Speaking about the upcoming episodes and how they will follow on from The Church on Ruby Road<\/a>, showrunner\u00a0Russell T Davies<\/a> revealed: \u201cWe saw at Christmas, there is obviously a mystery to Ruby\u2019s birth family. She was a foundling left at a church. It is a fairy tale-like story, but it keeps following her.<\/p>\n \u201cThat story is not finished. Who is her mother? How can they possibly find out what went on? The way the Doctor ties into this is fascinating. This emotional man I\u2019ve been talking about opens up about his family in a way that he\u2019s never done before.\u201d<\/p>\n Davies continued: \u201cHe left his family behind in 1963 and practically never mentioned it again. That\u2019s a man who doesn\u2019t know his family, and that is fascinating.<\/p>\n \u201cSo as his mind is focusing on that, Ruby\u2019s mind is focusing on her family. Those two stories come together in possibly the greatest finale ever committed to film, except we don\u2019t actually use film anymore! But it really is an astonishing climax.\u201d<\/p>\n The Christmas 2023 episode marked the introduction of Millie Gibson\u2019s Ruby Sunday and allowed viewers to get further insight into her personal life and family.<\/p>\n The episode saw the Doctor and Ruby form a bond over their own experiences of abandonment and being adopted by a new family.<\/p>\n The overarching plot was also a nod back to Chris Chibnall\u2019s The Timeless Children<\/a> episode, which saw the Doctor finally learn the truth about the Timeless Child when held by the Master in the ruins of Gallifrey.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Chatting previously to RadioTimes.com<\/a> at the Doctor Who season 14 premiere, Davies said<\/a>: \u201cI think The Timeless Child doesn\u2019t mean anything to anyone, to a lot of viewers. Genuinely, to a few outside the show \u2013 what does that mean?<\/p>\n \u201cBut what it\u00a0does<\/em> mean is the Doctor\u2019s an orphan, he was abandoned, he was adopted by the Time Lords, so you play that for the emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n Davies added: \u201cThat\u2019s going to have a lot of ammunition and fuel going forward. Millie as Ruby Sunday, she was abandoned as a foundling on the church doorstep, so you have the Doctor and companion suddenly chiming with their lives and connecting.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Doctor](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/475601-69f9e5e.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"475601,Doctor")
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