Stories Television Doctor Who Season One Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Devil’s Chord 21 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 29 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 21 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, May 11, 2024 Written by Russell T Davies Directed by Ben Chessell Runtime 52 minutes Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Breaking the Fourth Wall, Celebrity Historical, Dance Number, Flashbacks, Original Song Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) The One Who Waits, Susan Twist, Ruby's mother, The Pantheon of Gods Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Abbey Road, Earth, England, London UK Viewers 3.91 million Appreciation Index 77.0 Synopsis 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. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa Ruby Sunday Millie Gibson Maestro George Harrison John Lennon Paul McCartney Ringo Starr The Beatles Show All Characters (8) How to watch The Devil’s Chord: Watch on iPlayer Watch on Disney+ Doctor Who Unleashed BTS on YouTube Blu-Ray Season One [Steelbook] Blu-Ray Season One DVD Season One Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 29 reviews 4 May 2025 · 228 words Review by dema1020 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! The Devil's Chord isn't perfect. It is practically begging to have writes to Beatles music production simply could never reasonably afford. It's story is pretty simple and straightforward, perhaps to a fault. And I do have to admit the last song at the end wasn't exactly impressive. Yet I've always been quite deferential to this episode. I had fun from pretty much start to finish. Maestro was the most fun with a villain I've had in Doctor Who since pretty much we've last seen Missy. Jinkx Monsoon did a great job embracing a very camp villain that absolutely lives up to the energy of such villainy from the Classic Who era. Sure, the episode is missing some of the Beatles actual music, but there are a lot of musical moments I really like. The Doctor and Ruby bringing the city back to life with their song early on in the episode, Maestro confronting the two and menacing the TARDIS, and John and Paul finding the special chord - all these moments build up on each other and got me invested in the story. It's my favourite aspect of this season - each story feels like a big adventure, with all the weight and length of a movie more than a standard television episode. And yes, while there are flaws to the Devil's Chord, I really enjoyed that journey. dema1020 View profile Like Liked 1 4 May 2025 · 15 words Review by kawaii2234 the one who waits is almost here. died 2011 born 2024 welcome back Captain Jack Harkness kawaii2234 View profile Like Liked 0 20 April 2025 · 86 words Review by Lizzie-Hassan-Robyn Doctor Who meets the Beatles..... aaaeeehhh???? Having a pantheon member obsessed with a single form of entertainment is a perculiar choice, but at least here they make for a three-dimensional character. You know, whenever I watch these 60's stories they make me look down at my T-shirt and reminisce on what a good 60's story looks like. Tomb of the Cybermen was peak! And so was Blink, WOW, Blink was so good! Conclusion: Episode 2s are always rocky. - Lizzie xxxxx Next up: BOOM Lizzie-Hassan-Robyn View profile Like Liked 0 8 April 2025 · 108 words Review by joeymapes21 Maestro is a brilliant villain, a standout of the season. Bringing fun, camp, but also feeling like a genuine threat - I love Maestro. The story is really fun throughout, and a story that I have such joy revisiting. I'm not sure of the power of music, but for the sake of the story, it's a great concept. The songs are a bit naff. I know that is the point of the songs at the start, but I do not care for There's Always a Twist at the End - however, a given in universe reason would have aided enjoyment (and I am aware that this was cut). joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 0 3 April 2025 · 3 words Review by jamesnneill Rewatched 2025-04-03 (⭐⭐⭐½) jamesnneill View profile Like Liked 0 Show All Reviews (29) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating942 members 3.40 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating649 votes 3.24 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1326 Favourited 121 Reviewed 29 Saved 7 Skipped 1 Related Stories Classic Who S3 • Serial 7 · (1/4 episodes intact) The Celestial Toymaker Rating: 2.89 Story Skipped Television Reviews(15) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 3 Set of Stories: First Doctor Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite MAESTRO: Ta-da! — Maestro, The Devil’s Chord Show All Quotes (21) Open in new window Transcript + Script [1925] (A schoolboy's piano lesson is in progress.) TIMOTHY: First, we have a note. Then we have a tune. (Three Blind Mice.) TIMOTHY: Then we have a melody. Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)
