Love & Monsters: Difference between revisions

From Feminist SF Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(some notes; Ursula's grotesque fate)
 
(→‎Ursula's fate: added image)
 
Line 15: Line 15:
{{spoiler}}
{{spoiler}}


This episode features a grotesque scene that is played for humour towards the end.
This episode features a grotesque scene towards the end that is played for humour.


The Doctor has rescued Ursula, Elton's tentative girlfriend, from death by absorption, by reconstructing her into a face on a slab of pavement.
The Doctor has rescued Ursula, Elton's tentative girlfriend, from death by absorption, by reconstructing her into a face on a slab of pavement.
Line 25: Line 25:
:Elton: "Even then, after all that, the Doctor '''saved me''' one last time." (emphasis added)
:Elton: "Even then, after all that, the Doctor '''saved me''' one last time." (emphasis added)


Elton picks up the heavy slab and holds it on his lap.
Elton picks up the heavy slab and holds it on his lap. [[Image:UrsulaSlab.JPG|thumb|Ursula in Elton's lap]]


:Elton: "Here she is."
:Elton: "Here she is."
:Ursula: "Could be worse. At least I'll never age. And it really is quite peaceful. You'd be surprised."
:Ursula: "Could be worse. At least I'll never age. And it really is quite peaceful. You'd be surprised."
:Elton: "It's a relationship, of sorts. We manage. We've even got a bit of a love life."
:Elton: "It's a relationship, of sorts. We manage. We've even got a bit of a love life."
:Ursula: "Oh let's not go into that."
:Ursula: "Oh, let's not go into that."
:Elton: "And I don't care what anyone thinks. I love her."
:Elton: "And I don't care what anyone thinks. I love her."


And Ursula smiles up at him from his lap.
And Ursula smiles up at him from his lap.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Latest revision as of 22:08, 25 June 2007

"Love & Monsters" is an episode of Doctor Who that first aired 17 June 2007. It was written by Russell T. Davies and directed by Dan Zeff.


Summary

The episode is told from the point of view of a young man named Elton, whose obsession with the Doctor has led him to a group of like-minded individuals with whom he enjoys spending time. The group's activities take a sinister turn with the arrival of the mysterious Victor Kennedy.


Notes

The episode is an overt satire of fandom and a metatextual commentary on fannish interest in the Doctor.

David Tennant and Billie Piper only appears in a few scenes of "Love & Monsters". It was an episode designed to give the series' stars a reprieve in their filming schedule, as "Blink" would also be in the next season.

Ursula's fate



This episode features a grotesque scene towards the end that is played for humour.

The Doctor has rescued Ursula, Elton's tentative girlfriend, from death by absorption, by reconstructing her into a face on a slab of pavement.

Doctor: "Elton! Fetch a spade!"

We return to a view of Elton's flat, as he speaks into the camera, narrating.

Elton: "Even then, after all that, the Doctor saved me one last time." (emphasis added)

Elton picks up the heavy slab and holds it on his lap.

Ursula in Elton's lap
Elton: "Here she is."
Ursula: "Could be worse. At least I'll never age. And it really is quite peaceful. You'd be surprised."
Elton: "It's a relationship, of sorts. We manage. We've even got a bit of a love life."
Ursula: "Oh, let's not go into that."
Elton: "And I don't care what anyone thinks. I love her."

And Ursula smiles up at him from his lap.

External Links

The article about this title/work is a STUB, meaning it is tiny and needs lots of work. Help flesh it out.