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Sally and Larry are confronted by the Weeping Angels, and the Doctor must warn them not to look away or even blink if they are to survive. Will the pair make it? Subscribe: bit.ly/SubscribeToDoctorWho
The Doctor explains to Sally and Larry that he and Martha were transported to the past by the Weeping Angels. The Angels are "quantum locked", allowing them to move incredibly fast when unobserved but when they are seen they literally turn to stone. They cover their eyes to avoid looking at each other, giving them their weeping appearance. Sally must not look away or even blink to avoid them.
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[@lukasbarnes]

“You can’t kill stone” Paper: “hold my beer”

[@truepatrician4700]

You ruined it with the laughing emoji

[@cheesebossfinch8071]

Why the emoji? F for the good joke.

[@lukasbarnes]

Magic

[@cheesebossfinch8071]

@@lukasbarnes alright, you can take my like now.

[@Arch-sz1bg]

Yay u got rid of the emoji

[@Kurzux]

"Can you summarise Doctor Who in less than 10 seconds?" *WIBBLY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY STUff*

[@RAGNES7]

David tennant as Doctor in a line

[@clairtaylor5845]

Lonely assassins they used to be called...

[@clairtaylor5845]

Creatures from another world

[@denierdev9723]

@@clairtaylor5845 Yeah we watched the vid thanks

[@clairtaylor5845]

DenierDev blink and your dead

[@Scarshadow666]

I think what made Blink arguably the scariest Angel episode is that it had the balls to remove what would be a major security blanket for audiences - the Doctor himself. For the vast majority of the episode, the Doctor isn't physically there until the end and makes very few appearances, so the audience's sense of people being saved by the antagonistic forces is challenged. Martha Jones is also away as well so the episode's protagonists aren't even people that are used to aliens and sci-fi shenanigans - it's just a couple of random people that are left to their own wits to survive.

[@WorldsGreatestDeadBeatDad]

I thought ‘Hohoho I was right! You can do the one eye thing Amy does!’ I was so caught up in being right, I forgot I can’t see out my right eye

[@goldenking2046]

And to think this format only came about due to scheduling issues meaning they couldn't get the main cast in long enough to film a regular episode. Sometimes we do more when we are given less.

[@lllchildmoon9831]

What episode this is?

[@maralonent6257]

That’s what made it boring af

[@GeekpinEnt]

​@@lllchildmoon9831 Blink

[@Sana_a04]

I love the subtle detail of how the doctor's transcript stops the moment Sally tells Larry to not take his eyes off the angel

[@magnaesca165]

because he cant write what sally is saying anymore because he has to look at the statue

[@MinekEzQM]

You mean brilliant writing...

[@Nick-lz5lx]

Holy fuck I just now noticed that. I always wondered why the transcript suddenly stops.

[@Klick404]

But the doctor replies when Sally asks what she's supposed to do

[@SmilingSkyYoutube]

He just assumes she doesn't know because he hasn't said anything about that yet@@Klick404

[@LordFhalkyn]

David Tennant defined Dr. Who for a generation.

[@pianopanicattack]

Replying to show you how many likes you have

[@Kyle_00]

still does for me to be honest, none will compare to his depiction of the Doctor

David be always my Doctor.

[@bigbywolf5031]

@ still hope I ll see tom elise as doctor,he would be great

[@aakashkhamaru9403]

He and Matt were the best doctors for me. The kind of emotion that David brought to the role, is what you would expect from a lonely universe saving alien.

[@chaosmiles07]

Doctor: "Don't blink." People with astigmatisms, dry eyes, blindness, and no eyes: "Welp."

[@sheeshkabob]

Yep

[@Hotpink51]

yeah wait wtf that basically makes them invincible edit: I should clarify, it would make the ANGELS invincible. since people seem to not be able to use common sense...

[@sheeshkabob]

@@Hotpink51 how?

[@Hotpink51]

@@sheeshkabob because if you close your eyes or can't see them, they kill you. and if you have one of these conditions, not blinking or keeping your eyes on them is impossible...?

[@sheeshkabob]

@@Hotpink51 If you have dry eyes (a condition I have), you can't help *but to blink*

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

People who are actual gods at staring contests: I've been training my whole life for this

[@annoyingcat5328]

You are everywhere. Are you magical? Serious question.

[@feinky8489]

so many Justin Y now

[@Negi1001]

what happened to your mustache?!

[@annoyingcat5328]

@@prizma45 So he can manipulate time? It all makes sense now.

[@justjoshua5759]

@@annoyingcat5328 dude at this point I believe his moustache is what powers the fucking tardis

[@Mikaela112]

One thing I love is how the music kicks in when the doctor says "creature from another word" immediately signaling danger

[@kaikysouza9861]

It really starts to get tense when he says "Lonely Assassins" and then it gets worse when he says "But then you turn your heads"

[@freddymcshreddy6586]

I still love the little 4th wall breaking aspect of the angels where even if it’s only one character in a room of them and the person has their back turned to them they are still stone because we the audience are currently looking at them.

[@ConkerTS]

I never thought of that, that is brilliant!

[@rishabhmittal9552]

We'll also the cameraman... But if it is recorded, (something I just realised), can't they kill the audience? As Matt Smith explained, the image of an angel _is_ and angel.

[@mainemail5506]

And then in the next story they were in we saw them move-

[@peterstark3666]

My headcanon is that there are no weeping angels stories except blink.

[@wusenrob]

@@rishabhmittal9552 wasn't there an episode where an angel came out of a screen?

"It's very complicated" "BIG BALL OF WIBLY WOBLY TIMIE WHIMIE"

[@MrDibara]

"...STUFF!"

[@GetRekt-bw6pu]

Timey wimey

[@TFFgeek]

I have no idea where he picks that stuff up.

