Steven Moffat once said that this was based on a children's game called Grandmother's Footsteps. Grandmother stands with her back to the group, who form a line about 12 metres away. The players then creep forward with the goal of reaching Grandmother, but he or she can turn around at any point, and if they see you moving, you have to start again.
This episode was partially filmed in my husband’s vinyl record store, they turned it into a dvd store, you can see my husband’s writing on some of the boxes. Got to meet David and Freema, plus a quick hello from Carey Mulligan. Lots of pictures too. Fantastic episode.
I think one reason why this episode is rated so highly is it works well all by itself. It can serve as an introduction to Doctor Who, and has been used as much by many.
Moffat tells that he came up with the idea of the weeping angels from an statue he saw abandoned in a courtyard. After filming Blink he took his sons there to see the statue, but… it was not there anymore…
When i was a kid, back in 2010, they had an interactive Weeping Angels experience in my home town called Crash of the Elysium. There was a segment where they had an angel chase us down a corridor with blinking lights before 'touching' us and sending us back in time to a 1800s freak show set. Ngl, i very nearly shit myself during that bit. The Angels are such a scary concept and 'Blink' made me spend most of my childhood being scared of graveyard statues.
It also spawned this joke "a guy walks into 😢 comic shop and the clerk working there tells him the Doctor Who comics are against the back wall, the guy asks how he knew he wanted Doctor Who comics, simple the clerk replies when you came in you stayed away from the statue outside
The Weeping Angels are such a great concept for a monster. You can never seen them move but the implied threat is so much stronger than anything they could’ve showed us. Plus the teeth freaked me out the first time too.
I saw it in real-time. I was in a on-line community that was hugely into Doctor Who, and we were all blown away. It's been years and whenever I come across stickers on street signs that say "Don't Blink" I get a little shiver. Loved all the characters.
Louis Mahoney, who plays the older version of the cop, Billy Shipton, appeared in two classic Who stories - Frontier in Space (1973) and Planet of Evil (1975).
So glad you got to this one. Blink is the episode that I caught on tv just flipping through channels and stayed to watch. This 1 episode of viewing turned me into a Whovian, seriously, 1 episode and I was hooked.
The Weeping Angels and Sally Sparrow are so famous and iconic. Steven Moffatt won a Bafta and many other important awards for this landmark Dr Who episode. Blink catapulted Carey to superstardom 😍
Part of why this rates so highly is because lots of us Whovians use it as a gateway drug for our uninitiated friends. As far as stand alone DW episodes go this one is not only an entire experience but the Doctor is barely existent. You don’t need a flow chart and to try and explain 60 years of a franchise while someone’s eyes glaze over. If you can get a friend to enjoy an episode with you you might be able to talk them into an otherwise intimidatingly huge show.
While I agree it's a great episode it's a terrible yardstick to gauge the rest of the series against if you're trying to ease someone in. Just show them S1E1 Rose, it's literally DESIGNED to introduce you to everything in stages and it's a lot more indicative of what the rest of the show will be like.
@cornparade6874 puh puh puh PIZZA! and the burping rubber trashcan has turned off several friends I've tried to show the show to. 😂 Otherwise, I would agree more. And to be clear, I don't have a better answer or anything Rose is the only one I've tried.
Apart from Angels the next most frightening creatures in Doctor Who are Vashta Nerada (you will encounter them in Library episodes) and Silence. But Angels and Vashta are the scariest to mee personally, cause they hide in the parts of the world that are real to us
Because they filmed parts of this story out of sequence, they didn't know that Louis Mahoney would play the elderly Billy with an Afro-Caribbean accent, so Michael Obiora (young Billy) was recalled to re-dub his lines in a similar accent, and did a great job! BTW, Louis Mahoney was making a return to Doctor Who, having previously appeared in two stories in the 1970s.
My husband, on first watch of Blink, attempted to use me as a human shield to protect him from the angels. 😂 This episode is a fantastic one, and your reaction was hilarious! 10/10 reactions, you two!
YEEEEESSSSS!!!! You finally got here!!! And yes, it deserves to be dubbed "fabled!" And no, it's *not* downhill from here!!! LOL!!!! This is the episode that created and popularized the term "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey!!!" And I hope you liked this episode's character *archetypes,* because..... [CENSORED] :).
