Love & Monsters

Monday, 19 June 2006 - Reviewed by David Carlile

Why???

What theoretical demons is Mr Davies trying to exorcise
As he preaches his ideas on fan and web power, disguised
As an essay pontificating from an ivory tower!
Do we need physchology of the lone parent at this hour?

What story arcs is Mr Davies trying to tell
When we move to Earth (again) from interplanetary hell?
Please donВ’t forget which character weВ’re switching on for
Again itВ’s Ma TylerВ’s perspective weВ’re forced to endure.

Which bodily jokes are we employing tonight
To make us laugh at the ludicrous sight
Of a truncated Slitheen relation running down a cheap back alley;
His own stuffed with human remains and Northern folly?

With Mr Kay so promising as a potential villain of mysterious discord
Who allowed him to use such alien Northern vocal chords?
В‘Eee by gum!В’ bring back the Goodies В–however dated
Like them, I hope this farce is never repeated.

Which director or script editor or producer allowed
This scipt and plot as science fiction В–or had they bowed
To gods on high, who undid two seasons of hard work?
Or is this SatanВ’s retribution for going down the hole-heВ’s back with a smirk!

My daughter hated it to the point of annoyed boredom
And from the mouth of babes asked with aplomb
В‘Why didnВ’t they Absorb this alien into the Coronation story
Wearing the faces sucked into the TV would appear quite gory.

Just last week I thought with pride and eager anticipation
On how far the Mill had pushed special effects
Since the early Daleks.
With mature themes built on the legacy of Mr Nation.

I sincerely hope Mr Grade was otherwise engaged
Or he may have been enraged
That the Beeb, on the world stage
Could take the Doctor so quickly back to the Ice Age!!

Fancy leaving the spectacles on PotterВ’s Myrtle,
For all to view the corny gags and pace as slow as a turtle.
No paving stone was left unturned for a cheap laugh
Whose body will be under the patio for this gaffe?

Please please let us not be earthbound
With Tyler arcs and aliens that belong buried underground.
No more London based stories but letВ’s get back into space
And use MillВ’s effects and good writers before the doctor loses HIS face!





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