The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)

Little is known about Ruby Sunday as she was abandoned on Christmas Eve as a baby. Now living with her mum, Carla and grandmother, Cherry her world is about to be turned upside when she encounters the Doctor and the two set off on their first adventure together...

Chapter titles

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Deviations from televised story

It is confirmed that the woman who left baby Ruby Sunday at the church was indeed her mother.
The cracked timeline is revealed in the initial sequence at the church, which was only revealed later in the original episode.
During the scene set on Davina McCall's television programme, Ruby has a flashback to Carla telling her, before the show, to not let anyone tell her story for her.
- During this scene, Ruby also mentions "the pandemic" and "the recession", and the Giggle.
In the scene set in the pub, Susan Twist's unnamed character mentions that "Gaudete" was performed by Steeleye Span.

Characters

Referenced only

Harry McLellan's girlfriend

Worldbuilding

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Notes

This novelisation was announced in DWM 598.^[1]
Although the novelisation's official, wider release was on 25 January, signed copies of the book were released early in Forbidden Planet branches on 12 January.^[3]

Continuity

Unlike the television episode the novelisation is adapted from, when Davina McCall asks Ruby how her life has been, she namedrops the Giggle. This concretely establishes the name of the crisis involving the laugh from Stooky Bill that made everyone believe they were correct as seen in the titular episode The Giggle ^[+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].