The Devil's Chord (TV story)

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The Devil's Chord

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The Devil's Chord
Doctors:	Fifteenth Doctor, Twelfth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Third Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Tenth Doctor
Main character(s):	Eleventh Doctor, The Captain, Rose Tyler, Adam, Jack, Lynda, Mickey, Jackie, Amy, Craig, Polly, Ben, Kazran, Abigail, Madge, Lily, Cyril
Companion(s):	Ruby, Rose, Martha, Donna, Sarah Jane, Grace, Caecilius, Clara Oswald, Bill Potts, River, Vastra, Jenny Flint, Mel Bush, Kate, Lady Christina, Osgood, Jo, O'Donnell, Jenny, First Doctor, Eighth Doctor
Featuring:	[[featuring::The Beatles|The, Charles, Harriet, Francine, Tish, Clive, Henry, Alfie, Sophie, Fourteenth, Strax, Santa
Main setting:	1960s London, Abbey Road
Key crew
Writer:	Russell T Davies
Other writers:	[[writer::Kit Pedler|Kit Pedler]], [[writer::Gerry Davis|Gerry Davis]], [[writer::Steven Moffat|Steven Moffat]]
Release details
Genre:	Science fiction
Story number:	306
Number of parts:	1
Premiere broadcast:	2024
Premiere networks:	BBC One, Disney+, Disney Branded Television, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Devil's Chord will be the second episode of season one of Doctor Who, to be broadcast in 2024.

Synopsis

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Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor Who - Christopher Eccleston
• The Doctor / Caecilius - Peter Capaldi
• The Doctor - Ncuti Gatwa
• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• The Doctor - David Bradley
• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• The Doctor / Jenny - Georgia Moffett
• The Doctor / Ruby Sunday - Millie Gibson
• Grace Holloway - Daphne Ashbrook
• Martha - Freema Agyeman
• O'Donnell - Morven Christie
• Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
• Jo Jones - Katy Manning
• Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
• Lynda - Jo Joyner
• Adam - Bruno Langley
• The Doctor / Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
• Captain Jack - John Barrowman
• Jackie - Camille Coduri
• Mickey — Noel Clarke
• Harriet Jones — Penelope Wilton
• Chrstina - Michelle Ryan
• The Captain - Mark Gatiss
• Kate Lethbridge-Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
• Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
• Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
• Mel Bush - Bonnie Langford
• Paul McCartney - TBA
• John Lennon - TBA
• Ringo Starr - TBA
• George Harrison - TBA
• TBA - Jinkx Monsoon

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Guest Cast

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Rond - Arthur Darvill
• Craig Owens - James Corden
• Sophie - Daisy Haggard
• Shona - Seroca Davis
• Kelly - Holli Dempsey
• George - Chris Obi
• Val - Lynda Baron

Uncredited cast

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Crew

Executive Producers   Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter with Joel Collins and Phil Collinson

Co-executive producer   Nikki Wilson

Series Producer   Vicki Delow

Written by Steven Moffat & Russell T Davies story by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons	Produced by Marcus Wilson Sanne Wohlenberg	Directed by Mark Tonderai Douglas Mackinnon	Director of Photography Miroslaw Baszak Magni Ágústsson	Production Designer Phil Sims Edward Thomas	Visual Effects Axis VFX Automatik VFX
Make-up Designer Claire Williams	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold Segun Akinola additional music John Sponsler & Louis Serbe	Costume Designer Pam Downe	Edited by John Richards and William Oswald	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer  •  Title sequence by Painting Practice & Realtime Visualisation  •  With thanks to Crouch End Festival Chorus, Sur-Film Production & Services S.L., Timanfaya National Park, Martha Freud  Music conducted & orchestrated by Ben Foster  •  Music score assistant - Jack Sugden   •  Music mixed by Jake Jackson  •  Music recorded by Gerry O'Riordan  •  Music performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales  •  Vocals by Neil Hannon   Autons created by Robert Holmes  •  Daleks created by Terry Nation  •  The Weakest Link created by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning  •  Big Brother created by Endemol Netherlands B.V.  •  K9 created by Bob Baker and Dave Martin  •  Abzorbaloff created by William Grantham

