Doctor Who: Love and Monsters

delericho · Dec 12, 2006

Frukathka said:
Got to be the worst episode of the 'new' series.

Ah, you haven't seen "Fear Her", then.

Angel Tarragon · Dec 12, 2006

delericho said:
Ah, you haven't seen "Fear Her", then.

Refresh my memory as to the plot in that episode.

delericho · Dec 12, 2006

Frukathka said:
Refresh my memory as to the plot in that episode.

It's the 2012 London Olympics, and the Doctor and Rose find themselves on an estate where children keep mysteriously disappearing.

And there's a little girl who is busy drawing pictures.

It ends with the lighting of the Olympic flame.

Angel Tarragon · Dec 13, 2006

delericho said:
It's the 2012 London Olympics, and the Doctor and Rose find themselves on an estate where children keep mysteriously disappearing.

And there's a little girl who is busy drawing pictures.

It ends with the lighting of the Olympic flame.

Is theis the one with alien in the TVs?

delericho · Dec 13, 2006

Frukathka said:
Is theis the one with alien in the TVs?

No. I believe that's "The Idiot's Lantern".

More on "Fear Her" (note, contains major spoilers).

Angel Tarragon · Dec 13, 2006

delericho said:
No. I believe that's "The Idiot's Lantern".

More on "Fear Her" (note, contains major spoilers).

Okay and no. Know that I Know which episode you are talking about, I would rather watch Fear Her over Love and Monsters.

Prince Atom · Dec 13, 2006

My wife woke me up in the middle of the night after watching this episode by exclaiming, "Moaning Myrtle!" I said I was happy that she'd remembered where she'd seen Ursula before, and rolled back over.

I was sad for Elton's "family," but most of all for Ursula. She now faces the problem that most immortal people face when they get involved with mortals: Eventually, Elton's going to grow old and die. I'm afraid that Ursula's going to end up being stuck in an attic or otherwise disposed of by descendents who are ashamed of her ("My adoptive grandmother's a freak!").

All in all I thought it was a fun episode. I'd rather have let Ursula discorporate myself, but I wasn't the writer.

Think I'll mosey on over to SciFi.com and see what's up day after tomorrow.

TWK

Alaric_Prympax · Dec 15, 2006

I enjoyed the episode, thought it was entertaining and I recognized Moaning Myrtle right away. I wouldn't want too many more like this. Maybe one every other season but that would be about it, anymore would be annoying IMO.

Wycen · Dec 16, 2006

Since I don't see a thread for the crap episode that aired tonight I can say even with the absorboloft, Love and Monsters was better than the girl drawing people into pictures. And I only saw the last half of the episode.

dravot · Dec 16, 2006

Wycen said:
Since I don't see a thread for the crap episode that aired tonight I can say even with the absorboloft, Love and Monsters was better than the girl drawing people into pictures. And I only saw the last half of the episode.

I thought that there was a wonderful creepiness to the capture-people-in-drawings aspect, but the explanation for why, and how it got fixed, and the torch thing was pretty sad.