EDA103 - Horror of Glam Rock

Bernard Cribbins, who soon joined the TV series as Donna's uncle Wilfred, and Una Stubbs, better known as Sherlock's Mrs. Hudson, appear in this episode where Lucie and the Doctor are trapped with a mixed group inside a motorway cafe in 1974 as monsters prowl in the darkness outside.

One of the most impressive things about the EDA is how Lucie and the Doctor weren't friendly right away. Usually new companions have to be eager to continue the adventure at the end of the first episode, but because she is foisted on the Doctor unwillingly (and unwanted), their relationship has a bit of conflict that keeps things rolling.

Cribbins plays a semi-sleazy agent for a glam rock group. The music genre is running topic in the episode, from some of the characters in the cafe being musicians to comments on the Doctor's clothes, which it's nice to hear are carried over from the TV movie. Reasonable character development for Cribbin's character and others, and some horror movie moments make this Doctor Who's The Mist, but without the terrible ending.