Stories Television Doctor Who Series 3 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Blink 3 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 12 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 5 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, June 9, 2007 Production Code 3.10 Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie MacDonald Runtime 45 minutes Story Type Doctor-Lite Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Time Travel Pivotal Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London UK Viewers 6.62 million Appreciation Index 87 Synopsis In an abandoned house, the Weeping Angels wait. The only hope to stop them is a young woman named Sally Sparrow and her friend Larry Nightingale. The only catch: the Weeping Angels can move in the blink of an eye. To defeat the ruthless enemy — with only a half of a conversation from the Tenth Doctor as help — the one rule is this: don't turn your back, don't look away and don't blink! Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Sally Sparrow First Appearance Larry Nightingale First Appearance Weeping Angels First Appearance Kathy Nightingale Billy Shipton Tenth Doctor David Tennant Martha Jones Freema Agyeman Show All Characters (7) How to watch Blink: Watch on iPlayer Doctor Who Confidential Blu-Ray The Complete Third Series [Steelbook] Blu-Ray Series 3 DVD The Complete Third Series DVD Series 3 Volume 3: Human Nature – The Family of Blood – Blink Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 12 reviews 11 July 2025 New· · 582 words Review by Smallsey Spoilers This review contains spoilers! What is there to even say about this episode? It’s ‘Blink’ for crying out loud. One of the most beloved and iconic stories in all of NuWho, and for good reason too. It absolutely lives up to its hype. I’ll start with the Weeping Angels, probably the most popular new alien species to be introduced in the modern era. They’re a wonderful creation with an interesting gimmick. The fact that they’re only ever seen here as stationary statues, that can only move when they aren’t being observed, is such a fun gimmick. Hettie MacDonald does a fantastic job directing this episode in such a way as to draw a ton of tension from this idea. Just slowly moving their positions and poses in the background of frames, and using sound affects when you can’t see them to make them feel dangerous. Carey Mulligan also deserves praise for her performance as Sally Sparro. Such a charming and likeable performance, it’s easy to see how she ended up having a successful movie career after this. Her characters intellect and defiance make her easy to root for. She’s not prepared to take nonsense from the Doctor either, as one of my favourite lines of hers spells out when she’s arguing with a recording of the Doctor: “I’m clever and I’m listening. And don’t patronise me because people have died, and I’m not happy. Tell me.” Sally Sparrow is the character who is trying hardest to fight against the fatalism of this episode. She doesn’t want to accept the inevitable cause and effect that has to happen in the story. But even she comes around, and by the end is actively working to maintain the timeline of events. Ultimately what this story is, is that it’s a closed loop story (really there’s kind of multiple closed loops happening here) and that’s great for me because I love a good closed loop. Everything that happens has to happen in this way, otherwise the story and the timeline just fall apart. For example I love the idea that it’s Kathy’s grandson knocking on the door in Wester Drumlins that causes Kathy to hide in the room with the Angels. If Malcolm hadn’t knocked at that exact moment, Kathy possibly wouldn’t have ended up being sent back in time to Hull, 1920 and therefore wouldn’t have met his Grandfather, meaning Malcolm would never have been born. Events had to happen exactly as we see them. Stephen Moffat is a very clever writer. It’s his biggest strength, although at times arguably one of his weaknesses. The script he’s put together here is full to the brim with creative and clever ideas, as well as the witty banter and quotable dialogue that he’s known for. The story is so perfectly engineered that it’s hard not to be somewhat in awe of it. This is also a minor problem I have with the episode though. As much as I love the story construction, it feels perhaps more mechanical in construction than natural. Not a huge problem by any stretch, I still love the episode. But it puts me at a slight remove from the events of the story, meaning I don’t think I connect with them as fully as I maybe could. But I wouldn’t change that, because even if I could’ve felt more connected, I couldn’t be more appreciative of how well put to together this whole thing is. Also, if nothing else it’s an incredibly enjoyable and rewatchable episode of television. Smallsey View profile Like Liked 0 25 April 2024 · 173 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 6 This review contains spoilers! Blink is another high water mark for the series. A perfectly paced, beautifully acted piece of drama that proves that the show has no defined formula and can even survive without