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Piano
Frobisher and the Doc

Frobisher plays while the Sixth Doctor dances. (COMIC: The Gift)

A piano was a musical instrument invented on Earth. Its sounds were produced by padded hammers striking metal strings. The sound was controlled by a keyboard of 88 keys, typically played by a single operator using both hands. The pedals were operated by feet.

In the Last Chance Saloon, Dodo Chaplet was forced to play the piano while Steven Taylor sang. Following this, Steven played while Kate Fisher sang. (TV: The Gunfighters)

While attending the birthday party of the Lorduke of Zazz, Frobisher played the piano while the Sixth Doctor danced. (COMIC: The Gift)

The Seventh Doctor played the piano shortly before arriving at the Forge. (AUDIO: Project: Lazarus)

The Eighth Doctor once played Paranoid by Black Sabbath on a piano. Fitz Kreiner played Let It Be by The Beatles on piano, the Doctor congratulated him on his rendition. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps)

The Cyberman Bremm played Moonlight Sonata on the piano during the performances of the "Silver Turk" at the Vienna Exposition. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk)

Duncan played the piano, and it was possible that he moved to Berlin with his piano. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat)

Yvonne Hartman had Geoff play the piano in the reception of Torchwood Tower. (AUDIO: New Girl)

John Smith saved a woman and her baby from being crushed by a piano by throwing a cricket ball. (TV: The Family of Blood [+]Paul Cornell, adapted from Human Nature (Paul Cornell), Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007).)

In 2007, Bridget Sinclair said she could play the piano. She played the piano when LINDA became a band. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).)

A piano was being played in the saloon of Mercy, Nevada when the Eleventh Doctor arrived. (TV: A Town Called Mercy [+]Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2012).)

Missy had a piano inside the Vault, (TV: The Lie of the Land [+]Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017).) having been given it by the Twelfth Doctor in 2017. (TV: Knock Knock [+]Mike Bartlett, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017).)

Grace O'Brien taught her grandson Ryan Sinclair to play a tune on the piano, but he always got the keys wrong. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Maxine Alderton, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).)

While the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions were visiting Villa Diodati in 1816, the valet Fletcher played the piano while Mary Shelley and her friends taught the guests quadrille. Afterwards, Ryan sat down with Mary at the piano and played the tune his grandmother taught him, but kept hitting the wrong notes. However, Shelley enjoyed the performance nevertheless. She stated that she should practice playing piano more, but confessed that she preferred writing. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Maxine Alderton, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).)

Maestro, an elemental manifestation of music, wore an outfit styled to resemble a piano. They were able to emerge from pianos, much to the astonishment of the Fifteenth Doctor's companion Ruby Sunday who upon witnessing this asked incredulously "Were they inside the piano? How can they be inside the piano? The piano wouldn't work!" (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Doctor Who (BBC One and Disney+, 2024).)

Piano players[]

People who played piano included Dodo Chaplet, Steven Taylor, (TV: The Gunfighters) Frobisher, (COMIC: The Gift) Gwendoline Pritchard, (TV: Ghost Light) Bridget Sinclair, (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).) the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, (PROSE: Eater of Wasps) Constance Clarke, (AUDIO: The Behemoth) Fletcher, Ryan Sinclair, Mary Shelley, (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Maxine Alderton, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).) Ruby Sunday (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2023 (BBC One and Disney+, 2023).) Timothy Drake, the Fifteenth Doctor, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Doctor Who (BBC One and Disney+, 2024).)

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