General production staff Head of Production - Alex Protherough Executive Producer for the BBC - Rebecca Ferguson Production Executive - Steffan Morris Co-producer - Ellen Marsh Script Producer - Denise Paul Line Producer - Mark Devlin US Line Producer - David Mason Associate Producer - Helen Vallis Utility Stand In - Ian William George Production Managers - Delmi Thomas, Adrian Devane Supervising Location Manager - Iwan Roberts Location Managers - Nicky James, Gareth Skelding Assistant Location Manager - Tom Chalkley Location Assistant - Shuaib Said Unit Managers - David Blayney, Rhys Griffiths Assistant Unit Manager - Iestyn Hampson-Jones Production Co-ordinator - Sandra Cosfeld Assistant Production Co-ordinators - Liam Hobbs, Nicola Chance Production Management Assistant - Claire Thomas Production Assistants - Sion Crowle, Jade Stephenson, Sheryl Bradford, Jamie Shaw Production Secretaries - Florence Trott, Chris Harkus Script Secretary - Alexandra Bahiyyih Wain Executive Assistant - Caroline Cook Production Runners - Sian Warrilow, Victoria Wheel Production Office Runners - Danilo Van-Der Nguyen, Lisa Elena Williams Unit Drivers - Paul Watkins, Joylon Davey, Steve Darwent, Richard Hunt Unit Medics - Glyn Evans, Andy Jones Business Affairs Executive - Carol Griggs Talent Team - Hannah Williams, Leanne Bowcott, Jeanette Sigsworth, Deborah Evans, Clare Baker Drama Account Manager - Edward Russell Senior Production Accountant - Endaf Emyr Williams Production Accountant - Jeff Dunn Head Accountant - Beverly Wiens 1st Assistant Accountant - Greg Robinson Assistant Accountants - Bethan Griffiths, Matthew Fisher Contracts Assistants - Kath Blackman, Lisa Hayward Finance Manager - Chris Rogers Rights Executive - James Dundas First Aid/Craft Service - Jim Rankin Transportation Coordinator - Dennis Houser Driver Captain - John Oliver BSL Monitor - Jean St. Clair Covid Coordinator - Leah Corcoran Covid Assistant - Ilona Tigere Script department Series Script Editor - Sheena Bucktowonsing Script Editors - Scott Handcock, David P Davis Development Executive - Frances Du Pille Publishing Editor - Gabby De Metteis Script Executive - Lindsey Alford Assistant Script Editor - Rasheed Bello Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Mick Pantaleo 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHaviland 3rd Assistant Director - Heddi-Joy Taylor-Welch Assistant Directors - Chris Thomas, Gareth Jones, Alex Miarli Assistant Director Trainee - Mathew-Lee Heath Runners - Nicola Eynon Price, Laura Jenkins Floor Runners - Nicola Brown, Tom Evans, Bobby Williams Continuity - Non Eleri Hughes Script Supervisors - Nicki Coles, Ruth Vickers Camera Operators - Joe Russell, Mark McQuoid B Camera Operator - Martin Stephens 2nd unit Camera Operator - Rob Arrowsmith 2nd Camera Operator - Siân Elin Palfrey Camera Trainees - Farah Rose, Chai Lee Tan Focus Pullers - Steve Rees, Matt Hillier, Matthew Poynter 2nd Unit Focus Puller - Jonathan Vidgen 2nd Focus Puller - Martin Payne Polecam Operator - Andy Leonard Grips - Gary Norman, Ken Hodgson Assistant Grips - Sean Cronin, Owen Charnley Camera Assistants - Gethin Williams, Drew Marsden, Dan Patounas Clapper Loaders - Sarah Macleod, Evangeline Davies Additional Footage - Mitch Martinez Boom Operators - Bryn Thomas, Dafydd Parry Gaffers - Ben Purcell, Mark Hutchings Lighting Gaffer - Paul Jarvis Rigging Gaffer - Pete Chester Best Boy - Chris Kiley Still Photography - Joe Lederer Board Operator - Jon Towler Electricians - Scott Smallwood, Andrew Truckle, Bob Milton, Peter Scott, Gawain Nash, Rob Fernandes, Sion Davies, Jon Down}}Property "Electrician" (as page type) with input value "Jon Down}}" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.	