This was one excellent episode told in an intriguing style. In this episode, it is oddly centred on a character called Elton Pope (played to perfection by Marc Warren), who is obsessed with trying to find The Doctor ever since an encounter with him when he was a child. He tells us all his story with the use of his camcorder, mostly with very comical results. He then tells the story of how he meets Ursula, someone who is also trying to find The Doctor, and how they meet other people who want to join them in their search. Together they form a group that is dedicated to finding The Doctor. Elton then tells of his adventures with them and how wonderful things were.
However, when the group are unofficially taken over by the mysterious Victor Kennedy, things take a sinister turn when he takes a very serious approach to finding The Doctor. When Victor provides Elton with a lead on someone who can lead him to The Doctor, he believes he is pursuing a course that will lead him directly to The Doctor. However, things begin to get very strange when his fellow friends start to go missing one by one. To complicate things, Elton begins to develop feelings for Ursula, the one who helped him start the group in the first place. Despite all this, Elton is determined to find out as much about The Doctor with the use of the one lead he has...Jackie Tyler.
This was told in an ingeniously comical manner, and the clever thing is that it manages to be a good story even though The Doctor is hardly in it. It is also rather spooky how the whole thing comes together and we find out just how Elton's past is linked to The Doctor. Marc Warren plays the role of Elton to absolute perfection, and it would be great if he had a few more episodes. This is definitely one of the best episodes of the series.
However, when the group are unofficially taken over by the mysterious Victor Kennedy, things take a sinister turn when he takes a very serious approach to finding The Doctor. When Victor provides Elton with a lead on someone who can lead him to The Doctor, he believes he is pursuing a course that will lead him directly to The Doctor. However, things begin to get very strange when his fellow friends start to go missing one by one. To complicate things, Elton begins to develop feelings for Ursula, the one who helped him start the group in the first place. Despite all this, Elton is determined to find out as much about The Doctor with the use of the one lead he has...Jackie Tyler.
This was told in an ingeniously comical manner, and the clever thing is that it manages to be a good story even though The Doctor is hardly in it. It is also rather spooky how the whole thing comes together and we find out just how Elton's past is linked to The Doctor. Marc Warren plays the role of Elton to absolute perfection, and it would be great if he had a few more episodes. This is definitely one of the best episodes of the series.