Doctor Who 3x10 Reaction!! "Blink"

My first time watching Series 3 Episode 10 of Doctor Who - Blink
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Brilliant episode!! The intrigue and mystery was so well done and the idea of the weeping angel is truly terrifying.
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Original Series: Doctor Who (2005)

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Unfortunately, the three episode doctor who series 3 finale has been delayed. One of the episodes has been repeatedly blocked, and I want to make sure it's clear before it goes public. I'll post all three episodes back to back once it's ready to go!

[@iremainteague5653]

Thanks for the update!

[@joeb918]

The line “it’s he same rain” gets to me every time. So damned tragically beautiful.

[@joeb918]

*the KZbin is being annoying and won’t let me edit my typo… :/

[@majkus]

Moffat once spoke appreciatively about how director Hettie Macdonald was able to make the hospital scene look so artistic with just simple effects.

[@joeb918]

Lighting and simple effects can dramatically enhance a scene, the light from the window and rain falling is indeed a great use of those two. As a side note I’ve always enjoyed watching rain slide down glass or a car windshield, watching the imperfections in the glass or dust on it or other things change the paths of the trails of rain, some of the streams collecting and pooling in some areas, and finally falling. And this sounds silly, I know, but it’s something I’ve used to disprove we are living in a simulation, because if we were eventually we’d see the same patterns, a loop in the rain sliding down the glass.

[@Kayjee17]

Yes, that along with the thought that Billy's wife Sally is obviously gone before him... but he has the first Sally he liked and called "gorgeous girl" by his side until that same rain ends and he slips from this world.😢

[@joeb918]

@kayjee, *time travel giveth, time travel take away *though not necessarily in the right order.

[@drwfigureadventures]

“I’m looking, I’m helping, right?” Actually, yes. We don’t ever see them move, even when the characters aren’t looking at them. Why? Because we are.

[@leesweets4110]

Look at the angel, just not in the eye.

[@captsparrowslady]

@@leesweets4110 and the image of an Angel becomes an Angel 👀

[@AdamNisbett]

Fan theory that I like: the daughter of Kathy who was named Sally after Sally Sparrow was the one that ended up marrying Billy. Since Kathy went back to the 1920s her daughter would be around Billy’s age in 1969 and “her name was Sally too” as Billy describes his wife.

[@kathleenobrien3473]

Wow!

[@joeb918]

Yeah, it’s one I also ascribe to, in time travel stories there are few coincidences.

[@ginjamutha]

I’ve not heard that before but now that’s my head canon 😊

[@phtevenj]

well thats in my head canon now thanks 🤣

[@leesweets4110]

All three sally's are the same person.

[@sharkdentures3247]

"You told him you were 18, you lying cow." - Such a wonderfully amusing line. And touching too, because it is the kind of teasing thing only a REAL friend can say to you at your gravestone.

[@botz77]

"Sparrow & Nightingale" The greatest spinoff series we never got.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

I think you're forgetting the Doctors Daughter a massive missed opportunity.

[@joeb918]

Well, Carey had to go and become a much bigger star, kind of gets in the way of doing such things.

[@Dularr]

@@joeb918 it is kind of funny thinking, she is likely David Tennant type.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@daveofyorkshire301 At least she had a spinoff on Big Finish.

[@rachelthompson7430]

I also think we needed a "Smith & Jones" series (iykyk)

[@daveautzen9089]

“It’s the same rain.” Gets me EVERY time. Now I need a tissue…

[@davidedwards1705]

Same

[@joeb918]

Ha, we were typing this nearly at the same time with the same phrasing.

[@SarahH-ns6ly]

One of the best episodes for sure. The Weeping Angels are so creepy. Note that Sally is played by future 3 time Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan.

[@fayesouthall6604]

This episode was partly filmed in my husband’s shop. He owed a vinyl record store and Dr who changed it up for 4 days. Met David. Yes he was lovely 🥰 You can see my husband’s writing on some of the boxes in the back room of the store.

[@leesweets4110]

Is this true?

[@brendaedwards6741]

WOW! What an amazing claim to fame. I love that. Thank you for giving us that insight.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@brendaedwards6741 An amazing couple of days watching filming. Meeting cast and crew members.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@leesweets4110 Yes. It’s a pity I can’t put pictures on here. Took lots of photos those couple of days.

[@HBFS2007]

if you still have it you should defo film a little walk around for people to enjoy

[@dlweiss]

It's a measure of just how brilliant Carey Mulligan is, that she's able to make Sally such an instantly loveable, fascinating character we're ready to root for. One single episode, but she remains one of the best ever. :)

[@moonlightbay4814]

Yes. Apparently the script was written to allow Carey Mulligan to return as a companion for the following series (hence the way the doctor looks at Sally at the end). Carey Mulligan ultimately turned the offer down because she was getting offers from Hollywood - well-deserved.