Art department Chief Supervising Art Director - Stephen Nicholas Supervising Art Directors - Robyn Paiba, Martin Boddison Construction Art Director - Julia Jones Art Directors - Tim Overson, Jon Horsham Assistant Art Director - Jackson Pope Art Department Assistants - Sam Hanson, Celyn Davies Art Department Production Manager - Jonathan Marquand Allison Art Department Co-ordinator - Gwenllian Llwyd Art Department Accountant - Bethan Griffiths Associate Designer - James North Production Buyers - Ben Morris, Sarah Frere Assistant Buyer - Taymar Lee Petty Cash Buyer - Jen Saguaro Set Decorators - Joelle Rumbelow, Adrian Anscombe Set Dressers - Ian Griffin, Mike Elkins Props Buyer - Catherine Samuel Prop Buyers - Jo Pearce, May Johnson, Charlotte Lailey De Ville Action Props Buyer - Milannah Faith Summers A/Supervising Art Director - Cerys Lewis Set Designer - Ben Austin Storyboard Artist - Mike Collins Concept Artists - Richard Shaun Williams, Peter McKinstry Concept/Graphic Artist - Sam Lamont Design Assistants - Sarah Payne, Ian Bunting, Al Roberts Handbot Design - Robert Allsopp & Associates Cyfle Trainee - Naseem Syed Graphic Artists - Sophie Powell, Matthew Clark Graphic Designer - Stephen Fielding Trainee Graphic Designer - Lois Drage Motion Graphics - Tom Munday Graphics Trainee - Anya Kordeck Standby Props - Jonathan Barclay, Charlie Malik, Phillip Jones Standby Carpenter - Jamie Farrell Prop Hands - Declan Petryna, Atiff Tahir, Calvin Evans, Scott Howe, Nigel Magni, Matt Watts, Ingo Hans Standby Art Director - Nick Murray Rigging - Shadow Scaffolding Standby Riggers - Colin Toms, Thomas Williams Standby Painter - Kate Meyrick Standby Scenic Artist - Louise Bohling Head Scenic Artist - Clive Clarke Scenic Painters - Steve Nelms, Matt Weston, Paul Murray, Tim Hobbis, Ana Marlene Ribeiro Head Painter - Barry Kootchin Store Person - Jayne Davies Storeman - Charlie Malik Assistant Storeman - Ryan Milton Chief Props Master - Jon Grundon Prop Master - Paul Smith Assistant Props Master - Adrian Anscombe Dressing Chargehand - Matt Wild Props Chargehand - Kyle Belmont Props Storeman - Stuart Wooddisse Dressing Props - Martin Broadbent, Philip Everett-Lyons Props Driver - Gareth Fox Forward Dresser - Matthew North Props Fabrication Manager - Barry Jones Specialist Prop Maker - Nick Robatto Chief Props Maker - Mark Cordory Props Makers - Penny Howarth, Nicholas Robatto Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Coordinator - Derrick MacLeod Construction Assistant - Matthew Pike Construction Workshop Manager - Mark Hill Workshop Assistant - Chris Slocombe Construction Chargehands - Dean Tucker, Scott Fisher Construction Driver - Jonathan Tylke Construction Labourer - Mike Cox Practical Electricians - Callum Alexander, Austin Curtis Art Department Driver - Tom Belton Scenic Artists - Tara McCourt, Jeremy Duckham Graphics - Peter Anderson Studio Graphics Assistant - Jack Bowes Draughtspersons - Zsofia Ekler, Julia Jones Trainee Draughtsperson - Rachel Ellis Chargehand Carpenter - John Sinnott Carpenters - Tim Burke, Lawrie Ferry, Matt Ferry, Chris Daniels, Julian Tucker, George Rees, Dan Berrow, Keith Richards, Campbell Fraser, Mark Painter, Joe Painter, Michael Venables Title Concept - Billy Hanshaw Costume department Costume Supervisor - Laura Baker Crowd Supervisor - Lindsay Bonacorssi Wardrobe Supervisor - Yolanda Peart-Smith Assistant Costume Designers - Raïssa Hans, Gayle Playford Costume Cutter/Maker - Brighde Penn Creature Costume Maker - Robert Allsopp & Associates Costume Assistants - Rebecca Cunningham, Jessica