Blink (Doctor Who)

Last updated

186 –"Blink"
Doctor Who episode
Blink (Doctor Who).jpg
Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan), unaware she is being watched by the statue-like Weeping Angels.
Cast
Others
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 code3.10
Series Series 3
Running time45 minutes
First broadcast9 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".

Contents

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 .

Plot

In 2007, Sally Sparrow, intrigued by a message written to her under peeling wallpaper about "the Weeping Angels", explores the abandoned house Wester Drumlins a second time with her friend Kathy Nightingale. Kathy is sent back in time to 1920 by an angel statue. At that moment, Kathy's grandson Malcolm delivers to the house a message from 1987 about the long life Kathy led. Before leaving, Sally takes a Yale key hanging from the hand of a statue. Sally visits Kathy's brother Larry at work to tell him Kathy loves him, as she was asked to in the message. Larry explains that he has been documenting an Easter egg in seventeen different DVDs containing a video message of a man having half of a conversation with the viewer. Larry gives Sally a list of the DVDs. Four statues follow Sally to the police station, where they take an impounded fake police box and send DI Billy Shipton back to 1969. The man in the Easter egg, a time traveller called the Doctor, has also been sent to the past, and asks Billy to relay a message decades later. Billy puts the Easter egg on the DVDs. In 2007, a much older Billy phones Sally to visit him on his deathbed in the hospital. Before he dies, Billy instructs Sally to look at the list. The list is Sally's own DVD collection.

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Sally and Larry watch the Doctor's Easter Egg at the Wester Drumlins from official BBC Doctor Who Channel

Sally and Larry return to the house and play the Easter egg on a portable DVD player. Sally discovers she can converse with the Doctor in 1969, as he possesses a copy of the complete transcript that Larry is currently compiling. The Doctor explains that aliens called Weeping Angels turn to stone statues when any living creature observes them. He fears they are seeking the vast reserves of time energy in the police box, which is his time machine the TARDIS.

A Weeping Angel pursues Sally and Larry to the basement where the TARDIS is. Sally and Larry use the Yale key to hide inside. Larry inserts a now-glowing DVD, which also functions as a control disk, in the console's DVD player. The ship returns to the Doctor, while leaving Sally and Larry behind. The Weeping Angels standing around the TARDIS get tricked into looking at each other and are permanently frozen. A year later, Sally meets the Doctor prior to his being stuck in 1969. She hands the Doctor the transcript, and warns that he will need it.

Production

Writing

You have to remember that being scared of the dark and being scared of monsters is basically a childish impulse. There's always something of the nursery about horror....Adults never quite grow out of their childhood fears. They just belong in a different part of our heads. Doctor Who isn't a childish programme, but it is childlike: it's a programme for children. And many, many adults who watch and love it watch it as that: as something like Harry Potter .

—Steven Moffat on writing horror fiction for Doctor Who. [3]

The episode was written by Steven Moffat. Steven Moffat Comic Con 2008.jpg
The episode was written by Steven Moffat.

"Blink" was written by Steven Moffat. Part of the story for "Blink" is based on Moffat's Ninth Doctor short story from the Doctor Who Annual 2006 called "'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' by Sally Sparrow". [4] The short story is presented as a homework essay from Sally, though only 12 years old, who encounters evidence of the Doctor's presence from the past in her aunt's house while visiting. "What I Did" includes several elements that are reused in "Blink", including messages under the wallpaper and an ontological paradox involving a conversation between Sally and the Doctor, prerecorded on a video cassette, based on a written transcript—the essay itself; however, instead of the Weeping Angels, "What I Did" features the Doctor and the TARDIS inadvertently separated twenty years in time by a fault in the time machine, and the Doctor is able to instruct Sally how to bring it back to him in the past. [5]

Moffat had held the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an angel statue in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday, and had planned to use them for the next series in the episodes that became "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead". However, after withdrawing from the writing of series three's first two-part story—Helen Raynor took over these episodes, writing "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks"—Moffat volunteered to write the series' Doctor-lite episode and opted to use the Weeping Angels in what would become "Blink". [6] Moffat was also inspired to write the episode based on the popular children's game Statues, [7] which he always found "frightening". [8] Murray Gold, the composer for the series, later compared the creatures to the moving ghostly topiary animals in Stephen King's 1977 horror novel The Shining . [9]