[@Alisibeth_Talia212]

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Whimey

[@TFFgeek]

Wibbley WHAT? What makes you so ashamed to be a grown-up?

[@rahantr1]

The best episode of the best Doctor. The weeping angels idea, the scenario, Tennant's acting, everything was brilliant. It was peak of the series. It's sad that it's never come close since.

[@hopebgood]

Yes. Just yes. Everything about this still screams Classic! 😀

[@loraines3977]

Totally agree. It was so good that all subsequent episodes have disappointed me.

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

No doubt about it. So good, so smart, so much pathos, so much to say about aging and how quickly life passes by. It towers above all the other Whos.

[@robot_spider]

It's the perfect standalone episode. Even if you've never watched Doctor Who, it's almost the perfect introduction to the series. Imagine this being your first episode. Then when this is over, you're through the looking glass and get to ride along with the character that's BARELY even in this episode.

[@_bariyer]

@@robot_spideri remember that i was so scared that i had difficulty sleeping for several weeks

[@chiroptera626]

This + Vashta Nerada = *Never shutting the lights off again*

[@Gothicgirlscout]

oh god if they ever teamed up that'd be a nightmare. honestly someone should make a horror game of those both, but you are just a regular human person. Also, I would like to see the cybermen or daleks try to deal with those things so far only universe cracks have been able to actually make the angels scared. I think just having to deal with them might actually force fear back into their metal bodies

[@sheersternfeld1914]

​@@GothicgirlscoutOK, but imagine this: What if the weeping angels, the Vashta Nerada, the Silence, and whatever was the creature from the episode Listen all teamed up?

[@BarryLetts379]

@@sheersternfeld1914the shadows would defeat the Angels by moving around like a playful dog and make sure the angels are in a circle or facing each other.

[@sheersternfeld1914]

@@BarryLetts379 yes, if they worked against each other, but what if they worked together for some reason?

[@fireblast8972]

"You can't kill stone" Sledgehammer: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@RubenAssassinRose]

Joe Scirrotto true, but in that one episode with the 11th doctor, we did see a whole army of angels regrow their wings and dresses, so i think they can regenerate

[@fireblast8972]

@@RubenAssassinRose tbh, I've never seen this show. I somehow got this clip in my recommended and just rolled with it. If that is the case, then it's possible that only shattering the head would do the job

[@phitthawatinthavong8401]

@@RubenAssassinRose dude they need THEIR FOOKING HEADS SMACK EM OFF YA DUMBO

[@RubenAssassinRose]

@@phitthawatinthavong8401 except in the same episode, there were loads of status with missing heads too, so no, im no 'DUMBO'

[@MrDibara]

@@fireblast8972 Sadly, no. Many Weeping Angels were apperantly missing their heads on that Episode as well, but they were still following around. So literally, either trick them into looking at each other, or the only other option is to *pulverize them* completely, up until the last atom. Their biology is weird.

[@ATK1734]

I just adore how the writing in this show can turn from: comedy, to sci-fi, to horror...and all on the same dime.

[@Rotisiv]

I completely agree with you it’s so cool!

[@squirrelflight2323]

@Adolf Schinkler I agree, you could never know what to expect except amazing but now we're lucky to get a medeocor episode.

[@elisvideobazaar5299]

well it used to be able to at least

[@ariaflame-au]

@@elisvideobazaar5299 Translation: I'm a misogynist who can't cope with the idea of a female doctor so I'm going to complain about the new series every chance I get. (Though to be honest every regeneration there's always Who fans who complain about *their* Doctor regenerating, it's just got a much nastier tone now)

[@hangoverstates3234]

Except the recent episodes the writing is awful

[@solcutta3661]

Arguably one of the greatest dr. Who episodes.. Fantastic acting.. Great story. Clever. Witty. Engrossing. This one is really very special.

[@hopebgood]

Totally agree.

[@johnp515]

It’s arguable whether it’s THE greatest episode but it’s not arguable that it’s one of them.

[@sopronunciareglignocchi7255]

It's the highest-rated episode on IMDB with a rating of 9.8/10.

[@VenerableBede2510]

It was incredibly clever. Everyone has to admire the brilliant writing.

[@MrSlendyMannn]

Hard agree. It’s still in my top 5 for sure. I really liked Midnight as well, I think it was called? The one with the passenger thing on the crystal planet. The sheer idea of that episode’s creature, whatever it was, was pretty terrifying too.

[@TheOnlyLonelyBoy]

I was rewatching this and there's such a clever little bit of writing. The Doctor very subtly breaks the fourth wall and tells the audience that Sally and Larry are going to be just fine and succeed: after all, without their success, how would the Doctor be able to get their transcript from the future? It subverts it's own horror if you paid attention to that little detail, and still manages to be utterly tense and terrifying afterwards as a result. Masterclass in storytelling and horror, this episode.

[@DM-Oz]

Well, wouldnt be the first time that people dying in a horror movie leave something behind

[@FabioVolo672]

Time can be rewritten

[@lank5582]

Fourth wall remains intact but otherwise yes.

[@williamkim9861]

@@FabioVolo672 unless it's a fixed point. As when a Weeping Angel does their thing to a person that person's disappearance becomes a fixed point.

[@FabioVolo672]

@@williamkim9861 ahh i forgot that but you are right

[@chaosmiles07]

"They're as old as the universe." Hmm. Like a crack in the wall.

[@monagindetablan5617]

I see what you did there. :)

[@Arch-sz1bg]

We see what you did there

[@aceblackrose9155]

I don’t get it sorry

[@monagindetablan5617]

@@aceblackrose9155 you gotta watch the series to get it. :) It's a reference to another episode.

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

Why did I read that part as if it was a pink floyd song lol. "Like a crack in the wall!!"

[@CBRN-115]

Me as an intellectual: Blinks one eye at a time

[@marsel4812]

Lol.. nice one 🤣👌

[@noneofyourbusiness27]

I wonder if that would actually work...

