The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)

The Church on Ruby Road will be the 2023 Christmas Special and opening episode of season one of Doctor Who broadcast on 25 December 2023.

This will be the first full episode to feature the Fifteenth Doctor, as played by Ncuti Gatwa, and introduce audiences to Ruby Sunday, the new companion, played by Millie Gibson, concluding the sixtieth anniversary year with the start of a brand new era, officialising the reboot of the series number.

This is the second time in since the 2005 relaunch of Doctor Who that a Doctor's first full post-regeneration story is a Christmas Special, following the Tenth Doctor in that year's.

The story will also mark the return of the Christmas Specials to televised Doctor Who, having been absent since 2017's.

Synopsis
Long ago on Christmas Eve, a baby was abandoned in the snow. Today, Ruby Sunday meets the Doctor, stolen babies, goblins and perhaps the secret of her birth...

Plot
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Cast
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 * The Doctor - Ncuti Gatwa
 * Ruby Sunday - Millie Gibson
 * Davina McCall - Herself
 * The Goblins - The Goblins
 * Carla - Michelle Greenidge
 * Cherry - Angela Wynter
 * Mrs Flood - Anita Dobson

Uncredited cast
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Crew

 * Writer - Russell T Davies
 * Executive Producers - Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies

Worldbuilding
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