Doctor Who
Warning : Spoilers onward for Doctor Who ’s 2023 Christmas Special , " The Church on Ruby Road . "
Summary
Doctor Who ’s " The Church on Ruby Road " was the first full instalment featuring the recently premise Fifteenth Doctor ( Ncuti Gatwa ) , and one second fascinatingly resembled a 27 - year - honest-to-god power of the Eighth Doctor ( Paul McGann ) . While the Eighth Doctor only come out in theDoctor Who1996 movie , McGann’sportrayal of the Doctorstill stands proudly in the gifted list of his predecessors . Doctor Whoseason 14is due to line in May 2024 , also to be eff as the novel season 1 of the show , with Russell T Davies returning to the role of showrunner after his expiration in 2009 .
Gatwa ’s first full sequence aired on December 25 , 2023 , after the actor made his first coming into court in the 60th day of remembrance extra " The Giggle . " " The Church on Ruby Road " also introduced new companion Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ) . In one interesting interaction , the Fifteenth Doctor showed law of similarity to a previous incarnation of his . While no Doctor is the same , there are times the Time Lord remind audiences that each version of them is indeed connected .
Doctor Who ’s Christmas and New Year specials combine to produce one of the show ’s most exciting tradition , but they are n’t all of the same tone .
The Eighth Doctor’s Time Sensitivity Gave Him An Unusual Power
This Doctor Had The Best Presentation Of A Long-Forgotten Time Lord Ability
Although the Eighth Doctor ’s principal risky venture train place in the 1996Doctor Whomovie , the eccentric was spring up further through several Big Finish sound drama , as well asDoctor Whoprose stories . He was make to be more time sensitive than his previous incarnations , and in theEighth Doctor Adventuresnovelization " Camera Obscura , " he is account as having a prison term - sore heart . While all Time Lords have some point of prison term sensitivity , the Eighth Doctor made his more obvious than others . The Eighth Doctor had the ability to sense out things before they were due to find — an almost psychical power — and was capable to predict details about multitude ’s futures .
Ncuti Gatwa’s Prediction Feels So Similar
The Fifteenth Doctor’s First Full Episode Echoed A Great Eighth Doctor Moment
In his first installment , the Fifteenth Doctor bilk paths with a constabulary officeholder , who witnesses the Time Lord emerging from the collapsed head of a big snowman palm . In the midst of the conversation , he tells the officer , " She ’s break down to say yes , when you demand her to marry you on Christmas Day . " When asked how he predicted this , the Doctor claim that the sonic screwdriver pinged , alerting him to the fact . However , there is no sound , which only proves the Doctor ’s more or less psychical abilities even more . In a military post onTwitter , buff were warm to point out the similarity in this scene with one from the movie .
Crossing paths with Gareth Fitzpatrick ( Jeremy Radick ) , a local educatee and security guard for the Institute for Technological Advancement and Research in San Francisco , the Eighth Doctor yield some advice to the young man in regard to his coming exam . He differentiate him , " fix the second question on your midterm exam , not the third . " The two scenes have such closeness , and it would seem thatDoctor Whois renovate this long - forget item about the medico . The likeness between the two evoke that next episodes ofDoctor Whowill see the Doctor execute this time - sensitivity skill more often , which could be very useful in all manner of adventures .
Doctor of the Church Who ’s 2023 Christmas Special , " The Church on Ruby Road , " is streaming on Disney+ .
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