Every Badge Ace Wears in Doctor Who (The Complete Cosplay Guide)
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- In this video guide, I talk through every badge, pin and patch seen on Ace’s jacket from Dragonfire (1987) to her most recent appearance in The Power of the Doctor (2022). I also talk about the history and meaning behind some of the badges, pins and patches and where you can find them to complete your own cosplay jacket.
Ace McShane (played by Sophie Aldred) is a companion to the Seventh Doctor (played by Sylvester McCoy) in classic Doctor Who.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:34 Patches
07:26 Pins
20:48 Buttons
22:42 Outro
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Acknowledgements
A big thank you to Dom Green who’s cosplay guides were really useful when doing the research for this video. He also creates and sells replicas of some of the badges so do reach out to him if you want to get hold of some. You can see all of the guides here: domgreendesign.uk/cosplay-guides
A big thank you to Lee Binding supplying some of the high res images of Ace featured in this video. There were a few badges left to identify and the pictures were really helpful.
Some of the badges and patches seen in this video are available from ‘TheMadameNostradamus’ on Etsy. Be sure to check our their shop! www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheMadam...
I had my Ace jacket embroidered by No Rules Embroidery and you can see an article about it here: norulesembroidery.com/2015/07...
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Have you cosplayed Ace? Thinking of giving it a go? Let me know!
I could’ve done with this video a few months ago when I was making it to wear for The Power of the Doctor 😂😂
The irony that you made this, when I was using your cosplay as as a starting point is so funny. You can’t write that. I think I tagged you on Twitter when I made it cos I was so pleased with the final result!
Have you updated yours since the cosplay you did for Doctor Who Magazine?
@@MrCdawson17 That's so epic! Would love to see it - what's your Twitter handle? I've replaced some of my badges with Dom's replicas and I have a replica of Flowerchild's earring on the way from the US from Etsy. I also updated the Villiers pin to a more accurate looking one 🙂
I’ve cosplayed Ace twice now with my replica jacket and most recently I actually met Sophie while wearing it! She was very lovely and complimented my replica :) I also got to talk to her a bit about the jacket and if I’m right she knows about this video and might be in touch soon 👀 She sort of suggested augmenting the already comprehensive guides for Ace cosplayers with some correct first hand info about what sort of pins and badges are actually on the jackets!
The cowboy hat pin has "All around cowboy" written on badge as well :)
I'd rather cosplay Hitler. I've got a real Iron Cross I could Wear!
I like to think that each pin on Ace's jacket is a trophy from someone whose butt she kicked.
Holy moley, as soon as I saw the names "McNair, Onizuka, Resnik, Scobee..." my jaw dropped. Had no idea this particular mission patch was the one right over Ace's heart. 💜
I went to the same school as Judy Resnik.
So great to see you back doing Who content. Ace is my favorite as well. And as a Rudie way back then, the bomber jacket always struck a chord with me. Sounds like a cool project. I think I’ll get started. Even if it winds up just hanging on the Coat Rack instead. - I know these are a lot of work and I know the algorithm doesn’t push eclectic channels very well. But I think it’d be cool to see some Pet Shop Boys content as well.
I’d love my own Ace jacket!! Yours looks WICKED! Thanks for all the info! Who’d believe there are so many elements on it - with so many variations :)
No, I have not cosplayed as Ace, but yes, she is my numero uno Companion and, if you ask me, one half of the best TARDIS team in the whole wide Whoniverse. Just wanted to give props for the tremendous effort, and now that the dust has settled on Power of the Doctor, here's hoping our explosive baseball bat weilding companion makes a few more appearances down the road.
I met Sophie at a convention yesterday and she recommended this video. I’m planning on making a semi replica but with a few of my own patches & pins as well.
I met Sophie recently at megacon she was absolutely amazing and lovely and she loved my jacket, thank you so much for all the help!
I love everything about this video - thank you.
I hadn’t realised she wears the approach and landing test program patch - very apt since the shuttle (Enterprise) was named for the ship from that other sci fi show. It’s a shame that shuttle was never refitted for space flight as had been planned.
The ‘mess with the best, die like the rest’ pin is intriguing. The red beret is the iconic look of the British parachute regiment; the rifles have the distinctive carry handle and foresight of the M16, a quintessentially American weapon. Presumably the costume department found this on a London stall, but the design invites many questions.
