Modern Series Episode 187:
The Devil's Chord

Plot

Ruby wants to see The Beatles record their first album at the facilities that will become London's famed Abbey Road Studios. But when she and the Doctor arrive in 1963, they find themselves in a world bereft of song, where the Fab Four are not artists on the verge of stardom but men embarrassed that they're resorting to music to earn a living. The Doctor soon discovers that humanity turned against its melodies as far back as the Twenties -- and the culprit is the otherworldly being known as Maestro, a child of the Toymaker. Without song, Cold War hostilities are mounting... and Earth is destined for an imminent nuclear winter.

Original Transmission
Date 11th May 2024
Time 7.07pm
Duration 49'48"
Viewers (more) 3.9m (12th)
· BBC1/HD
   7 days 3.9m
Appreciation t/b/a


Cast
The Doctor
Ncuti Gatwa (bio)
Ruby Sunday
Millie Gibson (bio)
Timothy Drake
Jeremy Limb
(more)
Henry Arbinger
Kit Rakusen
Maestro
Jinkx Monsoon
Tea Trolley Lady
Sherinne Kayra Anderson
George Martin
Ed White
Paul McCartney
George Caple
John Lennon
Chris Mason
George Harrison
Philip Davies
Ringo Starr
James Hoyles
Studio Producer
Chan Shoker
Cilla Black
Josie Sedgwick-Davies
Tea Lady
Susan Twist
Vinnie
Simon Jason-Smith
Elderly Woman
Laura June Hudson
As himself
Murray Gold
As herself
Shirley Ballas
As himself
Johannes Radebe


Crew
Written by
Russell T Davies (bio)
Directed by
Ben Chessell (bio)
(more)

