This was a production necessity because the Christmas special had increased the number of episodes to produce from 13 to 14. with Marc Warren (Elton), David Tennant (The Doctor), Billie Piper (Rose), Peter Kay (Victor Kennedy), writer Russell T. Davies, Absorbaloff creator William Grantham, Kay was originally offered the part of Elton, but he felt the "UFO-spotter type" was too similar to his character on Coronation Street and much preferred playing the "baddie". Similar Content. [3] The "Doctor-lite" (and sometimes "companion-lite") structure has continued as a tradition, producing episodes such as "Blink" (2007), "Turn Left" (2008), and "The Girl Who Waited" (2011). Love & Monsters. Jun 17, 2006 44 min. It was written by executive producer and lead writer Russell T Davies and directed by Dan Zeff. "Love & Monsters" is the tenth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 June 2006. People still want a bit of a monster and a bit of a thrill and a bit of the Doctor, so it still delivers as normal Doctor Who. Elton and Ursula, with three others, form a group who have similarly encountered the Doctor known as LINDA (London Investigation 'N' Detective Agency). It's too late for total reconstruction, but. Doctor Who: "Love & Monsters" Review. SG. Auton - Natalie Danks-Smith (uncredited; archival footage) Are we sure that there's even archival footage of the scene retelling TV: Rose? Find movie and film cast and crew information for Doctor Who : Love and Monsters (2006) - Dan Zeff on AllMovie Love & Monsters was the tenth episode of series 2 of Doctor Who.. From a production standpoint, it included a monster created by a child, nine-year-old William Grantham, for a Blue Peter competition. Doctor Who season 13 adds John Bishop to cast. (NOT)Doctor Who Classic Reviews #4 Love And Monsters by rhpsfan November 26, 2016, 2:10 pm 1.8k Votes 2 Comments A guy (Marc Warren) forms a fan club devoted to The Doctor, falls in love with a girl, (Shirley Henderson aka Moaning Myrtle I guess everybody else was busy filming Order Of The Phoenix,* so no Goblet Of Fire cast reunion here. Cast & Crew. Love and Monsters star Ariana Greenblatt opens up about a possible return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, whether that's as a slightly older version of Gamora or … The terrifying Abzorbaloff (Peter Kay) One episode (Love & Monsters) First broadcast June 17 2006. Stories are listed in the A-Z in the left-hand column, or you can use the search field in the right-hand column (scroll to bottom to get Desktop version). Anything could be happening to her, anything. "[22] Arnold T Blumburg of Now Playing gave the episode a grade of D-. “Love and Monsters” is New Who’s first example of a ‘Doctor-lite’ adventure i.e. [25] The scene where Elton says he and Ursula have "a bit of a love life" was criticised by some commentators, who felt that the resultant implication of having oral sex with a paving slab was unsuitable for Doctor Who's large family audience; others, however, dismissed this dialogue as a harmless joke that children would not understand. [1], "Love & Monsters" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 17 June 2006. Thals. On first viewing, its presentation of fandom, or rather fandoms, plural, seemed affectionate. "[7] The episode had the working title of "I Love the Doctor". Doctor Who — Series 2, Love and Monsters. Cast and crew prepare to record the L.I.N.D.A. [18] Nick Setchfield of SFX rated the episode 4.5 out of 5, noting how it "finally gives Doctor Who a whole new vocabulary as a television programme." The show enjoyed consistently high Appreciation Index ratings: "Love & Monsters", regarded by Doctor Who fans as his worst script, gained a rating of 76, just short of the 2006 average rating of 77; and the episodes "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End" share the highest rating Doctor Who has received, at 91. Starring Marc Warren, Bella Emberg, Simon Greenall. [1][2] Rose remarks on the Abzorbaloff as being a little bit Slitheen-ish in appearance; the Abzorbaloff states that he comes from Clom, the sister planet of the Slitheen homeworld Raxacoricofallapatorius. [21], In 2011, SFX named "Love & Monsters" as one of the best Sci-Fi TV Mockumentaries, saying that it worked as an example of the genre and was not too bad on rewatch. It’s certainly the warmest, and somehow it feels like the most personal." Elton Pope sees a photograph of the Tenth Doctor taken during a recent alien invasion on Ursula Blake's blog. Available on iTunes, HBO Max An ordinary man called Elton becomes obsessed with the Doctor and Rose and their mysterious blue box. Victor persuades Mr Skinner to remain behind, but Elton and Ursula leave. Fetch a spade! Dan Zeff. Love and Monsters, although meant for the big screen, has just become available to watch at home and I feel that this gem of an adventure will go way under the radar. Fetch a spade! Three years on and I'm still in two minds about 'Love and Monsters'. Russell T Davies worked on the series for some years. The Doctor is able to bring back Ursula in the form of a paving stone, which Elton starts a relationship with. At Ursula's prompting, Elton breaks the cane, which causes the Abzorbaloff to melt into the ground. From the Sixties onward, Doctor Who had maintained a strong relationship with the BBC's flagship children's variety programme, Blue Peter.This began on February 10th, 1964, when Blue Peter covered the donation of two Dalek props to a Doctor Barnardo's Home and continued until the end of the original Doctor Who series, through the interregnum that followed, and into its revival. Written by Russell T Davies.. A silly and (mostly) drama-free episode that focuses on a minor character. He wrote, "This may be Russell T Davies’s smartest, funniest script. The Abzorbaloff attempts to ransom Elton in exchange for the Doctor, but the Doctor feigns disinterest in Elton's fate, while dropping a hint to the absorbed members of LINDA. The Doctor then recalls his first encounter with Elton, and explains that he was at Elton's house years ago tracking an elemental shade, but he was too late and the shade killed Elton's mother. 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