Review of Love & Monsters

Here I am, Mr unpopular opinion giving this widely hated episode a solid 9/10. An episode, which on the surface, appears like sloppy storytelling, with an exceptionally cringey villain. What I see is totally different. I see the whole episode based on obsession, mistrust and deluded characters. Elton is with a group of doctor seeking fanatics who are blatantly a shot at real life super whovians. Like the real life whovians, they are obsessed with he doctor, not going a second without thinking of him. Ever so slowly they bond, and the bond is expressed in the correct way for the pace of the episode. Overall they are portrayed as boring, sad, delusional no-lifes, and I like that part of the episode. We are then introduced to Mr Kennedy, and this is where the theme of mistrust enters the episode in spectacular fashion, as he instantly takes authority, reinstating order into their true destiny; to find the doctor, which is clearly forgotten. He appears a lot more knowledgeable, but as well as that, very suspicious, but these no lifes cannot see that. What really makes this episode entertaining is Eltons clear social awkwardness, as he tries to bond with jackie, all just lucky for him really. The sense of an elimination process comes into play as Elton and his comrades disappear one by one, which greatly blends with the non suspicions of the super whovians. The major downfall to this however is that someone thought it'd be a good idea to have them all ignore the really loud screams, unrealistic. We soon come to the final standoff, and we finally see Mr Kennedy as, the abzorboloff. A truly unique monster, absorbing bodies for heck knows the reason. Russel T Davies uses his maximum ability to use a child's creation to appeal to everyone, and it has a made the love-hate relationship of the episode. I saw the abzorboloff as a dangerous monster, and certainly not laughable, just disgusting, ugly, unique. The end of the abzorboloff's life comes when the doctor finally turns up. This was somewhat of a disappointment, but it all makes sense. Yes, the characters forgot that it was the doctor and worked together to finally do something useful, and it all payed off. Rose, certainly annoyed withe elton after a misunderstanding from both jackie and Elton, makes her very few lines powerful, and left s thinking that he'd be left to die. Overall the episode for me was an incredible experiment, which worked off well.