When is came to establishing Ruby Sunday’s parents in the Doctor Who series finale, showrunner Russell T. Davies has revealed that he was directly inspired by the way Rey’s parentage was handled in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
“This is kind of my reaction to [that film],” Davies revealed. “The second film said that [Rey] was nothing special, there was nothing special about her parentage… She was just… an ordinary person with the Force. I really loved the version where she wasn’t special. When she’s ordinary. She’s not the daughter of Sutekh. She’s not the daughter of the Time Lords or Rassilon or something like that. Her mum is Louise Miller, who was 15 years old and pregnant, from a dangerous, abusive home, and left her child on the doorstep. Because I think it’s a better story.”
The comments were made by Davies in the commentary for the season finale, Empire of Death, which is available to those with access to BBC iPlayer.
