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The Devil's Chord will be the second episode of season one of Doctor Who,[1][2] to be broadcast in 2024.
"Regency" is the placeholder title for what will be the sixth episode of season one of Doctor Who,[1] to be broadcast in 2024. It is written by Kate Herron and Briony Redman.[3][4]
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 / Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- 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
- Vastra - Neve McIntosh
- Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
- Polly - Lily Travers
- Ben - Jared Garfield
- The Captain - Mark Gatiss
- Santa Claus - Nick Frost
- Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
- Kate Lethbridge-Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
- Paul McCartney - TBA[5]
- John Lennon - TBA[5]
- Ringo Starr - TBA[5]
- George Harrison - TBA[5]
- TBA - Jinkx Monsoon[6]
- TBA - Jonathan Groff
- The Duchess - Indira Varma[7]
- Emily[4] - TBA
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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
- Mrs Peace – Jennifer Hill
- Gwyneth – Eve Myles
- Charles Dickens – Simon Callow
- Stage Manager – Wayne Cater
- Mr Cleaver - William Thomas
- Margaret - Annette Badland
- Cathy - Mali Harries
- Idris Hopper - Aled Pedrick
- Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
- Francine Jones - Adjoa Andoh
- Tish Jones - Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Clive Jones - Trevor Laird
- Leo Jones - Reggie Yates
- Shona - Seroca Davis
- Kelly - Holli Dempsey
- George - Chris Obi
- Val - Lynda Baron
- Madge Arwell - Claire Skinner
- Cyril Arwell - Maurice Cole
- Lily Arwell - Holly Earl
- Reg Arwell - Alexander Armstrong
- Co-pilot - Sam Stockman
- Droxil - Bill Bailey
- Ven-Garr - Paul Bazely
- Billis - Arabella Weir
- Wooden King - Spencer Wilding
- Wooden Queen - Paul Kasey
- Grant - Justin Chatwin
- The Ghost - Justin Chatwin
- Lucy - Charity Wakefield
- Mr Brock - Tomiwa Edun
- Dr Sim - Aleksandar Jovanovic
- Young Grant - Logan Hoffman
- Teen Grant - Daniel Lorente
- Reporter - Sandra Teles
- Operator - Tanroh Ishida
- Soldier - Vaughn Johseph
- And Dan Starkey As Strax
- With David Tennant As The Doctor
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 |
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General production staff Art department |
Camera and lighting department |
Costume Hair and make-up Sound |
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.
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Uncredited crew
Milk VFX[8] |
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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".[1] 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[9] in London[10] was adapted solely from the previous episode.[9]
Myths
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Filming locations
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Ratings
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Production errors
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Individuals
- Jack Harkness' vortex manipulator was stored in the Black Archive of UNIT after one of his recent deaths. It later ended up in the possession of the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald.
- The two boards containing photos of Clara's last visit to the Black Archive also showcase photos of previous associates of the Doctor: Susan Foreman, Captain Mike Yates alongside Sara Kingdom, Polly Wright, Dodo Chaplet, Zoe Heriot, Harry Sullivan alongside Sergeant Benton and Sarah Jane Smith, K-9 Mark III, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton, Ben Jackson, Jamie McCrimmon, Zoe Heriot alongside the Brigadier, Sergeant Benton alongside Leela, Vicki Pallister, Victoria Waterfield, Jo Grant alongside Sergeant Benton, Liz Shaw alongside the Brigadier, Romana II, Steven Taylor, Katarina, Romana I, Tegan Jovanka alongside Nyssa, Grace Holloway, Donna Noble, Amy Pond alongside Kate Stewart, Clara Oswald alongside Kate Stewart, Adric, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Kamelion, UNIT Captain Erisa Magambo alongside Rose Tyler, Wilfred Mott, Peri Brown, Brigadier Winifred Bambera alongside Ace, Martha Jones, Mickey Smith, Adam Mitchell, Lieutenant General Sanchez alongside Sarah Jane Smith, Rory Williams, Vislor Turlough, Melanie Bush, Jack Harkness, Craig Owens, and Kate Stewart alongside River Song.
- Kate's mobile phone has the TARDIS dematerialisation sound set as her ringtone when the Doctor calls.
- Clara is now a teacher at Coal Hill School, and she quotes Marcus Aurelius to her class.
- A bust of Albert Einstein can be seen in front of the Cyberman painting in the Under Gallery.
- Kate calls someone named Malcolm twice. Presumably, this is Malcolm Taylor.
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
- Main article: The Devil's Chord (TV story)/Gallery
External links
- Official Logo page on doctorwho.tv
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 DWM 598 - A Letter from the Showrunner, Page 10 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ @herronthatkate on instagram.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 DWM 598 - A Letter from the Showrunner, Page 10
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Doctor Who to feature Beatles episode in Ncuti Gatwa's first season on radiotimes.com
- ↑ Jinkx Monsoon joins the new series of Doctor Who on doctorwho.tv
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014: Last Christmas. Milk VFX. Retrieved on 18 October 2018.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 DWM 586 - A Brand New Face, Page 21
- ↑ DWM 586 - Hello, Ruby Sunday, Pages 16-20