Sophie Aldred says she “burst into tears” after reading script for her Doctor Who comeback
Doctor Who fandom went wild back in September when Sophie Aldred unexpectedly reprised her role of companion Ace, 30 years after she was a regular on the BBC sci-fi series. A specially-shot trailer for Doctor Who: Season 26 – The Collection Blu-ray set saw Aldred play an older Ace – a teenager when she first appeared, the character was head of a philanthropic foundation called A Charitable Earth. Ace’s fate was left in limbo when Doctor Who was originally cancelled in 1989,…