[@lacticlaughter4163]

@@noneofyourbusiness27 don't see why not

[@noneofyourbusiness27]

@Sir Soy Gato the Second oh...idk then

[@noneofyourbusiness27]

@Sir Soy Gato the Second True, although most people would probably either freak out too much in that situation to think of that or just not know what was going on in the first place.

[@guitarmaniac004]

I would love to see a universe where sally became a companion. She had brilliant chemistry with tennant even through a laptop screen

[@madgavin7568]

Could potentially happen with The Big Finish.

[@shaysev3515]

She was meant to be. But she chose to go to Hollywood because she got a lot of publicity from this episode and rightly so. She was amazing.

[@SaberRexZealot]

This episode is just phenomenal. Like it actually sends chills up your spine with how well they contextualize and mystify the angels. They seem unstoppable.

[@SachinShekhar]

I think it's the best scene to introduce Doctor Who to someone...

[@SachinShekhar]

Cryer24597 It'll atleast create motivation...

[@Scottlp2]

Sachin Shekhar Agree. It is a great episode and will get people interested. Then they can watch more.

[@emmamartin2052]

+Sachin Shekhar This episode was how my mother's fiance got her into Doctor Who after two years of me trying. Now it's one of her favorite tv shows.

[@havanachica1365]

+Scottlp2 cool bot Slender

[@TeamClewis]

+Sachin Shekhar My friend introduced me to Doctor with this scene.

[@julietazcarate9829]

the doctor: stuck in 1969 the video: 4:20 minutes long me: nice

[@TheTendermen]

also me: nice

[@michaelismyname04]

also ALSO me: nice

[@pattyli7976]

nice

[@streetwiseyoungbull872]

Nice

[@schpek]

Just liked this comment and now it has 69 likes, nice Edit: welp too bad

[@zeroframe7002]

It's actually a great defensive measure, might even be perfect. You can't kill a stone because a stone is technically not even alive. Only a material, or something along those lines So even if the weeping angels were to be destroyed by explosive, they probably have some sort of ability to reform the same material that they possess

[@JJJJJJJJJAAAAAA]

If.

[@matthewallen2273]

Technically it's not stone, something way harder. Depending on what he meant by 'quantum locked' those statutes could be frozen in a single point in time. That would make them indestructible to all but Temporal based attacks, like the rip in time space or poisoned by a time paradox. Actually since they have control over time. E.g. spending people back in time, feeding off time energy, the frozen moment theory sounds most applausable.

[@zeroframe7002]

@@matthewallen2273 That actually makes sense, despite how durable a stone may be, it's still susceptible to conventional weaponry And since the angels are practically almost the same age as the universe, that might explain why the angels were able to survive for such a long time

[@matthewallen2273]

@@zeroframe7002 As the Doctor said it's the perfect defence mechanism. This along with the fact that they can easily feed off any living thing or just by soaking up energy from a strong enough power source and go long periods without sustenance. Would made them an enduring species as a whole. I question how they managed to get off their home planet since we never see them using their own technology. But they may have been introduced to that technology my other aliens who thought they were the artworks of a dead race. They could simply let these first explorers take a portion of their fellow angels back with them to new planets/feeding grounds and they then spread throughout the early colonised universe unprepared for such a unique threat.

[@vaiyt]

"They don't exist when observed" is the clue. The way I see it, the stone statue is not really them, just something that occupies their place when they're not present in reality.

[@Real_Nutella]

David's acting is incredible here. He's the only actor who could deliver these lines and act this part and get it right. His expression, tone, eye contact.... Amazing acting and makes this scene so creepy.

[@foltyn_noah]

Bro I got chills watching it again after it scared me when i was about 10 or 13 Now I'm 24 rewatched it today and his acting is insanely good imo so I agree the way he explains them gave me chills literally watching it lol

[@solasnahoiche]

Doctor Who 2020 Edition: Don’t go outside. Don’t even go outside.

[@george-stefanleoca1319]

Go outside and you are dead

[@yukiegrandmotherofakito7547]

Covid-19's Fast! Faster then you can believe

[@orxanaliyev4913]

wash packaged things comes outside STAY AT HOME. Do NOT EVEN OPEN THE DOOR.Its faster and DEADLIER than you think.Dont go outside.Good Luck

[@george-stefanleoca1319]

@@thatguy333 and i made it 70

[@MoonlitPhoenix0]

Everyone in this threat is too bored for their own good

[@leightonpetty4817]

I think few people recognize one small detail that the writers realized: When he was explaining the Angels, Sally Sparrow told the guy "Keep your eyes on that", so he couldn't write anymore. So, at the end of his speech, he says, "That's all I've got from you on the transcript". Kudos to them!

[@jesterlefae3940]

Ahhhhhh, I just realized that now as well. Man, other people's comments can do wonders for knowledge.

[@AndrewJosephALJ]

+Pvt. Church They usually aren't good for self-esteem, though.

[@themusicalgerbil192]

+Leighton Petty The only thing is there was nothing stopping them from filling in any missed spots in the transcript later.

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

But didn't 10 wait with his orders until Sally asked what she was supposed to do, which was after the guy stopped writing?

[@jesterlefae3940]

Andrew Joseph True.

[@artsman412]

My dad is a huge Doctor Who fan. When I was little, he wanted to share it with me, get me hooked. THIS was the first episode he showed me. Needless to say, after a week or so of nightmares, I never got into the show. Still don't know what my dad was thinking showing me THIS ONE first?!?!

[@CatherineCane]

my parents have been fans since THEY were kids so I was brought up watching along with Dr Who as it came out post-2005. I was about 8 years old when this episode came out. TERRIFIED. even my parents were scared of this one!

[@ThatllShowEm]

This one seems like a better "first" one than Midnight.

