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Doctor Who
S3.E10
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  • Episode aired Jul 23, 2012
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
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Carey Mulligan in Doctor Who (2005)
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Sally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.Sally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.Sally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.

  • Director
    • Hettie Macdonald
  • Writers
    • Steven Moffat
    • Sydney Newman
  • Stars
    • David Tennant
    • Freema Agyeman
    • Carey Mulligan
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    9.8/10
    23K
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    • Director
      • Hettie Macdonald
    • Writers
      • Steven Moffat
      • Sydney Newman
    • Stars
      • David Tennant
      • Freema Agyeman
      • Carey Mulligan
    • 109User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    David Tennant
    David Tennant
    • The Doctor
    Freema Agyeman
    Freema Agyeman
    • Martha Jones
    Carey Mulligan
    Carey Mulligan
    • Sally Sparrow
    Lucy Gaskell
    Lucy Gaskell
    • Kathy Nightingale
    Finlay Robertson
    Finlay Robertson
    • Larry Nightingale
    Richard Cant
    Richard Cant
    • Malcolm Wainwright
    Michael Obiora
    Michael Obiora
    • Billy Shipton
    Louis Mahoney
    Louis Mahoney
    • Old Billy
    Thomas Nelstrop
    Thomas Nelstrop
    • Ben Wainwright
    Ian Boldsworth
    • Banto
    Raymond Sawyer
    • Desk Sergeant
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    Elen Thomas
    Elen Thomas
    • Weeping Angel
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Hettie Macdonald
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      • Steven Moffat(uncredited)
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      In the disc of the original DVD release of Series 3 with "Blink" in it (disc 4) there is an Easter Egg on page 2 of scene selection of "Blink". It has the Doctor's Easter egg, unedited. To access it, you have to highlight "Blink" in the page and select it. Unlike other bonus scenes and deleted footage, the Easter egg remains "filmized" rather than being rendered on video, in keeping with it supposedly having been filmed in 1969.
    • Goofs
      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

      The Doctor: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.

    • Connections
      Featured in Doctor Who Confidential: Do You Remember the First Time? (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Doctor Who Theme
      (uncredited)

      Written by Ron Grainer

      Arranged by Murray Gold

      Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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    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!
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    • Release date
      • July 23, 2012 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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