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What happened between leaving Svartos in Dragonfire and arriving on Earth in 1963?

Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred star in three brand-new audio adventures, set during Ace’s early days on the TARDIS – The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Wicked! is due October 2025.

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 protégée’s potential – while Ace thinks their adventures are nothing less than ‘wicked’…

Ace’s early trips on the TARDIS take her and the Professor – as she calls the Doctor – to 1920s Soho, a luxury ski resort in the 2070s, and to 15th century Spain, where they encounter a different extravagant adventurer, Don Quixote.

The three ace new adventures are:

Backwards and in Heels by Alison Winter

The Price of Snow by Katharine Armitage

The Ingenious Gentlemen by Alan Ronald

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!”

Doctor Who – The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Wicked! is available to pre-order now for just £19.99 (download to own) or £24.99 (download to own + collector’s edition 3-disc CD box set). Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be repressed.