The next morning, Kathy and Sally return to the house; Kathy has a laugh that they are acting like detectives. In 2007, Sally Sparrow, intrigued by a message written to her under peeling wallpaper about "the Weeping Angel", explores the abandoned house Wester Drumlins with her friend Kathy Nightingale. What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow, TV Cream Stays Indoors With Steven Moffat, The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery, https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Blink_(TV_story)?oldid=3054878, Do You Remember the First Time? The Lost" (2016); Details. Blink is truly a classic slice of Doctor Who. It follows the "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood" story arc, which was adapted by Paul Cornell from his 1995 novel Human Nature;[10] and "Dalek", which used the basic premise as well as several scenes and lines of dialogue adapted by Robert Shearman from his 2003 audio drama Jubilee. Elsewhere, Kathy gets up in a field and asks a local lad where she is. [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". Despite not being filmed in HD, the Blu-Ray features an upscaled picture and fewer compression artefacts. 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. While watching them, she blinks and they have disappeared. [9] Billy mentions that the windows of the TARDIS are the wrong size for a real police box. She peels the rest of the wallpaper off to reveal the writer of the message — "Love from the Doctor, 1969.". 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! Writer Steven Moffat shared the original draft with fans; check out the differences. She tears off more wallpaper, revealing a message telling her to beware of the Weeping Angels, and telling her to "duck, Sally Sparrow." Sally calls her best friend Kathy Nightingale, despite the late hour; she answers, groggily, but refuses to leave her home. Entering a room upstairs, she sees peeling wallpaper and the letters "BE" exposed underneath. Doctor Who - Series 3: 10. [34] In 2011, before the second half of the sixth series, The Huffington Post labelled "Blink" as one of the five essential episodes for new viewers to watch. Main setting: Next → They are incredibly fast, and they can send people back in time, which is how he got stuck in 1969. Steven Moffat on writing horror fiction for Doctor Who. It's then revealed that Sally is in Kathy's home, having been given a key. 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". But the Angels outside begin shaking the TARDIS on each side, looking for a way in. Young photographer Sally Sparrow breaks into an old house (Wester Drumlins) and takes photos of fallen chandeliers and moss growing in fireplaces. [48] In a 2012 poll of over ten thousand respondents conducted by the Radio Times, the Weeping Angels were again voted the best Doctor Who monster with 49.4% of the vote. Main enemy: Good luck. The previous one was. The Angels send their victims into the past and feed off the days they never had. 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. Adapted from: Realising this, Sally thinks he can hear them, but Larry explains that he always says it and that he has got a transcript of the Easter egg with him. Script release: Production order "Blink and you're dead." Since a statue can't look away or blink, the Angels who see each other never move again. [9] Gold called the sequences "the heart of the Chinese puzzle". [50], Moffat, after becoming lead writer of the programme, wrote "The Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone" for the fifth series as a more action-oriented sequel that brought back the Weeping Angels, believing that good monsters should come back with a different style of story. The man in the Easter egg, a time traveller called the Doctor, has also been sent to the past, and asks Billy to relay a message decades later. 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". He says that he was told to come to this place on this exact date and time and give Sally Sparrow a letter. When the episode starts, Sally Sparrow is exploring the abandoned house in Wester Drumlins. As a terrified Larry keeps his eyes fixed on the Angel to stop it getting any closer, Sally searches for a way out. They play it and see the full message from the Doctor. 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’. Someone has broken through it with great force. [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". Premiere network: "[40], Writer Steven Moffat was awarded the 2008 BAFTA Craft and BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Writer for his work on this episode. [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". Memorable moment Sally realises that he was the one who put the Easter eggs on the DVDs. BLINK. 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". [6] Moffat was also inspired to write the episode based on the popular children's game Statues,[7] which he always found "frightening". At that moment, Kathy's grandson delivers to the house a message from 1987 about the long life Kathy led. 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]. Bababa82. The only hope to stop them is a young woman named Sally Sparrow and her friend Larry Nightingale. Sally goes to the police station, and mentions the house's name. Larry puts the DVD into the console and the TARDIS begins to dematerialise. [4] In its initial broadcast, a short clip of a card reading "One Year Later" was shown before the episode's denouement. 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. 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. When Sally asks the man who sent him, he replies that it was his grandmother, Katherine Wainwright, who specified that he explains that before marriage, she was known as Kathy Nightingale. Larry does so and brings the DVD with the best sound on the Easter egg. Posted by Blink at 10:00:00 0 comments "Doctor Who" Blink (TV Episode 2007) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In 2009 the episode was voted the second best Doctor Who story ever by readers of Doctor Who Magazine. about what to do next. Sally hands the Doctor Larry's transcript, and warns that he will need it. Tenth Doctor, Martha Larry returns right at that moment with the milk and can only stare at the Doctor and Martha in stunned amazement. Doctor Who television stories Phil Collinson Below you can find the thoughts and memories from those involved in the episode, Doctor Who writers and actors, and journalists. [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. Aug 13, 2017 - Explore Crafty Annabelle's board "Dr. Who Printables", followed by 20106 people on Pinterest. It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on BBC One. [44] The episode was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Script,[45] but lost to Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro. 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. In an abandoned house, the Weeping Angels wait. 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. See more ideas about doctor who, doctor, dr who. Series 3: 10. Format: At the last second, they open it and flee inside and lock the Angels out just in time. The only hope to stop them is a young woman named Sally Sparrow and her friend Larry Nightingale. [38] They were also rated the third "baddie" in Doctor Who by The Daily Telegraph, behind the Nestene Consciousness and Daleks. 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". This persuades Sally to take the letter, who reads it; this man is indeed Kathy's grandson, who swore to fulfil her last request. [63], British "Timelord rock" band Chameleon Circuit, composed of YouTube bloggers Alex Day and Charlie McDonnell among others, wrote a song about the episode, also entitled "Blink", and released it on their debut eponymous album.[64][65]. However, the scene shifts to montage across the public statuary, punctuated with the Doctor's recorded warnings, as though to warn us that there might be other Angels lurking among the statues... "Blink and you're dead. 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. Kathy is sent back in time to 1920 by a Weeping Angel statue. (Season 3, Episode 10) Video Extra The story of not one, but two relationships was told, several time lines intersected and a new and rather frightening enemy was vanquished without The Doctor ever coming face to face with them". 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