The Seventh Doctor and Ace, played by Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred, are one of the most iconic pairings of Time Lord and companion in the history of Doctor Who. Wicked!, the latest box set of The Seventh Doctor Adventures, goes back to the start of their time together, filling in a previously unexplored gap in their story – Ace’s first trips through time and space. 

In these three full-cast audio episodes, the Doctor takes his new friend to 1920s London, a luxury ski resort in the near future, and 15th-century Spain, where they meet the famous adventurer Don Quixote (Simon Callow, returning to the Doctor Who universe after playing Charles Dickens in the 2005 TV episode, The Unquiet Dead). 

On each of these trips, Ace discovers that excitement and danger await her all across the universe. She’s in for a truly wicked ride! 

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

The three ace new adventures are: 

Backwards and in Heels by Alison Winter  

The Doctor has offered young Ace a lift home from Iceworld, promising the scenic route home to Perivale. 

But when they are diverted to 1920s Soho on what appears to be shady business, Ace wonders if she’s making the right choices, let alone in the right order. 

The Price of Snow by Katharine Armitage  

Ski resort Val du Cam Belle is 'the place to be' for the 1% of the near future. But the Doctor and Ace discover sinister shadows beneath the surface of this winter wonderland. 

The sun is too hot, the shade is too dark and nothing is quite what it seems... 

The Ingenious Gentlemen by Alan Ronald 

Fiction and reality collide when a mad man with a box and a mad man with a horse encounter an ancient evil in 15th century Spain. 

But the adventurer-and-companion setup is a little too familiar to Ace, and she begins to question if she is anything more than a Sancho to the Doctor’s Quixote. 

The box set’s guest cast includes Luke Barton as Lucian, Paulo Vieira as PC Stan Arthur/The Treasurer, Alexandra Barredo as Wendy, Sophie Kennedy Clark as Mhairi Campbell/The Slips, Tom Alexander as Teddy Watson-Smythe/Fergus Campbell/The Slips, and Ekow Quartey as Sancho Panza. 

Sophie Aldred, who has played Ace since 1987, said: “I’m very excited to be going back all that long way and at my grand old age to be playing 16 again. It’s fun to actually think about who Ace was – she doesn’t even know who the Doctor is at the end of Dragonfire, she doesn’t know that he’s a Time Lord, she doesn’t know anything about the TARDIS. It’s a really good way of introducing her to things that got missed in the TV series. 

“And here we are in 1920s London and she’s stepping out of the TARDIS for the first time, going, ‘Oh this isn’t Perivale, where are we?’ and fully wanting to engage with all of it. The Doctor has to rein her back a bit. Ace is running away, she hasn’t really got a home. In many ways, the Doctor and the TARDIS become her home – and this is the very beginning of that happening.” 

This is 2025’s second Seventh Doctor Adventures box set, after June’s Past Forward. Both can be purchased together in a multibuy bundle for just £38 (download to own) or £47 (download to own + collector’s edition CD).  

Alternatively, listeners can buy this release as part of a bundle of of all 15 Classic Doctor Who box sets released in 2025 from just £285 (download to own) or £352.50 (download to own + collector’s edition CD). 

All the above prices (including pre-order and multibuy bundle discounts) are fixed for a limited time only and guaranteed no later than 30 November 2025. 

Please note that Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.