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s01e02 — The Devil's Chord
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| Release Date: | 11.05.2024 02:00 |
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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.
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192A maestro IS BETTER THAN A Toyboy!
And this is despite the fact that NPH is generally a man of tons of talents. Hats off to Jinx Monsun
How can I put 6 stars here?
The author either slept through all the Capaldi seasons, or simply signed off on the lack of taste.
And leave your "signed the lack of taste" to yourself. I love Moffat, of course, but the fandom forgives him a lot in the era of 12 with Clara, and turns a blind eye to a lot.
I'm not exactly a wild Capaldi fan myself, I love the epochs of Eccleston, Smith, Capaldi and Whittaker about the same, and most likely I'll put the era of Jokey Gatva on the same level with them too. The same season 8, due to the constant presence of Danny Pink, I consider the worst season in new school (yes, even taking into account the existence of the disappointing season 11). But on the other hand, season 10 with gorgeous Bill Potts and cool Nardole, on the contrary, became the best for me, overtaking season 3 (the Tenth and Martha Jones), which for many years before that was my favorite.
If you asked me to find in the Capaldi era an episode as interesting as one of the next three after that ("Boom", "73 Yards" or "Dot and Bubble") and at the same time put a ban on "Sent from Heaven" - then I probably wouldn't have so many options, perhaps only three are "World Enough and Time / Doctor Falls", "Last Christmas" and "Mummy on the Orient Express". It's just that Steven Moffat and Russell T. Davis clearly put more love and soul into the next three episodes.
But if you are asking to find an episode in the Capaldi era that is only as interesting as a rather mediocre "Devil's Chord", then it is not difficult at all. "Robot from Sherwood", and "Listen", and "Robbery in Time", and "Plane", and "Under the Lake / Before the Flood", and a two-part series about Zygons, and "Husbands of River Song", and "The Return of Dr. Mysterio", and "Pilot", and "Smile", and "Thin Ice", and "Oxygen", and "Twice in Time".
I'm not saying that this RTD season is the best. There are also average episodes, and there are just good ones. For me, the chord just stands out a lot against the background of the whole new school - yes, Blink is definitely a great series, and the Chord is clearly not better than it.
My main problem with Heaven Sent (unfortunately) That I don't believe. I didn't get into Clara in any way, she even made me terribly angry at some moments. And that's why I can't empathize with the Doctor and accept all the sadness of the series and get into it. Yes, Capaldi plays great, but for me the series is crumbling, because the dynamics between the 12th Doctor and Clara were strange and she is frankly not the best person.
One fandom person who loves the series very much tried to explain to me that Clara is not important here, and it is important that the Doctor feels - I still disagree. How is it not important if the plot is built around it?
"The Robot from Sherwood will do ", and "Listen", and "Robbery in Time", and "Plane", and "Under the Lake / Before the Flood", and a two-part series about Zygons, and "Husbands of River Song", and "The Return of Dr. Mysterio", and "Pilot", and "Smile", and "Thin Ice", and "Oxygen", and "Twice in Time"."
It won't do, because I won't remember anything so visually interesting/plot interesting that at least one of the episodes directly stands out from the entire series.
Because there was no such thing in DC - games with sound and with the visual of the series, and even the Toyboy fades against the background of the Maestro - well, yes, a trapdoor in the floor, doors out of nowhere - but somehow it's not very interesting. There is something so catchy about the Chord... Synesthesia, perhaps? The ability to literally see the music. That is, there is really a game between sound and visual, so it is very interesting to see this.
Don't get me wrong, among the series you have listed there are those that I also highly appreciate, but for something else. But still, there is something fundamentally different here.
The Eve of the Daleks is great, but not because of them, but because of the loop. If you change the Daleks to Cybermen, nothing will change.
It takes you away - an unscrupulous carbon copy from Stanislav Lem's Solaris.
Spyfall is great, but there's nothing in it to say "wow".
The Rose is just a historical series. We have chosen good locations for filming.
13 has great series, but still falls short. If her series is rearranged to other seasons, to other Doctors, it will just be normal (at best). Unfortunately, the screenwriter from Chibnell is not so good.
There's always a twist at the end!
At the same time, Susan TWIST appears for the third time in a new role (Newton's maid in the second anniversary special, a bar visitor at a performance by Ruby's band in the Christmas special and a canteen worker in this one). A coincidence?
There is a theory that she is an older Susan, the Doctor's granddaughter. It's not for nothing that they mentioned her in the new series.
