DOCTOR WHO Showrunner Teases Ruby Sunday Mystery And Fifteenth Doctor's Need For A Companion

DOCTOR WHO Showrunner Teases Ruby Sunday Mystery And Fifteenth Doctor's Need For A Companion

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has confirmed the show's upcoming season will continue to explore Ruby Sunday's origin and elaborated on why the Doctor needs to have a human companion by his side.

By JoshWilding - Dec 29, 2023 03:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Doctor Who
Source: SFFGazette.com

Doctor Who's Christmas Special, "The Church on Ruby Road," introduced the Fifteenth Doctor's new companion, Ruby Sunday. Played by British actress Millie Gibson, we found the character on the hunt for answers about her parents, only to later learn that there's no record of them. 

The Doctor and Ruby later clashed with the Goblin King, with his machinations forcing the Doctor to travel back in time to rescue her as a baby after a cloaked figure abandoned her at a church. There's almost certainly more story to be told there and theories range from the mysterious person being Ruby herself to the Doctor somehow already knowing who it was that abandoned her. 

Talking on Doctor Who: Video Commentaries, showrunner Russell T Davies confirmed Ruby's mysterious origin story will play a key role in the long-running sci-fi series as we head into the show's new season 1 (a.k.a. season 14). 

"The story that we’re kicking off here about the adoption and having been fostered and then adopted and being a foundling actually runs through the entire series," he teased (via SFFGazette.com). "This one's quite a fable - the foundling on the church doorstep in the snow."

"That story then continues into the series - we come back to that church," Davies continued. "There's all sorts of things...there were people in those scenes you don't know were there. There's a lot more to come."

Many fans were surprised to see the lengths the Doctor went to to save Ruby, particularly as the Goblin King ended up being impaled on a church spire. When producer Chris May put it to Davies that we were seeing a "vengeful Doctor," the showrunner responded, "It's why he needs a human."

We know the Doctor tends to head down a dark path when he's on his own (a theme Davies explored when the Tenth Doctor declared himself "Time Lord Victorious"), so that would explain why he ended up going back for Ruby after initially choosing to leave her behind. 

A new clip from the next batch of episodes has also been released which shows the Doctor and Ruby exploring a spaceship as some sort of alien creature closes in. 

Doctor Who is the longest-running action-adventure television series in the world spanning 60 years and winning over 100 awards. This quintessentially British show has a massive global following, with 9.6 million fans across social platforms/channels and 100 million video views on YouTube in the last year alone. 

You can watch that new clip ahead of Doctor Who's return this May in the X post below.

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AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 12/29/2023, 3:25 PM
I liked Dr Who better before Disney got involved.
elcapitan
elcapitan - 12/29/2023, 4:14 PM
@AnthonyVonGeek - You're basing this on four specials, you haven't even seen a full season yet.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/29/2023, 4:25 PM
@elcapitan - The first three specials possibly all four, were all written before the deal was even signed with Disney too, sure they were able to do more on a bigger budget but the deal had little to do with it being percieved as good or bad story wise.
Ginley
Ginley - 12/29/2023, 7:30 PM
@AnthonyVonGeek -

Big Chibnall fan, eh?

What's your favorite Chibs episode?

"The Timeless Children" or "Once, Upon Time"?
grif
grif - 12/29/2023, 3:36 PM
why dont they change the tardis interior look?
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/29/2023, 4:12 PM
@grif - They did
grif
grif - 12/29/2023, 4:22 PM
@Apophis71 - image looks like the same previous one. anyway i dont watch the show. its fine
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/29/2023, 4:27 PM
@grif - They did a new interior after Jodie, so were unlikely to ditch it after only 3 specials, they just added a jukebox, lol.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/29/2023, 4:29 PM
@grif - They've gone back to the original Tardis look but added some new features like a Duke Box.
grif
grif - 12/29/2023, 4:44 PM
@Apophis71 - lol
Ginley
Ginley - 12/29/2023, 7:30 PM
@grif -

They just have.

Why are you such a dork?
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/30/2023, 7:29 PM
@grif - If your at all interested grif here is a Radio times (which was a radio/TV mag founded by the BBC in 1923 but now independant since 2011) ranking list of interiors.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-tardis-interiors-ranked/

This new one is more back to Classic Who designs (with a dash of the 11th's) having been more industrial and/or dark for most of new Who which almost all had a general vibe of very old and heavily patched up with whatever was to hand over time.

This one looks more new and fresh, a LOT brighter than any other new who interior and probably the biggest set design they've had. They haven't used the interior much yet so hard to fully judge but they will probaly play with lighting effects a lot considering they did add the jukebox beyond the vry bright white lighting or red alert status lighting.
grif
grif - 12/31/2023, 3:43 PM
@Apophis71 - cool thanks
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/31/2023, 3:58 PM
@grif - Your welcome and a Happy new year to you ya grumpy old teddy bear, never change mate :D
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/29/2023, 3:49 PM
Idk if it’s because it was a Christmas Special or just the general tone of this new era but it felt fairytale-ish which gave me Series 5 vibes at times.

Anyway very intrigued so far about the mystery around Ruby so far , don’t think her parents are someone we already know though but will meet.

Speaking of her , I liked Millie Gibson as Ruby and her chemistry with Ncuti’s Doctor!!.

dracula
dracula - 12/29/2023, 3:55 PM
Pretty simple he is lonely.

Moffat showed why the doctor needs companions in Matt Smith’s final season
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/29/2023, 4:11 PM
@dracula - plus , it was in a Matt Smith Minisode too but he’s been around for so long that The Doctor needs fresh eyes and outlook to help travel and see the universe
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/29/2023, 4:21 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Yeh it is like if you grow up living in the same place all your life you stop noticing and appreciating anything then get a new friend and bring them home you can see and appreciate more all the things you walk past every day and discover places on your own doorstep you never even kknew existed.

They did that quite well with Q taking Vash on as a companion of sorts in TNG/DS9 about how he was able to see things threw her eyes and appreciate the universe more as a result.

Also sometimes need someone to ask the dumb questions to work out a problem as can get lost in the complex and overlook the simple with stuff. Like the analogy of the kid who suggests letting the tyres down after emergency services and structural engineers have spend hours trying to get the bus out when stuck under a bridge.

Plus many of the Doctors like to show off at times, lol
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/29/2023, 4:08 PM
There is bigger problems with the actual show than the Doctor having a companion.
I give it a couple of seasons before it's completely dead.
Ginley
Ginley - 12/29/2023, 7:33 PM
@marvel72 -

LOL.

RTD has just restored the show to ratings success, which seems to have made you miserable.

Why are the people on this site such [frick]ing losers who need to impose their own cultural baggage on every IP?
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/29/2023, 11:27 PM
Did my opinion hurt your feelings?

Ginley
Ginley - 12/30/2023, 3:28 AM
@marvel72 -

Was it an opinion or a prediction?

You predicted it will be dead in a couple of years.

It won't.

And your prediction is premised on bringing culture war bullshit into this show.

[frick] that.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/30/2023, 8:48 AM
@Ginley - I also said it has bigger problems than him having a companion.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/30/2023, 12:14 AM
Enjoyed the Christmas special, they have enough chemistry that I didn't get bored.
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 12/30/2023, 9:13 AM
It’s pretty clear Ruby drops herself off at the church, right?
Mugens
Mugens - 12/30/2023, 5:20 PM
@theFUZZ008 - Now that would be interesting.

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