[@Floppa.TheCat]

Same with me :D

[@Lezm]

I was eight when I watched it for the first time, and I didn’t get any nightmares from them but I did with the silence

[@tavrosnitram1529]

haha, my very first doctor who episode was Silence in the Library, i was already a horror fan at way to young of an age, that episode got me hooked, i watched for about another decade before dropping it

[@l3g0b0y6]

I love this scene: showing just how terrifying a threat the Angels can be, how simple yet difficult their one weakness is, and how bootstrap paradoxes can exist even for a Time Lord such as the Doctor, presenting the fact that he's just a recording, and not actually talking. This scene is just amazing.

[@jessixac]

doctor: "you can't kill stone" *iron pickaxe has entered the chat*

[@Awelbeckk]

You make smaller stones, that's all

[@Jyappino1010]

@@Awelbeckk *TnT has entered the chat* *Creeper Has entered The Chat* *Endermen has entered the chat*

[@Awelbeckk]

@@Jyappino1010 You make smaller stones, that's all You make smaller stones, that's all You just move stones, that's all

[@MrDibara]

@@Awelbeckk Worse, you make multiple stones. Try not looking at all of them at once.

[@handlesRtrash354]

/setblock stone air has entered the chat

[@ellieravenk]

Now I really need "The angels have the phone box" on my t-shirt

[@lukewebber97]

Ellie Raven can’t believe with all the crap the BBC have released they never released that shirt 😂😂

[@REDFRLegend]

Actually that shirt is a real thing

[@Tom-cp1zy]

Pretty sure there are some online shops which customises clothing

[@bonbonsly1316]

Same Idc if I have to get a blank shirt and write it myself

[@garyyythegamer]

same

[@GabeStop42]

Bro, the part where he says 'they are fast- gives me chills. He says it in a way that no, you couldn't believe how fast, as if making the Flash seem like a snail. Amazing tone inflection on his part.

[@bradentheman1373]

“Don’t turn you back, Don’t look away, and DONT blink. goodluck” that’s the part that always scares me !!

[@foltyn_noah]

Scared me shitless when I was 10 or 13 and watched it for the first time lol I couldn't sleep for 2 to 4 hours at night after all my friends did at my friends house I'm 24 now and still creepy but nowhere near as much cause I'm older

[@littlebaldedone]

" The angels have the phone box!" That's my favorite. I've got that on a t-shirt. Me: *I want that T-shirt*

[@rssll90]

I have that T-shirt hahaha

[@alexanderleonardi3625]

holy shit its a real shirt

[@hunterquate9436]

I've got a shirt and poster that says "Keep calm and Don't Blink"

[@ragabashmoon1551]

I had a shirt that has a picture of the tardis and said "The angels have the phone box", loved when it would spark conversation with a fellow Whovian :D

[@Twisted_Code]

as with many fictional items, it's been be defictionalized by multiple T-shirt makers. A quick Google search should be all you need

[@lukeberry4914]

The Doctor: Don't blink Me: *blinks*

[@CatAdvantage]

Luke Berry Angel: *Hello there!*

[@madmannn9576]

@@CatAdvantage General Kenobi

[@CatAdvantage]

Darth Vader you are a bold one

[@labratt3742]

CatAdvantage Doctor: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@MrDibara]

Welp, it was nice knowing you!

[@DCBiscuit]

The “keep your eyes on it” gimmick is one of my favorites. The Silence are also really cool aliens in Doctor Who, but the Angels are way more iconic.

[@wyattbarnett3877]

thats the reason of the aliens its gimmick to be not be iconic and makes you forget

[@starvinmcmarvin]

The beauty of Doctor Who is how they can do so much with so little. Seriously one of the best written shows ever. Also this episode was one of the best episodes of any tv show ever seen.

[@Kriae]

"the moment they are seen by any other living creature" so you just need to bring a bucket full of insects and throw them on the statue to win?

[@emmiannon1266]

genius

[@conlooka9356]

They'd likely touch the stone and get sent back to like, the prehistoric era.

[@jimmythegrunt7371]

@@conlooka9356 Oh, so you can't even touch them?

[@conlooka9356]

@@jimmythegrunt7371 well, yeah. That's kinda how they work.

[@Twisted_Code]

​@@conlooka9356 Actually, if I'm not mistaken, their touch only sends you back if they aren't being actively observed while you're in contact with them. Or at least, there's no indication that they are anything other than a stone statue while being observed, including no indication that their ability is active when observed

[@svenolsen8184]

One of the best episodes written, and it barely even had the Doctor in it.

[@komlat253]

Yea that's really weird huh. 2 side nobodies cared one if the best episode. Its funny

[@thebakalord]

Yeah, I loved how everything revolves around the actions and the reactions of the Doctor, that there is something far more eviler than anything out there wanting the Tardis. That the Doctor has no other choice but to rely on other people who aren’t related to anything, get involved the moment they see the Doctor, he is both a blessing and a curse.

[@donaldpolson9693]

Agreed, The writing/plot here was just sublime. This along with Midnight and The Library are my picks.

[@historyrun6212]

facts

[@yammoyammamoto8323]

They hired actors and writers based on skills back then... Today they hire based on what you got between your legs, on what you use it and what colour it is... No wonder writing and acting has gone to shit.

[@jimmyfiddlesticks337]

"You can't kill a stone" Demolition team: Hold our beers.

[@andybrookes3519]

I love how this scene starts of as comedy, then goes to sci-fi and then into horror so quickly 😮

[@flochforster6892]

The one thing that this scene showed perfectly is that even though Tennants doctor was cocky, and confident, he also knew when things were serious. The way he describes the angels and how dangerous they are gave me chills as a kid. You could hear the fear in The Doctor’s voice, and when The Doctor is scared, you know you’re about to meet a truly gruesome enemy.

[@humanchannel7825]

Genius.