[@gazzamanazza4pm]

This episode is brilliant on so many levels, but what makes it really clever to me is that the angels never move when we can see them, even if the characters can't. It fits with the quantum weirdness of how they turn to stone when seen by *any* living thing, and it subtly puts us in the characters shoes and immerses us in the sitation they're in. The Angels weren't props, by the way. They hired extremely talented performers who managed to stay incredibly still when needed. The episode of Doctor Who Confidential (the behind-the-scenes companion show that ran alongside Doctor Who at the time) about this episode was fascinating.

[@AlmightyCRJ]

If you haven't guessed, the unedited easter egg is hidden on the series 3 dvds.😂

[@Addy0302]

What an absolutely brilliant episode. Of all the monsters introduced in the revival, it makes perfect sense that the weeping angels are the ones who became as iconic as the daleks and cybermen.

[@leesweets4110]

Stop thinking about dream crabs. Good night.

[@s1lm4r1l6]

This episode is so tightly-written. It's a real masterpiece and the Weeping Angels are one of the scariest monsters ever imagined. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@farfromperfek]

Unfortunately, the sleeping angel episode only went downhill from there.

[@Runner-Boy]

Not every statue but any statue

[@leesweets4110]

Look, just not in the eyes.

[@josefschiltz2192]

Same line, but substitute shadow.

[@leesweets4110]

@@josefschiltz2192 I know, right. Stellar writing skills. Ctrl+R.

[@wilbo6329]

Blink has to be one of the best episodes for sure

[@toddkes5890]

IIRC, there is a 1-5 scale about how scary a Doctor Who episode is. 'Blink' got 5.5

[@Llanchlo]

So good you don't even miss the Doctor (& Martha) who was hardly in it. Brilliant story and so well written in the extra details which make the characters real in such a limited time such as: "lying cow she said she was 18" ; and the shop guy saying "go to the police" to the TV story he is watching just at the right time.

[@Jumpyman_thegamerYT]

If you’re curious, there’s a 4th wall break feature that the weeping angels have. Ever notice how they don’t move even when the characters on screen clearly aren’t looking at them? That’s the feature I’m talking about. The audience looking at the angels is what freezes them. They only move when no-one is looking at them (for example, if a character on screen moves in front of the camera in front of our line of sight, blocking the angel for a second or 2).

[@manticore5733]

It was a wonderful unwritten rule... it's a shame they didn't stick to it, sometimes they don't realise how great such a simple aspect can boost a character or setting throughout it's appearances = a "have you ever noticed" feature is always a good thing to keep hold of... unless you have a big payoff when it's finally broken.

[@Jumpyman_thegamerYT]

@@manticore5733 Well, they did stick to it. In ‘The time of Angels’ and ‘Flesh and Stone’, the same rule can clearly be observed. The angels moving in the dark (because the audience can’t see them either) was a big example of this. Edit: I got the episode titles wrong 😅. They have now been changed to their correct titles.

[@manticore5733]

@@Jumpyman_thegamerYT I was thinking of Flesh & Stone - it has angels moving when (only) the viewer can see them - breaking that 'unwritten rule': it wasn't needed and could have been done with changes between multiple perspective shots... i.e. give the illusion of characters moving smoothly through the scene whilst the angels are constantly in slightly different positions.

[@Jumpyman_thegamerYT]

@@manticore5733 I think that scene you’re referring to may be implying that the Angels are always statues, and that they are just able to move when not seen. As the 10th Dr says: “The moment they are seen by any other living creature, they freeze into rock. No choice, it’s a fact of their biology”. I may be interpreting this wrong, but after looking at it again, this was my interpretation. Originally, the Angels were only supposed to be a one-time monster featuring in ‘Blink’. However, they were so popular that the show runners decided to bring them back for more episodes. So I think their new abilities stem from the fact they weren’t planned.

[@manticore5733]

@@Jumpyman_thegamerYT No, the aspect we're talking about is the apparent unwritten rule that the angels being observed by us, the viewers, is sufficient to keep them stone - in most episodes they only changed/moved when off-camera, which is a great storytelling aspect that makes the viewer part of the experience... unfortunately in F&S they showed them moving on-camera so it stopped 'the viewer' being part of it. If they'd kept that aspect intact it leaves that small thought in the back of your mind that they're part of our world - because of the "they're quantum locked, like stone, when observed": as soon as they moved, it subconsciously tells us that we're not part of their world and they lose some of their impact, and that then taints their impact in all other episodes too. I'm not saying they're no longer great and creepy characters, just that they lost that subconscious itch as it were.

