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Finally, that year's [[Christmas Special]], ''[[The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)|The Church on Ruby Road]]'', introduced two characters closely associated with then-incoming companion, [[Ruby Sunday]]; her [[Adoption|adoptive]] mother [[Carla Sunday]], and her band mate, [[Trudy (The Church on Ruby Road)|Trudy]]. Both of these characters would be revealed by Ruby herself, just two episodes later in ''[[The Devil's Chord (TV story)|The Devil's Chord]]'', to not be heterosexual; Carla is stated to have had an old girlfriend called [[Clare (The Devil's Chord)|Clare]], and that Trudy once had her heart broken by [[Girl (The Devil's Chord)|a girl]]. Additionally, though it has yet to be stated in any official source, the stage direction for ''The Church on Ruby Road''<ref> [https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/doctor-who-2023-christmas-special-the-church-on-ruby-road-tan-revisions-280923.pdf ''Christmas Special - The Church On Ruby Road (2023)'' on bbc.co.uk]</ref> confirms that Trudy, like [[Mary Malone]] who plays her, is transgender. | Finally, that year's [[Christmas Special]], ''[[The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)|The Church on Ruby Road]]'', introduced two characters closely associated with then-incoming companion, [[Ruby Sunday]]; her [[Adoption|adoptive]] mother [[Carla Sunday]], and her band mate, [[Trudy (The Church on Ruby Road)|Trudy]]. Both of these characters would be revealed by Ruby herself, just two episodes later in ''[[The Devil's Chord (TV story)|The Devil's Chord]]'', to not be heterosexual; Carla is stated to have had an old girlfriend called [[Clare (The Devil's Chord)|Clare]], and that Trudy once had her heart broken by [[Girl (The Devil's Chord)|a girl]]. Additionally, though it has yet to be stated in any official source, the stage direction for ''The Church on Ruby Road''<ref> [https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/doctor-who-2023-christmas-special-the-church-on-ruby-road-tan-revisions-280923.pdf ''Christmas Special - The Church On Ruby Road (2023)'' on bbc.co.uk]</ref> confirms that Trudy, like [[Mary Malone]] who plays her, is transgender. | ||
''The Devil's Chord'' itself also introduced [[Maestro]], the second member of [[the Pantheon]], an androgynous humanoid figure who, like [[Jinkx Monsoon]], the American drag queen who plays her, goes by [[singular they]] pronouns. | |||
==Behind the scenes presence == | ==Behind the scenes presence == | ||
