The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)

The Church on Ruby Road is the first BBC Books novelisation based upon season one of Doctor Who,DWM 598 - Preview of The Church on Ruby Road, Page X released on 25 January 2024 by Target Books and written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson.BBC Books to publish novelisation of 'The Church on Ruby Road' on doctorwho.tv
This is the first novelisation to be written by a person of colour, specifically a Black woman.
== Publisher's summary ==
Little is known about Ruby Sunday as she was abandoned on Christmas Eve as a baby. Now living with her mum, Carla and grandmother, Cherry her world is about to be turned upside when she encounters the Doctor and the two set off on their first adventure together...
== Chapter titles ==
* Chapter One
* Chapter Two
* Chapter Three
* Chapter Four
* Chapter Five
* Chapter Six
* Chapter Seven
* Chapter Eight
* Chapter Nine
* Chapter Ten
* Chapter Eleven
* Chapter Twelve
* Chapter Thirteen
* Chapter Fourteen
* Chapter Fifteen
* Chapter Sixteen
* Chapter Seventeen
* Chapter Eighteen
* Chapter Nineteen
* Chapter Twenty
* Epilogue
== Deviations from televised story ==
* It is confirmed that the woman who left baby Ruby Sunday at the church was indeed her mother.
* The cracked timeline is revealed in the initial sequence at the church, which was only revealed later in the original episode.
* During the scene set on Davina McCall's television programme, Ruby has a flashback to Carla telling her, before the show, to not let anyone tell her story for her.
** During this scene, Ruby also mentions "the pandemic" and "the recession", and the Giggle.
* In the scene set in the pub, Susan Twist's unnamed character mentions that "Gaudete" was performed by Steeleye Span.
== Characters ==
* Fifteenth Doctor
* Ruby Sunday
* Carla Sunday
* Cherry Sunday
* Ruby Sunday's mother
* Davina McCall
* Trudy
* Woman
* Woman with pram
* PC Harry McLellan
* Janice
* Goblin King
* Vicar
=== Referenced only ===
* Harry McLellan's girlfriend
== Worldbuilding ==
to be added
== Notes ==
* This novelisation was announced in DWM 598.
* Although the novelisation's official, wider release was on 25 January, signed copies of the book were released early in Forbidden Planet branches on 12 January.@ForbiddenPlanet on twitter.com (12/01/2024)
== Continuity ==
* Unlike the television episode the novelisation is adapted from, when Davina McCall asks Ruby how her life has been, she namedrops the Giggle. This concretely establishes the name of the crisis involving the laugh from Stooky Bill that made everyone believe they were correct as seen in the titular episode TV: .
** The Doctor also references the Toymaker's legions, seemingly confirming that the Goblins are among them.
* This novelisation features Henrik's department store; had a scene set outside a department store, which was filmed at James Howell & Co. Ltd. in Cardiff, the filming location of Henrik's in TV: . The televised The Church on Ruby Road didn't alter the external appearance of the store, however.
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== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
=== Notes ===
=== Sources ===
Category:Target novelisations
Category:2024 novels
Category:Fifteenth Doctor novelisations
Category:Stories set at Christmas
Category:Stories set in Manchester
Category:Stories set in 2004
Category:Stories set in London
Category:Sources set in 2023