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"Blink" is the tenth episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. At that moment, Kathy's grandson delivers to the house a message from 1987 about the long life Kathy led. Sally visits Kathy's brother Larry at work to tell him Kathy loves him. [26] It was re-released as part of the complete series three DVD on 5 November 2007. When Kathy calls her and Sally "Sparrow and Nightingale", Sally says it's "a bit, Larry has a sticker on one of his files advertising ", On the same street as Sparrow & Nightingale are, The plot of this episode was based upon a short story, Despite only appearing in cameos, David Tennant and Freema Agyeman are still credited as the main stars rather than. While examining them closely, he blinks. [8] Although they are never shown moving on screen, all of the Weeping Angels were played by actresses Aga Blonska and Elen Thomas wearing makeup and prosthetics. [9] Moffat was very pleased with the results, and called them "fantastic". Larry returns right at that moment with the milk and can only stare at the Doctor and Martha in stunned amazement. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink. Main enemy: [8] The scene wherein the Doctor talks to Sally via a DVD extra was created by writing a conversation, removing Sally's lines, then having David Tennant record his lines. As expected by Moffat and Gold,[9] this led online retailers such as ThinkGeek,[57] and Zazzle,[58] among others, to offer versions of such a product for sale. She finds a message hidden behind wallpaper, addressed to her by the Doctor. Blink (Season 3) It defies logic that a Doctor Who episode with very little Doctor would be one of the best episodes the iconic science fiction series has produced in any era, but that's exactly what happened with "Blink." [35] The Weeping Angels also received critical praise. She was initially concerned with the fact that Tennant would have little screen time, but after the episode aired was very pleased with the final result. The scriptwriting process took such little time to produce that Moffat claimed that Blink was such a "tiniest sliver" of his writing career that he couldn't remember making it.[1]. A different ending to Blink has been revealed as Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat has releases the original script for the Weeping Angels' debut online. Evolution of the Daleks Sally appears to return home, looking into her living room; there are numerous televisions; they show a man with glasses, although, on one screen, a young woman is butting into the scene. As the Doctor gives his message, everything Sally says seems to fit in, so Larry, now very excited, begins to add her words to the transcript. However, even a series with as many high points as this, "Blink" stands out as one of its finer moments. That is how he knows what she is saying. Sally reads Kathy's joke about living to an exceptionally old age and her request to tell Larry, who works at a local DVD shop, something; her parents are gone by this time, so he's really her only close family. Unlike other bonus scenes and deleted footage, the Easter egg remains "filmised" rather than being rendered on video, in keeping with it supposedly having been filmed in 1969. • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. This is the first episode to be directed by a woman after a twenty-two-year interval. In an abandoned house, the Weeping Angels wait. Sally goes to Kathy's grave to pay her respects to her dead friend (having a laugh that Kathy lied to Ben, claiming to have been younger than she was), then leaves for the DVD shop. The Doctor explains that normally, he would have offered Billy a ride home; however, someone's nicked his motor. They're coming. In the syndicated and the DVD version, this shot has been removed. [24] It received an Appreciation Index of 87, considered "excellent". She rushes over to talk to them, only to find that he doesn't recognise her as the events of her past are still in his future. [6] Moffat was also inspired to write the episode based on the popular children's game Statues,[7] which he always found "frightening". One of them has a Yale key in its hand. Doctor Who … Blink. She asks him to bring a portable DVD player to the old house. [18] Fields House, located in Newport, filled in for Wester Drumlins. Billy gets up to see the Doctor and Martha, who tell him he is in 1969, because of the "touch of an Angel"; most likely the same one as he is in the same year that they are. And DON'T. Someone has broken through it with great force. While watching them, she blinks and they have disappeared. On the off chance that you're not in the UK, at that point geo-blocking is going to square access to free UK real time features on the off chance that you attempt to get to. Baby angels possessed the same traits as adults, but when unseen, their footsteps and childlike giggles could be heard. [9], "Blink" was directed by Hettie MacDonald, making her the first female director of a Doctor Who episode since the Sixth Doctor serial The Mark of the Rani. Despite not being filmed in HD, the Blu-Ray features an upscaled picture and fewer compression artefacts. Doctor Who