Tag: Ace

Doctor Who: Quantum of Axos

Doctor Who: Quantum of Axos (Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions)

by Roy Gill (Big Finish, 2022)

Audio adventure cover: “Doctor Who: Quantum of Axos (Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions)” by Roy Gill (Big Finish, 2022)

The story isn’t particularly gripping but there’s a good dose of ‘new nostalgia’ in hearing the Tenth Doctor meet up with Ace (in modern times Dorothy McShane). Ace remains one of the best-developed Doctor Who companions and Sophie Aldred plays her beautifully.

Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End

Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End

by Sophie Aldred (BBC, 2020); audiobook read by Sophie Aldred (BBC, 2020)

Aldred_At Childhood's End

An unexpectedly proficient debut novel. The prose rarely sparkles but Aldred builds the story well, bridging the 30-year divide between Season 26 (dark manipulations) and Series 12 (sparkly rainbow TARDIS family). Her audiobook reading affords Ace’s journey a further layer of authenticity.

 

 

Dr. Seventh

Dr. Seventh

by Adam Hargreaves (BBC, 2017)

Hargreaves_Dr Seventh

Though drawing a pretty faithful Seventh Doctor (and Ace), Hargreaves manages the almost inconceivable feat of making his Cheetah People less threatening than those of the original serial. In mitigation, the Master’s cameo is era-appropriate in its preening reveal and blustering fizzle.

 

 

Doctor Who: The Dark Husband

Doctor Who: The Dark Husband

by David Quantick (Big Finish, 2008)

Quantick_Dark Husband

Whereas humour in Doctor Who has always worked best in moderation, Quantick can’t seem to help himself: the jokes never relent, meaning that the Doctor, Ace and Hex are constantly, frivolously undercutting the drama. Thus a potentially intriguing SF tale is stillborn.