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What I enjoy about the episode is that it involves the viewer. There are many times when the angels had the opportunity to zap Sally because she want looking (for example when she grabs the key) but they don't move because the audience are watching them. I just find that really cool!

One of the most iconic episodes of modern doctor who.

Steven Moffat also wrote "The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances" for season 1, which I think were the best stories of that season.

Great reaction and discussion as always! Blink is one of my favourite Doctor Who episodes because it's just so clever: plot progression, the Weeping Angels, the music, the doctor's message on the TV - all the elements work together so well! Interestingly, the Weeping Angels, even though the characters aren't looking at them, they still don't move because the audience is looking at them. I love that bit of fourth-wall-breaking!

Definitely one of my favorite episodes in season 3, I love the weeping angels so much. They remind me of our fear that out of the corner of our eye something is always moving. Also like a cat when you turn away lol.

When this episode released I was 13 and it just scared me whenever I saw a statue. Wasn't too bad when you where out in public and nervous around a statue, people knew why and just kinda gave you a simpathetic look.

The writing in this episode was 'Dr Who' at it's very best. "It's the same rain." is such a powerful line - my favourite. This should have been the template for the show moving forward: good intelligent drama infused with tension and thought-provoking Sci-fi. Scary as it should be. Sadly this hasn't been true, lately. A bit like Liverpool's forward line in recent games.

Steven Moffat was the show runner of series 5-10 and he was the show runner of Sherlock as well. I think the last scene of the episode was there to scare the kids in the audience in their daily lives. It's a family show after all. ^^ This is quite an iconic episode and the "Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey" quote is often used in the fandom. I remember feeling scared when I first watched it, but it's less scary during a rewatch.

This is the first episode I watched of Doctor Who that scared the shit of out me. I was 11 at the time (I'm 22 now) and couldn't sleep for days. Even when I revisit this episode, I can't watch it at night. That conversation between Sally and the Doctor SCARED ME. But to this day, it's still one of my favourite episodes.

This is one of my favorite episodes. I totally recommend watching the Blind Wave reaction for this one. Eric's reaction is worth it, his face turned so red and he was so scared the entire time, it was fuckin hilarious. 🤣🤣

More impressive than most reactors, you were able to keep up with the story unfolding beat for beat. Best. Leo.

Haven't been keeping up with these reactions, but I HAD to tune in for Blink.

The Weeping Angels are actually actors in makeup those aren’t props

Great reaction! Steven Moffat also wrote The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances from Series 1. He has some really excelent episodes in the next seasons too.

In your discussion you mentioned the time loop, and trying to work out where it starts and what triggers it. That's called a bootstrap paradox. The show will eventually explore these concepts further and so you'll get there if you keep watching, but (to quote the Doctor in this episode) "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, but it's going to take you a while."

Last bit was to show statues everywhere i think. Also you notice he says again dont blink then he blinks always loved that

This run of episodes was THE BEST of Doctor Who. At least until a year later. Steven Moffat's scripts won the Hugo Award (best sci-fi story) for three years in a row with his Who stories. Sadly he wasn't the show-runner that RTD was.

One of the best Dr Who episodes ever and the Dr is a side character. Lol Weeping Angel's one of the best "villains" ever. Most terrifying creature and they don't talk and barely move. So creative.

Honestly I think that last scene is in there just to try and mess with the audience.

You know something I've just noticed, when Sally's looking at the angel with the key, the far angel looks at her and when the camera passes the middle angel, it looks at her too. But the middle angel shouldn't be able to do this, because the far angel can see it.

I think the ending scene with all the statues and the Doctor's monologue is just to frighten the audience that any statue could be an Angel.

Modern classic

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God this episode is so good

The actor who played older Billy (Louis Mahoney) also appeared in stories with the 3rd and 4th Doctors in 1973 and 1975.

9:45: Some things you never find out.....like where the Doctor and Martha are going with the archery stuff. Oh well......😎

series 3 is where doctor who really starts to hit its stride series 3 through 8 are pretty much just constantly improving banger after banger

This is a great Doctor Lite episode. Definitely an improvement from Love and Monsters. The Weeping Angels are great villains and the whole situation of not having to blink in their presence makes them effectively creepy but in a good way. Sally was a really great character too.

It was a long wait, so happy you enjoyed it. 🙂

moffet created one of the most iconic and terrifying monsters in sci-fi. the angels are the stuff of nightmares.

Sally Sparrow is one of those characters you cant help but love

Remember fans, anniversary everything else in this fantastic episode, this is also where the "never eat pears" quote comes from. Tennant recorded it in his filler for the DVD monologue. FILMBUFF, no filters in telling you this but fans who have watched more episodes will know what I mean 👍🏼

Moffat is an astonishing writer, especially when he writes for someone else.... I think his quality dipped when he became showrunner too....

Bro I used to be so scared of this episode as a kid 😭

Yes, you have a few more "early acting" of then future British stars to come for you in Doctor Who 👍🏼

I always wished that Sally Sparrow had become a companion along with Martha. They would have all been brilliant together :D

Haha I was crying in bed after watching this episode when it first came out

dude you're a legend

this is the one.

This is what is called a "Doctor Lite" episode.

You kinda hit the nail on the head - in my opinion the best episodes of doctor who are those which are barely focused on the doctor (or like in this case absolutely not focused). Now don´t get me wrong. I love the doctor as a character and I am interested in his past. But imo the strongest plot points are those where it´s not "all about the doctor". The first series did this pretty well and I love them, but later on it all had this red threat throughout the series and I constantly was reminded that it was all about the doctor and at some point I really struggled to follow lol. I stopped watching after s7. Maybe I have to start again. This review was very entertaining btw (also like some people have pointed out, Moffat is a good writer and can write good stories but he sucks as a showrunner)

This episode and another that was written by The Same writer which you have a while until you watch that episode are The Two top rated Doctor Who episodes on IMDB

A reactor came up with one of my favorite lines for her this episode. "She's landed on the planet of the cows." Best. Leo.

I think this one of the best episodes :-) they are so scary

It's funny, because I love these three episodes you've just seen, but as a kid I remember resenting that we don't really get the Doctor for that whole time, first John Smith, then his absence in Blink.

9:21 "That which holds the image of an Angel, becomes itself an Angel".....

Oh shit is this the first episode where these freaky things are introduced in the entire universe?

Do you plan on reacting to every single Doctor Who episode? It’s a series that’s continuously being produced (13 seasons I think) and I don’t know whether you’ve clarified this before - sorry for the naïveté. Good work though, I like the schedule.

I always found this episode wierd because it's so good but if I were to try and explain it to someone it would probably sound quite bad haha because of the absence of the doctor. Also 💚💚💚

'Sadness is happiness for deep people.'

U missed the best part out the very ending of it where the doctor talks about the statues

This is a really great episode, it’s so clever and is classic Moffat before he went downhill but I think it’s very overrated compared to many other episodes that you’ve already seen and haven’t seen yet

Moffat was great for writing single episodes, some of the best. But when it came to running the show... It just got worse....

Whenever someone moans about Moffat i send them back to this episode...

I can't watch ths episode again. It still scares the bejasus out of me. Definitely a "hide behind the sofa" one.

Can you react on a film-3 idiots

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Qias Omar wtf