"Doctor Who" Love & Monsters (2006)

Director:

Dan Zeff

Writer:

Russell T. Davies (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

17 June 2006 (Season 2, Episode 10)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A run in with the Doctor at a young age leads Elton to a group who's studying him, they become friends and have a laugh until Victor Kennedy arrives...

Plot Keywords:

Buxom | Seduction | Tardis | Cleavage | Implied Fellatio

Cast

David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Billie Piper	...	Rose Tyler
Camille Coduri	...	Jackie Tyler
Peter Kay	...	Victor Kennedy
Marc Warren	...	Elton Pope
Shirley Henderson	...	Ursula Blake
Simon Greenall	...	Mr. Skinner
Moya Brady	...	Bridget
Kathryn Drysdale	...	Bliss
Paul Kasey	...	The Hoix
Bella Emberg	...	Mrs. Croat

Runtime:

45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Trivia:

The very first scene of the episode, when Elton sees the TARDIS near the warehouses, was originally supposed to be shot at the dockside. However, due to a large shipment of steel cables, that location that fell through at the last minute.

Quotes:

Elton Pope: Turns out I've had the most terrible things happen. And the most brilliant things. And sometimes, well, I can't tell the difference. They're all the same thing. They're... they're just me. You know, Stephen King said once, he said, "salvation and damnation are the same thing." And I never knew what he meant. But I do now.

Movie Connections:

References "Why Don't You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?" (1973)

Soundtrack:

Don't Bring Me Down

subtle and ironic

brilliant positioning of the audience such that they see the Dr and Rose as remote and strange. A brilliant double take on the usual invisible first person narrative approach. Lovely joke about sex life and a concrete slab. This episode perhaps more than any captured the qualities and atmosphere of the earliest series it of course pokes fun at its own audience, perhaps too near the bone for some! Peter Kay is underwhelming but the small cameo by the Dr and Rose is powerful, the Scooby Doo moment is playful....is this all real or the exaggerated imagination of the nerdy video-maker? The other actors bring a depth and subtlety that is unusual in the second series although the inevitable Torchwood plug - yes we've got it now - intrudes as ever.