[@galatic-wyvern2993]

I mean ya, they beat him. for the first time in a long time the doctor lost.

[@insidiosity]

based pfp

[@iamasalad9080]

@@insidiosity no

[@dbelow_1556]

@@iamasalad9080 Yes

[@SserenityLee]

When I was younger, these scared the hell out of me. I thought these were the scariest villains lol

[@loganshalloe5927]

They still are though

[@Kenneth2413]

A bit over 3 years ago I binge watched all of dr who from 2005 up to that point ( not counting the specials) in just a couple months. The angles scared the heck out of me for quite a while afterwards. I was 37 when I finished watching them.

[@theredstonebuilder1120]

They are horrifying monsters, stone statues that snap your neck or send you back in time, but I think the Midnight Entity is the most terrifying. We never got to see it yet, even now, I have trouble sleeping after watching the episode.

[@izzyaliw.w6662]

These are the scariest ones for me😂 just the fact you have to keep looking at them etc terrified me

[@golfcookie5151]

I the empty child is the scariest in my opinion

[@tylerchurch1152]

The "dont blink" part of this is so good. its giving me a spooked feeling up my spine, just like the classic "we've traced the call; it's coming from inside the house!" line from When a Stranger Calls. lol

[@lightningjet9444]

The biggest horror aspect of this episode is that the doctor wasn’t even there for 3/4 of the entire thing, and the doctor is the one with the plot armour that can’t be killed, but side characters… oh yes they can. Really brings the writing alive in my opinion.

[@DEWallace12188]

Doctor: "Don't even blink!" Everyone: *eyes start twitching*

[@waylonpark2340]

That's So True.... Also, I Need Help...

[@norastorm99]

@@waylonpark2340 need help with what?

[@younghoonk2785]

Why can't we blink one eye at a time?

[@charlottedillon2467]

search up on youtube "dont blink im human" way more messed up than this.

[@namanchopra_707]

"Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey" Well that's a great way to explain 900 years of knowledge

[@Exl6243]

What a way to describe a causal loop.

[@somguy728]

In nine more it'll be genius.

[@Tantalus010]

How else do you explain something complicated to someone who has no hope of actually understanding, yet insists that they will and demands that they be given an explanation? You confuse them with meaningless babble and then move on. It's a pretty clever way of dealing with humans, actually.

[@benburns6598]

This is easily my favorite episode out of the whole show. I can still remember watching it on tv when it came out.

[@Amaranthine1000]

Definitely one of the best and scariest episodes of Doctor Who ever written. It's a shame they turned the weeping angels into a joke in subsequent episodes, but this will always be my favourite episode of the new Doctor Who series

[@onastick2411]

Well they had the precedent of Alien, for that one.

[@HopeCvon]

Who else had dry eyes after that episode?

[@jamiebell5084]

Yep, I did.

[@georginasmith1666]

I can't remember the the last time I blinked! xD

[@Ilikebats123]

Georgina Smith I don't know what that is anymore!

[@HopeCvon]

Michael Clavelli What are you talking about?

[@michaelclavelli1409]

Watch the episode.

[@theyakkoman]

My plan: 1. Move to England. 2. Become an Ophthalmologist. 3. Tell my patient "Don't blink".

[@christianbirdhat7444]

Just hold 1 eye open and blink with the other then switch and keep doing that.

[@cheerioorange]

+Christian Birdhat thats what i was thinking

[@gamergalaxygaming8808]

+Cheerio Orange IKR

[@aerrasti]

My plan: 1. Move to England. 2. Become an Ophthalmologist. 3. Dress like Emperor Palpatine. 4. Tell my patient "You will pay for your lack of vision".

[@nicola_x]

Well I'll see you here then

[@user-jt7ww9qs7k]

3:47 the most iconic line of the episode

[@marleywalker3284]

Can anyone hear that scream in the back at 1:40 kinda freaky

[@ilikesonicxbro]

another at 1:20

[@ilikesonicxbro]

and 1:34

[@Ventanalala]

Wow!!

[@supertecnoboff]

I wish David Tenant could just be the doctor for ever. He's brilliant.

[@christopherrogers5520]

I agree

[@PastelpuppyOwO]

Supertecnoboff me too

[@femalefighter6522]

Supertecnoboff same

[@MrBudderGoggles]

he is a great actor and had great writing, if only Capaldi had great writing he would be one of the best doctors

[@mr.marshal9]

Supertecnoboff Lets just tell ourselves that, in a parallel universe somewhere,Tennant ended up staying after season 4 and beat Tom Bakers record as longest serving Doctor 😊👍

[@tristanfoss7469]

This went from being hilarious to being terrifying in a matter of four minutes.

[@michaelreffold3170]

I vividly remember seeing this episode when it aired with my family, and at the end my mum (who isn't even a big science fiction fan) commented that it was probably the best thing she'd ever seen on TV. And that's still true - Blink is an unmatched masterpiece.

[@Eli-uu4vt]

9 years later, this gives me the freaking chills whenever I watch it.

[@foltyn_noah]

when I was 10 or 13 I watched for first time at a friend's house I couldn't sleep for 2 to 4 hours at night after everyone else fell asleep it freaked me out lol Now I laugh when I'm 24 now but I was so scared I couldn't close my eyes cause in the episode he literally says not to as well "don't blink" 😂

[@Eli-uu4vt]

@@foltyn_noah “Don’t blink. Blink, and you’re dead."

[@aestheticaltwat]

The Doctor: *Trapped In 1969.* Me: “Nice.”

[@stepanserdyuk4589]

@oldedude51 Oh, Austin, behave!

[@elidialeitedesouza9212]

Have you realized the video is 4 minutes and 20 seconds long ?

[@aestheticaltwat]

*Nice.*

[@hls6627]

*N O I C E*

[@aestheticaltwat]

*N i c e .*

[@ivanfenis1221]

Stolen: Fish don't blink. Just point a fish at them.

