Along with the same old enjoyable and festivities related to this time of 12 months, Christmas Day in 2023 is a very large one for Physician Who followers.
After these three stand-alone anniversary specials that includes David Tennant and Catherine Tate, this 12 months’s festive particular sees Ncuti Gatwa taking the lead on the helm of the Tardis for the primary time.
However he’s not doing it alone.
The brand new Christmas episode The Church On Ruby Highway additionally introduces us to the Time Lord’s new companion Ruby Sunday (in addition to an absolute fuck-ton of goblins, however we are able to get into that one other time).
Ruby is performed by Physician Who beginner Millie Gibson, who common TV viewers (and, specifically, cleaning soap followers!) could effectively already recognise.
In the event you thought Millie appeared a bit acquainted, right here’s the place you might effectively have seen her earlier than..
Jamie Johnson
In 2017, Millie made her small-screen debut within the CBBC sequence Jamie Johnson, which centres across the titular teenager’s private struggles and ambitions of turning into knowledgeable footballer.
Millie joined the present in its second season as Jamie’s schoolmate Indira Cave, sticking round till the tip of the third run.
Butterfly
The three-part sequence Butterfly instructed the story of Maxine, an 11-year-old who’s coming to phrases together with her transgender identification.
Co-starring Anna Friel, Emmett J Scanlan and Alison Steadman, in addition to Callum Sales space-Ford in his break-out function, Millie performed Lily, Maxine’s older sister.
Coronation Road
The possibilities are, if Millie does look acquainted, it’s since you noticed her in Coronation Road.
Millie was a part of the long-running cleaning soap for 3 years, taking part in troubled teenager Kelly Neelan, who turned the foster baby for Toyah Battersby and Imran Habeeb.
Throughout her three years on the cobbles, Kelly was a part of some pivotal storylines, most notably her involvement within the dying of Seb Franklin.
She additionally briefly dated Dev Alahan’s son Aadi, earlier than leaving Weatherfield in 2022.
Millie’s time in Corrie could have been comparatively brief, however she definitely made her mark on the present, scooping Finest Younger Performer ultimately 12 months’s British Cleaning soap Awards and making the longlist within the Serial Drama Efficiency class on the NTAs.
Millie Gibson’s different work
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In 2017, Millie additionally appeared in an episode of the short-lived Kay Mellor drama Love, Lies And Data, which co-starred Ashley Jensen, Rebecca Entrance and Mandip Gill.
She’s additionally acted on stage in Promenade! The Musical and Eyam, each of which have been held at Manchester’s prestigious (however, sadly, now-defunct) Oldham Coliseum Theatre.
Millie additionally lent her voice to the Radio 4 dramas Me Myself I and Stone, however we’re guessing you received’t recognise her from these as a result of… effectively… they’re actually radio performs.
Physician Who’s newest Christmas particular airs on Monday 25 December at 5.55pm.
