The Church on Ruby Road saw the newly The episode also set up a number of major mysteries that we can expect to see explored in the show\u2019s next season, set to air in 2024.<\/p>\n Who are Ruby\u2019s birth parents? Was the hooded figure who abandoned an infant Ruby her birth mother? And who exactly is Mrs Flood<\/a> (Anita Dobson), Ruby\u2019s neighbour who seems to know rather more about space\/time travel than she should?<\/p>\n In our video review, RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u2018s Morgan Jeffery (Executive Editor) and James Hibbs (Drama Writer) give their verdict on the festive special, discussing its \u201cfantastical\u201d atmosphere, the performances of our new TARDIS duo and the episode\u2019s all-singing, all-dancing twist.<\/p>\n Plus, theories are shared as to the true identity of that hooded figure and Mrs Flood \u2013 could the Master<\/a> play into all of this somehow?<\/p>\n Michelle Greenidge \u2013 who plays Ruby\u2019s adoptive mother Carla Sunday \u2013 has hinted that fans \u2018aren\u2019t ready\u2019 for the twists and turns to come<\/a> in the next season.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think the audience are going to be ready,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is incredible. The story arc, the writing\u2026 you\u2019ll be gripped. I\u2019m so ecstatic with how things have played out.\u201d<\/span><\/p> Guest stars including Aneurin Barnard<\/a>, Indira Varma<\/a>, Lenny Rush<\/a> and Jonathan Groff<\/a> will join leads Gatwa and Gibson for the new episodes.<\/p>\n Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has also revealed that an upcoming story will feature the Beatles as characters<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Our verdict \u2013 with spoilers \u2013 of the 2023 Christmas special and how it sets up future episodes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":42509,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-spoiler-review-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-spoiler-review-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-spoiler-review-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-spoiler-review-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-spoiler-review-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-spoiler-review-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-spoiler-review-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Our verdict \u2013 with spoilers \u2013 of the 2023 Christmas special and how it sets up future episodes.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/42508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}regenerated<\/del> bigenerated Doctor<\/a> rescue a kidnapped baby from a horde of hungry goblins and travel back in time to prevent new friend Ruby from being erased from history.<\/p>\n![\"Doctor](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/457031-0770569.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"457031,Doctor")
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