Series 2 Episode 10: Love&Monsters

Summary:
Elton tells the story how he met the Doctor as a child. When he is an adult he joins the group L.I.N.D.A. and continues to search for the Doctor. Soon the group is more about friendship than searching for the Doctor until Victor Kennedy arrives. The mysterious man gives everybody in the group a task, which shall bring them closer to the Doctor. Elton befriends Rose's Mum Jackie and tries to find out where Rose and the Doctor are but she finds out what he's doing. The members of the group are vanishing one after the other and soon Elton finds out that Victor Kennedy is an alien. Ursula, Elton's girlfriend, is absorbed as well but then comes the Doctor. Can he save everyone?

"Love&Monsters" is the first episode where the Doctor and Rose can't be seen very often. The main focus is on Elton and his friends and the Doctor is more of a supporting act. The episode is really funny and I like the way it was filmed. I think the idea for the story is brilliant and we can see a bit more of Jackie without Rose. It's nice to see some of the events, which have already happened, from another perspective. The love story between Elton and Ursula is so cute and it somehow ends good for both of them. I really love the scene with the Doctor and Rose when they try to catch this alien or when they find Elton at the end of the episode because he upset Jackie. A great episode, which works well even if we don't see much of the Doctor.