its lead actors! Carey Mulligan delivers one of the best (if not the best) guest cast performances of all time. She is perfect dream casting companion material. Finlay Robertson’s Larry is the perfect companion to her companion - a brilliant comic foil. The Weeping Angels, in a single 45 minute story, solidify themselves as a top tier classic villain - and there are only three of those. One introduced in 1963, another in 1966, this one in 2007. Quite an achievement, further cementing “new” Doctor Who’s legitimacy - it is here to stay. Even after watching this story at least 50 times since I was 14 I found myself engrossed. The line about The Doctor’s timey wimey machine cooking an egg at 30 paces genuinely made me laugh out loud. Don’t think I’ve ever properly appreciated that line before. All these years later, still new details to take in. 15thDoctor View profile Like Liked 6 20 April 2025 · 73 words Review by Lizzie-Hassan-Robyn 3 WOW WOW WOW THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE EVER EVER!!!! We've seen every episode and this is all three of us' favourite Doctor Who adventure ❤️❤️ Hassan's thoughts: Come on, it's a story where you're not allowed to blink! Who wouldn't love that? Lizzie's thoughts: An absolute epic! Robyn's thoughts: It hasn't been this good since. #RIPDoctorWho - Lizzie, Hassan, and Robyn. xxxxx Next up: The Church on Ruby Road Lizzie-Hassan-Robyn View profile Like Liked 3 19 June 2025 · 301 words Review by dema1020 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! Blink is one of the all-time great Doctor Who horror stories. It used to be my go-to as an introductory story for the franchise for newcomers, but I've since shied away from that a little bit. Blink is almost too scary and too good to the extent it feels as though it might leave new viewers with the wrong impression for the larger franchise. It's better for something fans discover on their own time, and let its work its magic more naturally without the weight of being somebody's first episode. I love the framing of this story and it does a really good job of featuring the Doctor in a very limited role. Sally Sparrow is extremely entertaining and well done as a protagonist. I can totally see why she was considered for a more full-time companion part. That would have been very cool. The Angels are every bit as terrifying as when I first saw this episode. Blink is extremely re-watchable and holds up really well against the test of time. Even the DVD extras don't feel culturally irrelevant all these years and innovations later. It's easy to forget how ingenious these monsters were right out of the box, too. Moffat had a really good idea here and it is explored excellently across the episode, with so much care and attention given to building suspense and tension as we learn more and more about the Weeping Angels. It's a really strong build-up to a scary ending I really didn't know how our characters were going to survive, and the little trick with the TARDIS at the end works well for a quick resolution. Fine content overall, especially because you can figure out how everything fits together right at the ending in a way that is immensely satisfying for any story. dema1020 View profile Like Liked 0 26 October 2024 · 99 words Review by Bongo50 2 Blink is one of the most well-liked Doctor Who television stories and for good reason. It's gripping. It's well paced. The directing is excellent. There are multiple genuinely scary moments (not to mention the ending...). The characters are likeable. The plot feels interesting and clever. All of these and more work together to make Blink one of the best Doctor Who stories out there. The only thing holding me back from giving it a full 5 stars is that there are a number of plot holes and unexplained/nonsensical things which, when noticed, do detract from the immersion a little. Bongo50 View profile Like Liked 2 Show All Reviews (12) Open in new window Statistics AVG. 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They're coming for you, but listen, your life could depend on this. Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink. Good luck. — Blink Show All Quotes (5) Open in new window Transcript + Script [Wester Drumlin] (On a dark wet night, a woman climbs over a lovely set of wrought iron gates with a notice on them: Danger Keep Out Unsafe Structure London County Council She goes up the gravel driveway to the big house. She breaks in through a boarded up window and takes photographs of the plastic covered chandeliers resting on the floors, and other pieces of furniture. Then she notices the letter B peeking from underneath a piece of peeling wallpaper. She pulls at it to reveal the words "Beware the weeping angel". Underneath that is "Oh, and duck! Really, duck! Sally Sparrow duck, now." So she ducks just before the window behind her is broken by a thrown pot, which bounces off the wall and breaks on the floor. The light of her torch reveals a statue outside, a winged angel with its hands covering its face. She goes back to the wall and pulls off more paper to reveal -Love from the Doctor 1969) [Hallway] Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)