The Doctor has a new friend. Ace has just joined the TARDIS, and is a long, long way from home.
Hunting treasure, solving snow-covered mysteries and meeting heroes of legend, a partnership is formed. The Doctor starts to see his protégé's potential - while Ace thinks their adventures are nothing less than 'wicked'...
Backwards and in Heels by Alison Winter
The Price of Snow by Katharine Armitage
The Ingenious Gentlemen by Alan Ronald
Further story details to follow.
Recorded on: 20 June, 16 and 18 July 2024 and 16 January 2025
Recorded at: The Soundhouse
Script editor Matt Fitton said: "After spending some time with the older Seventh Doctor, it's fun to go back to the partnership that defines his era like no other. The Doctor and Ace have a rollercoaster relationship over years of stories, with many twists and turns, ups and downs – but in Wicked! we delve into the very beginnings of that beautiful friendship.
"The lonely Time Lord starts to see the potential of his new young protégée, and the rebellious teen from Perivale has her eyes opened to the universe. These are Ace's very first trips in the TARDIS – a madcap treasure hunt through 1920s London, facing danger on the snowy slopes of future Earth, and an encounter with another duo which holds a mirror up to the time travellers. ‘The Seventh Doctor meets Don Quixote’ is such an inspired pitch, I am amazed nobody has done it before!"
Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred