Rachelle Beinart, Jess Judge, Dilu Miah, Giuseppe Lentini, Andrew Francis, Lukas Disparrow – Goblins
Susan Twist – Heckler (uncredited)[1]
Production
Directed by
Mark Tonderai
Written by
Russell T Davies
Script editor
Scott Handcock
Produced by
Chris May
Executive producer(s)
Russell T Davies
Julie Gardner
Jane Tranter
Joel Collins
Phil Collinson
Music by
Murray Gold
Running time
55 minutes
First broadcast
25 December 2023 (2023-12-25)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Giggle"
Followed by → "Space Babies"
List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)
"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.
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, due to the antics of goblins, who eventually kidnap a new foster baby.
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