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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
On the 1st of December 2023, a light nearly falls on | On the 1st of December 2023, a series of accidents - caused by tiny, unseen creatures - plagues Ruby Sunday’s interview with Davina McCall for a television show. Davina is offering to help her find her birth parents, since she was discovered as a foundling outside a church on Ruby Road. A light nearly falls on Ruby, ending the interview early. | ||
On the 23rd of December, the Doctor | On the 23rd of December, Ruby suffers more accidents at a gig played by her band, and then when she is driving home a large Christmas decoration nearly falls on her taxi - all caused by the same creatures. The Doctor see these incidents and saves her by altering a traffic light with his new sonic screwdriver. He also goes dancing in a night club where he briefly meets Ruby, telling her she’s not clumsy before disappearing. | ||
On Christmas Eve, Ruby’s adoptive mother Carla fosters a baby, Lulubelle, which she leaves in Ruby’s care while she goes to the shops. Ruby gets a phonecall from Davina McCall with the news that they couldn’t find any trace of her parents, but Davina also asks if she’s been having bad luck, as she’s been plagued by it since the interview. Her call is cut off as a Christmas tree falls on her. Meanwhile Lulubelle is kidnapped from Ruby’s flat by the creatures, which turn out to be goblins. Ruby chases after them, climbing onto her roof and grabbing a ladder floating in midair as it drifts away from the house. The Doctor bounds over rooftops and chats to her. Then, he leaps and grabs the ladder, joining her. He reveals some black gloves that light up yellow, which enable one to convert all their mass and weight (mavitational field strength multiplied by mass) into the gloves. The pair ride the ladder up to its point of origin - a huge flying airship. | |||
Inside, they crawl through some wooden vents and discover a horde of goblins. The baby is on a wooden conveyor belt, being carried towards a goblin king with a humongous tongue. The goblins sing about eating the baby. The Doctor uses his newly-determined dexterity with ropes to cut the ground beneath him and Ruby, making them plunge onto the conveyor belt, which ceases to move henceforth. There, the Doctor and his new companion have a song, which the goblins find interesting, and the Doctor explains his plan via his lyrics, referring to a master knot. | Inside, they crawl through some wooden vents and discover a horde of goblins. The baby is on a wooden conveyor belt, being carried towards a goblin king with a humongous tongue. The goblins sing about eating the baby. The Doctor uses his newly-determined dexterity with ropes to cut the ground beneath him and Ruby, making them plunge onto the conveyor belt, which ceases to move henceforth. There, the Doctor and his new companion have a song, which the goblins find interesting, and the Doctor explains his plan via his lyrics, referring to a master knot. | ||