"Blink" is the third story of the revived series to be adapted for television by the same writer from a piece of their spin-off writing. It follows the "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood" story arc, which was adapted by Paul Cornell from his 1995 novel Human Nature ; [10] and "Dalek", which used the basic premise as well as several scenes and lines of dialogue adapted by Robert Shearman from his 2003 audio drama Jubilee . [11] "Blink" is referred to as a "Doctor-Lite" episode because the Doctor and his companion have very little screen time. [12] This allowed two episodes to be filmed simultaneously, [1] [3] [13] a process known as "double banking". [9] The practice began with the 2006 entry "Love & Monsters", and continued for episodes such as "Turn Left", "Midnight", [14] and "The Girl Who Waited". [15] Moffat stated that he felt relaxed when he was writing the script for "Blink", for if it proved to be unpopular, he could blame the "Doctor-lite" structure of the episode. [16] Due to the show's tight schedule, "Blink" had only one script meeting. [9]

Filming

Actress Carey Mulligan (seen here in 2009) appeared in the episode as Sally Sparrow. Carey Mulligan 2009.jpg
Actress Carey Mulligan (seen here in 2009) appeared in the episode as Sally Sparrow.

"Blink" was directed by Hettie MacDonald, making her the first female director of a Doctor Who episode since the Sixth Doctor serial The Mark of the Rani . [17] Russell T Davies, the series' executive producer, later noted that, due to MacDonald's work, the episode included some of "the most beautiful [visuals] we've ever had". [9] British actress Carey Mulligan was chosen to play Sally Sparrow; Mulligan was reportedly ecstatic to have been cast in the series. She was initially concerned with the fact that Tennant would have little screen time, but after the episode aired was very pleased with the final result. [8]

Location shooting for scenes set at the Police Station Garage took place at the Coal Exchange and Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay on 21 November 2006. [18] Fields House, located in Newport, filled in for Wester Drumlins. [8] [19] The house was already abandoned and falling into disrepair when the filming crews arrived. Moffat noted that "very little of it was tarted up" for the shoot; Moffat later called the location "the creepiest house" he had ever seen. [9] The name was taken from a previous residence that Moffat lived in during the late 1990s. [20] Larry describes the residence as "Scooby-Doo's house", a reference to the dilapidated mansions that the Scooby-Doo gang would usually visit. [21] The BBC Fact File for the episode notes that 1969—the year Martha, the Doctor and Billy are sent to—is the first year Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! aired. [4]

Originally, the producers considered having Michael Obiora play both the young and old version of Billy Shipton. However, it was decided that Obiora in makeup would look too fake, and so Louis Mahoney was cast to play the older version. Initially, Obiora played the role with a London accent; Mahoney, however, had a Gambian accent, and so Obiora had to re-dub his lines to match. [9] Billy mentions that the windows of the TARDIS are the wrong size for a real police box. In 2004, when the first photographs of the new series' TARDIS prop were revealed, there was a vigorous discussion of the box's dimensions on the Outpost Gallifrey Doctor Who discussion forum, in which some fans complained that the prop's windows were too big. [9] Moffat has confirmed that this line is an in-joke aimed at the Outpost Gallifrey forum. [9] [22]

Effects

Moffat joked that "since I was a kid, I've been thinking of Doctor Who monsters, just now when I do, it costs the art department […] a lot of money". [8] To create the rigid structure of the angels' dresses, prosthetics supervisors Rob Mayor soaked fabric in fibreglass resin, which was then painted over. [8] Although they are never shown moving on screen, all of the Weeping Angels were played by actresses Aga Blonska and Elen Thomas wearing makeup and prosthetics. [2] [8] The actresses wore two distinct masks: one that was more docile looking, and one with fangs bared. [8] Blonska later noted that "I'm partly painted, partly glued into the costume, but it's quite comfortable." [23] Although the actresses were slightly "wobbly" when they stood still, the producers used digital effects to, in essence, freeze the angels on film. [9] Moffat was very pleased with the results, and called them "fantastic". [8] Mulligan later called the effects "so good" and "really creepy". [8]

