Doctor Who: Blink

"Blink" is the tenth regular episode of series three of the 2005 Doctor Who revival series and the thirty-sixth episode of the series overall, not counting specials. It is the 755th episode of the entire franchise. The episode was directed by Hettie Macdonald with a script written by Steven Moffat. It first aired in the United Kingdom on BBC One on June 9th, 2007. It first aired in the United States on BBC America on September 14th, 2007.

Notes & Trivia

 * Doctor Who was developed by Sydney Newman and the British Broadcasting Corporation. It premiered on BBC One in November, 1963.


 * Actor Raymond Sawyer is credited as Ray Sawyer in this episode.


 * This is the first episode of Doctor Who directed by Hettie Macdonald. It is her only episode from season three of the series. Her next episode is "The Magician's Apprentice" from season nine, which is the second season to feature Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor.


 * This is the fourth episode of Doctor Who written by Steven Moffat. It is his first episode in season three of the series. He previously wrote the season two episode, "The Girl in the Fireplace". His next episode is "Time Crash".


 * This is the first appearance of the Weeping Angels. They become a recurring foe on the series, with several encounters with the Tenth Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor.

Allusions

 * One of the Weeping Angels covers her eyes with her hands similar to the pictoral maxim of the Three Wise Monkeys, "See no evil, hear no evil, think no evil".


 * The Doctor invokes the phrase "wibbley wobbley, timey wimey stuff" in this episode. He uses it again in "Time Crash". The Eleventh Doctor will also use the phrase upon having regenerated in "The Eleventh Hour".

Quotes

 * The Doctor: Fascinating race, the Weeping Angels. The only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely. No mess, no fuss, they just zap you into the past and let you live to death. The rest of your life used up and blown away in the blink of an eye. You die in the past, and in the present they consume the energy of all the days you might have had, all your stolen moments. They're creatures of the abstract. They live off potential energy.