[@deathxanamon7211]

and since their eyes are on the side of their head they're able to see in front of them and behind them at the same time so no matter which way the fish is facing it'll be looking at the weeping angels

[@enavy04]

If it's that easy then just get a bunch of flies...or some pigeons. 😂

[@edenmac7751]

"just point a fish at them" is my new favourite solution

[@ekx5120]

The perfect evolutionary form and best defence against stone time demons: the fish

[@lFede64l]

How would you get one to stare at an Angel tho?

[@ric_reborn]

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 most of all, don't blink. Good Luck.

[@orangeapples]

I have to say, I think this is still one of the smartest episodes done in Doctor Who. They really took advantage of the whole time travel aspect.

[@roguelead72]

Oddly enough, this speech applies to toddlers as well.

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

+Wedge Antilles Indeed? how?

[@roguelead72]

Turn your back on a 2 year old and see what happens, mayhem.

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Aah.

[@constanzab8483]

+Wedge Antilles I think you meant to say: Ooddly enough ;)

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

+Elizabeth Lingurar "...They are fast, faster then you could believe, don't turn your back, don't look away..."

[@Gggmanlives]

This was the episode and the scene that got me back into Doctor Who. Still shivers.

[@1Insurgency1]

the bloody man himself

[@animebrat76]

My first episode and it gave me nightmares.

[@MaksymCzech]

Same for me. Brilliant episode.

[@lucbrisebois767]

Always gives me shivers that bit

[@UnchainedEruption]

Hey it's GGGmanlives! Love your reviews.

[@red_ruby4881]

This. This is why I love Doctor Who and the whole idea of time traveling in general. This scene with cryptography and the whole Riversong timeline are absolutely beautiful. Time traveling allows you to write infinitely clever plots... As long as you don't get stuck in your own plotlines along the way.

[@BWMagus]

Right; if they do that, you get stupid shit like...everything to do with Riversong, actually. Annoying character that makes no sense.

[@LincolnsDementure]

This was and still is hands down one of my favourite Doctor Who episodes, I watched it at a fairly young age and the terror it instilled in me stays with me to this day, I love it so much

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I love Blink. I think it's one of the strongest episodes they ever made

[@mortenv15]

One of Moffat's best scripts I'd say. It's my second place very closely behind Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead. :)

[@joneshugh]

@@mortenv15 Hey! I can't see the computer screen! Hey! I can't see the computer screen! Hey! I can't see the computer screen! ............................................................................................................................................

[@leighwakeham3735]

Strongest and scariest lol, well imo at least, can watch it much better nowadays as I was nearly 9 when it was originally broadcast, and aren't nearly as scary as FO4's Super Mutants or Racnoss or The Beast.

[@toprak3479]

Literally the best. I was afraid to go to bed after I saw it as a kid but it was worth it.

[@youngdolo8]

@@leighwakeham3735 I was six when Blink came out first. Didn't sleep for three nights. 😂😂

[@pastelcreativity9595]

David Tennant's acting in this part makes we shiver, he looks so genuine like he really is locked in the past reading from a transcript; Like he really worried they would die; Like he is Doctor Who and not just an actor playing there part-

[@komlat253]

Yea david is the only doctor that feels weird to me when hes human and offf set lol

[@historyrun6212]

thats why he was seen as the best

[@no_social_skill1369]

We? Who's we?

[@pastelcreativity9595]

@@no_social_skill1369 Pardon my spelling mistake. Me*

[@eurobertoaraujo]

I feel ya!

[@ftwgaming0]

Even now, the writing for this is just incredible. The doctor and Sally having a conversation through time by a recording, looping back on itself with a transcript that's still being written, meaning he will always know what Sally responds with, and can reply to any question she asks and the concept of the weeping angels is also still so brilliant

[@ntcrwler]

this scene always left me with chills. The very best of Dr Who and what Science Fiction has to offer. Way to go, David Tenant!

[@qualifiedidiots2165]

This is one of the best episodes ever written. It's a shame the Angles got less scary with each episode to the point where they literally just stopped trying to make sense.

[@Godzirra-San]

I've always thought this and I think most fans would agree - Every time we met the angels in an episode the became much less scary

[@qualifiedidiots2165]

@@Godzirra-San I want to know how much cocaine was snorted at the BBC when they wrote Angels in Manhattan. *SNORT* "What if the statue of Liberty was an Angel?" *SNORT* "That's a fantastic idea!" "wait guys, how would that work? First of all, Angels aren't statues that come alive, they're Aliens that freeze into stone. The Statue of Liberty isn't really a Statue. It a building, with plumbing and lifts and stairs and..." *SNORT* "Shut the fuck up Carl!" "Also, by the Angel's OWN RUELS, in the city that never sleeps, a population of 8 million, no one saw their most famous landmarks move as it walked down the streets? Not even the people INSIDE her?" *SNORT* "Carl, it's a show for children. No one needs to think too hard about logic."

[@liampbjray5562]

even just the next angel episode(s. it's a two-parter) is one of my least favorite episodes, purely because it does a huge disservice to the angels. the angels were an incredible monster, with one of the most horrifying parts being that we could never see them move. and then the time of angels happened. time of angels also set up a bunch of weird extra powers of the weeping angels. you cant look into their eyes... for some reason? seriously why? what actually happened? she had like... an angel in her eye... why is that bad exactly? you have angels all around you, a new one couldn't hurt much, and if you can see it it cant hurt you, so if you dye because it's in your eye, why does closing your eyes help? your eyes dont turn off when you close your eyes, you still see the color black. it's very confusing and doesn't make any sense. anyway, you cant look in their eyes, images of the weeping become weeping angels (and even that is gone back on in future episodes. in the god complex, their are statues of weeping angels in one of the rooms. the doctor says that they are fake which, ok, fair. but... they would become not fake anymore right? they would become real weeping angels.). the weeping angels get to complicated and make no sense when they return past blink. blink was a masterpiece, and now weeping angels suck.

