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|location = [[Central London|Central]] [[21st century London|London]] | |||
|type = [[Nightclub]] | |||
|first cs = Double Danger (game) | |||
|first note = {{note|The name is obscured on the poster but it is later seen more clearly in {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}.}} | |||
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who's the Doctor? (short story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet Ruby Sunday (short story)}}|[[GAME]]: {{cs|Beat the Vlinx: Stage Five (game)}}}} | |||
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'''Room 47''' was a [[nightclub]] located around [[Central London|Central]] [[21st century London|London]]. It had advertisements around the city and was where [[Ruby Sunday]] first consciously met the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]. | |||
[[Ruby | == Location == | ||
The nightclub was within walking distance of [[Henrik's, Central London|Henrik's]] [[department store]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)|chaptnum=Five|page=23|name="TCoRR novelisation 2"}}) which was located in [[Central London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=63}}) | |||
== History == | |||
In late [[2023]], a poster for Room 47 were present in the area of London which the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] first witnessed [[the Giggle (event)|the Giggle]]. [[The Toymaker]], when waving to the Doctor, stood in front of this poster. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) An image of this, including the poster, was the subject of the Doctor's request of [[human (Double Danger)|a human]] to find the differences between two versions of [[reality]] following a [[rupture]] in [[time]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Double Danger (game)|page=44}}) | |||
On [[23 December]], [[Ruby Sunday]] and her [[The Red Notes|bandmates]] [[Clark (The Church on Ruby Road)|Clark]], [[Trudy (The Church on Ruby Road)|Trudy]] and [[Big Jim]] went to the nightclub following the incident the day before at ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)|chaptnum=Four|page=17-21|name="TCoRR novelisation"}}) the [[King's Arms, London|King's Arms]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}}) where a [[Goblins (The Church on Ruby Road)|Goblin]] messed with Ruby's [[musical keyboard]]. Not knowing about the Goblin, Clark asked if anyone had figured out the cause and Trudy had discovered that the keyboard had been [[electrical plug|unplugged]]. As Ruby listened on, she contemplated about there being "no such thing as [[coincidence]]" before reminiscing about the ability of [[Sherlock Holmes]] to solve any [[crime]] by just using their [[wit]]s; Ruby didn't speak much, as her mind was still buzzing about all the [[accident]]s she had been in and her interview with [[Davina McCall (in-universe)|Davina McCall]]. | |||
When Ruby was about to say goodbye to her friends and return [[Sundays' home|home]], she noticed the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] dancing among the [[200 (number)|two hundred]] people dancing on the floor below to a catchy song. Transfixed, she idly brushed her now-room temperature [[gin and tonic]] off the table, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="TCoRR novelisation"}}) as a Goblin had moved it to the end of the table ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) before the Doctor appeared by her side and caught it. He introduced himself to her as "[[Health and Safety]], gin and tonic division". He asked her if she knocked things over, and when she went to confess that she had been recently, the Doctor reminded her it was worse than that. Becoming cheery, he wished her a [[Merry Christmas]] and left. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) After a moment of processing the strange interaction she dismissed the temptation to run after the Doctor. She went to place her drink back on the table, only for it to have been moved. It fell on the floor and shattered. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="TCoRR novelisation"}}) | |||
Ruby later remembered how she had celebrated [[Christmas]] at the nightclub and had watched the Doctor dance on the packed dancefloor. She described his joyful dance as one he knew everyone was watching, contrary to the belief that "[one] should dance like nobody's watching". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who's the Doctor? (short story)|page=6}}) She also remembered knocking her drink when contemplating how she used to think that she was the "[[bad luck|unluckiest]] [[girl]] in the [[world]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet Ruby Sunday (short story)|page=10}}) | |||
In [[the Vlinx]]'s "final [[exam]]", ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Beat the Vlinx: Stage Five (game)|page=56}}) as part of a program to recruit new [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] agents, ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Beat the Vlinx: Stage One (game)|page=14}}) question one asked what was the outfit that the Doctor wore when Ruby first met him. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Beat the Vlinx: Stage Five (game)|page=56}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
