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* The title of the story was officially announced by the official [[Disney+]] [[Official Disney+ Twitter|Twitter]] account in a "Season's Streamings" promotional image on [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]],<ref name="DisneyPlusReveal"/> ahead of any [[BBC]] announcements.
* The title of the story was officially announced by the official [[Disney+]] [[Official Disney+ Twitter|Twitter]] account in a "Season's Streamings" promotional image on [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]],<ref name="DisneyPlusReveal"/> ahead of any [[BBC]] announcements.
** This marks the return of the [[Christmas Special]]s; in the instalment of [[Russell T Davies]]'s column ''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]'' printed in [[DWM 585]], Davies had stated that a "Christmas Special" would be returning as the format of the first full episode of the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]'s tenure, although clarifying that he considered the term to be synonymous with the [[Festive Special]]s. The Disney+ announcement clarified that ''The Church on Ruby Road'' will be a traditional Christmas Special.
** This marks the return of the [[Christmas Special]]s; in the instalment of [[Russell T Davies]]'s column ''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]'' printed in [[DWM 585]], Davies had stated that a "Christmas Special" would be returning as the format of the first full episode of the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]'s tenure, although clarifying that he considered the term to be synonymous with the [[Festive Special]]s. The Disney+ announcement clarified that ''The Church on Ruby Road'' will be a traditional Christmas Special.
* Parts of the script of this episode were used in auditions for [[Ruby Sunday]]: the script for self-tapes from potential actors were truncated from the scripts of this episode and the next, and the longer script for in-person auditions<ref name="DWM 586b">[[DWM 586]] - ''A Brand New Face'', Page 21</ref> in [[London]]<ref name="DWM 586a">[[DWM 586]] - ''Hello, Ruby Sunday'', Pages 16-20</ref> was adapted solely from this episode.<ref name="DWM 586b"/>
* Parts of the script of this episode were used in auditions for [[Ruby Sunday]]; the script for self-tapes from potential actors were truncated from the scripts of this episode and the next, and the longer script for in-person auditions<ref name="DWM 586b">[[DWM 586]] - ''A Brand New Face'', Page 21</ref> in [[London]]<ref name="DWM 586a">[[DWM 586]] - ''Hello, Ruby Sunday'', Pages 16-20</ref> was adapted solely from this episode.<ref name="DWM 586b"/>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==

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The Church on Ruby Road will be the 2023 Christmas Special of Doctor Who, broadcast on 25 December 2023.[1]

This will be the first full episode to feature the Fifteenth Doctor, as played by Ncuti Gatwa, and introduce audiences[2] to Ruby Sunday, the new companion, played by Millie Gibson, concluding the sixtieth anniversary year with the start of a brand new era.

This is the second time in the "New Who" era that a Doctor's first full post-regeneration story is a Christmas Special, following the Tenth Doctor in 2005's The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"].

The story will also mark the return of the Christmas Specials to televised Doctor Who, having been absent since 2017's Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"].

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"Season's Streamings" promo image providing the story's title.[1]
  • The title of the story was officially announced by the official Disney+ Twitter account in a "Season's Streamings" promotional image on 6 November 2023,[1] ahead of any BBC announcements.
  • Parts of the script of this episode were used in auditions for Ruby Sunday; the script for self-tapes from potential actors were truncated from the scripts of this episode and the next, and the longer script for in-person auditions[4] in London[5] was adapted solely from this episode.[4]

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