Sophie Aldred
Birthday: 1962-08-20
Place of Birth: Greenwich, England
Biography: Sophie Aldred was born in Greenwich, London, and brought up in nearby Blackheath. After leaving school, she attended Manchester University, where she took a degree in drama. From university she sang in working men's clubs to obtain her Equity Card, then worked in a children's theatre, appearing in a fringe show, "Underground Men," at a pub theatre in London to get an agent, followed by more children theatre. She was appearing in "Fiddler on the Roof" with Topol in Manchester when she landed the part of Ace. At the same time as appearing in "Doctor Who," she presented a series for young children called "Corners" and later "Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams," which combined her acting and music skills. She has appeared in a number of theatre productions including a tour of "Daisy Pulls it Off" in which she played the lead, and she played Marjorie Pinchwite in the 1993 West End production of "Lust," a version of "The Country Wife." In 1995 she worked for the Children's Channel on satellite and also Love Call Live for Anglia television with David 'Kid' Jensen. In 1996, she co-authored with effects designer Mike Tucker a book looking at her time in Doctor Who called "Ace!"
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The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
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The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
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Doctor Who Am I
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Doctor Who Explained
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Farewell, Sarah Jane
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The Search for Simon
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Mindgame
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Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
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Talking Doctor Who
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Lust in Space
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The Megeve Experiment
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ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
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Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
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Doctor on Display: Longleat
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Sophie’s Choice
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The PanoptiCon Tapes V
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Doctor on Display: Blackpool 1974-1985
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PROBE: The Zero Imperative
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Mindgame Trilogy
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Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
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The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
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Doctor Who: Survival
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Doctor Who: Dragonfire
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Doctor Who: Ghost Light
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Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
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Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
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The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
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The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
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Anomaly
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Behind the Sofa - Season 14
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Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
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Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
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Search Out Space
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Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)
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Doctor Who: Endgame
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The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
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Convention Culture
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Saffron
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Sophie Aldred: In Conversation
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Now, Get Out of That
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Character Building
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Doctor Who: Thin Ice
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Doctor Who: Crime of the Century
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