Love & Monsters

Today we look at Zach's least favorite episode of Doctor Who. Will this be the episode that finally breaks Cassie, or worse could she... actually enjoy it?

[@JackChristmas]

Really happy to hear that Cassie liked this one! Made for an interesting discussion. I always thought Love & Monsters was over-hated. Even when I first watched it in 2006, it averaged out to decent for me. Seeing The Doctor and Rose's effect on modern day London from a regular guy's perspective was engaging, and quite a lot of its jokes were hits. I think what's so divisive about the episode - besides the messiness of the ending - is that it's a goofy parody of its own show on purpose, and a lot of fans don't vibe with that. Like when you see the Scooby Doo sequence or when Elton says "the internet blew up" and it shows his keyboard literally exploding, you know this isn't something to take too seriously, and you probably also know whether you're on board with it. Fun fact: the Abzorbaloff was played by Peter Kay, who was one of the UK's biggest stand up comedians at the time and probably still is. Imagine if Star Trek The Next Generation had a comedy Picard-lite episode where Adam Sandler guest starred. Also, his natural accent is far closer to his Abzorbaloff voice than the one he uses in his human disguise. He's from North West England. By the way, you say we never learn the Abzorbaloff's real name (or the name of his species), but how do we know his Clom-ian name isn't literally Victor Kennedy? I choose to believe it is.