Lennon, Chloe Henderson Costume Trainee - Yiwen Lin	Make-up and prosthetics Make-up Supervisor - James Spinks Make-up Artists - India Jones, Derek Lloyd, Cathy Davies Junior Make-up Artist - Nikki Salih Prosthetics Designer - Neill Gorton Prosthetics Supervisor - Rob Mayer On Set Prosthetics Supervisor - Lotta Hagvist Prosthetics Technicians - Lauren Welman, Helen Walker, Fiona Walsh, Raquel Barbara, Elaine Morris, Nicola Andriola Prosthetic Make-up Artist - Sarah Lockwood Movement Stunt Co-ordinators - Crispin Layfield, Dani Biernat, Gordon Seed, Jo McLaren, Derek Lea Stunt Performers - Jamie Edgell, Belinda McGinley, Andrew Burford, Samuel Stefan, Lloyd Bass, Ian Pead, Liam Carey, Paul Joseph Choreographer - Ailsa Altena-Berk Wires - Kevin Welch Wire Supervisor - Bob Schofield Casting Casting Associates - Kristian Wall, Alice Purser Casting Assistants - Ri McDaid-Wren, Louis Constantine General post-production staff Post-production Producer - Hannah Jones Post-production Supervisors - Nerys Davies, Ceres Doyle Post-production Co-ordinator - Marie Brown Assistant Editors - Katrina Aust, Carmen Sanchez Roberts On-line Conform - Matthew Clarke, Mark Bright On-line Editors - William Osman, Geraint Pari Huws Assistant On-line Editor - Christine Kelly Additional editing by - Mat Newman Special and visual effects Executive Visual FX Producer - Will Cohen VFX Producer - Beewan Athwal Visual FX Producer - Jenna Powell Visual FX Supervisor - Dave Houghton VFX Editor - Dan Rawlings VFX Co-ordinators - Alex Fitzgerald, Lorna Dumba Additional VFX artist - Ben Pickles VFX Production Assistant - Marianne Paton On-set VFX Supervisor - Tim Barter Special Creature Effects & Prosthetics - Millennium Effects SFX Co-ordinator - Ben Ashmore Special Effects Co-ordinator - Danny Hargreaves SFX Supervisor - Danny Hargreaves SFX Technicians - Dan Bentley, Richard Magrin Senior Visual Effects Artist - Craig Higgins Lead Animator - Neil Roche Lead 3D Artist - Matt McKinney 3D Supervisor - Jean-Claude Deguara 3D Artists - Jeff North, Darren Byford, Wayde Duncan-Smith, Nick Webber, Andy Guest, Ruth Bailey, Serena Cacciato, Dominic Alderson, Nick Bell 2D Supervisor - Izzy Barber 2D Artists - David Bowman, Simon C. Holden, Jennifer Herbert, Bronwyn Edwards, Astrid Busser-Casas, Richard Roberts, Chad Meire Wires - Kevin Welch Colourist - Gareth Spensley Lead Digital Matte Painter - Simon Wicker Digital Matte Painters - Ron Bowman, Alex Fort, Charlie Bennett Digital Matte Artist - Alexander Fort Matte Painters - Doug Winder, Lyndall Spagnoletti Compositors - Greg Spencer, James Etherington, Joe Courtis, Arianna Lago, Bryan Bartlett, Sara Bennett, James Moxon, Lyndall Spagnoletti, Graine Freeman, Tim Barter, Rosemary Chester, Frank Hana, Aoife Greenham Model Unit Supervisor - Mike Tucker Miniature Effects - The Model Unit Model Unit - Lucas FX Model Unit DOP - Peter Tyler Head Modelmaker - Lee Radford Model Maker - Julia Jones Animatronic Operator - Colin Newman Stereo Dit - Jay Patel Stereo Supervisor - Adam Sculthorp Stereo Rig Techs - John Perry, Donald Eke Stereo 3D Consultant - David Wigram Sound Sound Recordists - Alex Thompson, Richard Brookes Dubbing Mixers - Mark Ferda, Tim Ricketts Sound Mixer - Gordon W. Anderson Sound Maintenance Engineers - Tam Shoring, Christopher Goding Sound Supervisor - Doug Sinclair Sound Designer - Rob Ireland Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement ADR Editor - Matthew Cox Supervising Sound Editor - Paul Jefferies Effects Editor - Harry Barnes Foley Editor - Simon Clement Foley Artist - Julie Ankerson Re-recording Mixer - Paul McFadden Sound Assistant - Abdul Amoud

