Big Jim
Big Jim (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"\"TCoRR\"","page":"13-16","chaptnum":"Three","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"}) was the drummer in a band which Ruby Sunday belonged to. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
Biography
On 22 December 2023, Big Jim and the band went to a low-paying gig at a pub in London to perform their "usual set" of Christmas songs. However, partway through "Winter Wonderland", a Goblin pulled the plug on their musical instruments. (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"name":"\"TCoRR\"","page":"13-16","chaptnum":"Three","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"})
The next day, he, Trudy, Clark and Ruby Sunday went to a nightclub and discussed what happened the previous day. (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"page":"17-18","chaptnum":"Four","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"})
Appearance
He had dark skin, a black beard and a blond buzzcut. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes
- Although Big Jim was referred to multiple times in the script for The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"],[1] he ultimately wasn't addressed in dialogue in the final cut, although he was only visible as a background character. However, his actor has yet to he confirmed.
- The novelisation [+]Loading...{"noital":"1","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)","2":"The novelisation"} does restore Big Jim's role in the plot.
- Big Jim parallels Big Bone Bill from No Hot Ashes, a band which Mickey Smith belonged to in Russell T Davies's novelisation [+]Loading...{"noital":"1","1":"Rose (novelisation)","2":"novelisation"} of Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"].