Season 3 episodes 11 | Blink | Tankakor. It can also be purchased on iTunes. "What I Did" includes several elements that are reused in "Blink", including messages under the wallpaper and an ontological paradox involving a conversation between Sally and the Doctor, prerecorded on a video cassette, based on a written transcript—the essay itself; however, instead of the Weeping Angels, "What I Did" features the Doctor and the TARDIS inadvertently separated twenty years in time by a fault in the time machine, and the Doctor is able to instruct Sally how to bring it back to him in the past. The episode was seen by 6.62 million viewers in the United Kingdom. A year later, Sally and Larry meet the Doctor prior to him being stuck in 1969. The Angel is now in the room with them, baring sharp teeth in a savage snarl and outstretching clawed fingers towards them. A… Larry does so and brings the DVD with the best sound on the Easter egg. ... Blink: Concept Art and Graphics. Confidential: In 2007, a much older Billy phones Sally to visit him on his deathbed in the hospital. Doctor Who has told a number of supremely clever time travel stories over the years. ← Previous Moffat had intended to write a two-parter earlier in the series but was too busy writing and executive producing Jekyll. The Fifth and Tenth Doctors were both forced to regenerate from radiation poisoning, and the Eleventh Doctor said he was capable of having 507 regenerations in ‘Death of the Doctor’. Banto's DVDs were fake titles created for the episode, complete with DVD covers and poster designs. [49] In Doctor Who Magazine's 2014 fan poll of the greatest episodes of all time, "Blink" again came in second, this time behind the 2013 episode "The Day of the Doctor". Next → Production order [3], "Blink" was written by Steven Moffat. Next → [39] In 2009 SFX listed the Angels in their list of favourite things of the revival of Doctor Who, writing, "Scariest. The light starts to flicker, and Sally and Larry realise in horror that the Angel is draining the light so that the Angels will be able to attack in the darkness. [30] Ross Ruedinger of Slant Magazine believed that the episode was not just the best Doctor Who episode, but also a great episode of the science fiction and horror genre that could allow it to stand alone. Larry puts the DVD into the console and the TARDIS begins to dematerialise. (. The Doctor advises not to go swimming for an hour as time travel without a capsule is disorientating. They are also featured in the New Series Adventures novel Touched by an Angel by Jonathan Morris. Doctor Who - Series 3: 10. Adapted from: Doctor Who. There's always something of the nursery about horror....Adults never quite grow out of their childhood fears. With each flicker, the Angels move towards Sally and Larry with their claws out and their teeth showing, as they frantically try to unlock the TARDIS door. "[40], Writer Steven Moffat was awarded the 2008 BAFTA Craft and BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Writer for his work on this episode. Sally shows Kathy the message on the wall and the Weeping Angel but thinks it is now closer to the house than before. Kathy walks in, shouting at Larry to get to bed; she then notices Sally isn't concerned by this, asking her what's wrong. Contrary to common belief, season 10 kicked off in the last week of December 1972 — not in 1973, as would be expected. “Blink” from Doctor Who season 3 is one of the most celebrated episodes of all time, so many fans still wonder why Sally Sparrow has never been featured in an episode since. Four Weeping Angel statues follow Sally to the police station, where they take an impounded fake police box and send DI Billy Shipton back to 1969. (CON episode). This persuades Sally to take the letter, who reads it; this man is indeed Kathy's grandson, who swore to fulfil her last request. They are incredibly fast, and they can send people back in time, which is how he got stuck in 1969. Writer Steven Moffat shared the original draft with fans; check out the differences. [51] They also returned in "The Angels Take Manhattan" from the show's seventh series ,[52][53] featured in the mini-episode, "Good as Gold", written by children for a Blue Peter contest[54] and have made cameo appearances in the episodes "The God Complex", "The Time of the Doctor", "Hell Bent" and in the finale to the first series of the Doctor Who spin-off, Class. They play it and see the full message from the Doctor. Script release: [31] The Daily Telegraph named the episode one of the best of the show's entire run, noting that, while the Doctor "is somewhat on the periphery here", it "adds to the threat". The Doctor mentions that he has a copy of the transcript on his autocue. Writer: In 2004, when the first photographs of the new series' TARDIS prop were revealed, there was a vigorous discussion of the box's dimensions on the Outpost Gallifrey Doctor Who discussion forum, in which some fans complained that the prop's windows were too big. Blink She takes it and heads out, only to find Kathy's grandson leaving with his promise fulfilled. [9] The practice began with the 2006 entry "Love & Monsters", and continued for episodes such as "Turn Left", "Midnight",[14] and "The Girl Who Waited". The first episode in BBC AMERICA's The Doctor's Finest selection of Doctor Who episodes airs this Saturday, August 15: the classic 2007 episode "Blink." The episode was directed by Hettie MacDonald and is the only episode in the 2007 series written by Steven Moffat. [8] To create the rigid structure of the angels' dresses, prosthetics supervisors Rob Mayor soaked fabric in fibreglass resin, which was then painted over. Sally Sparrow [62] BBC America created a series of four specials prior to the seventh series premiere of Doctor Who, including one entitled "The Timey-Wimey Stuff of Doctor Who". [36] The Weeping Angels came in at number three in Neil Gaiman's "Top Ten New Classic Monsters" in Entertainment Weekly,[37] while TV Squad named them the third scariest television characters. In the disc which has the episode in it (disc 4) there is an Easter egg on page 2 of scene selection of "Blink". They just belong in a different part of our heads. At the last second, they open it and flee inside and lock the Angels out just in time. See more ideas about doctor who, doctor, dr who. You have to remember that being scared of the dark and being scared of monsters is basically a childish impulse. Featuring: “Blink” is the clearest example of this yet. [59][60][61] The line was also referenced in the first episode of the fifth series, "The Eleventh Hour", when the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) scans the crack in young Amelia Pond's (Caitlin Blackwood) wall with his sonic screwdriver. The camera's operator then shook the camera in the opposite direction that Mulligan and Robertson threw themselves. When she asks how, he states that he has run out of transcript, but he can guess why: he surmises that the Weeping Angels are closing in, forcing her to flee and so left the transcript unfinished. [8] Blonska later noted that "I'm partly painted, partly glued into the costume, but it's quite comfortable. Sally and Larry use the Yale key to hide inside. The Family of Blood She doesn't see that they are now above the window she is looking out of. They head towards the door, keeping their eyes on the Angels. As a terrified Larry keeps his eyes fixed on the Angel to stop it getting any closer, Sally searches for a way out. They look up. It has the Doctor's Easter egg from the episode, unedited. [30] He concluded that, "it's difficult to believe that so much was accomplished in such a short amount of time. Director: She sees the man with glasses who gave her the blinking warning on a TV. While waiting, she sees two of the Angels on the church across the street. Larry explains that the man is an Easter egg found on seventeen DVDs and no one, not even the manufacturers or the publishers, knows how it got there. [9], "Blink" is the third story of the revived series to be adapted for television by the same writer from a piece of their spin-off writing. It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on BBC One. Format: Don't even blink. Hettie MacDonald It tells her to duck. He also says that she will understand one day, but that he won't; the Doctor has told him that this is their last meeting and that he has only as long as the rain stops before he dies. Someone rings the doorbell; Sally answers it, and Kathy waits in the room where the writing on the wall is - "in case of incidents". In the episode, the Tenth Doctor—a time travelling alien played by David Tennant—is trapped in 1969 and tries to communicate with a young woman in 2007, Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan), to prevent the statue-like Weeping Angels from taking control of the TARDIS. The only hope to stop them is a young woman named Sally Sparrow and her friend Larry Nightingale. In a 2008 interview, he admitted that he had only just started realising that Blink was in fact "a really great episode". She includes photographs of her and her children (with her daughter named after Sally), and grandchildren. BLINK. In anger, Sally flings down the letter and heads upstairs, only to find three more Weeping Angels. [25], A Region 2 DVD containing "Blink" together with the episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood" was released on 23 July 2007. He also praised the fear-inducing concept of the Weeping Angels as well the "tenderness of the story and the characters" which were "quite intricate given how much is going on in these 45 minutes". Blink. In addition, the "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey" line has been used to describe several of Moffat's complex time travel stories, such as "Let's Kill Hitler" and "The Big Bang". After she leaves, Billy finds the Weeping Angels have appeared in the room with him, surrounding the phone box. After they talk, the Doctor asks Billy to give Sally Sparrow a message and apologises that it will take "a while" to get the message through. Back in the present, Sally gets a phone call. Producer: It was also the second "Doctor-lite" story in BBC Wales Doctor Who, having come about out of a need in the production schedule for double banking. You can read what Steven Moffat exclusively told us about it here. Initially, Obiora played the role with a London accent; Mahoney, however, has