[@devilcat9843]

Any statue, new fear 😱 unlocked

[@kosh6612]

One of my favorite eps! Had a friend that was a big Who fan and we rented our house to them when went overseas... left a Weeping Angel in the bathroom cupboard for them, so when they moved in and opened it.... 🤣

[@fayesouthall6604]

Nice 👍

[@wrorchestra1]

The Weeping Angels are the greatest creation of modern Who, hands down.

[@Rick-Rarick]

Sorry for hyping it up... it is my favorite standalone episode and one of my favorites in general. So glad you are finally reacting to it!

[@MWSin1]

Not every statue is an angel. But any statue could be an angel.

[@melvyncollins7305]

This and the previous two episodes are my favourite run of stories in New Who, just sublime.

[@Kian2002]

I love the fact that Steven Moffat has written the story while staying in canon because the Second Doctor is mixed up in the War Games at this time, just prior to the Moon Landings, in 1969. With the Third Doctor being stranded, his TARDIS disabled, because of his exile to Earth following the judgement by the Time Lords.

[@aussie6910]

Carey knocking back a companion job offer is the ultimate tragedy of this episode.

[@cait_and_kati]

This is definitely one of my ABSOLUTE favorite episodes. Everyone who knows this show loves to see brand new reactions to this ❤️❤

[@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

So many iconic lines in this episode, and yet my favorite may well be: "It goes ding when there's stuff." Just Tennant, Tennanting.

[@davidmichaelson1092]

I think that if I wanted to introduce someone to Dr. Who, This would be the episode I would choose. It is stand alone, you don't need to know anything going into it, and it is perfectly done. I want to see a reactor who has NEVER seen Dr. Who watch this and then I can see if I am right. This is the perfect introduction.

[@Dreigned]

Great reaction to my favorite DW episode. We love that people love what we love. Thanks!

[@KatieRuby]

I love that this episode includes the viewer! The angels shouldve taken Sally when she was looking at the key in the house but because the audience were looking, they couldnt move 😍 (well except for when Sally covers the angel for us and then it moves!)

[@Jaqueese]

The last 6 episodes of this season are all bangers imo, one of the best episode "streaks" in the show

[@dwilborn1257]

You are absolutely right about this being a great intro episode. My daughter had a Doctor Who themed birthday party and showed this episode to her grandparents and cousins. They loved it. Did it make them DW fans? A few, but all agreed that the episode was great.

[@TheNovaBridger]

As Count Dooku once said in Star Wars - I've been looking forward to this!

[@Haselius00]

I loved this episode, as so many others have as well. And it is particularly emotional knowing the haunting role these creatures will play in the lives of companions yet to come. A fantastic species added to the Doctor Who canon.

[@WolfHreda]

I've been waiting for this episode since you started this journey. Moffat wrote some absolutely amazing episodes, and this is still one of his most highly regarded.

[@The-Cosmic-Hobo]

One of the things that Doctor Who has often done well - Taking the ordinary, and making it scary. Statues - they're everywhere, and some of them are Weeping Angels. Shop mannequins coming to life and shooting you (and that was from the original era!) A killer AI inside the Post Office Tower.

[@stealthracer]

I regard this as not only the best Doctor Who episode, but the best episode of anything, anywhere, ever. And Sally is utterly heavenly, really wish she had been the next companion!

[@cbmx1x1]

Absolutely brilliant writing in this one, with no plot holes at all. It’s always the episode everyone recommends to get people into Dr. Who. Well, no plot holes except for the paradox of time travel in general. How could two Billys have existed simultaneously in the same timeline?

[@TheChoofy]

the cameras view counts as observing them also, so when sally isn't looking at them, but the camera is, they are still stone... so good

[@lavenderirisi]

A lot of people start watching Doctor Who with this episode. I certainly think this show should be watched in chronological order, but I can see the appeal to start with this; it is a wonderful episode that really captures the spirit of the show.

[@walcalr01]

This will always be my favorite Who episode as it's so brilliantly written and almost borderline terrifying.

[@Corlwow]

I am very glad i caught up for these upcoming episodes. Your reactions feel very enthused and genuine and you take enough time to appreciate and discuss things :)

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thank you for this comment. I can't wait to share the upcoming episodes!

