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Overview

First aired

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Production Code

2.10

Written by

Russell T Davies

Directed by

Dan Zeff

Runtime

45 minutes

Time Travel

Present

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Consequences, Shape Shifting

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England, London

UK Viewers

6.66 million

Appreciation Index

76

Synopsis

An ordinary man becomes obsessed with the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, and uncovers a world of living nightmares.

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Review #29

The life of Elton


This story was very filler. Not much happened but it did feel like a recap of the show so far. It was about this man called Elton and how he met the doctor before and become Obsessed with him. He had a group called Linda and they were all killed off by the Abzorbaloff. It recapped all the earth story's so far so we had the Autons from Rose. The Slitheen crashing into big Ben from the Aliens of London. The Sycorax ship from The Christmas Invasion. This was a doctor lite episode so not much to say about them here. 5/10


Jann

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I think this episode actually has a really strong opening half but the moment the Absorbaloff shows up it just stops being fun, and the ending is pretty unsatisfying

 


Jonathan_

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I don’t know why so many people don’t like this one; it’s sweet. Tragic but light. I enjoy the focus on characters that aren’t the Doctor or companions. On the way ordinary people’s lives are disrupted. And yeah the monster wasn’t that interesting, but in this case the point of the story was the relationships more than the monster.

Also, the look into Jackie being lonely was nice. I like the thought of her calling Rose about it and Rose insisting they immediately track this guy down.


presidentdisastra

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Shut up.


CarrotJuice

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Honestly terrible

Basic plot,Absorbaloff is so stupid, very memorable paving slab though, Elton definitely f**ked it.

 


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ELTON [on camera]: I should say, this isn't, you know, my whole life. It's not all spaceships and stuff, because I'm into all sorts of things. I like football. I like a drink. I like Spain. And if there's one thing I really, really love, Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra. Because you can't beat a bit of ELO.

(Elton bopping to Mr Blue Sky.)

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[Waste ground]

(A young man is stumbling over broken bricks and rubble until he comes to a row of old warehouses with metal doors, and a blue police telephone box outside them. He goes up to it and touches it, reverently.)

ROSE [OC]: Doctor! Doctor, the trap!

(The young man runs into the unit.)

[Warehouse]


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