num_pages: 352
description: Past present and future collide as the Thirteenth Doctor meets classic Doctor Who companion Ace in an epic novel written and read by Sophie Aldred.Once a girl called Ace travelled the universe with the Doctor  until in the wake of a terrible tragedy they parted company. Now decades on she is known as Dorothy McShane the reclusive millionaire philanthropist who heads the global organisation A Charitable Earth.But Dorothy is being haunted by terrible nightmares in which shes abducted to an alien world. Nightmares that begin just as scores of young runaways are vanishing from the dark alleyways of London. Could the disappearances be linked to sightings of sinister creatures  part man part rat  lurking in the city shadows? Why has an alien satellite entered a secret orbit around the Moon? And how has Dorothy become a target for the victors in an interstellar war?Investigating the satellite with Ryan Graham and Yaz the Doctor is thrown together with Ace once more. Together they must unravel a malevolent plot that will cost of thousands of lives. But can the Doctor atone for her past incarnations behaviour  and how much must Ace sacrifice to win victory not only for herself but for the Earth?Sophie Aldred who played Ace in the BBC TV serial reads her own thrilling novel.Written by Sophie Aldred with Steve Cole and Mike Tucker Storyline by Sophie Aldred Steve Cole and Mike Tucker Text copyright  Sophie Aldred 2020 Reading produced by Neil Gardner Recorded at Ladbroke Audio Ltd Sound design by Simon Power - www.meonsound.com Executive producer: Michael Stevens
language: English
title: Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End
publisher: BBC Physical Audio