Millie Gibson\u2019s Ruby Sunday<\/a> has officially left the TARDIS<\/a> in moving scenes at the end of Doctor Who\u2019s<\/a> two-part finale, Empire of Death<\/a>.<\/p>\n The finale episode saw the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), Ruby, and returning companion Mel Bush<\/a> (Bonnie Langford) defeat Sutekh<\/a> (Gabriel Woolf), bringing life back to the universe.<\/p>\n But they also made one very important discovery \u2013 the identity of Ruby\u2019s biological mother<\/a>.<\/p>\n The final scenes of the show see Ruby and her birth mother, Louise Miller (played by Faye McKeever), reunited, along with her adoptive mother Carla (Michelle Greenidge) and nan Cherry (Angela Wynter).<\/p>\n Making her way back into the TARDIS, Ruby tells the Doctor: \u201cI won\u2019t be long, we\u2019re just gonna have a catch up and a pizza. Mum\u2019s set up a camp bed in nan\u2019s room so Louise can stay the night. And then we can head off, you and me!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhere to?\u201d the Doctor asks, with Ruby responding: \u201cWherever you want.\u201d<\/p>\n Ruby says: \u201cI\u2019ve told her so much about you. She knows everything\u2026\u201d before being interrupted by phone calls, telling her that they\u2019ve found her birth father.<\/p>\n Realising she has to leave, she says: \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t be sorry,\u201d the Doctor tells her as they share a hug. \u201cDon\u2019t be sorry at all. Your life is out there now. I\u2019ve shown you monsters and planets, legends, but this \u2013 honey, your adventure is just beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n Leaving the door very much open for Gibson\u2019s return, the Doctor assures Ruby he\u2019ll see her again, adding: \u201cYou, Ruby Sunday, I will see again, because you changed me. I talk about family in a way that I never did before, and it\u2019s because of you. You have made my life bigger and better. And now, Ruby Sunday, goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n Just before leaving the TARDIS, Ruby turns back to the Doctor and says \u201cI love you,\u201d with the Doctor shedding a tear only after she\u2019s left.<\/p>\n As the TARDIS dematerialises, a tearful Ruby is surrounded by her growing family, each of them holding her tight. We see the four of them happily poring over photos of Ruby\u2019s childhood together \u2013 but, as we know, there\u2019s always a twist at the end.<\/p>\n The final scenes of the season offer an ominous warning from Anita Dobson\u2019s Mrs Flood<\/a>, clad in a white coat and holding an umbrella to shield her from the falling snow on the roof.<\/p> \u201cAnd that\u2019s how the story of The Church on Ruby Road comes to an end,\u201d she says. \u201cWith a very happy ending for little Ruby Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n However, she adds: \u201cBut life goes on, doesn\u2019t it? Ruthlessly. And what happens, you might wonder. Oh, what happens to that mysterious traveller in time and space known as the Doctor? I\u2019m sorry to say his story ends in absolute terror. Night night!\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, Ruby\u2019s not gone for good from Doctor Who, as she\u2019ll still play an important part in season 15. Varada Sethu<\/a> is joining the cast as a new companion, alongside Gatwa and Gibson, to make up a TARDIS trio.<\/p>\n Showrunner Russell T Davies also later confirmed:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re heading into season 2, and my God, Ruby Sunday is important to that. There\u2019s good stuff to come.\u201d<\/p>\n Doctor Who will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2025. <\/strong>Previous seasons are available to stream on\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong>\u00a0For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Thankfully, Ruby’s not gone for good. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53638,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-finale-sees-millie-gibsons-ruby-depart-the-tardis-in-emotional-scenes-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-finale-sees-millie-gibsons-ruby-depart-the-tardis-in-emotional-scenes-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-finale-sees-millie-gibsons-ruby-depart-the-tardis-in-emotional-scenes-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-finale-sees-millie-gibsons-ruby-depart-the-tardis-in-emotional-scenes-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-finale-sees-millie-gibsons-ruby-depart-the-tardis-in-emotional-scenes-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-finale-sees-millie-gibsons-ruby-depart-the-tardis-in-emotional-scenes-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-finale-sees-millie-gibsons-ruby-depart-the-tardis-in-emotional-scenes-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":"Thankfully, Ruby's not gone for good.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/53637"}],"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\/53638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Millie](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/480409-aa72293.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413\" "\\"Millie")
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