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 8 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: 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 8 reviews 26 May 2025 · 423 words Review by DanDunn When I first watched Blink, for 9-year-old me, it was absolutely pants-sh***ingly terrifying!!! I will never forget the first time I watched this, or half watched to be precise as I spent most of the episode hiding behind a pillow as I’m sure just about everyone watching this for the first time experienced. The only problem Blink has is the fact that it’s become a victim of its own success and that the Weeping Angels have become the only Modern Who monster the show bothers pushing, which unfortunately goes against the mysterious and supernatural nature of these creatures. Because of their overexposure in both the show and Big Finish, they’ve kind of lost their initial sting of being frightening. When this episode first aired the Weeping Angels were probably the only Doctor Who monsters to feel like creatures that came from our nightmares whereas now, they just seem like another monster the Doctor runs into every so often. But at the end of the day, yeah, the Weeping Angels are still one of the best creations in Doctor Who history, such a simple idea of these statues that resemble benevolent religious protectors, only to reveal that these creatures are in fact one of the deadliest life forms in the universe. Creatures that very little is known about and can never be properly understood thanks to their gift/curse of freezing into rock at the sight of any living creature (including themselves) and are capable of moving at great distances in the blink of an eye to kill their victims. Although not in a conventional way, but rather sending them back in time and letting them live out the rest of their lives in a new time and place. Right from the get-go in this episode the Weeping Angels have this eerie and unnerving presence that skyrockets to full on horror in the climax when they show their feral side, it was one of the most traumatising experiences for 9-year-old me, made more terrifying by the Doctor’s absence who psychologically is always a source of comfort when things start to get scary. How the Doctor plays into the story and being absent for the majority of the episode is some of Moffat’s best writing of all time, perfectly incorporating the looping nature of time travel. I’d say you should definitely give this a watch but let’s be honest, you probably have already, it’s one of the most well-known bits of television ever put out even for those who aren’t fans of Doctor Who. DanDunn View profile Like Liked 0 25 May 2025 · 95 words Review by Jann Review #46 The Lonely Assassins This story was really good. It was a doctor lite episode but unlike Love & Monsters it was actually really really good. It follows a normal girl from London called Sally Sparrow and she has to investigate the Weeping Angels. The whole idea of No blinking is an idea that's so popular in so much media now a days. In games like five nights at freddys security breach. Everyone knows the weeping angels even if your not a doctor who fan which gives them iconic status much like the daleks themselves. 10/10 Jann View profile Like Liked 0 11 May 2025 · 10 words Review by GodofRealEstate Every non-fan's favourite episode. I mean, there are worse choices. GodofRealEstate View profile Like Liked 0 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 April 2025 · 15 words Review by Guardax Spoilers 15 This review contains spoilers! A story where you’re not allowed to blink? Well, that sounds like an absolute epic… Guardax View profile Like Liked 15 Show All Reviews (8) 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)