But ohhh, it would be too easy to call Susan by her name.
So far, it is very interesting what will happen next.
And Ruby, hanging in the air on the music stands, looked like an angel and Doctor Octopus at the same time)
Not only is she stunningly beautiful, with incredible camerawork, cool music, but also the villain Maestro is incredibly gorgeous, plus the connection with the Toyboy, plus the connection with the Ruby arch, also wonderful visual effects, references to classics and many more little things. Well, it's a well-deserved 5 out of 5!
It turned out to be a great series, of course. The images of the Doctor, Ruby and especially the Maestro are like fire. And so life-affirming.
Sometimes I see the Doctor Jokingly, sometimes I see him and his companion as just hyperactive children. :) It seems that you will have to get used to it for some time. But it became very interesting what they had come up with with the secret of Ruby's birth.
And yes, I didn't even doubt that the Beatles' music would save the world 😎
Well, Doctor, of course, talent! And he always has companions to match)
- It's weird, I thought it was voiceover.
What I think Chibnell RTD was inspired by was references to the classics, honestly, during these two episodes he referred to it as much as, I think, he did not in his first three. A cool series, beautiful, groovy, and intriguing. And actually, between the first and the second, by the way, six months have passed for the heroes, do you think? Some kind of big timescale for the start of the season.
In short, in the first era of Russell T. Davis, he had a cool trick - if the TARDIS moved to the future, the time funnel was red, if to the past, it was blue. Now, in the new era of Russell T. Davis, the same thing seems to be happening, but with the sonic screwdriver of the Fifteenth Doctor - it is almost always silver-gold with elements of blue, but in "Devil's Chord", "The Dodger" and the trailer for the Christmas special "Joy to the World" it has elements of red. Coincidentally, these are the only three episodes with trips to the past.
And the local history itself is cool and the groundwork for the arch is going great. It's very good!
The Doctor looks very good in the 60s!
It sounds pretty funny, considering that the series began in the 60s :D
The Beatles saved the world, ye!
and all the ties for the season and Ruby are wonderful.
Ruby sometimes looks very much like Clara. and paradoxically, Charlie Pollard.
in the supposedly cheerful and young doctor, the true doctor slips in superbly, somewhat rushing and having experienced a lot of things.
Maestro - just cool!
and of course, the musical series again, hooray! music goes to the doctor. :)
Jinx Monsun are wonderful / wonderful, they, the Maestro, have such a really military image, similar to Elizabeth the First. And yes, we will also go to the concert soon, just in time this episode appeared on my screens. Thank you very much! 🥰
The one who's waiting? The essence of time?) After all, time can wait.
And so you're finally waiting for the series again, and you're building theories about how much this was missing.
By the way, that's exactly how I wanted to see the softboot of the series, which was promised when Jody was there. Because I still don't understand what kind of villain was in her first season, just some dude.
RTD dialogues are recognized by ear, he writes so recognizably.
If the first episode caused slightly mixed feelings, as if this is an episode for the 11 era with 10 words. Plus the babies' crinkly mouths. And the series is about 6-7/10.
The second one feels like a complete series of Jokes.
And in general, for the second episode straight bravo 9/10 minimum
In general, let's see, in any case, for now, I really like what RTD does, I hope it won't let me down at a distance
In short, as with "Space Kids", I can't give this episode 5 stars either. At the same time, I don't hide anything, I adore Jokey Gatva as the Doctor (I got into him from the very first moments), and the cutie Millie Gibson as Ruby, and the easy presentation of the plot from my childhood sweetheart Russell T. Davis. It's just that for some reason the plots themselves in the first two episodes limped a little in my opinion.
I'm really looking forward to next week's episode from Steven Moffat, because judging by "The Girl in the Fireplace", "Don't Blink" and other episodes that Steven Moffat wrote when Russell T. Davis was the showrunner, it must be great. I would like to give the episode of the first season five stars already
Any creative genius is not only about innate abilities, but also about a passion for this business and great efforts, a willingness to hone a skill to the ideal, a willingness to give this time to the detriment of other activities in life. And here is a cast of real amazing musicians who devoted their lives to this, superimposed on gray copies from this musical world, and they want the viewer to see in them the real Paul and John, and not the guys who have not done anything for music in the world set by the series yet.
Well, it's hard not to pay attention to the fact that the laws of this world are quite vague and not thought out, in terms of how music works and its absence and when exactly the Maestro comes for people.