South Africa crew

General production staff Producer - Adam Friedlander Line Producer - Alan Shearer Production Manager - Daniela Springer Art department Art Director - Brian Glaser	Camera and lighting department Camera Operators - George Amos, Derek Ueckermann Focus Pullers - Leon Lotz, Meike Chinnery Camera Loaders - Kyle Oberholzer, Tshepo Nthako Gaffer - Nick Rankin	Costume Costume Supervisor - Cathy Shields Hair and make-up Hair & Make-up Supervisor - Talli Pachter Sound Sound Mixer - Derek Mansvelt

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.
Though not credited in any way, Mat Irvine did help considerably with the operation of K9 for this episode. In the DVD commentary, Phil Collinson acknowledges Irvine as the "operator of the original K9 prop", as seen in the very last scene of the episode, and admitting that the original prop had been stored in Irvine's garage and was found especially for this scene.  This episode marked a big change in the make-up department, with Barbara Southcott becoming the more-or-less permanent make-up designer on the show. Also, Millennium Effects became "Millennium FX" with this episode, and have been credited thus since.  Guido Cerasuolo's actual credit is "Line Producer Italy".  Ernie Vincze's surname is misspelled as "Vince" in the credits as originally transmitted.  This was the first episode of the BBC Wales series to have two credited script editors. Oddly, Emma Freud was credited at the end of the roll, suggesting she was considered more "senior" than Brian Minchin.  As on The Vampires of Venice, Patrick Schweitzer was double-credited as both producer and line producer.  This episode marked the Doctor Who debut of production designer Michael Pickwoad, the BBC Wales debut of costume designer Barbara Kidd, and the first time that something like twenty team members had been credited for their work on Doctor Who. It was the biggest sea change of behind-the-scenes personnel in BBC Wales history, much bigger, in fact, than the changes that had occurred with The Eleventh Hour.  In CON: Charlie McDonnell - Runner, Jay Harley — then credited under their deadname — was described as a runner, and even depicted as delivering tea to cast and crew. However, they're credited here as an "assistant director", albeit lower than the 3rd AD, which does still essentially mean that they were a runner.  This is the first episode of the BBC Wales series in which the title "Script Editor" is not used.  This story had no direct Visual Effects credit, which means that it unusually didn't credit The Mill. Instead, the roll credited many more workers from The Mill than usual, and even changed Will Cohen's normal title to the grander, "Executive Visual FX Producer".  Rhys Jones is credited as a "Prop Chargehand" rather than a "Props Chargehand".  No Ood actually appear in this episode, but they receive a creator credit.  Jay Harley was credited under their deadname as assistant director.  • The Tenth Planet was written by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis •  Note: Standby art director Ifan Lewis was erroneously credited as "Ifan Lewis Lewis"

Uncredited crew

Milk VFX VFX Producer - Louise Hastings VFX Supervisor - Salvador Zalvidea 2D Supervisor - Pedro Andrade CG Supervisor - Darren Byford VFX Co-ordinator - Sarah Williamson VFX Editor - Mark Bright VFX Shoot Supervisor - David Jones Modelling/Texture Supervisor - Sam Lucas Rigging Supervisor - Neil Roche Matchmove Supervisor - Amy Felce Animation Lead - Rachel Ward FX Supervisor - James Reid DMP Supervisor - Simon Wicker

Modeller - Jason Brown Junior Modeller - Gavin Platt FX TD - Dominic Carus, Luca Zappala Lighting TD - Bastien Mortelecque

Matte Painters - Doug Winder, Christoph Unger Compositors - Frederic Heymans, Luciano Lopes, Myfanwy Harris, Rebecca Clay, Tamsie Thomas, Theajo Nagarajan Junior Compositors - Alex Balmer, Jay Murray, Ross Allen, Sarah Iduwe, Daniel Long, Marco Pileri, Matteo Inchingolo, Tomi George, Vasco Cerqueira Roto Prep - Tomi George, Chris West, Jay Murray

Worldbuilding

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Notes

• The title of the episode was revealed in Russell T Davies's column A Letter from the Showrunner in Doctor Who Magazine #598, which was styled as an affectionate parody of the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas". The episode's title was also the answer to one of the questions in that issue's crossword puzzle.
• Parts of the script of this episode were used in auditions for Ruby Sunday; the script for self-tapes from potential actors were truncated from the scripts of this episode and the previous, however the longer script for in-person auditions in London was adapted solely from the previous episode.

Myths

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Filming locations

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Ratings

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Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

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Continuity

• This is not the first television story to feature the Beatles; the group appeared in the 1965 serial The Chase ^[+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"] in footage played on the Time-Space Visualiser. The Doctor and their various companions often met the band in other media.

Home media releases

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Gallery

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External links

• Official The Devil's Chord page on doctorwho.tv