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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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