The Church on Ruby Road

304 – "The Church on Ruby Road"
Doctor Who episode
Promotional poster
Cast
Doctor Ncuti Gatwa – Fifteenth Doctor
Companion Millie Gibson – Ruby Sunday
Guest Davina McCall – Herself Bobby Bradley – Denzel Mary Malone – Trudy Anita Dobson – Mrs Flood Hemi Yeroham – Abdul Michelle Greenidge – Carla Sunday Angela Wynter – Cherry Sunday Gemma Arrowsmith – Ruth Lyons Rachelle Beinart, Jess Judge, Dilu Miah, Giuseppe Lentini, Andrew Francis, Lukas Disparrow – Goblins Susan Twist – Heckler (uncredited)[1]
Production
Directed by	Mark Tonderai
Written by	Russell T Davies
Script editor	Scott Handcock
Produced by	Chris May
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner Jane Tranter Joel Collins Phil Collinson
Music by	Murray Gold
Running time	55 minutes
First broadcast	25 December 2023 (2023-12-25)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Giggle" Followed by → "Space Babies"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Church on Ruby Road" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2023 as the fourteenth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. It is the first Christmas special since "Twice Upon a Time" (2017) after which the show transitioned to New Year's specials. Ncuti Gatwa makes his first regular appearance as the Fifteenth Doctor and the episode introduces Millie Gibson as his companion Ruby Sunday.

The story focuses on the Doctor meeting orphan Ruby Sunday, who was abandoned at a church on Ruby Road, hence her name, and her plight to find her birth parents. Following an interview with Davina McCall (playing a fictional version of herself), the two begin experiencing bad luck wherever they go, because of the antics of goblins, who eventually kidnap a new foster baby.

"The Church on Ruby Road" was filmed along with the fourteenth series with production on the special taking place across Wales in January and February 2023. It was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Mark Tonderai.