Love & Monsters ( TV story ) Love & Monsters was the tenth episode of Series 2 of the BBC Wales version of " Doctor Who " . It included the first mention of Harold Saxon and mentioned the Torchwood story arc . From a production standpoint , it included a monster created by a child , nine - year - old William Grantham , for a " Blue Peter " competition . It was the first story in the programme ' s history written specifically to be recorded at the same time as another story — a process called " double banking " . By minimising the appearances of the Doctor and his companion , the production team recorded fourteen episodes in the same time that it took to make thirteen . Russell T Davies was sufficiently pleased with the results that the concept — dubbed a " Doctor - lite " or " Companion - lite episode " — would be a regular feature of each subsequent season . Because of this episode ' s Doctor - lite nature , it notably became the first ( and currently only ) full episode to showcase the Doctor ' s adventures from the perspective of their bystanders , who are usually overlooked in most stories . " Tardisode 10 " , the prologue to " Love & Monsters " , shows a secretary falling victim to the main enemy of this episode . Synopsis . An ordinary man becomes obsessed with the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler , and uncovers a world of living nightmares . Plot . An awestruck young man sheepishly approaches the Doctor ' s TARDIS to find the Tenth Doctor and Rose tackling a Hoix in a warehouse . The Doctor asks the man if they have ever met before . He panics and runs away . The young man , a typical London er by the name of Elton Pope , narrates his story via his video camera . He introduces himself and tells how , when only three or four years old , he came downstairs one night to find a strange man in his house : the Doctor . Elton was caught up in the massacre by the Auton s . A year later he watched as an alien ship crashed into Big Ben . Following another alien invasion last Christmas Day , Elton looks for information on the strange goings - on and finds a photo of the Doctor , looking exactly as he did all those years ago . He meets Ursula Blake , who posted the photo on " My Invasion Blog " and believes his story about the Doctor . Ursula introduces Elton to her friends Bliss , Bridget Sinclair and Mr Colin Skinner . They have all heard of the Doctor and meet regularly to discuss their findings . Despite the name Elton coins for them ( London Investigation ' n ' Detective Agency , or LINDA ) , they soon become more of a social group , helping each other through their problems and enjoying each other ' s company . That all changes with the arrival of Victor Kennedy , an evidently wealthy gentleman who doesn ' t touch people because of a skin condition . He also wishes to find the Doctor , and takes over LINDA , forcing the members to work harder . Bliss vanishes . Elton tracks down the Doctor and then panics and runs away . Victor is furious , but decides to change plans : they will look for Rose . Elton locates Rose ' s mum Jackie with surprising ease . He visits her often , supposedly to do odd jobs but really because Jackie finds him attractive . One night Jackie tries to seduce Elton , but a phone call from Rose brings her to her senses . Elton feels ashamed of using her and realises that he loves Ursula . When Jackie finds a photo of Rose in Elton ' s jacket , she rounds on him and tells him to leave . She says bitterly that no one has any interest in her . Elton tells Victor he ' s ruined LINDA and that the three remaining members are leaving , noting that Bridget has gone , just like Bliss . He asks Ursula out to dinner , but Mr Skinner stays behind as Victor offers to help him find Bridget . Ursula forgets her phone . When they return for it they find Mr Skinner has disappeared and Victor has transformed into a corpulent green alien — the Abzorbaloff , as Elton calls it . The Abzorbaloff reveals he ' s absorbed Mr Skinner . He is now on its belly . Bridget has been absorbed into his back . Elton asks where Bliss is . The sound of Bliss straining to say something comes from within the Abzorbaloff who takes his weight off one of his buttocks , allowing her to tell Elton , amidst the rumble of flatulence , that he doesn ' t want to know . The Abzorbaloff wants to find the Doctor for the ultimate feast . Ursula grabs the Abzorbaloff ' s cane and threatens to beat him with it unless he returns the LINDA members to their former states . The Abzorbaloff seems genuinely terrified and begs for mercy . Ursula hesitates , which proves fatal as the Abzorbaloff grabs hold of her arm . A single touch is all that is needed for a victim to be absorbed . Elton watches in horror as Ursula is fused into the Absorbaloff ' s body , her face ending up on his chest . Elton begs for Ursula to be returned , but the Abzorbaloff says that her original form is gone forever . He taunts Elton about the feelings Ursula had for him , which the Abzorbaloff now has access to . Ursula can also access the Abzorbaloff ' s thoughts . She yells for Elton to flee . He ' s next to be absorbed . Elton runs , the creature chasing after him , until the TARDIS appears . An angry Rose has come to confront Elton about upsetting her mother , while the Doctor questions the Abzorbaloff about his home planet , which turns out to be Clom , surprisingly the twin planet of Raxacoricofallapatorius . The Abzorbaloff tells them of his scheme to lure in the Doctor to absorb him for " a delicious feast " . Before he can consume Elton or the Doctor , the absorbed members of LINDA distract him . Ursula tells Elton to snap its cane . This destroys the limitation field that maintained its integrity . The Abzorbaloff dissolves into liquid and seeps into the ground along with the people absorbed by it . The Doctor explains to the distraught Elton that on the night they first met , he was hunting a living shadow which had escaped its home dimension . He caught it , but not before it had killed Elton ' s mother . Elton muses that meeting the Doctor is fraught with danger and notes that for a while he had a special group of friends , a group that was destroyed thanks to the Doctor . Elton now understands that death and destruction are what happens to one that touches the Doctor ' s world , and can ' t help but wonder how long until Rose and Jackie pay the price . However Elton also understands that it wasn ' t the Doctor ' s fault and that he did save Elton one last time : with the sonic screwdriver , he restored Ursula partially . She now exists as a face in one of the paving stones where the Abzorbaloff had melted . The pair have found some happiness despite their ordeal , and Elton comments that he now knows the meaning of Stephen King ' s quote : " Salvation and damnation are the same thing . " He ends on a positive note , saying that the world isn ' t all it seems — it ' s better . Story notes . Filming locations . " Love and Monsters " was written specifically to be shot mostly on location , so that another unit could be simultaneously filming another episode in studio . Consequently it has one of the highest location counts in the history of " Doctor Who " . Studio work was completed in one day at Unit Q2 , Imperial Park , Imperial Way , Newport