Blink (Doctor Who)

186 – "Blink"
Doctor Who episode
Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan), unaware she is being watched by the statue-like Weeping Angels.
Cast
Doctor David Tennant – Tenth Doctor
Companion Freema Agyeman – Martha Jones
Guest Carey Mulligan – Sally Sparrow Lucy Gaskell – Kathy Nightingale Finlay Robertson – Larry Nightingale Richard Cant – Malcolm Wainwright Michael Obiora – DI Billy Shipton Louis Mahoney – Old Billy Thomas Nelstrop – Ben Wainwright Ian Boldsworth – Banto Ray Sawyer – Desk Sergeant Aga Blonska, Elen Thomas – Weeping Angel (uncredited)[1][2]
Production
Directed by	Hettie Macdonald
Written by	Steven Moffat
Based on	"'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' By Sally Sparrow" by Steven Moffat
Script editor	Helen Raynor
Produced by	Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner
Music by	Murray Gold
Production code	3.10
Series	Series 3
Running time	45 minutes
First broadcast	9 June 2007 (2007-06-09)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Family of Blood" Followed by → "Utopia"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"Blink" is the tenth episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on BBC One. The episode was directed by Hettie MacDonald and written by Steven Moffat. The episode is based on a previous short story written by Moffat for the 2006 Doctor Who Annual, titled "'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' By Sally Sparrow".

In the episode, the Tenth Doctor—a time travelling alien played by David Tennant—is trapped in 1969 and tries to communicate with a young woman in 2007, Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan), to prevent the statue-like Weeping Angels from taking control of the TARDIS. Sparrow and her best friend's brother, Larry Nightingale (Finlay Robertson), must unravel a set of cryptic clues sent through time by the marooned Doctor, left in DVD Easter eggs.

Both the Doctor and his companion Martha Jones, played by Freema Agyeman, have very little screen time in this episode, which let another episode be filmed simultaneously; "Blink" is consequently sometimes referred to by fans as a "Doctor-lite" episode. The scenes at Wester Drumlins were shot in a derelict house in Newport. To create the angels, two actresses wore makeup and prosthetics. The episode was seen by 6.62 million viewers in the United Kingdom.

"Blink" received widespread praise, and is widely considered to be one of the best episodes of the show. Moffat won the BAFTA Craft and BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Writer, and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form; while for her single performance in the series, Mulligan won the Constellation Award for Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode. In 2009 the episode was voted the second best Doctor Who story ever by readers of Doctor Who Magazine.