The three Shuttle flight badges (excepting the SALT badge on the sleeve), represented what were, at the time, the last three shuttle missions. I hadn't realized, until you pointed it out, that two names had each been excluded from the versions on the jacket. NASA had stopped trying to get all of the names in a single ring for a while, mission #20 was the last - and especially the D-1 mission, which had 8 Astronauts on board, for the first Spacelab mission sponsored by then-West Germany. The omissions are a little sad to me - STS-61-B (mission #23), Atlantis, included the first Astronaut from Mexico, Rodolfo Neri Vela. He was represented with the Mexican flag and "Neri" on the full badge. STS-61-C omits the two who only flew that one time on Columbia: Robert Cenker, and then-Congressman Bill Nelson. Nelson was the first House member to fly on a Shuttle, and second member of Congress. Senator Jake Garn from Utah having been the first, on mission #16. And finally, the 51-L badge, Challenger's last flight. The cut omits Christa McAuliffe and Gregory Jarvis.
Shuttle flights did not resume until STS-26, in 1988. Outside of the USSR, the Shuttle Program were the only missions launched with humans on board from 1981-1986 - each flight had a unique patch, unlike some of the Soviet missions, and the multiple colors embroidered into each were probably considered more telegenic. Also, while the hammer and sickle badges were easy to reproduce, how easy/difficult would it have been to get the Soviet Space Program badges to the U.K. of 1987?
Wow, You certainly put a lot of work into it.
I was thinking of creating an ace cosplay so this video will be a great reference point
Whenever I think of Ace that Aerosmith song called "Sweet Emotion" always pops in my head. Why this song? I'll give you c clue, "Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent" :) That's ACE!
Wow this in depth, although I have no intention of assembling one, this was quite the fun watch.
I actually used to have a black printed t shirt with the ace logo printed on the back (and nitro nine on the front), if people can find that anywhere they can just cut out the logo from that.
Awesome video. I don't think that they'll ever be an accurate and well detailed video into something as niche as the design of Ace's jacket in Doctor Who. :) Very well done. Still, a pity that there was no 'magic pencil' design somewhere on her jacket for when the Seventh Doctor dropped her off into some TV studio in the 90's to teach children to read in an attempt to bamboozle more Daleks before bashing them with a baseball bat again. LOL.
That is some proper fanning right there. A class top Teir fanning
I have always been puzzled by the eye-within-a-horseshoe S.B.I./B.S.I. patch. Every other patch, pin and button badge I could identify - or had confidence I would identify given time and a little luck. But the ‘Baker Street Irregulars’ patch was always an enigma for me. For a long time, I speculated that ‘SBI’ might be a take on ‘FBI’, i.e. the Space Bureau of Investigation, perhaps? That might have been fitting. I’m more than happy to be corrected on that point! Thank you for this video, Christel. It must have taken ages. You have produced the definitive video on Ace’s jacket. Good job.
Ace is my all-time favorite human companion in Doctor Who (Second only to K9, which is why I deliberately included the designation because K9's my favorite companion)
My friend just made me sit through this entire video. He was so excited and I didn’t have the heart to rain on his parade LOL. So I watched the whole thing 😂 Kudos to you for your passion and your effort. I love cosplayers, you sure are intersting people
Excellent work Christel! I didn't realize how many various different badges that wore on her jacket! I'm sure you've greatly helped many an Ace cosplayer with this video :)
Wow, this is incredibly thorough: really well done!
Just a thought, but at 3:15, that "Lee" on the "Ace Roofing Co" patch seems weirdly off-centre. Maybe it was originally "Ace Roofing Co, Leeds"? Those extra two letters would make it much more central.
I like that theory!
It is 'Leeds' (it's not a "theory" as Christel seems to think) they were an actual company at the time and last time I checked, they still exist.
@@madgeordierob7890 I did Google, and found loads of companies called Ace Roofing Co. There's one in pretty much every major UK city, including Leeds. But I couldn't find any evidence of any of them using that particular logo.
I love, love, love this!
Thanks for this!
Thanks a lot. This was really helpful :)
Looks like Dom Green's etsy store got shut down last august :/
His Etsy is currently down but you can reach him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@domgreendesign)
Have a great weekend
the western world button you mention and have no image, would it be Gunsmoke town?
i have a double neck hard rock cafe pin, im sure you can find one suitable enough.
Was Ace a cub scout?
I wish you could still get the buttons, kids sad.
Are we going to get a video for the new sonic
They're on my TikTok and UA-cam Shorts ☺
Interesting that ACE's jacket has quite a few patches and pins that show American military and US government organizations. I wonder why that is. Was Ace fond of thing American?
I grew up on Doctor Who. I was too young for the first 2 Doctors, but started watching it with my older brother in the last 2 seasons of Dr #3 and I kept watching it through Dr #4 (perhaps my favorite) and through Dr #6. However, I couldn't stand that 7th Doctor. He was just too weird, too out-of-character with that stupid hat, and his humor sucked. I thought Ace was weird too. Perhaps, if she would have been with another doctor, it might have helped.