Dr. Who Ep. 2910: Blink [Spoilers]

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-06-09 10:56am

In before the Orange.

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2007-06-09 11:14am

Doctor Who. Not Dr.

Stark is going to be an unhappy bunny.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2007-06-09 11:19am

Lord Woodlouse wrote:Doctor Who. Not Dr.

Stark is going to be an unhappy bunny.

Has he ever been a happy bunny?

This looks like a promising episode, what with the scare factor being abnormally high. Even though it is supposedly has very low Doctor content. (It' has better be superior to that fucking Love and Monster! bloody Peter Kay *shakes fists at sky*

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-06-09 11:35am

(It' has better be superior to that fucking Love and Monster! bloody Peter Kay *shakes fists at sky*

Shut up fool, Love & Monsters was great. If this is half as good, it'll be a winner.

I think Who is at it's best when it's doing the really surreal stuff, the episodes that barely even make sense and flow on atmosphere and emotion more than plot. This looks like one of them - let's hope they deliver, eh?

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2007-06-09 11:42am

Indeed, one an only hope....

This weeks DWC looks good as well, since it's just Tennant wondering around Television Centre seeing what influence Who has has had on other people.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2007-06-09 02:54pm

That last sequence with the statues intercut with the Doctor speaking was explicitly designed to traumatise watching children, I'm sure.

Plekhanov · Post by **Plekhanov** » 2007-06-09 02:54pm

Now that was an excellent episode, there's gonna be lots of kids scared to go near statues after that, probably feel a little nervous around them my self.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-06-09 02:55pm

On a scale of one to five, this is somewhere between 6 and 11. Oh sweet baby Jesus, this blows almost all other TV SF straight out of the water. Creepy, funny, awesome story, perfect execution. I'm almost shaking.

Manus Celer Dei · Post by **Manus Celer Dei** » 2007-06-09 02:55pm

That was an awesome episode. Probably the best single episode this series.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2007-06-09 02:55pm

This episode was awesome. Sally Sparrow was so hot.

And the whole time travelling aspect was very well done. A lot better than Love & Monsters by far.

WHy couldn't you just smash the stone statues though?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-06-09 02:55pm

Three things.

That was awesomely well done, and genuinely freaky to think about.

Sally Sparrow = HOT!

Did anyone else think the first ten minutes was basically the last ten minutes of Back to the Future Part II?

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2007-06-09 02:56pm

Very Good. Curious how the Angels don't come back to life when the lights went out again.

Better than Love and Monsters, though I was never really sure about that to begin with.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-06-09 02:59pm

Sally Sparrow = HOT!

Oh yes.

Did anyone else think the first ten minutes was basically the last ten minutes of Back to the Future Part II?

Yep, that was my first thought too. But BttF didn't do it this good. Poor Shipton - and what a brilliant idea to have a bit character's entire life serve as a minor plot point. If there's any episode that shows the sheer storytelling scale of Who, it's this one.

WHy couldn't you just smash the stone statues though?

Who cares?

Well, if you do care, they're not stone statues, they're quantum-locked beings. if they are really locked in time, they would be invulnerable, wouldn't they?

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2007-06-09 02:59pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote: Did anyone else think the first ten minutes was basically the last ten minutes of Back to the Future Part II?

Deffinately.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2007-06-09 02:59pm

Crazedwraith wrote:WHy couldn't you just smash the stone statues though?

Not everyone's Jet Li, and doing so when they appear right outside the window while you're not carrying around a sledgehammer is a problem?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-06-09 03:01pm

You can tell this was written by the guy who did Coupling. Martha butting in to complain about supporting the Doctor, his "bad at weddings" bit - good stuff. And the bows and arrows were just deliciously random.

Plekhanov · Post by **Plekhanov** » 2007-06-09 03:01pm

Manus Celer Dei wrote:That was an awesome episode. Probably the best single episode this series.

By far written by Steven Moffat who also wrote the similarly scary and fantastic 'empty child' (and of course creator of the brilliant 'Press Gang') he should be given control of the series, nothing anyone else has contributed comes close to his work.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2007-06-09 03:02pm

Strangely enough last week's preview gave me the impression the Doctor was going all 'Saw' on some random people. Oddly enough this was not the case.

Dereck Jaccobi next week, and Captain Jack. (Hmm.. Captain Jack and Sparrow? am I seeing a slight reference here?) I hope The Captain's involvement doesn't depend to much on the Torchwood series, which I have never seen. (Though by most accounts I haven't missed much)

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-06-09 03:05pm

(Hmm.. Captain Jack and Sparrow? am I seeing a slight reference here?)

Coincidence. This episode was based on a short story by Moffat from a few years ago, the character was always called Sparrow.

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2007-06-09 03:06pm

Crazedwraith wrote:Strangely enough last week's preview gave me the impression the Doctor was going all 'Saw' on some random people.

You weren't the only one. The moment the preview finished last week my mate rung me up.
"Ah, ha. So the Doctor was Jigsaw"

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2007-06-09 03:09pm

Lost Soal wrote:Very Good. Curious how the Angels don't come back to life when the lights went out again.

Maybe they can see in the dark.

Crazy Vasey wrote:That last sequence with the statues intercut with the Doctor speaking was explicitly designed to traumatise watching children, I'm sure.

Yeah, it felt way out of place and pointless, but I guess it will scare kids shitless.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2007-06-09 03:11pm

Oh, and I'm going to say "Captain Jack is on Doctor Who next week" to people and see how many I can confuse

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-06-09 03:48pm

Lost Soal wrote:
Crazedwraith wrote:Strangely enough last week's preview gave me the impression the Doctor was going all 'Saw' on some random people.
You weren't the only one. The moment the preview finished last week my mate rung me up.
"Ah, ha. So the Doctor was Jigsaw"

Me too.

"We're going to play a game..."

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2007-06-09 04:29pm

Fun-bloody-tastic. Why can't all fillers be like that? Creepy as anything as well, no wondour it got such as high Fear factor. The kiddy's will be scared for life!

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2007-06-09 04:31pm

I'm staring down any statue I see from now on.