[@tomyoung9049]

Super strong episode. Great writing and performance to make you so focused on something as simple as your own blinking while watching . 😮

[@Kostyurik]

"Blink" is either THE best or the second best (after "Heaven Sent") episode of the "Doctor Who". So I understand why people were hyping it up.

[@Professor_Murder]

Midnight would like a word.

[@derrisreaditbefore]

OMG YOU'RE FINALLY HERE!!! Despite loving elements of so many other episodes, having other favourite characters, and favourite storylines - it's always this one. THIS ONE. I can't imagine it being bettered as my #1 Doctor Who episode. P.S. Thank you!

[@bloodyuk8452]

The episode is soooo worth the hype, but I wish commenters will be more cautious with spoilers. You should be able to experience each episode without knowing anything about it, and even if no one spoiled the plot, just knowing there's a hype can ruin the fun... Anyway, yay! We're finally here! Easily one of the top 5 episodes of the show, and as you said, this is the episode we use to lure in new whovians 😅

[@paulhammond6978]

"Beware the Weeping Angels, Chris from Casual Nerds"

[@TheOlliezero]

If you want to know what is happening in their mission it’s one of the plots in BBC Sounds’ ‘Doctor Who: Redacted’ series. An excellent, and sadly underheard, drama series which brings together a lot of elements of the Doctor Who universe in a fun way

[@HuntingViolets]

After taking care of the Doctor in 1914 and in 1969, Martha is getting snarky, and I love that for her.

[@Dularr]

Oh no! The angels.

[@eleashaghot]

This is the episode I always recommend when people have an interest in starting Doctor Who. It’s Who at its finest!

[@1pknail]

Iconic episode. And even though it's a "Doctor Light" episode, with the Doctor only in it for a few minutes, I think it's *most people's* go-to for a gateway episode to get someone into Doctor Who.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Possibly the best episode ever. And Sally Sparrow actress, Carey Mulligan, got a massive career boost from it, including a best actress Oscar nomination.

[@Keijoz]

This episode fucked with my head so bad when i saw it at age 10. To this day i cant handle anything that uses this idea of "thing moves when you dont look at it and stops when you do look at it".

[@jameshawkins6201]

This is one of my favorite episodes. I wished that Sally had become a companion at some point. I already have a "The Angles have the blue box" t-shirt and am waiting for my "Don't blink" one.

[@fayesouthall6604]

They wanted her too but she didn’t so they had Catherine Tate as a backup plan.

[@leesweets4110]

@@fayesouthall6604 Backup? Id put Tate at the very back of a 7 billion person list.

[@tjgnkc]

Another great episode in season 4 is Midnight, I can’t wait for your reaction! No spoilers but it’s basically you’re in a confined space with strangers in a life or death situation.

[@alexsimpkin5620]

The audio series Doctor Who: Redacted actually explains why the Doctor has a bow and arrow and where he's going. I won't spoil it, but it's a great spin-off.

[@ghostsurfer23]

This episode is perfection. It's such a simple concept, both the blinking thing but also sending people back in time forcing them to live out their lives in the past. It's episodes like this that make it clear why Moffat was chosen as the next showrunner. A lot of people say the same thing you did about wanting to show this to people to get them into Doctor Who. I do understand the logic but I don't subscribe to that belief. I think you NEED an episode with the Doctor and it needs to be a little weird too. The things that make Blink great are things that would make it a great horror movie apart from Doctor Who. You need a great Doctor Who episode.

[@Walesbornandbred]

For me the best episode in the 2000s era. It makes sense, as much as any Dr Who episode, and it answers all your questions so you know the writer had worked this out properly. The Doctor isn't in it much, just enough to be a part of it, but it's Sally's story.

[@domino427family]

"why is that so scary!" ... exactly what I ask myself every time I watch this episode lol. Half of me they're terrifying, half of me they make no sense. But it's a great villain.

[@williamberry9013]

One thing everyone misses at first - including me - we see angels as statues when no one is looking at them EXCEPT US. The statues are aware of the audience.

[@Chris-bv1bk]

This is the episode I've been looking forward to seeing you watch most

[@emilylovelace2231]

Yay we are finally here 🎊 🎉

[@theoroderick782]

This is one 9f the best episodes in modern who, and a great antagonist overall...

[@kathleenobrien3473]

I have been looking forward to this reaction!

[@robertwareham8466]

I say 'back in a mo'! I feel very called out right now! :P

[@kay-jay1581]

Oh another episode for this week! I’m so glad😃

[@AddSerious]

the TWO episodes I choose from to show someone that hasn't seen Dr Who is THIS and Girl in the Fireplace

[@tanyabrear3408]

I love this episode! This was my first episode of Doctor Who I ever watched and since then I have adored it. Of course watched from series one and watched all of them afterwards. I love watching your videos. ❤️❤️

[@rrmemphis427]

Loved the reaction. This is I think, my single favorite episode. If not, it's one of the top two or three.

