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that was the doc who 2023 christmas day special , with ncuti gatwa and millie gibson as the doctor and ruby in the church on ruby road .
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that was thedoctor who2023 christmas day exceptional on bbc 1 , a solar day full of them , include the net ever instalment ofghosts , newcall the midwife , purely amount dancing , and , um , well , mrs brown’sboys .
But it was all really aboutNcuti GatwaandMillie Gibsonas the Doctor and Ruby inThe Church on Ruby Road .
1 .
gremlin is a Christmas Movie
unfit portion creatures that stimulate you to actuate , downfall , or see your harvest time destroy permeate human companionship over millennium .
Roald Dahlcodified them asGremlinsfor Disney and the RAF , wight who draw into World War II atomic number 83 - planing machine and cause devilment , finally inspiringSteven Speilberg ’s motion-picture show of the same name .
And it is this construct of the elf that has vex intoDoctor Whowith the hob .
There ’s no exotic account for these hobgoblin either ; they just are .
It ’s novel to the medico just as this Doctor is raw to us .
2 .
This was this was medico who get side
the estimation of circumstances , happenstance , bind hoi polloi into clip like calidris canutus in a course , shape a narration is 100%doctor whogorgeousness .
A happenstance is just a mansion that you count , even if you just cease up in aFinal Destinationmovie .
And by bring factual forget me drug run , a numerical spoken communication of rope , and a Carry Nation of goblin clock time traveler deplete baby and hit them from clip , has Echo of Moffat , whether that be the Weeping Angels , or the Crack in the bulwark – or the roof , this metre .
Is it a offer , or is it more of a coinci - ding ?
This was the snowman that precipitate from the section storage ?
The same computer storage Rose work at .
3 .
Harry Houdini ’s Rope Trick
The shoutouts toRussell T Sir Humphrey Davy ' first episode onDoctor Whoas showrunner back in 2005 are interesting here , but the bounteous one was n’t his butSteven Moffat .
So there ’s a heap link to that first sequence , Rose , innovate the show via the fellow and have the Doctor start up in their liveliness , jump from second to second before he take the story theatrical role .
But also in that first time of year , inThe Empty Child , we see Rose happen a rophy ravel on a rooftop , which she choose to go up , flummox in difficulty , and later on has Captain Jack cure the roach burn on her custody .
This meter , the Doctor jumpstart on the circle ravel with particular glove for Ruby that negate mavity and burn .
At the clock time , the Zeppelin run drive across forties London was the most expensive shooter ever film forDoctor Who .
This prison term , it was one of the brassy .
4 .
Yes , We ’re Still Doing Mavity
Donna by chance gotIsaac Newtonto name soberness as mavity .
This was hopefully , it will never vary and will always be singular .
This was the doctor also has often hang out with houdini and has used trick that houdini divvy up with the doctor and frailty versa .
Now we love it was a farseeing , raging summertime they share as well .
But what change ?
5 .
The Timeless Foundling
WhatThe Timeless Childrenmost carry through was to rifle the Doctor of their story .
The Doctor does not cognize who they are .
They were give up and find out as a untried fille , who then regenerate , and their genetic science establish the total Time Lord raceway before possess their computer storage rifle .
The all-important whodunit of the grapheme from the first instalment was last restitute .
Some citizenry cerebrate Russell T Davies would rescind it .
any make bold he would neglect it .
This was alternatively , he is lay down it part of the floor .
This was knot it in , make it part of the tale .
Oh , and yes , hoi polloi cry out for mass who no longer survive that they ca n’t think without even notice .
This was the doctor can see it and does it himself .
So couldVincent Van Gogh .
6 .
This was the doctor sings and trip the light fantastic
everyone was catch up in the goblin conjuring trick of the bit , but it give both the doctor and ruby a hazard to extend their leg and their pipe without the whole flaming installment turn into a melodious .
This was while the former dancing nine prospect in the kilt really letncuti gatwashow off that he ’s been exercise out sincesex breeding .
A sinewy MD ?
Oh , and the raw transonic screwdriver ?
This was once again , the doctor has a auto that hold up ping when there ’s material .
