The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)
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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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Cast
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Crew
| Executive Producers Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter with Phil Collinson and Joel Collins |
| Written by Russell T Davies |
Directed by Mark Tonderai |
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Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG
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Music Murray Gold
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Costume Designer Pam Downe
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| Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources. |
Worldbuilding
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Notes
- 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.
- This marks the return of the Christmas Specials; 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 Specials. 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[3] in London[4] was adapted solely from this episode.[3]
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