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Millie Gibson’s message for Doctor Who season finale viewers

Millie Gibson’s message for Doctor Who season finale viewers

Published in: BBC, Doctor Who, TV | Tags: cinema, Fulham Broadway, london, Millie Gibson, Ruby Sunday, view


Millie Gibson had an exclusive short but sweet message for those who screened the Doctor Who finale, ‘Empire of Death,’ at the cinema.



Article summary

  • Special cinema screening of the Doctor Who finale with exclusive message.
  • Millie Gibson, aka Ruby Sunday, thanks fans and reveals episode details.
  • The film event attracted a crowd of young people, reflecting a rejuvenated fan base.
  • Reflecting on the generational love of Doctor Who after a midnight screening in London.

This week-end Doctor Who The finale was not only shown on Disney+ and BBC iPlayer, but also in cinemas across Britain, which broadcast last week. Legend of Ruby Sunday, followed by the finale, Empire of Death. This is not the first time the BBC has done this with Doctor Who – notably, Doctor’s Day was released in 3D when that was more common and was accompanied by special short films featuring the actors, with Matt SmithThe Doctor steps in from the 100th anniversary and Strax warns us about cinema etiquette. Pierre Capaldi also received a cinematic treatment for The Pilot, accompanied by a short film with Pearl Mackie looking at the dynamics of being a companion. So what did we get this time?

Your intrepid journalist and founder of Gumshoe and Bleeding Cool, Rich Johnston, hit the streets of London on Friday to secure a ticket a month ago, with the Vue cinema in Fulham Broadway being the chosen venue because a) it was close enough to home and b) the cheapest without going to Peckham . Laptop in hand, I’m perched on the edge of a wall across from Broadway at 1:12 a.m., typing while the mews of drunks and hornies scream. So obviously I’m sober and just thinking about Doctor Who.

But those who had just left the cinema were treated to what everyone else was able to see on their smaller screens. But also, between the two episodes broadcast, a quarter-hour intermission and a countdown to a message. Eventually revealed to be one of Millie Gibson, who plays Ruby Sunday, thanking us for watching, heading out to the movies at midnight, promising our questions would be answered “well, most of them” with a Ms. Flood-sized wink. Then telling us to buckle up, put away our cell phones and get ready.

Exclusive message from Doctor Who to those who saw the finale at the cinemaExclusive message from Doctor Who to those who saw the finale at the cinema
Screenshot from Doctor Who cinema / Rich Johnston

And we did it. There will be a lot to say about this episode and the season as a whole, but I want to point out that the theater I was in was pretty full and I was the oldest by a mile. Almost everyone else was in their late teens and early twenties. If Russell T Davies“The job was to target young people, it succeeded tonight. I almost suffered from PTSD from the moment I went to see BTS. It was weird, it was the continuation of a Doctor Who story that I was the only person in the cinema who was alive to see the original. Of course, at the age of two…

All right, it’s time to grab a Boris Bike home and see what the rest of the family thinks. Then I’ll call my dad tomorrow morning. After all, we are a third generation Doctor Who-magnet family. And tonight, that’s what the Doctor was reminded: that’s the most important thing.


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