Stories Book The Church on Ruby Road 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 4 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, January 25, 2024 Written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson Pages 160 Story Type Christmas Time Travel Past, Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Mavity Synopsis 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... Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fifteenth Doctor Ruby Sunday Davina McCall Goblin King Goblins Carla Sunday Cherry Sunday Show All Characters (7) How to read The Church on Ruby Road: Books The Church on Ruby Road Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 4 reviews 18 November 2024 · 53 words Review by hallieday 3 The Fifteenth Doctor #01 'The Church on Ruby Road' (2024) from Target Books. A nice little novelisation. Doesn't particularly add that much, aside from some good moments of hearing Ruby and The Doctor's thoughts, but it's a short and sweet ride of a story just like the Christmas special and a fun time revisiting it. hallieday View profile Like Liked 3 26 June 2025 · 132 words Review by DanDunn Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! This was another really good novelisation of an episode I don't dislike but didn't really think that much of. As a Who debut for Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson, she's got quite a natural writing talent that translates very well in this book. Though one thing that's a letdown which I forgot to mention in my review of the episode, I'm disappointed the book didn't explain just how the Doctor knew where to go to rescue Ruby as a baby. Countering that, I liked that Esmie connected the existence of the Goblins and their nature to the events of The Giggle which was what I said as an explanation for the show featuring more fantasy elements, how the walls of reality were damaged following the Toymaker's prolonged presence on reality. Overall it's a good read. DanDunn View profile Like Liked 1 13 April 2025 · 18 words Review by Rock_Angel 1 A solid retelling of the church on Ruby road and dare I say more in-depth on Ruby too Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 1 15 April 2025 · 41 words Review by Azurillkirby It is a novelization of The Church on Ruby Road. Which, to be fair, I didn't expect more than that. I like it about as much, but the episode relied a LOT on visuals, which is lost here. B. Maybe A. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating40 members 3.89 / 5 Member Statistics Read 73 Favourited 5 Reviewed 4 Saved 6 Skipped 8 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Doctor Who Specials • Christmas Special The Church on Ruby Road Rating: 3.46 Story Skipped Television Reviews(18) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season One Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2023-) Set of Stories: Fifteenth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote