Sci-fi · 2020s
Doctor Who
The Church on Ruby Road
A new Doctor, a new friend and a goblin-filled Christmas Eve.
- Family-safe
- Good for kids
Content note: Goblins and stolen babies; mild peril
BBC One
2023
First shown 25 Dec 2023
- First shown
- 25 December 2023
- Channel
- BBC One
- Runtime
- 55 mins
- Genre
- Sci-fi
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Ncuti Gatwa's first full adventure as the Doctor lands on Christmas Day with a gloriously festive bang. Ruby Sunday was left on a church doorstep as a baby one snowy Christmas Eve, and nineteen years later she meets the Doctor, a gang of singing goblins with a taste for babies and, just maybe, a clue to where she came from. It's a bright, stylish, family-sized romp with a big heart, a lot of sparkle and just enough scares to keep the kids glued to the telly. A cracking jumping-on point for newcomers, and a good excuse to get the whole house on the sofa together.
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Checked 9 Nov 2026