To create the effect of the Angels rocking the TARDIS Mulligan and Robertson threw themselves around the ship's set. The camera's operator then shook the camera in the opposite direction that Mulligan and Robertson threw themselves. [8] The scene wherein the Doctor talks to Sally via a DVD extra was created by writing a conversation, removing Sally's lines, then having David Tennant record his lines. Moffat felt that this one-way filming made the performance more convincing. [9] Moffat initially wrote placeholder dialogue in the script for the scene where the Doctor tells Sally that he can hear her in the DVD shop, because he knew the lines that appeared would have to play "double duty later on" and be authentic and fresh both times. [9] Gold called the sequences "the heart of the Chinese puzzle". [9]

Broadcast and reception

"Blink" was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 June 2007. Overnight ratings showed that it was watched by 6.1 million viewers, which rose to 6.62 once time-shifted viewers were taken into account. [4] The episode was the seventh most watched episode on BBC One for the week ending 10 June and was the lowest-rated episode of Doctor Who's third series. [24] It received an Appreciation Index of 87, considered "excellent". [4] In its initial broadcast, a short clip of a card reading "One Year Later" was shown before the episode's denouement. In the syndicated and the DVD version, this shot has been removed. [25]

A Region 2 DVD containing "Blink" together with the episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood" was released on 23 July 2007. [26] It was re-released as part of the complete series three DVD on 5 November 2007. [27]

Critical reception and accolades

The wall with the Doctor's writing, as shown at the Doctor Who Experience. From episode "Blink" (3174170752).jpg
The wall with the Doctor's writing, as shown at the Doctor Who Experience.

"Blink" received positive reviews, with many praising the acting, the script, the level of fear and the Weeping Angels themselves. The Guardian 's Stephen Brook called it a "wonderfully creepy episode" that "ultimately made sense" despite "barely featur[ing] the Doctor and Martha". [28] David Bradley of SFX awarded "Blink" five out of five stars, saying that it could have featured any of the previous Doctors and predicted that its "timelessness" would ensure that it would "[go] down as one of the finest, scariest, cleverest Who episodes ever". [29] IGN's Travis Fickett gave the episode 9.1 out of 10, praising the way the audience felt they had known Sally Sparrow for a while, as well as the strength of Mulligan's performance, although he noted that "all of the performances in this episode are exceptional". [30] He concluded that, "it's difficult to believe that so much was accomplished in such a short amount of time. The story of not one, but two relationships was told, several time lines intersected and a new and rather frightening enemy was vanquished without The Doctor ever coming face to face with them". [30] Ross Ruedinger of Slant Magazine believed that the episode was not just the best Doctor Who episode, but also a great episode of the science fiction and horror genre that could allow it to stand alone. He also praised the fear-inducing concept of the Weeping Angels as well as the "tenderness of the story and the characters" which were "quite intricate given how much is going on in these 45 minutes". [31] The Daily Telegraph named the episode one of the best of the show's entire run, noting that, while the Doctor "is somewhat on the periphery here", it "adds to the threat". [32]

Many critics consider the episode one of the strongest during Tennant's time as the Doctor. IGN's Matt Wales named it the sixth best episode of Tennant's tenure, [33] while Sam McPherson of TVOvermind listed it as the second best Tenth Doctor episode. [34] In 2011, before the second half of the sixth series, The Huffington Post labelled "Blink" as one of the five essential episodes for new viewers to watch. [35] The Weeping Angels also received critical praise. In 2009 SFX named the climax with the Weeping Angels advancing on Sally and Larry the scariest moment in Doctor Who's history, describing it as "a terrifying combination of scary concept and perfect direction". [36] The Weeping Angels came in at number three in Neil Gaiman's "Top Ten New Classic Monsters" in Entertainment Weekly , [37] while TV Squad named them the third scariest television characters. [38] They were also rated the third-best "baddie" in Doctor Who by The Daily Telegraph, behind the Nestene Consciousness and Daleks. [39] In 2009 SFX listed the Angels in their list of favourite things of the revival of Doctor Who, writing, "Scariest. Monsters. Ever." [40]

Writer Steven Moffat was awarded the 2008 BAFTA Craft and BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Writer for his work on this episode. [41] [42] "Blink" won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, [43] and Carey Mulligan received the Constellation Award for Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode. [44] The episode was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Script, [45] but lost to Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro. [46]