[@lightningjet9444]

@@Godzirra-San it’s because the second episode they are in you see them move and hear them laugh. Their gimmick slowly melted away for plot convenience as Amy couldn’t see yet the angels were still stone.

[@fissionphoenix4995]

@@lightningjet9444 the idea that they were in their defensive mode because they thought she could see... wait as I was typing this something sort of made some sense to me she has an image of an angel burned into her eye, so the other angels wouldn't be able to look into her eye or they would also be burned with the image of an angel, which would mean they could never move again, due to the fact if they look at one another they're observing each other... So they had to figure out her eyes were closed without being able to see whether or not she had them open, or risk the same death as those from the end of Blink. That all said circling back to the point I was originally going to make, the quantum lock thing doesn't really make all that much sense either. ANY living thing? What about insects and microbes that are affected by them? Conscious observation isn't what matters in quantum physics, to my limited understanding, it's any "observation," or external force on the quantum object. Also eyesight is affected by external forces and do not emit any information outward, only internally to the being processing the visual information, so do angels work by reading the minds of creatures, from the past so that their defense mechanism can turn them to stone before being seen? Point is if you think about it for any length of time some of it starts falling apart. "Wibbly wobbly." Just enjoy the show. I forget what happens in their third appearance after a whole bunch of them got erased from time which meant the images of those original angels were no longer images of angels because the original angels never existed therefore the images and Amy's memory of her angel's image meant absolutely nothing, which means those must have been all the angels because even if the particular angel no longer exists, wasn't the reason there wasn't even any drawings of angels because ANY image of an angel becomes an angel? So even if it's an image of a particular angel doesn't the fact it's AN image of AN angel make it a NEW angel? Again that *could* explain the whole not wanting to risk looking at Amy and seeing the angel that was IN HER EYE killing themself and that separate angel?

[@DoctorWortspieler]

"They're as old as the universe, or nearly." I like how there was a passing reference to this fact in "End of Time," when Lord Rassilon, leading a civilization with "a billion years of history on our backs," makes mention of the Weeping Angels "of old."

[@punpompur]

Of all the creatures i have seen in Doctor who, the Angels are hands down the most terrifying. This episode gave me the chills i remember

[@yorkgrass]

how about Vashta Nerada?

[@punpompur]

@@yorkgrass there's this feeling when it comes to the Angels that gives me goosebumps. If I take my eyes off them even for a second they will move closer. And they way they look once they are going to attack you. Yikes! Atleast the vashta nerada kill you in microseconds if i recall correctly.

[@foltyn_noah]

Scared me shitless when I was 10 or 13 I'm 24 now lol Very good episode for scaring people

[@thunderbasilisk1352]

This episode is why im wary of any cemetery that has anything besides regular tombstones.

[@MrDibara]

I love how the cartoony, comedic music playing in the background just STOPS the moment the Doctor starts describing what the Weeping Angels are. And then the eerie, thrilling music starts playing. It points perfectly to which point the conversation changed tone. 👌

[@charlottedillon2467]

search up on youtube "dont blink im human" way more messed up than this.

[@nivaneh1010]

@@charlottedillon2467 I saw the thumbnail and said nope out loud I’m not clicking it

[@thethistlegunner]

Back when the weeping angels were scary

[@irrelevanteldrich2567]

their still scary to me

[@koolboy895]

They haven't stopped being scary

[@123455thatguy]

I get what he means. They showed the angles moving at that ruined them quite a bit for me. The whole point is you're only ever supposed to see statues and they showed them moving :(

[@JoyStar]

+123455thatguy I saw someone on TV Tropes point out that perhaps we appear to see the angels move because they're actually moving in-between the frames.

[@jamesx6247]

i am scared of the weeping angels more than anything else

[@berenvonbaggins]

I will forever regard the Doctor speaking to Sally through the television as the most creative choice that new Who ever made.

[@HopperChopper]

"I'm writing in your bits.." *Zooms in on paper* *Unintelligible scribbling* lmao

[@stevensedtal7002]

SCP-173 has breached containment

[@horrorpleb249]

Lel

[@DavidLopez-pc7yg]

Fuck like half of all doctor who villains could be SCPs.

[@josh2570]

Basically Peanut!

[@Nooblolftw]

Fun fact: SCP-173 was written before this episode aired

[@ignaciotorres9410]

@@Nooblolftw I was wondering about that. When was SCP-173 created?

[@captainskullz7244]

Person: *Blinks* Weeping Angels: “Tell em to bring me my money”

[@ritvikmishra8388]

Or else I’ll send them back to stone ages!

[@conormurphy4328]

2:20 ahhh that music in the backgrounds still makes my spine tingle

[@zeusnitch]

Man, this is one of my favorite Doctor Who moments. It's such good writing conceptually.

[@swiftplus7398]

So if the Doctor is reading from an entire transcript, then that means he isn’t even replying to them. He’s reading his own lines from the script...

[@Fragenzeichenplatte]

Yup, who came up with the original text when the Doctor was just saying what the guy wrote and when the guy was just writing what the Doctor said?

[@kristinnlogi5163]

@@Fragenzeichenplatte Wibbly wobbly timey wimey

[@pmiles5038]

**Beethoven’s 5th plays in electric guitar**

[@jonathanarteaga5494]

Fragenzeichenplatte bootstrap Paradox

[@devinbrown6650]

@@ElainaLycan google it

[@schnebot]

its amazing how this show can turn normal things into near nightmares. theres "dont blink" which was cool but what really got me was "stay out of the shadows" that episode freaked me out.

