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The Church on Ruby Road
"The Church on Ruby Road" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2023 as the fourteenth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. It is the first Christmas special since "Twice Upon a Time" (2017), with the programme producing New Year's specials from 2018 to 2022. Ncuti Gatwa makes his first regular appearance as the Fifteenth Doctor and the episode introduces Millie Gibson as his companion Ruby Sunday.
The story focuses on the 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.
"The Church on Ruby Road" was filmed along with the fourteenth series with production on the special taking place across Wales in January and February 2023. It was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Mark Tonderai.
Ruby Sunday, an orphan who lives with her adoptive mother, Carla, and adoptive grandmother, Cherry, is interviewed by Davina McCall for a television programme that traces the participants' lineage. Ruby was abandoned at a church on Ruby Road, Manchester, and hopes to find her birth parents. Following the interview Ruby and Davina begin experiencing bad luck wherever they go. The Fifteenth Doctor arrives and starts to investigate.
Carla receives a new foster baby named Lulubelle, and celebrates the occasion with a photo she hangs on her fridge alongside photos of her other foster children. While Carla steps out, Lulubelle is kidnapped by goblins. Ruby chases after them on to the roof, where she is joined by the Doctor. With the aid of a pair of intelligent gloves that can bear a much greater weight than the user, they climb on to the goblins' flying ship. The Doctor realises the goblins feed on coincidence and accidents, and travel through time to find babies to eat.
The Doctor and Ruby watch as the goblins sing about eating babies, culminating in the King Goblin trying to eat Lulubelle. The pair rescue Lulubelle and escape, returning to Carla's flat. A storm causes a giant crack to appear in the ceiling and Ruby disappears. The Doctor sees Carla change into a different person who has only fostered a few children, resents her mother, and is only concerned with money; Carla and Cherry have no recollection of Ruby. Realising that the goblins went back in time to kill Ruby when she was a baby, the Doctor pursues them.
The Doctor arrives in the past and witnesses the goblins taking Ruby away. Using the gloves, he pulls the ship onto the church's steeple, impaling the King Goblin and causing the ship to disappear. The Doctor leaves Ruby on the church's doorstep to ensure the parson finds her, and sees a woman walking off into the night. The Doctor returns to the present, where he finds everything returning to how it was before, and informs Ruby about what has transpired. He briefly departs in the TARDIS to rescue Davina from being killed by the goblins, then reluctantly decides to leave Ruby behind. Ruby, however, follows him and steps into the TARDIS.
After the Doctor and Ruby depart, Ruby's neighbour, Mrs Flood, breaks the fourth wall by looking at the camera and saying, "Never seen a TARDIS before?"
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The Church on Ruby Road
"The Church on Ruby Road" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2023 as the fourteenth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. It is the first Christmas special since "Twice Upon a Time" (2017), with the programme producing New Year's specials from 2018 to 2022. Ncuti Gatwa makes his first regular appearance as the Fifteenth Doctor and the episode introduces Millie Gibson as his companion Ruby Sunday.
The story focuses on the 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.
"The Church on Ruby Road" was filmed along with the fourteenth series with production on the special taking place across Wales in January and February 2023. It was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Mark Tonderai.
Ruby Sunday, an orphan who lives with her adoptive mother, Carla, and adoptive grandmother, Cherry, is interviewed by Davina McCall for a television programme that traces the participants' lineage. Ruby was abandoned at a church on Ruby Road, Manchester, and hopes to find her birth parents. Following the interview Ruby and Davina begin experiencing bad luck wherever they go. The Fifteenth Doctor arrives and starts to investigate.
Carla receives a new foster baby named Lulubelle, and celebrates the occasion with a photo she hangs on her fridge alongside photos of her other foster children. While Carla steps out, Lulubelle is kidnapped by goblins. Ruby chases after them on to the roof, where she is joined by the Doctor. With the aid of a pair of intelligent gloves that can bear a much greater weight than the user, they climb on to the goblins' flying ship. The Doctor realises the goblins feed on coincidence and accidents, and travel through time to find babies to eat.
The Doctor and Ruby watch as the goblins sing about eating babies, culminating in the King Goblin trying to eat Lulubelle. The pair rescue Lulubelle and escape, returning to Carla's flat. A storm causes a giant crack to appear in the ceiling and Ruby disappears. The Doctor sees Carla change into a different person who has only fostered a few children, resents her mother, and is only concerned with money; Carla and Cherry have no recollection of Ruby. Realising that the goblins went back in time to kill Ruby when she was a baby, the Doctor pursues them.
The Doctor arrives in the past and witnesses the goblins taking Ruby away. Using the gloves, he pulls the ship onto the church's steeple, impaling the King Goblin and causing the ship to disappear. The Doctor leaves Ruby on the church's doorstep to ensure the parson finds her, and sees a woman walking off into the night. The Doctor returns to the present, where he finds everything returning to how it was before, and informs Ruby about what has transpired. He briefly departs in the TARDIS to rescue Davina from being killed by the goblins, then reluctantly decides to leave Ruby behind. Ruby, however, follows him and steps into the TARDIS.
After the Doctor and Ruby depart, Ruby's neighbour, Mrs Flood, breaks the fourth wall by looking at the camera and saying, "Never seen a TARDIS before?"