Doctor Who boss teases “supreme being” of villainous Gods of Chaos

The Toymaker isn’t in charge.

By Morgan Jeffery

Published: Saturday, 11 May 2024 at 10:12 AM

This article contains spoilers for Doctor Who: The Devil’s Chord

The new season of Doctor Who has launched, bringing with it a new sect of villains – the “Gods of Chaos”.

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies had previously teased that Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor would be going up against this fantastical “pantheon” and has now let slip a new, intriguing detail.

In an interview on companion show Doctor Who Unleashed, Davies revealed that the Toymaker – last seen in episode The Giggle, played by Neil Patrick Harris – is not the head of the pantheon.

“[We’re] keeping going with this fantastical strand of this pantheon of Gods – some of us call them the Gods of Chaos,” he said.

“Introducing these gods, it starts to link them together and Maestro [played by Jinkx Monsoon] is actually the child of the Toymaker.

“The Toymaker seems to be the supreme being of this pantheon [but] he’s not. There’s plenty of discoveries to come with that.”

Intriguing? So if the Toymaker’s not in charge, who is?

There have of course been multiple references in recent Doctor Who episodes to “one who waits” – this mysterious figure was first mentioned by The Toymaker when he challenged the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) to a game in The Giggle.

“I came to this universe with such delight,” he said. “I played them all, Doctor – I toyed with supernovas, turned galaxies into spinning tops, I gambled with God and made him a jack-in-the-box.”

But then, the Toymaker makes a confession: “There’s only one player I didn’t dare face – The One Who Waits. I saw it, hiding, and I ran.”