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« on: September 12, 2011, 06:06:02 pm »

So if Mel had left in this story as planned, Ray would have been called Ace and would have continued on as a companion. That is what I have just read anyway. I think I would have gone insane having to listen to that voice week in, week out. She seems like a sweet enough character, but boy was that actress bad at accents. I don't know how similar the character is to the Ace we eventually got, but I think Ray would have made a good companion. As long as she didn't speak
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 02:25:44 pm »

Well the Ace we got was infinately more watchable, and that's saying something. I would not have been able to cope with that accent for more than this story. It was hard enough listening to it in this story. That said though, if they had made the character 'Ace' we don't know how similar she would have been to the Ray character we got in the end anyway.
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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2011, 12:11:45 pm »

Chances are that if Mel had left in this story, then the Ray/Ace character would have been very, very different. I don't think it would have been as simple a case as changing the name. The whole personality, accent, actress etc would probably be all very different.
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2011, 06:31:28 pm »

I'm fairly sure I've heard somewhere that Sophie Aldred actually auditioned for the part of Ray but didn't get it.  I think it was on the extras for Survival, where she was talking about how she wasn't allowed to ride the bike in that either Cool
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2011, 09:10:03 pm »

I'm fairly sure I've heard somewhere that Sophie Aldred actually auditioned for the part of Ray but didn't get it.  I think it was on the extras for Survival, where she was talking about how she wasn't allowed to ride the bike in that either Cool

I don't remember that. I will have to give those extras a rewatch.
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2011, 09:11:21 pm »

Oh and I thought Ray was pretty cool. I didn't like her accent, but she had a great rapport with the Doctor and I thought she would have made a good companion
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« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2011, 04:22:21 pm »

She'd have been OK, but I'm definitely glad we got Ace instead.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2011, 02:10:58 pm »

I agree that she had a good rapport with the Doctor, but I wouldn't have liked to see her in more than this story. I think she would have driven me mad
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« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2011, 12:59:29 pm »

I didn't mind the character but the accent really rubbed me up the wrong way. If she had stayed on as a companion I would hope that they would have scrapped the accent before this story so we wouldn't have to put up with it the whole time. I'm glad we got the Ace we got though in the end
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