Doctor Who (2005)

Blink

Season 3, Episode 10, Aired 6/9/07

Episode Summary

Location: Hull, London, England
Date: 2007
Enemies: The Weeping Angels
Suggestion is a powerful weapon ...
The Doctor is lost in time and within the walls of an old, abandoned house, a mystery is afoot and the Weeping Angels await...
A young woman called Sally visits a dilapidated house, and is led down a terrifying time-torn path.moreless

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David Tennant

The Tenth Doctor
Freema Agyeman

Martha Jones
Finlay Robertson

Larry Nightingale

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By mobbs456, Oct 08, 2011 Report Abuse

An amazing episode for the new Doctor Who. This is truly one of the best episodes ever written - and it doesn't have the doctor in it much! How ironic.
Compare this with last years Love and Monsters - yeah totally different aren't they? This one has more fire, more drama and above all more characterisation. Speaking of the characters, the gorgeous and coragous Sally Sparrow is the heroine of the story. She stumbles across the Scooby-Doo house, and is plunged into a world of time and angel statues that can kill you. only cryptic messages from the lost timelord and the mysterious blue box can save her and her new lover Lawrence from trouble.
I only wish that more episodes could of been like this. Perhaps the new new series will have something to offer.moreless

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A good Horror Drama thats worth watching though don't read to much into the time travel aspect of it all.

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By AgentAlbertross, Oct 08, 2011 Report Abuse

For any children who viewed this episode this will be a classic episode and one which they will remember as the best horror dramas are always something that you can relate too [Sapphire & Steel anyone?] in this case Writer Stephen Moffet has used Statues; something that viewers will always see everywhere.

This episode doesn't rely on fancy effects to move the story as its all in the editing and story telling surprisingly Martha and the Doctor take a back seat. This ep had obvious roots from Back To The Future Part II as the letter is given to Sally. I felt what let this ep down was the time travel aspect, some of it was good other parts were just unconvincing. Sorry Mr Moffet, but saying that interveening on future events will cause some sort of cataustropic upsetting of the universe seems a little like a plot oversight coverup - the Doctor does it all the time see; Day Of The Daleks. Could he mean the Blinovich Limitation Effect or is he just trying to save his own skin to get the Tardis back? Logically, if the police guy had gone back in time then he could have told his future self not to help Sally and a new timeline would have been set up and none of this would have happened to him! Besides if those Weeping Angels did put you back in time as you now know future events then you can technically alter history for your own gain.moreless

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Blink, the best Doctor Who episode.

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By wolf359locutus, Sep 18, 2011 Report Abuse

Well it might just be me, but I think that this episode "Blink" is the best of any Doctor Who. It was not silly, or corny (which some have been) and don't scold me for saying that. I love all Doctor Who's, but this was grown up and sophisticated. It was very smart, well written, acted and directed. And may I add, SCARY ! I just loved this episode and it's a "must watch" episode from my "must watch episode list" It was different from any other "Doctor Who" episodes, yet it was still very much a "Doctor Who". I just loved it!!!moreless

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A True Landmark in Writing!

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By buttwasted, Feb 27, 2011 Report Abuse

By Far one of the best Hours of Television I have ever seen, Not just in the Dr. Who Universe, but anywhere.
Truly a fine piece of writing and acting.
Kudos 1,000 times Kudos.

I Do feel Bad for waiting this long into my life to start watching Dr. Who, but feel fortunate that among the first episodes I see, is this Gem.
I Can not wait to share it with my friends and especially with my Son.

Do yourself a Favor and see this episode, even if you are not a fan of the Dr. Who Television series.
its worth your time. and you wont regret it.moreless

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Best Doctor Who episode so far.

