Imagers from an Evening with Sophie Aldred, at the Misty Moon Gallery, Ladywell Tavern, Ladywell.
Sophie Aldred was born in Greenwich, London, but grew up in nearby Blackheath. She sang in the church choir of St James’, Kidbrooke and attended Blackheath High School from 1973 until 1980, before enrolling as a drama student at the University of Manchester. She graduated in 1983 and decided to embark on a career in children’s theatre. In 1987, Sophie was cast as Ace in Doctor Who. Her tenure on the show spanned the last nine stories of the programme’s original run, which ended in 1989. Both before and after Doctor Who, Sophie has had a varied and busy television career, particularly in children’s programming, where she has presented educational programmes such as Corners, Melvin and Maureen’s Music-a-grams (which ran from 1992 to ’96), Tiny and Crew (which she presented, 1995–99), the BBC series Words and Pictures (since 1993), and also CITV paranormal show It’s a Mystery in 1996. She also played the character Minnie The Mini Magician from Series 8 onwards on CITV’s ZZZap! between 1999 and 2001. Sophie has presented and sung in several BBC Schools Radio series, including Singing Together, Music Workshop, Time and Tune and Music Box. She has also performed on radio and in the theatre. Sophie has also reprised her role as Ace in the charity special Dimensions in Time and the Doctor Who audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. Throughout the last decade, Sophie has worked extensively as a voice-over artist for television advertisements, and has also provided voices for animated series such as Bob the Builder, Sergeant Stripes and Dennis & Gnasher. Sophie co-wrote the hardback reference book, “Ace, The Inside Story of the End of An Era” with Mike Tucker, published by Virgin Publishing in 1996. As of 2012 Sophie has been the voice of Tom in Tree Fu Tom, a BBC children’s series. The series’s other main voice actor, David Tennant (who voices Twigs), previously played the Tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who.
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Location: Misty Moon Gallery, Ladywell Tavern, Ladywell, Lewisham, London
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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