"Doctor Who" Blink (2007)

User Rating:

9.7/10   

Director:

Hettie Macdonald

Writer:

Steven Moffat (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

9 June 2007 (Season 3, Episode 10)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

"Don't Blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't Blink. Good Luck."...

Plot Keywords:

Nonlinear Timeline | Internet | Video Store | Writing On Wall | Alien

Cast

David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Freema Agyeman	...	Martha Jones
Carey Mulligan	...	Sally Sparrow
Lucy Gaskell	...	Kathy Nightingale
Finlay Robertson	...	Larry Nightingale
Richard Cant	...	Malcolm Wainwright
Michael Obiora	...	Billy Shipton
Louis Mahoney	...	Old Billy
Thomas Nelstrop	...	Ben Wainwright
Ian Boldsworth	...	Banto
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raymond Sawyer	...	Desk Sergeant

Runtime:

45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG (DVD rating)

Trivia:

The portfolio that Larry keeps the list of "Easter Eggs" in has a Cunard Lines sticker on the back. Cunard Lines is the successor to White Star lines, which owned the "Titanic" - apparently a reference to the upcoming Christmas Special which will feature the "Titanic".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the entire episode the weeping angels have grey eyes. Just before Sally gets out of the circle, you can see the actual eyes of the actor who plays a weeping angel.

Quotes:

Sally Sparrow: How can you know what I'm gonna say?
The Doctor: [on the DVD] Look to your left.
Larry Nightingale: [Sally turns to see Larry writing something down] What does he mean by look to your left? I've written tons about that on the forums. I reckon it's a political statement.
Sally Sparrow: He means you. What are you doing?
Larry Nightingale: I'm writing in your bits. That way I've got a complete transcript of the entire conversation. Wait until this hits the net! This'll explode the egg forums!
The Doctor: [on the DVD, pointing at the screen] I've got a copy of the finished transcript, it's on my autocue.
Sally Sparrow: How can you have a copy of the finished transcript? It's still being written!
The Doctor: [on the DVD] I told you, I'm a time traveller - I got it in the future!
Sally Sparrow: Okay, let me get my head around this. You're reading aloud from a transcript of a conversation you're still having?
The Doctor: [on the DVD, waving his hands dismissively] Oh, wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2007) (TV)

This is the best episode of Doctor Who I can remember!

After family of blood, which was frankly excellent, this episode was, in my eyes, truly superb on so many points. It was so good in fact, that I finally signed up to IMDb after having trusted the user's opinions for a few years now, just to give it 10/10 and a smashing review! The story was just perfect, the effects were relatively simple but yet highly effective (exactly how it should be!), and the acting was spot on. This must have been the best episode I've seen probably since the beginning of the next-gen Doctor Who 2 years ago. Don't get me wrong, episodes such as Doomsday in series 2 were really excellent, but this episode really brought back the old Doctor Who feal in terms of sheer simplicity with maximum effect. I'm old enough (in my mid 20's in fact) not to have had nightmares in many years, but after this episode, I came close, having had my first bad dream since I can remember!! Really worth watching; The DVD of the whole series should be out in the autumn I guess, and i'll be buying it just to see this episode again!