Executive Producers
Russell T Davies (bio)
Julie Gardner
Jane Tranter
Joel Collins
Phil Collinson
Producer
Chris May
Stunt Coordinator
Derek Lea
Stunt Performers
Paul Joseph
Jessica Barfoot
Rachel Holifield
Lucy Fowl
Stuart Boother
Christina Petrou
Choreographer
Jack Murphy
Associate Choreographer & Dancer
Nicole Alphonce
Dancers
Adam Tench
Adina Nyahwa
Alex Sturman
Anja Scot
Anna Head
Aristide Lyons
Celina Tomas
Christopher Jeffers
Ciro Meulens
Ediz Ibrahim
Elena Smith
Ellie Marsh
Ellis Trohear
Emily Rutter
Franky Attard
Fraser Leigh Green
Gareth Viader-Lloyd
Jack William Parry
Jenny Wickham
Katie Webb
Kyle Evans
Lana Williams
Myron Birch
Natasha Fenn
Nicholas Tredrea
Olivia Byard
Olivia Ferrari
Oliver Wheeler
Pia Driver
Roselynn Mbwembwe
Sean Moon
Shay Daniels
Sheehan Parsons
Stan West
Stephanie Wright
Wallace Cheverall
Zi Hong Mok
Puppeteers
Eliot Gibbins
Arran Glass
Benjamin Dowden
Josh Elwell
Rowan Elwell
Doctor Piano Double
Michael Howell
Ruby Piano Double
Anna Grieve
Maestro Music Double
Eleanor Whittam
1st Assistant Director
Christopher J Thomas
2nd Assistant Director
Lauren Pate
Crowd 2nd Assistant Director
Charlie Campbell
Dancer Crowd 2nd Assistant Director
Michael Llewellyn Williams
3rd Assistant Director
Jennifer Day
Floor Runners
Jac Lewis
Devante Fleming
SAW Floor Runner
Micah Joshua Brown
Base Runner
Jamal Price
SAW Floor Runner / Stand In
Beyagy Demba
Floor Runner / Stand In
Emmy Williams
SAW Cast Assistant
Juanee Scott
Production Manager
Adrian Devane
Production Coordinator
Sandra Cosfeld
Assistant Production Coordinator
Liam Hobbs
Travel & Accommodation Coordinator
Ariana Scott
Travel & Accommodation Secretary
Adam Byard
Production Secretaries
Florence Trott
Chris Harkus
Production Office Runners
Danilo Van-Der Nguyen
Lisa Elena Williams
Rugie Begum
SAW Director's Assistant
Abdoul Razak Ceesay
Creative Coordinator
Fabia Sinigaglia
Executive Assistant to Jane Tranter
Dee Brooker
Executive Assistant to Julie Gardner
Kaleigh O'Boyle
Executive Assistant to Russell T Davies, Phil Collinson & Joel Collins
Joshua MG Thomas
Location Manager
Baljinder Sidhu
Assistant Location Managers
Alex Moore
Shuaib Said
Unit Manager
Kyle Yates
Location Assistants
Robyn Selby
Josef Coombes
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Richard Balshaw
Studio Assistant
Lloyd Di Mauro
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Greg Robinson
AP Assistant Accountant
Devon Anscombe
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Aimee Bond
Laura Gardner
Cashier
Joseff Thomas
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Lauren Mackey
Accounts Clerk
Amber Cripps
A Camera and Steadicam Operator
Martin Stephens
Focus Pullers
Jonathan Vidgen
Steve Rees
Clapper Loaders
Sarah MacLeod
Evangeline Davies
Central Loader
Farah Rose
Camera Trainees
Kudzai Dzokamushure
Chai Lee Tan
Andrea Jovanovska
Digital Imaging Technician
Nick Everett
Data Manager
David Buckley
Key Grip
Bobby Williams
Grip
Ken Hodgson
Best Boy Grip
Moses Stringer-Ogundeji
Grip Trainee
Rhys Jones
Entry Level Grip Trainee
Emily Badger-Knight
Assistant Script Editor
Rasheed Bello
Script Supervisor
Nicki Coles
Entry Level Script Supervisor
Ines Mayorga
1st Assistant Sound
James Bowen
2nd Assistant Sound
Angharad Evans
SAW Sound Trainee
Tayne McIntosh-Barrett
Gaffer
Pete Chester
Rigging Gaffer
Chris Kiley
Best Boy
Sion Davies
Rigging Best Boy
Scott Smallwood
Lighting Rigger
Paul Davies
Desk Operator
Alan Tippetts
Rigging Desk Operator
Pete Davies
Electricians
Andy Green
Joe Jennings
Jon Down
ScreenSkills Trainee Electricians
Bianca Parris
Daniel Williams
Supervising Art Director
Robyn Paiba
Senior Art Directors
Rhys Ifan
Gareth Cousins
Art Directors
Jon Horsham
Kartik Kundan Nagar
Hattie Gent
Alex Stannus
Prop Art Director
Michael Van Kesteren
Assistant Art Director
Eleri Lloyd
Standby Art Director
Ifan Lewis Lewis
Set Decorator
Adrian Anscombe
Set Dresser
Vicki Male
Assistant Set Decorators
Verity Scott
Billie Blue Williams
Production Buyer
Helen O'Leary
Action Prop Buyer
Tara Lily Johnston
Assistant Buyers
Taymar Lee
Camilla Blair
Harriet Wall
Petty Cash Buyers
Charlie Shelley
Llinos Jones
Oyrania Vakoulis-Morris
Set Decorating Assistant
Lois Drage
Draughtsperson
David Merryweather
Junior Draughtspersons
Lucia Heseltine
Lakota Gunter
Katja Allen-Kormylo
Diana Samuila
Sam Hanson
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Jason Davies-Redgrave
Art Department Assistant
Ilee Khezrzadeh
Storyboard Artist
Michael Collins
Prop Master
Nick Thomas
Props Chargehands
Stuart Rankmore
Ifan Ramage
Standby Props
Phill Bull
Jonathan Barclay
Prop Hands
Declan Petryna
Atiff Tahir
John Thomas
Ingo Hans
Joseph Craig
Jason White
