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To: Mr. Russell T. Davies
From: Mr. D. Spatchel, Esq.
Re: Love & Monsters

Just watched Gridlock.
All is forgiven.

S.

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Yeah. If you actually start thinking about the story, it starts to fall apart, but it was presented so well, paced incredibly tight (so much happened! there was rarely a slow moment) and realized with great visuals, the story wasn't too much of a problem for me. When the story stinks and the pacing lags, you'd be left to start thinking about how and why things are stinking.

Another reason why I think RTD did a great job on the episode was because he didn't have to write an actual, specific villain. The bad forces in this story were either non-sentient or de-evolved lifeforms. One of RTD's weaknesses in my opinion is the inability to write decent, original villains who don't just strut around acting all evil and camp. Granted, the Love & Monsters villian was the product of a children's write-in contest (but even then, the concept was cool and it could've been handled so much better) but when I think about the farty Slitheen, I just shake my head.

Okay, the Editor and monster on Floor 500 of Satellite 5 were pretty cool, I'll give him that one.