Legacy

"Blink" received the award for Best Story in the Doctor Who Magazine 2007 Survey. [12] In Doctor Who Magazine's 2009 poll to find the greatest Doctor Who story ever, it came in second place after Peter Davison's final story, The Caves of Androzani . [47] In a 2007 poll conducted by the BBC, taking votes from 2,000 readers of the Doctor Who Adventures magazine, the Weeping Angels were voted the scariest monsters of 2007 with 55% of the vote; the Master and the Daleks took second and third place with 15% and 4% of the vote. [48] In a 2012 poll of over ten thousand respondents conducted by the Radio Times , the Weeping Angels were again voted the best Doctor Who monster with 49.4% of the vote. [49] In Doctor Who Magazine's 2014 fan poll of the greatest episodes of all time, "Blink" again came in second, this time behind the 2013 episode "The Day of the Doctor". [50]

Moffat, after becoming lead writer of the programme, wrote "The Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone" for the fifth series as a more action-oriented sequel that brought back the Weeping Angels, believing that good monsters should come back with a different style of story. [51] They also returned in "The Angels Take Manhattan" from the show's seventh series , [52] [53] featured in the mini-episode, "Good as Gold", written by children for a Blue Peter contest [54] and have made cameo appearances in the episodes "The God Complex", "The Time of the Doctor", "Hell Bent", "Revolution of the Daleks" and in the finale to the first series of the Doctor Who spin-off, Class . They are also featured in the New Series Adventures novel Touched by an Angel by Jonathan Morris. [55] They returned to face the Thirteenth Doctor in series 13, Flux .

A line spoken by the Doctor, "The angels have the phone box", [56] is rhetorically repeated by Larry and prompts him to say "I've got that on a T-shirt". As expected by Moffat and Gold, [9] this led online retailers such as ThinkGeek, [57] and Zazzle, [58] among others, to offer versions of such a product for sale. In addition, the "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey" line has been used to describe several of Moffat's complex time travel stories, such as "Let's Kill Hitler" and "The Big Bang". [59] [60] [61] The line was also referenced in the first episode of the fifth series, "The Eleventh Hour", when the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) scans the crack in young Amelia Pond's (Caitlin Blackwood) wall with his sonic screwdriver. [62] BBC America created a series of four specials prior to the seventh series premiere of Doctor Who, including one entitled "The Timey-Wimey Stuff of Doctor Who". [63]

British "Timelord rock" band Chameleon Circuit, composed of YouTube bloggers Alex Day and Charlie McDonnell among others, wrote a song about the episode, also entitled "Blink", and released it on their debut eponymous album. [64] [65]

Related Research Articles

Genesis of the Daleks is the fourth serial of the twelfth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was written by Terry Nation and directed by David Maloney, and originally broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 March to 12 April 1975 on BBC1.

"The Empty Child" is the ninth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 21 May 2005. It was directed by James Hawes, and was the first canonical episode written by Steven Moffat, who previously wrote the Comic Relief mini-episode "The Curse of Fatal Death" in 1999. He would later become the showrunner and main writer of Doctor Who from the fifth to tenth series. "The Empty Child" is the first of a two-part story, which continued and concluded with "The Doctor Dances", on 28 May.

"Daleks in Manhattan" is the fourth episode of the third series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 21 April 2007. It is part one of a two-part story. Its concluding part, "Evolution of the Daleks", was broadcast on 28 April.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weeping Angel</span> Fictional villain in Doctor Who

The Weeping Angels are a race of predatory alien creatures from the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who. They were introduced in the 2007 episode "Blink", making repeat appearances in later episodes. They also appeared in the spin-off series Class. Since their initial appearance, they have been persistently nominated as one of the most popular and frightening Doctor Who monsters. Steven Moffat attributes their appeal to childhood games such as Grandmother's Footsteps and the notion that any stone statue might secretly be a disguised Weeping Angel.

"Silence in the Library" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 May 2008. It is the first of a two-part story; the second part, "Forest of the Dead", aired on 7 June. The two episodes make up the second two-parter Steven Moffat contributed to the series after "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" from the first series. It is also the final story that Moffat wrote before replacing Russell T Davies as head writer and showrunner starting from the fifth series in 2010.

