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ACE JACKET: The Outside Story – A forensic examination of every screen-used jacket from Doctor Who, including some new information and revelations that will please fans and cosplayers alike! A charitable book, supporting the National Autism and Autism All Stars.

Have you ever wondered how Ace gained her jacket, and why the patches, pins, and badges chop and change in every story she appears in?

Wonder no more!

With more research than you can shake a BBC Archive at, you’ll get to read some fantastic new facts about the different manifestations of Ace’s jacket over the years.

Not only that, but there’s memories and stories from Sophie Aldred herself, who played the character of Ace.

Ace Jacket celebrates the legacy of Ace’s iconic jacket from Doctor Who, inhabited by Sophie Aldred.

Featuring new insight into the badges, pins, and patches that adorned the jacket, as well as why things swap round per story (and even, sometimes, within an episode). It’s the story of how the jacket came to be, and how much it has been embraced by fans the world over (including a unique insight from a fan who actually made the jacket at the time of the first series transmission where Ace appears); with contributions from Sophie Aldred herself.

The Outside Story offers a mix of new and old facts, with some hefty research that will make this the definitive onscreen history and the perfect guide for cosplayers who want to know the backstory and the exact details of each iteration of the jacket.

Ace Jacket is an A4 softback book, with over 250+ pages offering the definitive cataloguing of every adornment on Ace’s jacket, which exclusive commentary from Sophie Aldred herself.

PUBLISHING ON NOVEMBER 23RD 2025. THIS IS A PRE-ORDER, TO BE DISPATCHED ON NOVEMBER 24TH 2025.