The Church on Ruby Road
2023 Doctor Who episode / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Church on Ruby Road" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2023 as the fourteenth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005 and also the first since "Twice Upon a Time" (2017). It was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Mark Tonderai. It stars Ncuti Gatwa in his first regular appearance as the Fifteenth Doctor and introduces Millie Gibson as his new companion Ruby Sunday.
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Directed by | Mark Tonderai | ||
Written by | Russell T Davies | ||
Script editor | Scott Handcock | ||
Produced by | Chris May | ||
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Music by | Murray Gold | ||
Running time | 55 minutes | ||
First broadcast | 25 December 2023 (2023-12-25) | ||
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The story focuses on the Fifteenth Doctor meeting orphan Ruby Sunday, who was abandoned at a church on Ruby Road, hence her name, and her plight to find her birth parents. Following an interview with Davina McCall (playing a fictional version of herself), the two begin experiencing bad luck wherever they go, because of the antics of goblins, who eventually kidnap a new foster baby.