River Song (<i>Doctor Who</i>) Fictional character in the British TV series Doctor Who

River Song is a fictional character created by Steven Moffat and played by Alex Kingston in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who. River Song was introduced to the series as an experienced future companion of series protagonist the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time in his TARDIS. Because River Song is a time traveller herself, her adventures with the Doctor occur out of synchronisation; their first meeting is with the Tenth Doctor, the Doctor's first and apparently her last. Kingston plays her in 15 episodes, as River becomes a companion, romantic interest and eventual wife of the Doctor in his eleventh incarnation portrayed by Matt Smith. From a production perspective, the Twelfth Doctor is the last incarnation to meet her, spending a 24-year-long night with her, before her first meeting with the Tenth Doctor. From the timeline perspective, the final time River meets with the Doctor, she is a hologram/echo from the library archives; she and the Eleventh Doctor part ways in the episode, "The Name of the Doctor".

<i>Doctor Who</i> series 5 2010 series of Doctor Who

The fifth series of the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who was originally broadcast on BBC One in 2010. The series began on 3 April 2010 with "The Eleventh Hour", and ended with "The Big Bang" on 26 June 2010. The series is the first to be led by Steven Moffat, who took over as head writer and executive producer when Russell T Davies ended his involvement in the show after "The End of Time". The series has 13 episodes, six of which were written by Moffat. Piers Wenger and Beth Willis were co-executive producers, and Tracie Simpson and Peter Bennett were producers. Although it is the fifth series since the show's revival in 2005, the series' production code numbers were reset.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rory Williams</span> Fictional character in the TV series Doctor Who

Rory Williams is a fictional character portrayed by Arthur Darvill in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Having been introduced at the start of the fifth series, Rory joins the Eleventh Doctor as a companion in the middle of Series 5. As Amy Pond's fiancé, Rory is initially insecure because he believes Amy secretly loves the Doctor more. Later, however, he proves to be a hero in his own right and he and Amy get married. The couple conceive a daughter aboard the Doctor's time machine, the TARDIS, while in the time vortex, but their baby is kidnapped at birth. In "A Good Man Goes to War", Rory and Amy discover their time traveller friend River Song is actually their daughter, Melody Pond. The Doctor and River marry in "The Wedding of River Song", and Rory becomes the Doctor's father-in-law. In "The Angels Take Manhattan", the fifth episode of the seventh series, he and Amy are transported back in time by a Weeping Angel, leading to the couple's departure from the series.

"Victory of the Daleks" is the third episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Andrew Gunn, it was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 April 2010.

"The Time of Angels" is the fourth episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 24 April 2010 on BBC One. It is the first episode of a two-part story written by showrunner Steven Moffat and directed by Adam Smith; the second episode, "Flesh and Stone", aired on 1 May. Moffat utilised the two-part episode to bring back a couple of his previous creations: the Weeping Angels from his series three episode "Blink", and River Song from the series four episodes "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead".

"Flesh and Stone" is the fifth episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Adam Smith, the episode was first broadcast on 1 May 2010 on BBC One. Featuring the Weeping Angels as primary villains and the recurring character River Song, it is the conclusion of a two-episode story; the first part, "The Time of Angels", aired on 24 April.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ninth Doctor</span> Fictional character from Doctor Who

The Ninth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Christopher Eccleston during the first series of the show's revival in 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Pandorica Opens</span> Episode of Doctor Who

"The Pandorica Opens" is the twelfth episode of the fifth series of British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, first broadcast on 19 June 2010 on BBC One. It is the first in a two-part finale; the second part, "The Big Bang", aired on 26 June. The episode was written by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Toby Haynes.

"The Big Bang" is the thirteenth and final episode of the fifth series of British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, first broadcast on 26 June 2010 on BBC One. It is the second part of the two-part series finale; the first part, "The Pandorica Opens", aired on 19 June. The episode was written by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Toby Haynes.

<i>Doctor Who Live</i>

Doctor Who Live: The Monsters Are Coming! is an arena stage show based on the BBC TV programme Doctor Who.

