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Generally, for a double premiere, Id recap both episodes in a single post.
Jinkx Monsoon is in her forte, pun intended, in this delightfully villainous role.
The episode is still silly, but weve traded toilet humor for campy theatrics.
Maestro is unleashed on the world via a lost chord discovered by musical genius Timothy Drake.
They swallow Timothys songs with a satisfied moan.
But the group cant even give the nonsense words a catchy melody.
My dog is alive / Hes not dead is noThats that me, espresso,thats for sure.
He just wants to run and hide, which makes sense!
Maestro can tamper with the TARDIS through sound waves and can travel through space and time on their own.
Realistically, how is the Doctor supposed to overpower or outsmart the living embodiment of music?
When it comes to the gods, the Doctor feels he only gets one trick.
He cant split himself in half again like he did when facing the Toymaker.
The Doctor is out of ideas and feels like giving up.
Without music, humans have descended into war and apparently ceased to exist.
This helps the Doctor realize that Maestro could be imprisoned with the right combination of notes.
Back in 1963, Maestro targets Ruby because shes the last human who remembers music.
It looks like the secrets of her birth will continue to be a slow burn.
Theres little time to ponder who that might be because its finally time for a musical showdown.
Ruby and the Doctor shoot notes off from the piano that the Beatles wrote their biggest hits on.
But the Doctor argues that emotions are what drives music, and he has experienced everything.
The one who waits is almost here, Maestro warns before vanishing.
We end with a massive musical number.
Ruby does a great job singing and dancing, but Fifteen iselectric.
But Fifteen doesnt miss a beat.
Hes practically vibrating with physical charisma while surrounded by dozens of extras, confetti, balloons, and streamers.
After a long sequence that includes umbrella choreography in indoor rain, Fifteen and Ruby finally leave the studio.
yo, yo let Fifteen continue to deliver visual proof of his declaration that hes got wigs galore!
Also, the costume department for this episode killed it in general.
I want all of Maestros heels.
At the beginning of the episode, Maestro looks directly into the camera and plays theDoctor Whotheme.
The Doctor winks at us and cues the closing musical number.
The Doctor mentions in passing that a past version of himself is living in Shoreditch with his granddaughter Susan.
Its nice to hear the First Doctor mentioned!
But Fifteen suggests that the genocide of the Time Lords mightve killed Susan, too.
The fact that he laughs and changes the subject right after saying that is a little jarring.
He might not be quite as healed as hed like to believe.
Maestro sent a son, Henry Arbinger, as a harbinger.
Henry disappeared when Maestro initially arrived but is peeking out during the closing musical number.
Perhaps thats a sign that the Maestro could be released again one day?
Who do we want to see while we wait for the one who waits?