[[File:The King's Arms and Room 47 posters.jpg|thumb|right|Posters for Room 47 (bottom row) from {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}.]] | |||
* A selection of posters used for set dressing in {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}, depicting advertisements for Room 47, were released by [[graphic designer|assistant graphic designer]] [[Sophie Cowdrey]].<ref>{{cite web | |||
|title = Doctor Who: Series 14 | |||
|author = | |||
|website name = Sophie Cowdrey Design | |||
|date of source = May 2024 | |||
|accessdate = 21 October 2024 | |||
|url = https://sophiecowdrey.com/doctor-who-series-14 | |||
|publisher = [[Sophie Cowdrey]] | |||
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20240301071411/https://sophiecowdrey.com/doctor-who-series-14 | |||
|archivedate = 1 March 2024 | |||
}}</ref> These posters advertised a [[New Year's Day]] party, a weekly RSVP party on [[Friday]], a [[Christmas]] party, and an independent [[taxi]] service. This is presumably the program that provided the taxi in which [[Ruby Sunday]], [[Trudy (The Church on Ruby Road)|Trudy]], [[Shobna (The Church on Ruby Road)|Shobna]] and [[Suleen (The Church on Ruby Road)|Suleen]] caught in the next scene in ''The Church on Ruby Road''. | |||
* The scenes for the nightclub were filmed inside [[PRYZM Cardiff]], located on [[Greyfriars Road]], on [[9 February (production)|9 February]] [[2023 (production)|2023]].<ref>{{Cite web | |||
|url = https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/doctor-who-filming-with-ncuti-gatwa-at-two-venues-in-cardiff | |||
|title = Doctor Who filming with Ncuti Gatwa at two venues in Cardiff | |||
|author = Andrea Laford | |||
|date of source = 9 February 2023 | |||
|website name = CultBox | |||
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20231208151435/https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/doctor-who-filming-with-ncuti-gatwa-at-two-venues-in-cardiff | |||
|archivedate=8 December 2023 | |||
}}</ref> PRYZM later closed on 1 July 2023.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url = https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/huge-cardiff-nightclub-close-good-27196705 | |||
|title = Huge Cardiff nightclub to close for good | |||
|author = Stephanie Colderick | |||
|date of source = 25 June 2023 | |||
|accessdate = 22 October 2024 | |||
|archivedate=25 June 2023 | |||
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625192110/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/huge-cardiff-nightclub-close-good-27196705 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
** The ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' novel {{cs|Bay of the Dead (novel)}} referenced [[Oceana]], the nightclub that operated in the building before PRYZM. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
=== Notes === | |||
{{Notelist}} | |||
=== References === | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{Places to eat and drink}} | |||
[[Category:London clubs]] | |||
[[Category:Nightclubs and dance halls]] | |||
[[Category:Buildings visited by the Fifteenth Doctor]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:36, 11 November 2024
Room 47 was a nightclub located around Central London. It had advertisements around the city and was where Ruby Sunday first consciously met the Fifteenth Doctor.
Location[[edit] | [edit source]]
The nightclub was within walking distance of Henrik's department store, (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"\"TCoRR novelisation 2\"","page":"23","chaptnum":"Five","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"}) which was located in Central London. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"63","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"})
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
In late 2023, a poster for Room 47 were present in the area of London which the Fourteenth Doctor first witnessed the Giggle. The Toymaker, when waving to the Doctor, stood in front of this poster. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"]) An image of this, including the poster, was the subject of the Doctor's request of a human to find the differences between two versions of reality following a rupture in time. (GAME: Double Danger [+]Loading...{"page":"44","1":"Double Danger (game)"})
On 23 December, Ruby Sunday and her bandmates Clark, Trudy and Big Jim went to the nightclub following the incident the day before at (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"\"TCoRR novelisation\"","page":"17-21","chaptnum":"Four","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"}) the King's Arms (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"]) where a Goblin messed with Ruby's musical keyboard. Not knowing about the Goblin, Clark asked if anyone had figured out the cause and Trudy had discovered that the keyboard had been unplugged. As Ruby listened on, she contemplated about there being "no such thing as coincidence" before reminiscing about the ability of Sherlock Holmes to solve any crime by just using their wits; Ruby didn't speak much, as her mind was still buzzing about all the accidents she had been in and her interview with Davina McCall.
