Blink is fondly remembered as the introduction for the weeping angels, an alien race of predators who become immobile whenever you look at. Season 3, episode 10 x bbc america by bbc america get it now. The episode was directed by hettie macdonald and is the only episode in the 2007 series written by steven moffat. 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. Travel in the tardis with clips dating back to the doctors first incarnation in 1963. Widely viewed as one of the best episodes of doctor who ever made, blink was a doctorlite episode that starred carey mulligan as sally. The weeping angels suggestion is a powerful weapon. The first episode in bbc americas the doctors finest selection of doctor who episodes airs this saturday, august 15. The episode is based on a previous short story written by moffat for the 2006 doctor who annual, entitled what i did on my. And of course blink is a real curio, being an enduringly popular david tennant episode that barely features him. This browser is supported only in windows 10 and above. However, even a series with as many high points as this, blink stands out as one of its finer moments. Oh, bloody hell its 10 actual years since doctor who scared us witless with the classic episode blink. Blink is the tenth episode of the third series of the british science fiction television series doctor who.
Doctor whos famous blink episode getting rewritten with th. With david tennant, freema agyeman, carey mulligan, lucy gaskell. The doctor makes appearances in hidden tracks on 17 dvds to send a message. Blink graces the top of every doctor who ranking, and as much as i debated whether it deserved that top spot all those years, i cant deny that its a damn good episode. But most importantly, it is one of the few doctor who episodes to take the. With the star busy on another episode, steven moffat was charged with making blink. Counting down the best doctor who episodes page 3 of. 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 the episode introduces. Blink was the first doctorlight episodes of the modernday run of doctor who, focussing instead on sally sparrows experiences with the weeping. Doctor who has told a number of supremely clever time travel stories over the years. Sally sparrow receives a cryptic message from the doctor. Blink, the breakout episode for writer steven moffat who would.
To protect a young woman in 2007, the doctor sends her a series of messages from 1969. Based on an earlier short story by writer steven moffat, blink introduced the weeping angels. 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. Blink was the tenth episode of series 3 of doctor who. Love from the doctor 1969 kathy nightingale lucy gaskell. Oh, bloody hell its 10 actual years since doctor who scared us witless with the classic episode blink never has it felt more appropriate to ask, where did the time go. Blink, the breakout episode for writer steven moffat who would eventually take over as showrunner, in part because of the success of this episode and starring a young carey mulligan in a.
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