a Gambian accent, and so Obiora had to re-dub his lines to match. [9] British actress Carey Mulligan was chosen to play Sally Sparrow; Mulligan was reportedly ecstatic to have been cast in the series. [9] Moffat initially wrote placeholder dialogue in the script for the scene where the Doctor tells Sally that he can hear her in the DVD shop, because he knew the lines that appeared would have to play "double duty later on" and be authentic and fresh both times. Remove the Doctor from the proceedings, insert a time traveler with any other name, and this could just as easily have been an installment of some other show. Overnight ratings showed that it was watched by 6.1 million viewers, which rose to 6.62 once time-shifted viewers were taken into account. Sally goes to the police station, and mentions the house's name. In scenes outside Sally and Larry's shop, bystanders can be seen watching the filming from the windows above the Newsagent's shop. Doctor Who. Martha advises Billy to nod when the Doctor stops for breath. Doctor Who S03E11. He shows her a fake police phone box, with a lock that will not open. After the rain has stopped, Sally calls Larry. Sally calls to Kathy, which the man assumes is her wondering if he said the right name; he restates her full name, Katherine Constello Nightingale. Baby Angels resembled cherubs — naked, infant-sized versions of adult Angels. This release was initially bundled with the first seven series of the revived. However, after withdrawing from the writing of series three's first two-part story—Helen Raynor took over these episodes, writing "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks"—Moffat volunteered to write the series' Doctor-lite episode and opted to use the Weeping Angels in what would become "Blink". 9 June 2007 [16] Due to the show's tight schedule, "Blink" had only one script meeting. Billy goes on to explain that he could have contacted her before tonight, but the Doctor advised him against it as the resulting temporal paradox could have severely damaged the universe. It is also part of the series 3 box set. Larry willingly flees to rejoin with Sally. Sally is shown to now have everything she recorded, including the transcript, the photos of the wall and the list of DVDs in a folder which she keeps on her at all times. The concept of the Doctor's first encounter with someone also being that person's final encounter with him would later be significantly expanded upon with the character of. With an age almost as old as the universe itself, Weeping Angels that were converted from ordinary statues appeared as they did before being taken over. [55], A line spoken by the Doctor, "The angels have the phone box",[56] is rhetorically repeated by Larry and prompts him to say "I've got that on a T-shirt". [21] The BBC Fact File for the episode notes that 1969—the year Martha, the Doctor and Billy are sent to—is the first year Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Because of this, he actively avoids chickens, as it's not pretty when they blow up. The only hope to stop them is a young woman named Sally Sparrow and her friend Larry Nightingale. It's then revealed that Sally is … The Doctor explains that aliens called Weeping Angels turn to stone statues when any living creature observes them. Moffat noted that "very little of it was tarted up" for the shoot; Moffat later called the location "the creepiest house" he had ever seen. Other Angels resembled stone statues of winged, humanoid angels in chitons. As Sally leaves, she fails to notice the Angels uncovering their eyes and watching her as she takes the key and leaves. Steven Moffat on writing horror fiction for Doctor Who. When Sally gets to the DVD shop, she goes into the back to find Larry. Only the Doctor can stop the Weeping Angels, but he's lost in time. The episode is based on a previous short story written by Moffat for the 2006 Doctor Who Annual, entitled "'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' By Sally Sparrow". Series 3: 10. This explains the "weeping"; they cannot look at each other since it has the same effect. He shows her a collection of cars with something strange in common: all of them were found outside the Wester Drumlins house (some with their motors still running) and all of their owners vanished without a trace. scary bits (“Don’t blink. As they get to the TARDIS, the fourth Angel has appeared by the stairs and is pointing at the light. Another memorable moment [28] David Bradley of SFX awarded "Blink" five out of five stars, saying that it could have featured any of the previous Doctors and predicted that its "timelessness" would ensure that it would "[go] down as one of the finest, scariest, cleverest Who episodes ever". Below you can find the thoughts and memories from those involved in the episode, Doctor Who writers and actors, and journalists. She screams at the Doctor to help them, even as the TARDIS fades, leaving them crouching in the middle of the circle of Angels. “Blink” introduced Doctor Who fans to the terrifying Weeping Angels. about what to do next. 27:07. Sally discovers she can converse with the Doctor in 1969, as he possesses a copy of the complete transcript that Larry is currently