SIX OF THE BEST
Ace Attributes
She meets up with Torchwood again in this month’s Sabotage – but what does writer James Goss like best about reformed delinquent Ace?
Ace (Sophie Aldred) fights back in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988).
Ace is a Weapon
The 1980s were a violent time and everyone got tooled up for the apocalypse. Even the Daleks went and got a super weapon, in 1988’s Remembrance of the Daleks, and so did the Seventh Doctor. Except his was a grumpy teenager from West London.
The Daleks didn’t really think outside the box with the Special Weapons Dalek, but Ace was the Swiss Army knife of weapons. Versatile, practical and innovative, she made the Hand of Omega look cramped and the Nemesis Statue look like a one-trick pony. Ace hit, catapulted, shot, exploded and charged at any obstacle in her way. Meanwhile, the Doctor looked on at the carnage, his hands still technically clean.