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Millie Gibson Had Message for Doctor Who Season Finale Cinema Viewers

Millie Gibson had a short but sweet exclusive message for those who screened the Doctor Who finale, "The Empire Of Death," at the cinema.

This weekend's Doctor Who finale not only went out on Disney+ and the BBC iPlayer but also in cinemas up and down Britain, which played last week's Legend Of Ruby Sunday, followed by the finale, Empire Of Death. It's not the first time the BBC has done this with Doctor Who – notably, The Day Of The Doctor went out in 3D when that was more of a common thing and was accompanied by special shorts featuring the cast, with Matt Smith's Doctor jumping in from the 100th anniversary, and Strax warning us of cinema etiquette. Peter Capaldi also got 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 reporter and gumshoe and Bleeding Cool founder, Rich Johnston, hit the streets of London on Friday to secure himself a ticket a month ago, with the Vue cinema in Fulham Broadway being the chosen location on the basis that a) it was pretty close to home and b) the cheapest without going to Peckham. Laptop in hand, I am perched on the edge of a wall opposite Broadway at 1.12 am, typing away while the caterwauling of the drunk and horny cry out. So obviously, I am sober and just thinking about Doctor Who.

But those who just spilled out of the cinema were treated to, well, what everyone else got to see on their smaller screens. But also, in between the two episodes shown, a fifteen-minute intermission and a countdown to a message. Eventually revealed to be one from Millie Gibson, who plays Ruby Sunday, thanking us for watching, coming out to the cinema at midnight, promising our questions would be answered "well, most of them" with a Mrs Flood-sized wink. Then, telling us to buckle up, put our mobiles away, and get ready.

And we did. There will be lots to say about this episode and the season as a whole, but I would like to note that the cinema I was at was pretty full, and I was the oldest one there by a mile. Almost everyone else there was in their late teens and early twenties. If Russell T Davies' job was to aim at the young, he succeeded tonight. I almost got triggered PTSD from the time I went to see BTS. It was weird, this was a sequel to a Doctor Who story that I was the only person in the cinema who had been alive to see the original. Admittedly, at the age of two…

Okay, it's time to grab a Boris Bike home and see what the rest of the family thinks. Then, I'll call my Dad in the morning. We are, after all, a third-generation Doctor Who-loving family. And tonight, that's what the Doctor was reminded was the most important thing.

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