[@daviddundas4140]

The one that freaked the most people out was the boy with the gas mask face "Are you my mummy"

[@vakk985]

Kid me couldn't have guessed in his life that he'd be scared shitless by a chicken bone

[@AbacabTv]

when sally says, i am clever, its elements of clara in this character

[@CT--gu5ng]

3:39 The 10th doctor and the music in the back makes this so much creepier

[@maxblake5564]

Judging by the Doctor’s stalling, and his odd definition, I think not even he knows what Time is.

[@wyvern5890]

He probably understands it but finds it impossible to explain

[@auberginemanproductions1608]

@@wyvern5890 Probably there's a concept in Gallifreyan but he can't put it into English

[@rattles8789]

@@auberginemanproductions1608 that's gonna be a lot of circles

[@auberginemanproductions1608]

@@rattles8789 yep

[@Iivaitte]

@@wyvern5890 A dimensional being of a lower state can only slightly speculate on higher dimensions. We understand distance and depth because we have senses that support them. We can only understand time in a linear fashion because we observe time in a linear fashion and even then only conceptually. The best way I can explain our existence is that we are tangled worms. We could very well exist cyclically

[@SanamshaysTutorials]

Sally would have been the best companion.

[@KoishNoish]

Now that you mention it they could have maybe used her in Smith's era instead of Amy and Rory. You could have had her and the guy, I liked the two of them. PLUS Moffat wrote this episode and became lead writer for Smith's era... the more I think about it the more I think it should have happened. Although I still like Amy and Rory.

[@ronburgundy244]

William DeMarco the other guys name is Larry.

[@sjhddhdhs]

sanam after rose of course

[@catherinestickels2591]

@@sjhddhdhs If you're not as good as Rose that means you replace her as the worst companion though

[@SailorAllan]

best companion ? SHE should have been the first female Doctor ! I would like to hear someday what chain of events got this incredible woman in this episode-what in the universe aligned for all this to come together,this perfection.

[@nickless7475]

I only blinked once during this entire video

[@just_like_heaven_87]

The way davids face is recorded with half his face in the darkness really adds to the effect

[@Katcxze]

If you can't blink.... then... wink?

[@Caramelhypnose]

try to wink and not to blink a few seconds later :) really hard

[@Pinxku]

Nicolas Coenen true

[@jokrwx3]

Lost Bunny twirk

[@andrewseaver7913]

Lost Bunny 😉😉

[@TheExplodingBacon]

the angle will be like "why are you hitting on me?"

[@evaniaendellion6173]

The fact that this one episode made me afraid to blink for two weeks and has given me a fear of angels and statues that has lasted 14 years (as of yet) is incredible. The writing of this episode was absolutely phenomenal!

[@icarusdemise]

Is it 15 now?

[@user-uy9dd8ht2v]

Sounds like skill issue

[@guyofminimalimportance7]

This is what the Chibnall Era was missing; Pacing. This episode doesn't sprint headfirst into the flashiest thing imaginable, it takes its time slowly building mystery, shifting the tone from comedic to tense naturally as the conversation progresses, and finally introducing the threat in the most existentially horrifying way possible, setting up the real danger of the situation. The last few seasons, and really Television in general these days have all forgotten how to set a mood; they always just jump right to the outlandish sci-fi elements without any sense of style or atmosphere to make the audience care.

[@alexmiller1800]

God Steven Moffat can write time travel. I’m so spoiled by his writing in Dr Who that virtually all other time travel stories just look so weak in comparison. He is one of, if not the greatest, time travel writer ever and I mean that with every bone in my body

[@teamvlcn6820]

The Story of River Song is Time-Travel Writing at its peak.

[@Brione30]

And that's how I got a "The Angels Have The Phone Box" shirt

[@morningglorymoth]

Brione me too

[@djbuddy7836]

I’m getting one for Christmas. Hopefully.

[@kellywilson-lawson1857]

"After the doctors speech" O_o whelp I didn't need sleep anyway

[@missmali5012]

O.O IM WITH YA

[@spectral5939]

Sleeps just a waste of time anyway.

[@GMMReviews]

kelly wilson whitehead Fun fact! I couldn't sleep alone without having a panic attack, and horrific nightmares for a year after this episode! I stopped being scared of them when you see them move in Series 5.

[@sherbatt4769]

Don't sleep

[@luke.y]

Are you ill or something?

[@bladesharks]

2:49 laughs in cement saw

[@mariavictoriaantipolo1994]

aren't they indistructible when still seen

[@dodonixx953]

Lol

[@bladesharks]

@@mariavictoriaantipolo1994 no idea they don't say this in the eps plus this was a meme ....

[@stephenconway2468]

One of the most clever and yet simple episodes. Having Carey Mulligan and then making this perfect for her was perfect.

[@hj9449]

"The angels have the phone box, that's my favorite, i've got that on a t shirt" kills me all the time😂😂👌

[@zaphandar]

where can we get that shirt !

[@anime.books.lover.93]

I what that t-shirt too. I've searched for one but I don't find any.

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

@@anime.books.lover.93 www.thinkgeek.com/product/e78d/

[@sprite4800]

it's 459 so im gonna like

[@andro7862]

Still after 3 years this episode gives me nightmares!!!

[@UglyBarnical58]

3 years of this comment

[@erenaygun9696]

Ugly Barnacle 58 *3 weeks of this comment*

[@Andy-tc2gt]

4 weeks of that comment. Love me some time.

[@UglyBarnical58]

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[@theburgerking746]

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[@zz5aa]

I love how Doctor who Easter eggs get planted into everything. If anyone has played the Witcher game there is a pair of angel statues in a graveyard that move towards you when you turn away.

[@squishywizard4163]

YEs the church near Lindenvale!! I WAS YELLING

[@wolftal1178]

This was perhaps one of the most best episodes ever done, which really helps portray the complexity, but also the simple elegance of time travel.