175 Love and Monsters

Watched 8-Jul on Bluray

This has a few innovative things in it. The narrative is flashback style. The story centres on some other character than the Doctor or his assistant. The villain is up to something other than power, domination or taking over/destruction.

The plot style is tedious and looks like an attempt at needless 'cleverness'.

The performances are moronic, particularly Peter Kay who is miscast as a DW villain. He's an "I'm crappier than you' style of comedian, not a dramatic actor.

The costume is risible, particularly the hair. And his main motivation appears to be hunger? Why bother with all the pretence?

This is the first bottle episode of the new series. It's a very rare occurrence in DW history. Perhaps Mission to the Unknown is the *only* precedent.

It fails to be entertaining... and it's got very, very little to commend it indeed.

The worst bit for mine is in the climax when Elton reveals his Mother's forgotten demise in his childhood. This seems to have been chucked in post plot in an attempt at dramatic heft. It comes across as soapy and unbelievable.

I do not like this. In fact it sucks.

ABM Rating 1.80/4.00
LJM Rating 1.50/5.00
SPJ Rating 3.45/10   

No. 142 (out of 180)


Link to Cumulative Rankings


Rankings Scoreboard