compiling. [47] In a 2007 poll conducted by the BBC, taking votes from 2,000 readers of the Doctor Who Adventures magazine, the Weeping Angels were voted the scariest monsters of 2007 with 55% of the vote; the Master and the Daleks took second and third place with 15% and 4% of the vote. To mark the anniversary of one of his most celebrated episodes, Doctor Who writer and series boss Steven Moffat reminisced about 'Blink' over at … DOCTOR [on screen]: Yet. Check out our blink doctor who selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. When Larry goes out to get some milk, she sees the Doctor and Martha getting out of a taxi. Before leaving, Sally takes a Yale key hanging from the hand of a statue. Elsewhere, Kathy gets up in a field and asks a local lad where she is. London, 2007 BBC One The episode is based on a previous short story written by Moffat for the 2006 Doctor Who Annual, entitled "'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' By Sally Sparrow". To create the angels, two actresses wore makeup and prosthetics. 186 They are looking to get into the TARDIS, which is filled with time energy, which the Angels will feast on forever but the damage they could do could switch off the sun. He fears they are seeking the vast reserves of time energy in the police box, which is his time machine the TARDIS. DON’T BLINK!” :eek: ) participation bits (you try not to blink ) a really good time-travel plot ; But I have a question. Sally finds an unlocked door to the cellar, and calls out to Larry to give him the news. IGN's Matt Wales named it the sixth best episode of Tennant's tenure,[33] while Sam McPherson of TVOvermind listed it as the second best Tenth Doctor episode. Written by future showrunner Steven Moffat, “Blink” is widely regarded as the finest episode of Doctor Who, topping a BBC America poll and being praised by Neil Gaiman.. When she goes back into the room where she left her, Kathy has completely vanished, and the Angel is back in its original spot and position outside. To defeat the ruthless enemy — with only a half of a conversation from the Tenth Doctoras help — the one rule is this: don't turn your back, don't look away and don't blink! Based on an earlier short story by writer Steven Moffat, Blink introduced the Weeping Angels. She pulls back the corner and finds the message "BEWARE OF THE WEEPING ANGELS". Story number: [8][19] The house was already abandoned and falling into disrepair when the filming crews arrived. They find the TARDIS, along with the other three Weeping Angels. As they are talking, the DVD keeps un-pausing itself, and the man with glasses says random phrases, one of which shockingly fits with something Sally commented. It has since received mass critical praise. Phil Collinson Since a statue can't look away or blink, the Angels who see each other never move again. Before he dies, Billy instructs Sally to look at the list. Don't turn your back. Outside, Sally finds the key she took from the Angel's hand in her coat pocket. Bababa82. She then meets DI Billy Shipton. Blink" (2007) "The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone" (2010) "The Angels Take Manhattan" (2012) Cameos. He says what Sally has already heard; she must keep her gaze on the Angels; she mustn't turn away, look away, or even blink – the Angels can move with incredible speed when unobserved; "Blink and you're dead." Utopia It's then revealed that Sally is in Kathy's home, having been given a key. [29] IGN's Travis Fickett gave the episode 9.1 out of 10, praising the way the audience felt they had known Sally Sparrow for a while, as well as the strength of Mulligan's performance, although he noted that "all of the performances in this episode are exceptional". The list is Sally's own DVD collection. Sally and Larry are confronted by the Weeping Angels, and the Doctor must warn them not to look away or even blink if they are to survive. In the scene where Larry is trying to hold off an Angel, the left hand of the Angel changes position multiple times between shots. As she tries all the doors in the house, only to find the Angels have locked them in while they were watching the Doctor's message, Larry is growing increasingly restless and fearful that the other Angels could come up behind him. [41][42] "Blink" won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form,[43] and Carey Mulligan received the Constellation Award for Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode. The Weeping Angels standing around the TARDIS get tricked into looking at each other and are permanently frozen. Aug 13, 2017 - Explore Crafty Annabelle's board "Dr. Who Printables", followed by 20106 people on Pinterest. 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Once the message has ended, Sally and Larry both realise at the same time that neither is looking at the Weeping Angel anymore. "Blink and you're dead." So then. Similar programmes. Doctor Who television stories Because of its late submission, Blink was the quickest piece of writing Moffat had ever done, having gone straight from the second draft with no notes to the script and tone meetings before going into production ten days later.

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