310: Blink

Age : 35 Joined : 19 Jun 2007 Posts : 241

310: Blink
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Age : 35 Joined : 19 Jun 2007 Posts : 241

This had one of the scariest monsters I've seen in any television show in a while. Seems like a simple idea, but following the episode you quickly realize how difficult it would be to have to deal with an enemy like this. I hope Sally Sparrow resurfaces at some point. She seemed more companion material than Donna did in the Runaway Bride. Plus it's nice to finally answer the trivia question of who thought of the first easter egg on dvd's Laughing

According to the Doctor Who site news page the Sisters won the title of scariest monster of the season. I won't post the story because it mentions something that might be considered a spoiler to the rest of the season, but I will post a link to the story for those interested.

Weeping Angels beat the Daleks in Scariest Monster Poll.
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I'm the Doctor. I'm a Timelord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I'm 900 and 3 years old and I'm the man who's gonna save YOUR lives and ALL 6 billion people on the planet below......You got a problem with that? Voyage of the Damned

Joined : 14 Sep 2007 Posts : 17

I made myself sit and watch this episode on SciFi last night and I almost threw my cup at the TV.
The commercial breaks just about drove me insane!
WTF, y'all!!!

Anyway, I love the part where Sally finds the TARDIS key hanging from one the the angel's fists.
There's an angel behind her in the background, and the one in front of her.
She passes by the background angel bends down and picks up the key. She straightens up, looks at the key and passes by...and that angel in the back has changed position!
When I saw that (every time I see that) it makes me say "Whoah!!!"
Sally and Billy's scene was so poignant. It really tugged at my heart. They were so cute and flirtatious. Then when, just a few minutes later, she visits him on his deathbed, and he's an old man...dang.
Yep.
My vote goes to those Weeping Angels.

Age : 38 Joined : 01 Feb 2007 Posts : 889

I loved the opening where she is reading the wall and I could almost hear the Doctors voice, "Seriously, DUCK!" And it was the perfect length at only one episode, not too padded the pacing was perfect!

These would be great as a box set with the interchangeable heads that is on the grandma figure. Maybe she was a test figure for these. Wink

Joined : 05 Feb 2007 Posts : 344

Great ep. I agree with Hoosier it was really in the pacing of the story. It just moved you thru. The filming was exceptional too, the way something would move in front of the angels then they would "move". The Flickering light seen was the best for me. Your practically yelling at the TV "hurry up! get the key in NOW!". Clever trap too. Really believe that cerebral imagined fear is much better than in your face gore/horror. Honestly I suprise someone hadn't already made a horror movie out of that concept. Beats the tooth fair, chucky dolls, and ventriliquist dummies.
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Age : 38 Joined : 01 Feb 2007 Posts : 889

Hitchcock said this in an interview once. The way to scare an audience is to let them in on the terror. There is a bomb under the table and the audience sees the bomb with the clock ticking down. Yet the two people sitting at the table know nothing about it. The audience is colectively yelling for the two people to get up and out of there. That is suspense and terror combined.

Age : 15 Joined : 16 Aug 2007 Posts : 173

Blink is awesome, but wait till you see Utopia, it'll blow your mind! Very Happy

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Age : 38 Joined : 01 Feb 2007 Posts : 889

Seen it, still like Blink more. Last of the Timelords was cool. You really do have to watch them as an omnibus to get the whole thrill out of it

Age : 15 Joined : 16 Aug 2007 Posts : 173

Let's not spoil it for everyone else!
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Age : 38 Joined : 01 Feb 2007 Posts : 889

Not spoiling nothing, merely whetting their appetites!!

Ok who was the spoil sport that said it was disappointing? affraid

Explain what you didnt like about it. I can understand about Fear Her, but the opening to this was FANTASTIC with the wall paper!

Joined : 16 Jul 2007 Posts : 285

I'm so happy Blink lived up to the hype! Stephen Moffat should write every Doctor Who episode!

Age : 35 Joined : 19 Jun 2007 Posts : 241

Joined : 14 Sep 2007 Posts : 17

Does anyone else here find the episodes to be kind of like mini-movies?
That's why I like the show uncut.
With commercials, you lose the cinematic element and feel of the the episodes.
And, yeah. Utopia. (Which aired last night.)
And The Sound of Drums.
And Last of the Time Lords.
Good stuff!!
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Joined : 01 Sep 2007 Posts : 355

Love this episode! It scared me to bits, especially the part in the basement with the lightbulb and the bit in the spooky house when Larry turns around and sees the Angel, I actually didn't see all of this, I ended up going out of the room and peering in from by the door! Lol, the writer (Stephen Moffat) is excellent, one of the best script writers in the new series! I also liked his other episodes: The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances & The Girl in the Fireplace! It freaks me out how his mind works!

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Thanks! I couldn't believe it when they said that the Daleks came in 3rd! I thought at least the Scarecrows would have come in 3rd or 2nd!

Joined : 16 Jul 2007 Posts : 285

The Daleks shouldn't have even placed after their 1930s debacle.

Age : 37 Joined : 20 Oct 2007 Posts : 299

Blink is one of the must see episodes of Doctor Who of all time. I have initiated two new Doctor Who watchers...how? I showed them Blink 1st. It is a great introduction to the show for a new viewer. As for an old fan such as myself...this episode was so atmospheric, creepy and goosebumpery delicious.

Also of note- get your hands on a copy of the DW 2006 annual... and read the Moffat short story What I Did on my Christmas Holiday by Sally Sparrow.

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gregtdj...thanks for the link...fantastic.