May 13, 2024
| 306 | 2 | "The Devil's Chord" | Ben Chessell | Russell T Davies | 11 May 2024 | TBD | TBA | |
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In 1925, a music teacher shows his
student the "devil's chord", which
summons a being called Maestro, who consumes the teacher's soul. At
Ruby's request, the Doctor takes her to 1963 to see the
Beatles record their first song at EMI Recording
Studios. They discover from John
Lennon and Paul
McCartney that the band, as well as the rest of the world,
has lost its taste for music, which the Doctor fears will alter
humanity's future. He has Ruby play a song, gaining the attention
of Maestro, who is consuming music from every human. After escaping
from Maestro, the Doctor takes Ruby to her present, discovering the
world in a nuclear winter.
Maestro appears, revealing themself as a child of the Toymaker,
with similar powers around music. They take control of the TARDIS,
forcing the Doctor to return to the studios in 1963. There, he and
Ruby try to find the chord that will banish Maestro, but the two
are powerless. John and Paul arrive to play the chord that traps
Maestro, who portends the coming of the "One Who Waits" to the
Doctor. Music returns, and the Doctor and Ruby engage in a musical
number before leaving in the TARDIS.
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