Blink

Episode aired Sep 14, 2007
TV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

9.8/10

25K

YOUR RATING

Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

Sally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.Sally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.Sally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.

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IMDb RATING

9.8/10

25K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
In the disc of the original DVD release of Series 3 with "Blink" in it (disc 4) there is an Easter Egg on page 2 of scene selection of "Blink". It has the Doctor's Easter egg, unedited. To access it, you have to highlight "Blink" in the page and select it. Unlike other bonus scenes and deleted footage, the Easter egg remains "filmized" rather than being rendered on video, in keeping with it supposedly having been filmed in 1969.

Goofs
While Billy Shipton is showing Sally Sparrow the TARDIS (in the room where he keeps the abandoned cars), just after he says, "[You] can't even get in it'", he rattles the TARDIS' handle to demonstrate. Watch carefully: When he shakes the handle we hear a rattling noise as if the door is shaking, but in fact the door stays rock solid.

Quotes
The Doctor: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.

Connections
Featured in Doctor Who Confidential: Do You Remember the First Time? (2007)

Soundtracks
Doctor Who Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Ron Grainer
Arranged by Murray Gold
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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