It was just magical, I'm not even trying to find any cons just TWO huge ++ Jokes a real Doctor and that's it and charisma and the game is just all fire, I couldn't tear myself away from watching the series!!Ruby honey
MAESTRO well kamon is great and charisma and voice and playing are just top class 👍
I don't care about all these he/she/ they/us ( of course it was a little difficult when I turned to another pronoun, but you get used to it
The idea of what power music has over us, how it imperceptibly resonates with our inner world and softens the sharp corners of our uneven and aggressive psyche, making our existence possible in principle for thousands of years. I really liked the message about the importance of music!!!
In general, I can't wait for the new series😍😍😍😍
The openness of the Doctor. He immediately tells Ruby honestly about himself and his past...It is clear that this is a new Doctor, freed from the load..
✩Comes out of the 1st point. Susan's status is certain. The doctor does not know if she is alive, which makes it possible for her to further get into the series....That would be amazing!!!!!We need to review the era of the 1st Doctor 😍
Ruby is clearly not an easy person.
Maybe she's connected to the Toymaker or to the Doctor himself..or with companions from the past...
Doctor Who in all its glory 🎉
And it's incredibly interesting about the mystery of Ruby's birth, and everything related to it...I'm waiting for this episode, maybe there will be something similar as it was with Rosa and her father...I think it's not that simple, no wonder the reference to Susan 😥
Anyway, I'm waiting, I'm looking forward to a new brilliant script from Moffat next week — whatever, but he always succeeded in single plots!
The arch with Ruby is starting to get more and more interesting
I wonder if the One who is waiting is the Master, or will there be someone new?
And Russell T. Davis himself said in a recent interview that it is still too early for the Master to return. Of course, he may be lying to hide the plot twist, but the Master really was only five episodes ago, it's really too early for him, the argument makes sense.
In general, what I don't remember is, was there any indication of the gender of the One who is expecting? In English, everything is not so clear. What if it turns out to be, for example, Susan, the Doctor's granddaughter? Although I hope not, she was probably remembered for a reason, and even in the context of the unknown of her fate.
A musical battle with the violin and without Lindsay Stirling? no wonder it was lost :D
I like that there is a theme of the season, different riddles that stimulate us to look further. It was really missed in the era of Chibnell (except for the last season, where he imitated)
Well, now I will wait for the continuation and believe in the best. It is very interesting what will happen next! ^_^
Or is it because the series was supposed to be released later, and not this spring?
However, we don't know yet, maybe the new sonic screwdriver just changes color like the new interior of the TARDIS, and Ruby had off-screen adventures with the Doctor between "Space Kids" and "Devil's Chord", which will then be described in audio plays, comics and books. However, if the sonic screwdriver is repainted later in the season, we will find out after which episode the "Devil's Chord" was originally supposed to be released
If anything, no, I didn't come up with it myself. I read it in the comments on Reddit under the posts discussing the episode and on YouTube under the video with reactions and analysis of this episode.
About "what does Disney have to do with it?" - I know what Disney has to do with it, you know what Disney has to do with it, everyone knows what Disney has to do with it, but okay - if you pretend not to understand anything, I'll sign it:
Disney (specifically the streaming service Disney+) is currently engaged in partial financing of production, international distribution and advertising (advertising?) the series "Doctor Who". And although creative control seems to still be in the hands of the BBC, Bad Wolf and specifically Russell T. Davis, Disney representatives are RUMORED to still be able to influence the content of episodes. So, for example, ACCORDING to RUMORS, in the "Church on Ruby Road", the scene of the Doctor's conversation with a policeman after the fall of the giant snowman's head was filmed and mounted precisely at the request of the Disney guys, because they wanted the Doctor to have more screen time and the opportunity to express himself and his character traits earlier
Watch the program "Doctor Who Unleashed", which talks about the creation and filming of new episodes, where they clearly say during filming that the series is the second one. So the theory is already untenable. Which does not negate the fact of strangeness, yes, I agree. Whether it was intentional or a blunder, we may find out, or maybe not.
You don't have to talk about Disney, I know, but as you wrote, creative control over RTD and the BBC. Moreover, the BBC makes even more edits and RTD listens to them, unlike Disney, of course. This is where the rumors begin that RTD and Disney don't have a very good relationship. Rather, Disney representatives are always offering him edits and he sends them in three letters. Again, rumors. You just wrote that Disney was asked to move the series, well, it's just real as a made-up fact of some kind.
