love monsters tenth episode second series british science fiction television series doctor broadcast bbc june written executive producer lead writer directed series typically follows alien time traveller doctor tenth incarnation played companion time played travel time space machine called tardis follows contemporary ordinary man named obsessed man called doctor strange blue box joins group like minded people hopes finding mysterious joins group fun stops discovers darker interests kennedy ultimately turns creature called addition christmas special production schedule episode double banked story case impossible planet pit production finish time love monsters davies able tell story different character point view allow small appearance doctor companion structure continued programme incorporated episode necessity winner children competition design doctor monster watched million viewers united_kingdom met divisive reception critics fans praised script felt parody offensive humour attracted divided opinions plot episode presented excerpt video diary young man describing encounters doctor camera narration forms present day frame story series flashbacks related doctor recalls chance meeting doctor remembers having seen man child living room night internet discovers including reported similar experiences doctor form group known joined people bliss skinner simon meets library basement discuss experiences soon meetings social nature day man meeting points lost focus group efforts locate doctor teaching techniques given task getting close mother manages meet invited apartment tries fails seduce finds picture rose jacket demands leave bliss disappear group unexpectedly victor explains absence saying quit lives meeting skinner stage victor persuades remain leave realises forgot phone returns discover victor alien known faces members victims protruding victor body victor manages absorb gets away victor chases dead end alley touch tardis doctor rose step rose begins disturbing mother sees wrong tries absorb absorbed members use hold body drops cane breaks instruction cane contained field generator kept control body creature earth doctor explains house years ago tracking shade late shade killed mother concluding narrative voice heard revealed doctor able use sonic essence alive face alive piece paving stone keeps room explains unconventional relationship love life continuity episode contains flashbacks events rose aliens london christmas invasion footage reused point view rose remarks little bit appearance states comes sister planet mentions files missing corrupted bad wolf virus referencing recurring phrases second series line included establish know rose looks like later army ghosts copy daily_telegraph reads headline saxon leads polls percent appearance saxon feature story arc series lot later mentioned fifth doctor children need special time crash production unlike vast majority doctor stories nominal appearances tardis crew point view production necessity christmas special increased number episodes produce production double banked impossible planet pit film episodes unit worked love monsters doctor companion structure continued tradition producing episodes turn left girl waited executive producer writer come story good reason doctor rose davies inspired episode star trek generation episode lower decks focused characters davies described episode experimental script experimental people run away screaming saturday night experiment people want bit monster bit thrill bit doctor delivers normal doctor think know programme puts little bit spin episode working title love doctor acronym previously british children television programme don featured russell davies worked series years according davies early draft witness events doctor history draft birthday party evacuated invasion remembrance mother killed plastic instead shade saw rising thames terror prior revival doctor davies considered pitching story idea comics story davies considered making viewpoint character story woman felt focus female guest characters series davies wanted normal guy funny voice noted memory entirely reliable events episode happened way remembers necessity episode fulfill include winner design doctor monster competition winner designed year old davies said monster thought brilliant touches people face actually appears body terrifying according producer william disappointed rendering monster envisaged size double bus production team informed written letter davies new series began june davies replied september offering guest spot episode originally offered felt ufo type similar character coronation street preferred playing creature sees start episode credited davies notes commentary invented episode shot needed credits director said tone production team wished capture working inspirational design team wanted emphasise melancholy feel world characters big urban spaces life lay abandoned decayed amidst fragile group friends feel cast increasingly vulnerable led sinister episode features songs don bring turn stone favorite band broadcast reception love monsters broadcast united_kingdom bbc june overnight ratings million audience share final audience figure million making 15th watched programme week episode gained appreciation index score episode released basic dvd impossible planet pit august complete second series november noted having divided reception sfx rated episode noting finally gives doctor new vocabulary television programme wrote funniest script certainly feels like personal fan found performance episode funny ign gave episode score particularly praising dialogue felt aspects place purely light hearted comedic episode slant_magazine reviewer positive love monsters saying reason series quirky beautiful inspired mind scenario commented truths meeting fans internet praised depth character sfx named love monsters best saying worked example genre bad article noted criticisms episode ranged silly esque monster annoyance lame members noted hardcore fans dislike comedy performance commented true episode came close spoof actually nice rest doctor saving world gets boring playing gave episode grade positive minutes described touching little tale interesting characters called final minutes juvenile attack audience intelligence emotions ruined episode monster offensive humor exactly wrong moment digital spy criticised performance calling idea pity creativity absorbed turn visiting comedian review series guardian stated hated episode describing parody doctor fans scene says bit love life criticised commentators felt resultant having oral sex paving slab unsuitable doctor large family audience dismissed dialogue harmless joke children understand placed position mighty reader survey ranked doctor story point order preference
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