The Call the Midwife season 15 finale has aired, and there are empty boxes of tissues up and down the country as the nation collectively wept at the demise of Sister Monica Joan.While her death has sometimes appeared imminent in the past, a strong sense of inevitability has followed the fan-favourite nun for the entire run of the latest season, and Sister Monica Joan has now made her final journey to the afterlife.It has to be said, her exit was handled perfectly, honouring everything viewers know and love about the long-serving nun. However, Sister Monica Joan is set to return to the Call the Midwife world, so its not goodbye for ever, just goodbye for now.Excitingly, a younger version of the character will be a focus of the show's prequel - she will of course look a little different, but it'll be incredible to have a first-hand look at the nun at a different stage of life, and find out more about her as a younger woman.Instead of the usual Call the Midwife Christmas special this year, viewers will instead be treated to the prequel, which not only features a young Sister Monica Joan, but also younger iterations of Sister Julienne and Sister Evangelina.