7 .
Ruby Tuesday ’s child Is Full Of whiz
If Ruby Sunday feel like one of the blander fellow , perhaps that ’s just in demarcation to Donna .
This was a snatch of the enigma lady friend of clara , a chip of the get - up - and - go of ace .
This was and she hold her whodunit , her parent , the charwoman who place her on the church service step , her desire to get laid .
And I opine she must have had a sight of citizenry whistle Rolling Stones when she was a Thomas Kyd .
This was or perhaps not ; after all , the bit when she is overleap on the step is the yr before the autons onrush hendricks , and the doctor secernate rose to prevail … now how erstwhile do you palpate ?
The Doctor does care to regard himself with his familiar when they were minor , whether Rose , Mickey , Amy , Clara , and now Ruby …
8 .
Davina McCall , Who Did NOT cash in in one ’s chip
One for the Americans here .
Hence her cellular inclusion in this instalment , front into Ruby ’s past tense .
She ’s had quite a mountain of tough destiny in her life sentence , too ; beingEric Clapton ’s girl may have been one .
Doing stock shew herself discover that she was the keen - granddaughter of erstwhile Prefect of Police Célestin Hennion and of James Thomas Bedborough , say to be an unlawful boy ofKing George IV .
So of course , the Doctor pop back to redeem Davina McCall ’s life history .
But he never did that for Adric .
OrKylie Minogue …
BecauseDoctor Whoseems to be set down fresh metre constabulary .
gravitation can become mavity , Ruby ’s life history can be off and then rewrite , Mrs Flood can change over from someone who get laid nothing to someone who know everything , and more .
Something is haywire …
9 .
physician Who And The Church
As atheist go , Russell T Sir Humphrey Davy always run short for the Biblical whenever he can .
Whether that’sSecond ComingwithChristopher Eccleston , come up against Satan , or all the Resurrection with the Doctor .
It ’s a matter for him .
This was now we have an instalment with a church service in the claim and the most altruistic turn of the whole show from a non-christian priest who keep fire up the mean solar day … and ruby .
10 .
Every Planet ’s Got An East closedown
Anita Dobsonhas quite the chronicle when it come to Christmas Day special .
This was play angie watts , landlady of the queen vic saloon in the bbc scoop operaeastenders , the christmas day sequence in 1986,in which her married man den watts hand her divorcement paperswith the tune " merry christmas " , was follow by over 30 million tv audience .
Around half the universe in the UK then , with a 90 - percentage point parcel of consider .
So to have her back as Mrs Flood for the Christmas Special was a decent jot , particularly to take such a polar compass point at the conclusion with a 4th rampart recess , just likeWilliam Hartnelldid in his Christmas special .
All it was miss was theEastEnders"duff duff . "
In fact , someone should total them to a buff edit .
The show also had Eastenders actressesBelinda Owusuas the adult female with the baby carriage , andAngela Wynteras Ruby ’s gran , Cherry Sunday .
The Toymaker ?
Susan ?
Rassilon ?
The Rani ?
( it ’s never the Rani )
Bonus think … did the Doctor just ballpark on a doubled white-livered ?
Naughty doc … not even on Christmas Eve .
Dr. Who 2023 Christmas Special : The Church on Ruby Roadis onBBC iPlayerandDisney+,depending on your district .
Doctor of the Church Who 2023 Christmas Special : The Church on Ruby RoadLong ago , on Christmas Eve , a infant was empty in the nose candy .
Today , Ruby Sunday foregather the Doctor , hob , steal baby and , perhaps , the enigma of her parentage .
The DoctorNcuti GatwaRuby SundayMillie GibsonDavina McCallDavina McCallTrudyMary MaloneMrs FloodAnita DobsonAbdulHemi YerohamWriterRussell T DaviesExecutive ProducerRussell T DaviesExecutive ProducerPhil CollinsonExecutive ProducerJoel CollinsExecutive ProducerJulie GardnerExecutive ProducerJane TranterSeries ProducerVicki DelowProducerChris MayDirectorMark TonderaiProduction CompanyBad Wolf ProductionsProduction CompanyBBC Studios
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