Ho, ho, WHO

MILLIE GIBSON and NCUTI GATWA on their first adventure in space and time

- STEVEN PERKINS

DOCTOR WHO CHRISTMAS DAY, 5.55PM, BBC1 SCI-FI

It’s all change in the TARDIS on Christmas Day as the festive edition of BBC1’s hit sci-fi drama Doctor Who sees the 15th Doctor – played by Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa – embark on his first adventure with new companion Ruby Sunday.

Featuring appearances from Davina McCall and Anita Dobson, the new story, The Church on Ruby Road, follows Ruby (former Coronation Street star Millie Gibson), who was abandoned on Christmas Eve as a baby before being adopted into a loving family, as she tries to piece together her past.

The last thing she’s expecting is to collide with a time traveller, and soon the pair are battling the mysterious Goblin King!

TV Times caught up with Ncuti, 31, and Millie, 19, to find out what tree-mendous treats are in store…

Has it sunk in yet that you’re the new stars of Doctor Who?

NCUTI It very much still feels like an amazing dream. In my head, I am not the Doctor until the show airs!

MILLIE I feel the same. People keep saying, ‘What does it feel like to be the companion?’ and I’m like, ‘I’m not, yet!’ But I think it’s all going to come at once.