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By jbezzina, Feb 27, 2011 Report Abuse

I have been into Doctor Who since the Tom Baker days and to be honest I cannot consider myself as a fan of the new show. The reason being that I think most of the stories (before this one) were pretty lame. Come on!! you cannot get any worse than pig aliens (or whatever they were) can you? - BUT... over the past 3 episodes I have seen a dramatic improvement in the quality of the episodes. It was like the top brass called the production staff over to their office and gave them a good old kick in the behind and told them to crank up the quality of the show. It also seems like the show is now targeting a more adult audience. I just hope that the quality of the show will remain on these levels.moreless

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Trivia
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- Calling the episode "terrifying," novelist and comic book writer Neil Gaiman listed the weeping angels among his picks for 10 new classic monsters in a feature for Entertainment Weekly. Edit
- In the box set of the third series produced by the BBC video, the DVD Easter Egg is hidden on the last scene selection menu of Blink. By clicking the title you can watch the five minute video that they used in the episode. Edit
- A rare, and appropriately bizarre instance of breaking the fourth wall. The Weeping Angels don't move when we can see them and no one else can. Edit
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- International Airdates:
  Turkey: January 2, 2011 on CNBC-e Edit
- When Doctor Who Magazine conducted their 'Mighty 200' poll in 2009, this was found to be readers 2nd most favourite, making this their favourite new series story. Edit
- In the 2008 BAFTA Cymru Awards, Steven Moffat won Best Screenwriter for this episode. Edit
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- Kathy: (voice-over; her letter to Sally, as Sally goes to Kathy's grave) To take one breath in 2007 and the next in 1920 is a strange way to start a new life, but a new life is exactly what I've always wanted. Sally: (looking at Kathy's gravestone) 1902. You told him you were eighteen. You lying cow! (Sally laughs) Edit
- (In the present day, Sally sees the Doctor and Martha) Sally: Doctor! Doctor! The Doctor: Hello. Sorry, bit of a rush. There's a sort of… thing happening. Fairly important that we stop it. Sally: My God, it's you. It really is you. Oh, you don't remember me, do you? Martha: Doctor, we haven't got time for this. Migration's started. The Doctor: Look, sorry, I've got a bit of a complex life. Things don't always happen to me in quite the right order. It gets a bit confusing at times, especially at weddings. I'm rubbish at weddings. Especially my own. Sally: Oh, my God of course. You're a time traveller. It hasn't happened to you yet. None of it. It's still in your future. The Doctor: What hasn't happened? Martha: Doctor, please. Twenty minutes to red hatching! Sally: It was me. Oh, for God's sake, it was me all along. You got it all from me. The Doctor: Got what? Sally: OK, listen. One day you're going to be stuck in 1969. Make sure you've got this with you. (hands him the file) You're going to need it. Martha: Doctor! The Doctor: Yeah! Listen, listen, gotta dash. Things happening. Well… four things. Well, four things and a lizard. Sally: OK, no worries. Off you go. See you around someday. Edit
- Old Billy: I often thought about looking for you before tonight. Apparently, it would have torn a hole in the fabric of space and time and destroyed two-thirds of the universe. Also… I'd lost my hair Sally: Two-thirds of the universe? Where'd you get that from? Old Billy: There's a man in 1969. He sent me with a message for you. Sally: What man? Old Billy: The Doctor. Sally: And what was the message? Old Billy: Just this: 'look at the list'. Edit
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- "Quantum Locking", the defense mechanism used by the angels, refers to behaviour in quantum mechanics which is a branch of physics. In quantum mechanics, a system can simultaneously exist in multiple states, but when the system is observed, or interacts with the outside world, it collapses into just one state. Edit
- Larry: Who's the Doctor? The Doctor: (on the video) I'm the Doctor. This exchange mimics the lyrics of a novelty song performed by Jon Pertwee (the Third Doctor) during the 1970s. Edit
- Inspector Shipton's surname references the famous Mother Shipton (1488 - 1561) an English soothsayer who was supposed to have made unusually accurate predictions about the future. (It is now generally accepted that most of those prophecies were composed by others in retrospect, after her death.) Edit