When Ruby was about to say goodbye to her friends and return home, she noticed the Fifteenth Doctor dancing among the two hundred people dancing on the floor below to a catchy song. Transfixed, she idly brushed her now-room temperature gin and tonic off the table, (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"\"TCoRR novelisation\"","page":"17-21","chaptnum":"Four","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"}) as a Goblin had moved it to the end of the table (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"]) before the Doctor appeared by her side and caught it. He introduced himself to her as "Health and Safety, gin and tonic division". He asked her if she knocked things over, and when she went to confess that she had been recently, the Doctor reminded her it was worse than that. Becoming cheery, he wished her a Merry Christmas and left. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"]) After a moment of processing the strange interaction she dismissed the temptation to run after the Doctor. She went to place her drink back on the table, only for it to have been moved. It fell on the floor and shattered. (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"\"TCoRR novelisation\"","page":"17-21","chaptnum":"Four","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"})
Ruby later remembered how she had celebrated Christmas at the nightclub and had watched the Doctor dance on the packed dancefloor. She described his joyful dance as one he knew everyone was watching, contrary to the belief that "[one] should dance like nobody's watching". (PROSE: Who's the Doctor? [+]Loading...{"page":"6","1":"Who's the Doctor? (short story)"}) She also remembered knocking her drink when contemplating how she used to think that she was the "unluckiest girl in the world". (PROSE: Meet Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...{"page":"10","1":"Meet Ruby Sunday (short story)"})
In the Vlinx's "final exam", (GAME: Beat the Vlinx: Stage Five [+]Loading...{"page":"56","1":"Beat the Vlinx: Stage Five (game)"}) as part of a program to recruit new UNIT agents, (GAME: Beat the Vlinx: Stage One [+]Loading...{"page":"14","1":"Beat the Vlinx: Stage One (game)"}) question one asked what was the outfit that the Doctor wore when Ruby first met him. (GAME: Beat the Vlinx: Stage Five [+]Loading...{"page":"56","1":"Beat the Vlinx: Stage Five (game)"})
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A selection of posters used for set dressing in The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"], depicting advertisements for Room 47, were released by assistant graphic designer Sophie Cowdrey.[1] These posters advertised a New Year's Day party, a weekly RSVP party on Friday, a Christmas party, and an independent taxi service. This is presumably the program that provided the taxi in which Ruby Sunday, Trudy, Shobna and Suleen caught in the next scene in The Church on Ruby Road.
- The scenes for the nightclub were filmed inside PRYZM Cardiff, located on Greyfriars Road, on 9 February 2023.[2] PRYZM later closed on 1 July 2023.[3]
- The Torchwood novel Bay of the Dead [+]Loading...["Bay of the Dead (novel)"] referenced Oceana, the nightclub that operated in the building before PRYZM.
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ The name is obscured on the poster but it is later seen more clearly in The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].
References[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Doctor Who: Series 14. Sophie Cowdrey Design. Sophie Cowdrey (May 2024). Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved on 21 October 2024.
- ↑ Andrea Laford (9 February 2023). Doctor Who filming with Ncuti Gatwa at two venues in Cardiff. CultBox. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
- ↑ Stephanie Colderick (25 June 2023). Huge Cardiff nightclub to close for good. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved on 22 October 2024.
