The Devil's Chord

Episode aired May 10, 2024
50m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

8.8K

YOUR RATING

Jinkx Monsoon in The Devil's Chord (2024)

Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

The Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake.The Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake.The Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

8.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Laura June Hudson plays the ill-fated Elderly Woman. She had been a BBC Costume Designer on the original show, working on eight stories between 1978-81. Tom Baker declared her his favourite, loving her operatic style.

Goofs
John Lennon is wearing his famous round Windsor brand glasses, which he began wearing 1966, three years after this episode is set. In 1963, Lennon wore "Buddy Holly" style glasses, which were wide black-rimmed glasses.

However, the episode is set in an alternate timeline, where reality has been altered and music has all but disappeared since the 1930s. So, the reality of The Beatles would be different, and Buddy Holly would likely never have existed as a musician to inspire John in the alternate reality.

Quotes
Timothy Drake: Henry, get away from him.
Maestro: Them.
Timothy Drake: What?
Maestro: Me.
Timothy Drake: What?
Maestro: I'm them.
Timothy Drake: You're who?
Maestro: "You're who?"

Connections
Featured in Doctor Who: Unleashed: The Devil's Chord (2024)

Soundtracks
Three Blind Mice
Traditional
Performed by Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra

User reviews78

Featured review

6/10

Sure much potential...

... but it gets ruined because RTD can't play it straight.

I kinda wish they would still have a pauper's budget again, because it seemed to have worked mich better during his first run. Yes he was also campy there and also at times edged on the thin line between "a little silly" and "completely bonkers". But with this episode he completely wrecked that line.

The villain was extraordinary. Or could have been if they didn't run their mannerisms into the ground. A little less forced drama, a bit tighter pacing, especially during the "final battle" and this could have been an absolute delight.

And don't get me started on that musical number at the end. I enjoyed it in the first episode, but here it felt so overly forced and was not fun at all. More like a parody of Austin Powers. Horrible.