[@CaenaGrey]

It’s okay to hype this one up. It cannot disappoint.

[@kreuz7sieben]

I'm so excited for next episode. It blew my mind 🤯

[@davidedwards1705]

Well done, Whovian.

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

Weeping angels aren't going to be EVERY statue. But they could be ANY statue.

[@carolineskipper6976]

Definitely deserves all the hype! The whole way that DVD conversation is put together is so skillful- it works when she is in her friend's flat in the middle of the night, and then again when she is 'talking ' to The Doctor at Wester Drumlins. Such a clever way to have a 'Doctor Light' episode (which they brought in from Series 2 as a way of managing the filming schedules after the debacle of Series 1) without us feeling he isn't there.

[@dennisallen4726]

I showed a friend this episode. He's a horror fan. Let's scared him more than any horror movie

[@tazzydev3455]

I bought two small figures. Only told my family I got one. Then would move them around in the house. HAHAHAHAHAHA. They caught on but it was fun for a bit.

[@dylancole1910]

Welcome to the Weeping Angels, the most terrifying creatures in all of Doctor Who yet.

[@gestaltdude]

I've often thought that dealing with the angels would be a lot easier if someone would just think to alternate having one eye open and the other closed. Of course, that would remove all the tension from the episode, which is a real corker, but never mind. :D

[@terrysilverthorn4582]

its the Dr's recording to not blink then silence and he blinks :D

[@darkphoenix6807]

Go back and watch the scene at the beginning where Sally finds the key. Look at the angel in the background. She moves every time Sally does!!

[@TheJanstyler]

If I recall correctly, Moffat got the idea when he walked past a graveyard. The graveyard had a statue of a chained up weeping angel with a sign "construction not safe" or similar. Years later, when he walked past the graveyard again, the chains and sign were still there, but the statue was gone. Such a cool thing to take inspiration from. And it managed to give us one of the best "evil" creatures ever created. Also, while 11 is my personal favourite Doctor, this is probably my absolute favourite episode in Doctor Who.

[@chrissie627]

OH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

oh yea, fantastic episode!

[@HuntingViolets]

For promo for the movie _Maestro,_ Carey Mulligan (Sally) and Bradley Cooper did that thing where they asked each other questions about themselves. She asked him who played the Doctor on her _Doctor Who_ episode, and he guessed Matt Smith. Tennant recently hosted the BAFTAs, where they were both nominated. He was doing a bit in the aisle of the audience and had Mulligan introduce him to Cooper.

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

If you like moffats writing you will like matt smith and capaldis era, he was the showrunner around them :)

[@Professor_Murder]

Another theory is that it was the Doctor himself who threw the rock because he had to close the loop.

[@tricitymorte1]

This episode freaks me out, every time. I love it. I also love that "frack" has made it's way truly into your regular vernacular. It happens to everyone, lol.

[@rodneymackay2804]

So, some true facts about this episode and how it shocked moffet that it had became one of the most popular. When originally writen this was a heavy cgi episode with a completely different story line but bbc decided to cut the shows budget at last minute and both Tennant and Agyeman where unavailable to film due to other commitments so moffet had to rewrite the whole episode within a day and "Don't Blink" was born.

[@jonathanlee2995]

Best episode in doctor who history

[@RosieIfYouKnowMe]

As soon as you started I was dying with anticipation for this episode. I haven't said anything but I'm just as excited as you and everyone else ❤❤❤

[@neezduts69420]

no kidding this gave me nightmares as a kid xD for a long time

[@flibber123]

I think this is one of the best episodes that has been made for any show, it's not just a great Doctor Who episode. It's just so perfectly entertaining, with a great mix of humor and creepiness.

[@space1999]

Can't wait for the next one.......!

[@asherlaw1355]

Sooooooooo hyped for this!!!!

[@Arrynek01]

One of THE best episodes of Who ever made.

[@AmeliusDex]

One of my ABSOLUTE favorite episodes. Remember... don't even blink...

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

One of the best episodes of TV ever. Even though the Doctor is barely in it.

[@HuntingViolets]

I was thinking how, in Sally's future, she could still get zapped back into the past and meet young Billy again. The only thing against it, really, is the wedding picture with Billy's wife in it. Her name is Sally. Kathy's daughter is Sally. (There's a theory about that too.) So many Sallys.