Matt Shrimpton
Ieuan Parker
Practical Electrician
Phillip Jones
Storeman
Charlie Malik
Prop Stores Assistant
Stephen Bright
Prop Painter
Maria Faurie
Standby Painter
Jessie Thomas
Graphic Art Director
Erica McEwan
Lead Concept Artist
Nandor Moldovan
Junior Concept Artist
Jordan Reynolds
Graphic Designer
Stephen Fielding
Assistant Graphic Designer
Sophie Cowdrey
Junior Graphic Designer
Aled Llyr Griffiths
HOD Prop Modeller
Barry Jones
Modellers
Grant Humberstone
Paul Mazonas
Stephanie Howell
Penny Howarth
Prop Sculptor
Valma Hiblen
Fabrication Buyer
Hester Haslett-Venus
Rigging
Shadow Rigging
Standby Rigger
Nigel Owen
Construction Manager
Rhys Griffiths
Construction Coordinator
Ffion Roberts
HOD Carpenter
Martyn Russell
Carpenters
Christopher Hawksworth
David Martynski
Dean Page
Gareth Jones
Harriet Jones
Huw Morgan
Jason Thomas
Jonathan Tylke
Mark Borde
Patrick Watts
Richard Griffiths
Sam Burridge
Samuel Riddiford
Scott Owen
Improver Carpenters
Cain Griffiths
Mike Russell
Stagehands
Ffion Griffiths
Morgan Edwards
HOD Scenic Art
Jody Raynes
Scenic Artists
Gary Nyhan
Heidi Broad
Jessica Steel
Lizzie Howe
Mike Carter
Painter
Justin Abraham
Plasterers
Cellan Roberts
Drew Abraham
Sculptors
Brent Johnson
Joe Pearce
Russell Turner
Scenic Trainee
Luke Smith
Standby Carpenter
Lee Hosken
Special Effects
Real SFX
Assistant Costume Designer
Raïssa Hans
Costume Supervisor
Laura Baker
Costume Design Assistant
Charlotte Godfrey
Costume Coordinator
Anthony Williams
Principal Costume Standbys
Kitty Carin-Boyd
Michelle McGrath
Crowd Costume Supervisor
Nicola Clay Vidales
Crowd Costume Standby
Nicola Rodd
Costume Artist
Heather Waterton
Costume Makers
Issy Lawrence
Jessica Hardy
Hannah Carey
Costume Cutter
Mein Roberts
SAW Principal Costume Trainee
Lizzie Doody
SAW Crowd Costume Trainee
Hettie Kitson
SAW Costume Trainee
Ruby Blake
Hair & Make-up Supervisor
Clarice Gill
Crowd Hair & Make-up Supervisor
Scott Beswick
Senior Hair & Make-up Artists
Sarah Davies
Juliet Ireland
Make-up Artist to Ncuti Gatwa
Bella Arghiros
Hair & Make-up Artist
Becky Lingham
Hairdressers
Stuart Cheadle
Jackie Saundercock
Trainee Hair & Make-up Artists
Madison Garland
Charlotte Threadwell
Facilities
AP Transport
c/o Bob Gurney and Richard Gurney
Casting Associate
Becky Rossmaur
Casting Assistant
Kristian Wall
1st Assistant Editors
Joseph Keirle
Emily Lawrence
VFX Editor
Matt Nathan
VFX Editor Trainee
Catrin Rees
VFX Temp Editor
Chris Thomas
Assistant Online Editor
Luke Stanbury
Post Production Supervisor
Liv Duffin
Post Production Coordinator
Lauren Pate
SAW Post Production Trainee
Amelia Goadby
Audio Post
Bang Post Production
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Wild ADR
VFX Supervisors
Sean Varney
Fred Burdy
VFX On Set Supervisor
Daniel Roberts
VFX Line Producer
Liam Tully
VFX Coordinators
Siân Reynish
Livvy Edwards
Data Wrangler
Hattie Williams
VFX Assistant
Sarah-Hoor Aboubakar
Ireland VFX Co-Producer
Michael Garland
for Grand Pictures Commissioning A Limited
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Emmett Brenna
Andrei Grigorita
Anthony McFadden
Dianne Murphy
Concept Art, Motion Graphics, Previs & VFX Art Direction
Painting Practice
Visual Effects
Windmill Lane
Additional VFX
BBC Wales Graphics
Post Production Facility
Gorilla
Music Performed by
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Three Blind Mice Performed by
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Conducted by
Alastair King
Original Theme Music by
Ron Grainer
Music Supervisor
Ollie White
Assistant Music Supervisor
Marnie Davidge
Title Sequence
Painting Practice &
Realtime Visualisation
Co-Producer
Ellen Marsh
Script Editor
Scott Handcock
Colourist
Gareth Spensley
Online Editor
Christine Kelly
VFX Producer
Will Cohen
Post Production Producer
Ceres Doyle
Supervising Location Manager
Iwan Roberts
Sound Recordist
Alex Thompson
Re-Recording Mixer
Paul McFadden
Casting Director
Andy Pryor CDG / CSA
Music by
Murray Gold
Editor
Chris Roebuck BFE
Director Of Photography
Jamie Cairney BSC
Production Designer
Phil Sims
Costume Designer
Pam Downe
Hair & Make-Up Designer
Claire Williams
Financial Controller
Dyfed Thomas
Line Producer
Mark Devlin
Series Producer
Vicki Delow

For Bad Wolf
Production Finance Manager
Sean Kenneally
Finance Director
Mary Furlong
Senior Business Affairs and Legal Executive
Ifty Khan
Head of Legal and Business Affairs
Beth Wyllie
Junior Production Executive
Charlotte Cox
Production Executive
Steffan Morris
Director of Production
Emily Russell

Production Executive for BBC Studios
John Hamer
Executive Producer for the BBC
Rebecca Ferguson
Commissioning Editor for the BBC
Lindsay Salt

Updated 28th May 2024