The Doctor In The TARDIS
March 29, 2024, 06:35:01 am
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: Celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who with us in our Top Ten Of Everything section
 
  Home Help Gallery Doctor Who News Facebook Group FAQ's Staff List Calendar Members Login Register  

Ace in Ghost Light

Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: Ace in Ghost Light  (Read 347 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
The Doc
Administrator
Guardian Of Gallifrey
*****
Favourite Doctor: Eleven
Favourite Companion: Donna Noble
Posts: 7316


@TardisSpoilers


View Profile WWW
Badges: (View All)
Third year Anniversary Level 6 Super Poster 50 Posts in one day
« on: August 26, 2013, 10:33:30 am »


Dorothy Gale "Ace" McShane, was a companion of the Seventh Doctor. She was a human from late 20th century Earth. She was a troubled teen on Earth, expelled from school for blowing up the art room as a "creative statement". Gifted in chemistry, she was in her room experimenting with the extraction of nitroglycerin from gelignite when a time storm swept her up and transported her to the deck of Sabalom Glitz's spacecraft, which was docked at Iceworld far in her future. Trapped on Iceworld, she got a job as a waitress and some time later met the Seventh Doctor and his companion Mel. When Mel left the Doctor at the conclusion of their battle with Kane, he offered to take Ace with him in the TARDIS, and she gladly accepted.

Under the Doctor's tutelage, Ace fought the Daleks and faced Davros. She opposed Helen A and her sadistic government, which required people to be happy on pain of death. She stopped the Cybermen from getting hold of Nemesis in 1988 and saved the Psychic Circus on Segonax from the Gods of Ragnarok. She also met Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, helping UNIT defeat the Destroyer and Morgaine.

The Doctor forced Ace to face demons from her past, taking her to a house she burned down a century before she did. There she discovered that the presence in the house of the Entity known as Light was what she had felt when compelled to burn the house down.

Ace called the Doctor "Professor". She was convinced he needed his back watched and protected him with a fierce loyalty. In turn, the Doctor took a special interest in Ace's education, taking her across the universe and prompting her to figure out explanations rather than giving her all the answers.
Report Spam   Logged

Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and The Doctor comes to call, everybody lives.

Peri-Peri
Global Moderator
Destroyer Of Worlds
*****
Favourite Doctor: Five
Favourite Companion: Peri
Posts: 8805


Circular logic will only make you dizzy, Doctor


View Profile
Badges: (View All)
Fifth year Anniversary Fourth year Anniversary Third year Anniversary
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2013, 10:21:11 am »

Ace puts in one of her best performances in this story and is excellent throughout. She really makes the story as good as it is.
Report Spam   Logged

It eats you, starting with your bottom


Exterminate
Guardian Of Gallifrey
****
Posts: 6335

Do Not Blaspheme!


View Profile
Badges: (View All)
Fifth year Anniversary Fourth year Anniversary Level 6
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2013, 11:17:27 am »

Great story for Ace. She had really come into her own by this point and her and Seven were an excellent team.
Report Spam   Logged

Nyki
Guardian Of Gallifrey
****
Favourite Doctor: Jon Pertwee
Favourite Companion: Leela
Posts: 5334



View Profile
Badges: (View All)
Third year Anniversary 5000 Posts Second year Anniversary
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2013, 09:38:00 pm »

The whole final series was a very strong one for Ace, with all the stories being at least partly about her, without swamping the Doctor, as occasionally happens in NuWho.  I love her in this one.
Report Spam   Logged


Saber
Timelord
****
Favourite Doctor: Eleven
Favourite Companion: Liz Shaw
Posts: 3843



View Profile
Badges: (View All)
Second year Anniversary Apple User Mobile User
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2013, 11:07:36 am »

This is one of my favourite Ace stories and I think she was brilliant throughout. As a character and an actress she just got stronger and stronger. It's a shame it was cut short on the show.
Report Spam   Logged
Tardis-Console
Timelord
****
Favourite Doctor: Eleven
Favourite Companion: Amy
Posts: 4660


Say it. Everybody does!


View Profile
Badges: (View All)
Third year Anniversary Search Second year Anniversary
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2013, 11:26:35 am »

The more I watch this era the more I am really liking Ace. She's actually a really strong character and I thought she was great in this.
Report Spam   Logged


My Series 6 Ratings (so far):
TIA 10/10 | DOTM 10/10 | COTBS 8/10 | TDW 10/10 | TRF 9/10 | TAP 10/10 | AGMGTW 10/10 | LKH 8/10 | NT 4/10 | TGWW 10/10
Roranicus
Global Moderator
Timelord
*****
Favourite Doctor: Eleven
Favourite Companion: Rory
Posts: 4677


Rory FTW


View Profile
Badges: (View All)
Third year Anniversary Search Super Poster 50 Posts in one day
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2013, 07:34:45 pm »

This is a great story for Ace. Even though I had little clue of what was going on, I did really enjoy her part in this.
Report Spam   Logged

Oh my god Karen, you can't just ask someone why they're white!
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by EzPortal
Administrator | Global Moderator | RP Moderator | Role Player
| Member Of The Month
Bookmark this site! | Upgrade This Forum
Free SMF Hosting - Create your own Forum

Powered by SMF | SMF © 2016, Simple Machines
Privacy Policy