About the scene from the Church. There are no rumors here. In the video comments to the original, RTD himself said that there was a test viewing of the series, which was conducted by Disney and the audience complained that the Doctor appeared too late, it seems at 15-20 minutes and there was an offer to fix this and that the Doctor appeared a little earlier. RTD then said that yes, it was a logical remark and came up with this scene, specifically the scene was not invented by Disney, but by RTD himself, while he said that a similar scene was in the original script.
him again... but for Leontovich and his Shchedryk, everything can be forgiven!
Jinx are wonderful, so glad to see them in a serious role, they are ordered to play the villain! I would like to see you in this role again. Ruby is opening up more and more as a companion and I really like the accent of the actress.
Disney's hand feels a little bit, maybe it's a placebo effect, or maybe not. In general, not without disadvantages, but there are more advantages.
I don't know if it's because of Disney or if I just grew up and became a cynical cracker, but this is not what I expected from the return of RTD. I started watching DC back in 2012 with the first episode of New School, with the Ninth and the Rose. Then I was 19 and I was catching wild kringe from mannequins, Miss *moisten me* cassandra, slivins, and what was not in these 13 seasons. But I didn't just get used to this atmosphere, I fell in love with it. Somewhere in the second third episode of the first season, I realized that this was my series. Sometimes you can endure Love and monsters for the sake of Don't Blink or the Mystery of tsuranga for the sake of heaven. So, if my acquaintance with this universe had begun with the Church on Ruby Road, then the Devil's Chord would certainly have been the last stop for me on the route of this train. Yes, DC has never been positioned as one hundred percent serious adult fiction, and I fully accept this, although personally I would like the series to grow up a little. But now, with the arrival of Disney, it's pointless to hope for that.
I really liked this line that history can be rewritten, the future is not uncertain, which began with the classics. It's a pretty cool episode, 50 minutes fly by in one go. The maestros are simply gorgeous, but I expected more from the musical series
ps: The transition to the screensaver was perfect.
at the moment when Shchedryk started playing from Ruby's soul, stupidly ants... what other song can defeat the evil demon of music?
і так, руzzzкій патріотик, можеш не старатися і далі відповідати мені, не хочу нічого мати спільного, навіть подальший чат у комах, з такими особами?? як ти
іди далі слухай шамана, адже, на жаль, осягнути геніальність "хохловского" Щедрика тобі ніколи не буде дано(((
But as for the words Carol of the Bells, they still have a car license, and you need to indicate the name of Peter Vilkhovsky, who wrote the English version of the words to "Shchedryk"in 1936. That is why movies and TV shows often use only a melody without words to avoid legal problems.
You won't find a single example where any of the musicians who adapt this melody in a different style (rock, pop, metal, etc.) dare to appropriate it for themselves. They indicate that this is a cover story. Because plagiarism in the music world is impolite, unprofitable and risky.
P.S.
I thought you wrote in other languages because you were so proud. Well, such a brag. In fact, knowledge of several languages is respected. But I could not even guess that this is such revenge) writing in a language that you do not know is more work than reading with a built-in translator )) but I also thought that it would be great if all your compatriots took an example from you and learned to express their feelings and images with words, songs and chants than with weapons. The world would be a better place.
I'm pinning my hopes on the next episode - I'm really looking forward to Moffat's return, and the trailer looks more mature and serious.
the maestro turned out to be a terrible antagonist, which they tried to expose for excellent charisma, some kind of convulsions of a madman turned out, and at least some kind of background was shown, and they remained unclear who it was at all
Jokey cannot yet convey the entire millennial experience of the character. A little bit of depth and reflection.
The series is not bad, especially the scenes with the mediocre Beatles, but there was not enough script for the stated time, musical inserts were needed to fill in the pauses.
He's in 10 minutes.: I'm a foundling, genocide, that's it
After another 10 minutes: I didn't know my mom either
10 minutes later: by the way, did I tell you about the genocide?
I would like a whole series about the Beatles once
the moment with shchedrik, as always, activates national trauma, to the ants, thank you
especially at the moment when the doctor said "you can't imagine how powerful this song is& # 34;, like, Man, you're probably also Kent imezhn but that's a different context, okay
ten out of ten!
Take this series - in some places it was just creepy for me, and in some places, I'm sorry, it was creepy. Jinx often overplayed his hand(a) and there was more outrage in this than acting. Where NPH took it with charisma, Jinx tortured(a) to go out on a grotesque, and it did not always work out well.
