Sophie Aldred
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!"
88 acting credits
Acting · 88
Doctor Who
1963
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
1989
Bob the Builder
1999
Pointless Celebrities
2011
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Peter Rabbit
2013
Tales of the Tardis
2023
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
Space Cadets
1997
Tree Fu Tom
2012
Dennis & Gnasher
2009
Noddy in Toyland
2009
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
A Wizard's Tale
2018
ZZZap!
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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
The Stranger
1991
It's a Mystery
1996
Doctor Who Am I
2022
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
Talking Doctor Who
2023
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Doctor Who Explained
2013
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989
The Shadow Play
2004
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
2019
Doctor on Display: The USA Tour 1986-1988
2025
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
2023
Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989
Jeepers Creepers
2020
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
Farewell, Sarah Jane
2020
Lust in Space
1998
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
2012
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
Anomaly
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Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
Doctor Who: Endgame
2007
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
The Search for Simon
2013
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
2011
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
1992
Convention Culture
2020
Mindgame
1998
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1994
Mindgame Requiem
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CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol
2013
Mindgame Trilogy
1999
Doctor Who: Thin Ice
2013
Doctor on Display: Greatest Shows in the Galaxy
2024
Doctor Who: Survival
1989
Looking for Dursley
2024
Thriller Theater!
2011
Doctor Who: The Time War
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The Megeve Experiment
2002
Vote Sil
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Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
2022
Character Building
1995
Search Out Space
1990
Doctor Who: Crime of the Century
2013
Doctor Who: The Promise
2019
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019
Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)
2025
Sophie Aldred: In Conversation
2024
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 1974-1985
2023
Saffron
2024
LOCKDOWN: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide
2021
Sophie’s Choice
1992
Now, Get Out of That
2008
Doctor on Display: Llangollen
2022
Doctor on Display: Longleat
2022