Room 47
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.
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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.