<i>Doctor Who</i> series 7 2012–2013 series of Doctor Who

The seventh series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who was broadcast concurrently on BBC One in the United Kingdom, and was split into two parts as the previous series had been. Following its premiere on 1 September 2012, the series aired weekly with five episodes until 29 September. The remaining eight episodes were broadcast between 30 March and 18 May 2013. The 2012 Christmas special, "The Snowmen", aired separately from the main series and introduced a new TARDIS interior, title sequence, theme tune, and outfit for the Doctor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Snowmen</span> 2012 Doctor Who episode

"The Snowmen" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on Christmas Day 2012 on BBC One. It is the eighth Doctor Who Christmas special since the show's 2005 revival and the first to be within a series. It was written by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein, with the special produced in August 2012, and filmed on location in Newport, Wales and Bristol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Asylum of the Daleks</span> 2012 Doctor Who episode

"Asylum of the Daleks" is the first episode of the seventh series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC One on 1 September 2012. It was written by executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Nick Hurran.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Angels Take Manhattan</span> 2012 Doctor Who episode

"The Angels Take Manhattan" is the fifth episode of the seventh series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 29 September 2012. It is the last in the first block of episodes in the seventh series, followed by the 2012 Christmas special "The Snowmen". The episode was written by head writer Steven Moffat and directed by Nick Hurran.

"A Good Man Goes to War" is the seventh episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 4 June 2011. It served as a mid-series finale. The episode was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Peter Hoar.