But at the same time, the arch of the season is being laid and Ruby's story is becoming more and more intriguing. And the Doctor himself, perhaps. After all, the Maestro said that someone powerful from the Pantheon was present at the church at the moment. Who was there? Ruby, her mother (?) and the Doctor himself. Perhaps he is also a scion of the gods.
Plus another mysterious cameo by Susan Twist and this song about the twist at the end, which may or may not be about dancing.
And I also caught myself thinking that with all this glossy picture, I miss the doctoroctonic British lampiness. It has become too bright and noisy, although this is undoubtedly good for the television evolution of the series.
It's a relief, but I won't take this clowning with reference to the old doctors.
As a separate series 5 out of 5.)))
I didn't like it(((
Better than the last episode, yes. Visually beautiful, 13 and Ruby are a delight.
At the same time, I have a strong resistance to what is happening. The Doctor has always been sci-fi to me.
Now something ephemeral, abstract, intervenes. Yes, the new one is cool, a huge scope for RTD fantasy.
But it has never been so hard to accept the Doctor's new entourage in 15 years.
If someone suffered, for example, in accepting Capaldi and Jody, please share the secret((
And it hurts more that I don't understand than from the innovations themselves((
Disney is strongly felt
- No, it's just a little STUFFY 😅🤣
The start of the season is just a top!
In my opinion, there were few Beatles, but perhaps it's for the best, it's even more convenient))
The maestro attracted all the attention! The first costume is rich, and the scene in the dark is very strong
The doctor abruptly became a coward and runs away and cries all the time.
It's tasteless and sad to watch : I really hope that the series will accelerate again
the script.
The replay of Millie Gibson's character is just eye-watering. There are no echoes of past reincarnations in the Doctor at all. The first episode is some kind of pure crazy with babies, the second is a musical. Apparently, as with Moffat, we really won't get just the adventures of an alien in a booth without any moral teachings. Therefore, I will pray that the third series will be normal from him. But to be honest, I doubt that he was given a full carte blanche
the offspring were from episode 1 of the Doctor, where he travels with his granddaughter Susan, and they were just in London in the 60s.
Ruby is also a difficult girl, and when did the Doctor have mediocre companions? Although...
it is worth noting that lately the Doctor has often felt a sense of fear.
This is very encouraging, because, as for me, these are very interesting episodes in the spirit of the old doctor, especially episode 4. It's not for nothing that I didn't drop the series in the Chibnell era.
How quickly the Doctor buried Susan. He had left her a long time ago, and it was unlikely that she had returned to Gallifrey. And in the last episode, I already wrote her out of the time lords, as well as my daughter. And this phrase that he will have more children sounds interesting, since only one child appeared during the shown incarnations, and even that one did not come naturally. Even with River Song, it didn't work out.
It's like fetishes are being played on Ruby, in the last episode they were sprayed with bodily fluids, in this one they were tied up.
The ending looked a little weak, as if the Chorus had been extended for one episode, but with other characters. But dancing on Ruby Road is a great find.
I wonder what kind of Pantheon, what kind of creatures are there that can change reality at their discretion. And why no one has encountered them before.
Да даже пресловутые песни о любви тоже есть, просто уж совсем элементарные.
При этом Маэстро появились, когда Руби сыграла, как будто это вообще первый раз случилось.
Понимаю, что докапываюсь, но почему нельзя было просто сделать действительно мир без музыки? Битлов, которые не сформировали группу и работают где-то у себя в Ливерпуле. Отсутствие звукозаписывающих компаний и певцов как профессии? Это же было бы настолько более логично и не вызывало бы вопросов
Finally, my soul, warped by the Chibnell era, experienced the same emotions from the series as before, before it mutilated the canon to shreds. Before that, all the new series were well, nice, and only the Wild blue distance went as straight as a good one (well, just chamber thrillers with a minimum of characters is my personal weakness). And here it's just like *cough-cough-cough*, like in the good old days. How nice ^_^
But I liked the series itself, and I saw Matt Smith here, it would really suit him. And Clara, who Ruby looks a bit like.
Clear.
It's going to get worse, isn't it?
In this episode, I was only pleased with apocalyptic London.
While the season is on the level, thank you, thank you, thank you. It's like I'm falling in love with the Doctor all over again.
I like that two episodes ago the season was given an intrigue, a storyline, and you can already see how it's all slowly unwinding.
And another question: which doctor will cry in which series now?
In this episode, only the Doctor's bow is good. It suits him very well. The rest is a shame.
Why would anyone study primitive music at all if everyone doesn't like it? Bad. Very bad.