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With a new year tantalisingly close, and a new Doctor and companion team raring to go, it’s only natural that thoughts turn to the future of Doctor Who<\/em> — so what does Series 14, the first full run of episodes with Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor, have in store for us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showrunner, Russell T Davies, promises we’ll see “the most magnificent finale ever” as the mystery of Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) unravels. He said<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“[Ruby] was named after the church on Ruby Road which does carry over into the series itself. Not every question is answered in [The Church on Ruby Road<\/em>, as we’ve seen] and that continues all the way through to the most magnificent finale ever shot on planet Earth. No hype! I swear that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Actually an awful lot of [her backstory] is dumped into Episode One of the new series. I found that the Christmas story is so strong that I found it was an impossible weight to carry the entire introduction of a companion to the Doctor.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And of course, we’ve got the mystery of Mrs Flood to follow too…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don’t know a great deal about the Series 14 finale, although it’s expected to be a two-part adventure, likely featuring UNIT in contemporary London — at least we’ve inferred that much, given that it also stars returning companion, Mel Bush (Bonnie Langford), last seen in The Giggle<\/em> working under Kate Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’ll also be written by Davies. We reckon there will be aliens involved as well. Call it an educated guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots more of the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby to come…<\/p>\n

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Looking ahead into 2024… Well, it seems appropriate, with New Year’s Day just around the corner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Russell T Davies Promises \"the Most Magnificent Finale Ever\" for #DoctorWho Series 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