - [[Lady Bow'n]]
 
==== Vienna ====
* ''[[Impossibly Glamorous (audio story)|Impossibly Galmorous]]'' - [[Kensington Fox]]
 
==== AUK Studios ====
* ''[[Children of the Circus (audio story)|Children of the Circus]]'' - [[Gren|Captain Gren]] / [[AJ (Children of the Circus)|AJ]]
 
==== The Time Travellers ====
* ''[[Republica (audio story)|Republica]]'' - [[Ace (Republica)|"Ace"]]
* ''[[Island of Lost Souls (audio story)|Island of Lost Souls]]'' - "Ace"
* ''[[Prosperity Island (audio story)|Prosperity Island]]'' - "Ace"
* ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness (audio story)|The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' - "Ace"
* ''[[The Other Side (TT audio story)|The Other Side]]'' - "Ace"
* ''[[Guests for the Night (audio story)|Guests for the Night]]'' - "Ace"
* ''[[Ghosts (TT audio story)|Ghosts]]'' - [[Alice]]
* ''[[Only Human (audio story)|Only Human]]'' - Alice
* ''[[Blood Sports (audio story)|Blood Sports]]'' - Alice
 
=== Audiobook readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''
* ''[[The Witchfinders (novelisation)|The Witchfinders]]''
 
==== BBC Past Doctor Novels ====
* ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]''
 
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]''
 
==== BBC Children's Books ====
* ''[[The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)|The Secret in Vault 13]]''
* ''[[The Maze of Doom (novel)|The Maze of Doom]]''
 
==== Interludes ====
* ''[[The Haunting of Bryck Place (audio story)|The Haunting of Bryck Place]]''
* ''[[Frozen Worlds (audio story)|Frozen Worlds]]''
 
==== Puffin eshort ====
* ''[[The Roots of Evil (short story)|The Roots of Evil]]''
* ''[[Something Borrowed (short story)|Something Borrowed]]''
 
==== Time Lord Fairy Tales ====
* ''[[Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday (TLFT short story)|Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday]]''
 
==== Twelve Doctors of Christmas ====
* ''[[All I Want for Christmas (short story)|All I Want for Christmas]]''
* ''[[The Grotto (short story)|The Grotto]]''
* ''[[Loose Wire (short story)|Loose Wire]]''
 
==== Tales of Terror ====
* ''[[The Living Image (short story)|The Living Image]]''
* ''[[Blood Will Out (short story)|Blood Will Out]]''
* ''[[The Mist of Sorrow (short story)|The Mist of Sorrow]]''
 
==== Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories ====
* ''[[Time Lapse (short story)|Time Lapse]]''
 
==== The Wintertime Paradox ====
* ''[[He's Behind You (short story)|He's Behind You]]''
* ''[[Father of the Daleks (short story)|Father of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Inflicting Christmas (short story)|Inflicting Christmas]]''
* ''[[For the Girl Who Has Everything (short story)|For the Girl Who Has Everything]]''
* ''[[Visiting Hours (TWP short story)|Visiting Hours]]''
* ''[[We Will Feed You to the Trees (short story)|We Will Feed You to the Trees]]''
* ''[[Christmas with the Plasmavores (short story)|Christmas with the Plasmavores]]''
* ''[[A Girl Called Doubt (short story)|A Girl Called Doubt]]''
* ''[[A Perfect Christmas (short story)|A Perfect Christmas]]''
* ''[[Missing Habitas Frond (short story)|Missing Habitas Frond]]''
* ''[[A Day to Yourselves (short story)|A Day to Yourselves]]''
* ''[[The Paradox Moon (short story)|The Paradox Moon]]''
 
==== Origin Stories ====
* ''[[Chemistry (short story)|Chemistry]]''
* ''[[The Last of the Dals (short story)|The Last of the Dals]]''
* ''[[Murmuration (short story)|Murmuration]]''
* ''[[Doctor Jones (short story)|Doctor Jones]]''
* ''[[The Girl Who Tore Through the Universe (short story)|The Girl Who Tore Through the Universe]]''
 
== Writing credits ==
=== Novels ===
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'' (with [[Mike Tucker]] and [[Steve Cole]])
 
=== Short Stories ===
==== Origin Stories ====
* ''[[Chemistry (short story)|Chemistry]]''
 
=== Other ===
* ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'' (foreword)
* ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'' (afterword)
 
=== Reference Books ===
* ''[[Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era]]'' (with [[Mike Tucker]])
 
== Documentaries ==
* ''[[Thirty Years in the TARDIS]]''
* ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond]]''
* ''[[I Was a Doctor Who Monster!]]''
* ''[[Lust in Space]]''
* ''[[The Story of Doctor Who]]''
 
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0017644}}
{{twitter|sophie_aldred}}
* [https://youtu.be/uO2LNSqT0Zw Sophie Aldred Interview]
 
== Footnotes ==
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Sophie Aldred (born 20 August 1962[1]) portrayed Ace in the original television series from Dragonfire to Survival, and reprised the role for Dimensions in Time and audio stories produced by Big Finish. Aldred also had a part in the 1998 Doctor Who spin-off Mindgame, and played Alice, a close analogue of the TV Ace, in BBV Productions' The Time Travellers audios.

She was born in Greenwich, London and raised in Blackheath. She shares her birthday with her co-star, Sylvester McCoy, who is 19 years her senior, and Anthony Ainley.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sophie attended Blackheath High School and studied drama at the University of Manchester before embarking on a career in children's theatre. In 1987, while she was working back chorus on Fiddler on the Roof, she was cast as Ace. The Doctor found Ace serving milkshakes on Iceworld in the story Dragonfire, at the end of which she joined the Doctor on his travels. Several stories (Ghost Light, The Curse of Fenric, and Survival) explored her character to an extent that previous companion characters had not seen.

Sophie Aldred in 2008.

Before and since Doctor Who, Aldred has had a varied and busy television career, particularly in children's programming, where she has presented educational programmes such as Corners, Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams and the long-running BBC series Words and Pictures. She has performed on radio and in the theatre. She has also reprised her role as Ace in the charity special Dimensions in Time and continues to perform the role in Doctor Who audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions.

She co-wrote the hardback reference book, Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era with Mike Tucker, published by Virgin Publishing in 1996. (ISBN 1-85227-574-X). She also edited a special issue of Doctor Who Magazine (Issue 255).

Sophie Aldred and Karen Gillan meet. (VOR 17)

While recording Short Trips - Volume I, Sophie Aldred met Karen Gillan, who was recording audio for an online interactive game. Sophie introducted herself to Karen as "one of the old girls", saying she played Ace. Karen then gasped, and asked Sophie to take a picture with her. Sophie asked Karen to sign her T-shirt, and joked she would never be able to wash it again. (VOR 17)

Beginning in 2012, Aldred provided the lead voice-over role in the animated series Tree Fu Tom; her co-star for the first series was David Tennant.

Sophie Aldred married Vince Henderson on 12 July 1997. They have two sons, Adam and William Henderson.

In 2013, Sophie and her co-star Sylvester McCoy partnered up for the Doctor Who edition of the game show Pointless Celebrities. She also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who and was interviewed for Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It.

Acting Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Ace

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tales of the TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Collection Blu-Ray Trailers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Lost Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Seventh Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novel Adaptations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tenth Doctor Classic Companions[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Destiny of the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey: Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth of March[[edit] | [edit source]]

UNIT[[edit] | [edit source]]

Class: The Audio Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Torchwood[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Direct-to-DVD[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

Iris Wildthyme[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vienna[[edit] | [edit source]]

AUK Studios[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Time Travellers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Past Doctor Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC New Series Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Children's Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Interludes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Puffin eshort[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lord Fairy Tales[[edit] | [edit source]]

Twelve Doctors of Christmas[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tales of Terror[[edit] | [edit source]]

Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Wintertime Paradox[[edit] | [edit source]]

Origin Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Writing credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

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