References

  1. 1 2 Griffiths, Nick (15 June 2007). "Hells Angels". Radio Times (9). Exponent: 14–15.
  2. 1 2 Russell, p. 186
  3. 1 2 "Steven Moffat Interview 2007". Radio Times . Exponent. June 2007. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ware, Peter. "Doctor Who – Fact File – "Blink"". BBC . Retrieved 9 June 2007.
  5. ↑ Moffat, Steven (2006). "'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' by Sally Sparrow". BBC . Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ask the Execs: Angels and Arrivals". BBC. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  7. ↑ Burk and Smith, p. 166
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Do You Remember the First Time?". Doctor Who Confidential . Series 3. Episode 10. Cardiff. 9 June 2007. BBC. BBC Three.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Steven Moffat, Murray Gold (9 June 2007). Blink: Episode Commentary (DVD). Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series : BBC Video.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  10. ↑ Allen, Chris (10 June 2010). "Gareth Roberts talks 'Who', 'Sarah Jane'". Digital Spy . Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Doctor Who at the Cavern Club – A Great Success". The Mind Robber. 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
  12. 1 2 "2007 Awards". Doctor Who Magazine (389). Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics: 40–41. 12 December 2007.
  13. ↑ "Who Horizons". SFX . Future Publishing: 46. January 2007.
  14. ↑ "Here Come The Girls". Doctor Who Confidential . Series 4. Episode 10. Cardiff. 21 June 2008. BBC. BBC Three.
  15. ↑ Martin, Dan (10 September 2011). "Doctor Who: THe Girl Who Waited – series 32, episode 10". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Steven Moffat interview 2008". Radio Times . Exponent. June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  17. ↑ Jusino, Teresa (27 January 2010). "Moffat's Woman #3 – Sally". Tor.com . Macmillan . Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  18. ↑ "Walesarts, Coal Exchange and Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay". BBC – Wales. BBC . Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  19. ↑ "Fields House". Doctor Who – The Locations Guide. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  20. ↑ Moffat, Steven (12 June 2007). "Wester Drumlins". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2012.(subscription required)
  21. ↑ Russell, p. 187
  22. ↑ Moffat, Steven (12 June 2007). "Re: Moffat hates fans?". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007. I put in the Windows gag SPECIFICALLY to make this forum laugh. It was for us lot here – the rest of the world didn't notice.(subscription required)
  23. ↑ "Creating the Weeping Angel". Radio Times . Exponent. June 2007. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  24. ↑ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board . Retrieved 29 April 2012. Note: Information is in the section titled "w/e June 04–10, 2007", listed under BBC1
  25. ↑ Burk and Smith, p. 167
  26. ↑ "Doctor Who: Series 3 Vol. 3". BBCShop. BBC . Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  27. ↑ "Doctor Who: The Complete Series 3 (DVD)". BBCShop. BBC . Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  28. ↑ Brook, Stephen (2 June 2007). "Doctor Who: it's season finale time!". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  29. ↑ Bradley, David (9 June 2007). "Doctor Who 3.10 'Blink'". SFX . Future Publishing . Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  30. 1 2 Fickett, Travis (17 September 2007). "Doctor Who 'Blink' Review". IGN . News Corporation . Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  31. ↑ Ruedinger, Ross (15 September 2007). "Doctor Who, Season Three, Ep. 10: 'Blink'". Slant Magazine .
  32. ↑ "The 10 Greatest Episodes of Doctor Who Ever". The Daily Telegraph . 2 July 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  33. ↑ Wales, Matt (5 January 2010). "Top 10 Tennant Doctor Who Stories". IGN . News Corporation . Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  34. ↑ McPherson, Sam (2 January 2010). "The Tenth Doctor's Top 5 Doctor Who Episodes". TVOvermind. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  35. ↑ Lawson, Catherine (9 August 2011). "Catch Up With 'Doctor Who': 5 Essential Episodes". HuffPost . Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  36. ↑ "21 Scariest Doctor Who Moments 7". SFX . Future Publishing. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  37. ↑ "Neil Gaiman: My Top 10 New Classic Monsters". Entertainment Weekly . Time Inc. July 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  38. ↑ Wu, Annie (24 October 2007). "All-time scariest TV characters". TV Squad . Weblogs, Inc. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  39. ↑ "Doctor Who – The Top Ten Baddies". The Telegraph . London: Telegraph Media Group. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  40. ↑ "27 Things SFX Loves About New Who 3". SFX . Future Publishing. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  41. ↑ "BAFTA Cymru success for BBC Wales". BBC. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  42. ↑ "Bafta glory for Channel 4's Boy A". BBC News Online . BBC. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  43. ↑ "2008 Hugo Award Results Announced". Hugo Award . World Science Fiction Society. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  44. ↑ "Looking Back At... The 2008 Constellation Awards". The Constellation Awards . TCON Promotional Society. 15 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  45. ↑ Rowe, Josiah (21 January 2008). "'Blink' gets Nebula nod". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
  46. ↑ "2007 Nebula Award Winners". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
  47. ↑ Haines, Lester (17 September 2009). "Doctor Who fans name best episode ever". The Register . Situation Publishing. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  48. ↑ "Monster Hit". BBC. 12 September 2007. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  49. ↑ Jones, Paul (9 June 2012). "Doctor Who: Weeping Angels beat The Daleks to be voted fans' favourite ever monsters". Radio Times . Exponent. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  50. ↑ "The Top 10 Doctor Who stories of all time". Doctor Who Magazine. 21 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  51. ↑ Moffat, Steven (22 April 2010). "Doctor Who: The return of the Weeping Angels". BBC . Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  52. ↑ Jeffery, Morgan (21 March 2012). "'Doctor Who': Weeping Angels return for Amy and Rory exit". Digital Spy . Nat Mags . Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  53. ↑ "The Power of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan". BBC. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  54. ↑ Jones, Paul (24 May 2012). "Weeping Angels to feature tonight in brand-new Doctor Who adventure". BBC . Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  55. ↑ Doctor Who: Touhed by an Angel. Amazon.co.uk. ASIN   1849902348.
  56. ↑ Steven Moffat (writer), Hettie MacDonald (director), Phil Collinson (producer) (9 June 2007). "Blink". Doctor Who . Series 3. Episode 10. Event occurs at 31:18. BBC. BBC One.
  57. ↑ "The Angels Have the Phone Box". ThinkGeek . Geeknet . Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  58. ↑ "The Angels Have the Phone Box Gifts". Zazzle . Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  59. ↑ Hogan, Michael (27 August 2011). "Doctor Who, Let's Kill Hitler, BBC One, review". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  60. ↑ Martin, Dan (27 August 2011). "Doctor Who: Let's Kill Hitler – series 32, episode 8". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  61. ↑ Wales, Matt (29 June 2010). "Doctor Who: 'The Big Bang' Review". IGN . News Corporation . Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  62. ↑ Burk and Smith, p. 227
  63. ↑ Muller, Louisa (25 July 2012). "New Doctor Who docs coming to BBC America". Den of Geek . Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  64. ↑ Newitz, Annalee (14 November 2008). "It's Not Filk – It's Trock!". i09 . Gawker Media. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  65. ↑ Chameleon Circuit (Media notes). Chameleon Circuit. DFTBA Records. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

Bibliography

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.