Isiah Bradley, the weeping angels are such a genius concept because they are 5th dimensional beings that sustain themselves on the potential time energy of the timeline you would have had if they wouldn't have zapped you into the past.
15:07 lol this jump scare was great. 15:28 reminded me of “Back up Terry…” This is a 10 rated episode for me. One of my favorites. Enjoyed your reaction to it.
I’ve been watching through classic who for the first time, and I’ve just realized that Louis Mahoney (who plays old Billy) was in Season 10 Frontier in Space with the 3rd Doctor, and season 13 Planet of Evil with the fourth Doctor.
I’m so glad that the both of you enjoyed watching Blink 😊 Personally, my three favorite episodes from Doctor Who are from Season 4 called Turn Left, Stolen Earth, and Journey’s End. I can’t wait until the both of you get to these episodes. It’s gonna blow your mind 🤯 #whovianforlife
I'm glad you enjoyed this storyline! Imagine watching this as an eight year old, at night, whilst its raining outside. We were all on the edge of our seats when this aired! The impossible planet episode from season 2, and this, were two thrilling episodes. Thank you for the great reactions and insight. 💫
Nice review, guys! Definitely going to check out your other Who reactions :) Don't worry, you've still got a ton of great episodes to come. Blink isn't even my favourite, you've got a long way to go to get to that one. It's called Heaven Sent and has an imdb rating very nearly as high as this one.
This episode has its origins in a short story featuring Eccleston's Doctor. What I Did on my Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow doesn't feature the Angels, but it does involve the Doctor trapped in the past, communicating with twelve year-old Sally in the present day.
I’m blown away that you mentioned the angels reminded you of Ridley Scott’s Alien because the next episode where you see the angels again definitely reminds me of James Cameron’s Aliens. You’ll see and can’t wait until you both get there.
"Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" was a novel and adapted as episodes by the novel's author. It was a Classic Who Doctor and companion in the book, though. (I haven't read it yet.)
This is my favorite episode and it pretty much launched Carey Mulligan into stardom. She’s been Oscar nominated multiple times and she’s a brilliant actress! Loving these reactions y’all!
My 2nd favourite Moffat Doctor Who episode. The first is a while away... But the rest of this Season is pretty excellent too. Loved the reactions, as always.
This is another double banking episode, like last season's "Love and Monsters" (although not like it), where the Doctor and Martha are shooting another episode at the same time. You may or may not recognize Carey Mulligan as Sally Sparrow. She has gone on to be nominated three times for Oscars, including this year for _Maestro._ David Tennant, when hosting the BAFTAs (for movies) got her to introduce him to Bradley Cooper. Cooper and Mulligan had done one of those publicity things where they have to ask questions about each other, and when asked who was the Doctor in her DW episode, he guessed wrong.
That final sequence of the episode is a brilliant example of good horror writing. The Angels are terrifying and then they just show you random stone statues everywhere playing the Doctor’s message. Just invoking a fundamental fear into those sculptures/statues. Love it.
There's a theory that the weeping angels break the fourth wall as they also stop moving when we the audience see them yet the characters in the episode are not looking at them. The weeping angels also make a cameo appearance in The Witcher 3 as an easter egg, there's a graveyard with 2 of them stood either side of a mausoleum, if you go into the mausoleum then come out they have moved and are now facing the entrance and everytime you look away they change position until eventually they just vanish for good.
Another comment from me about the legendary guest stars in Who.. The grandson Syntell commented on at the beginning of the episode is Richard Cant. Those of you who have followed the multi-decades running cozy mystery series Midsomer Murders, recognize him as the iconic Dennis Rainbird (and his cousin, Alistar Gooding.) I highly recommend the 2 episodes he is in, without even needing to see the rest of MM show.
A brilliant episode! Sally Sparrow is played by future 3 time Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan. Steven Moffat has been making increasingly ordinary things terrifying since 2005. Series 1 - gas masks. Series 2 - clocks. Series 3 - statues. Series 4 - [spoilers]. He was the showrunner for series 5-10, which had various plots involving complicated timelines and loops, rather than just using time travel to arrive at a particular time and place. He also has written an episode for the upcoming series. We'll see how it compares to this one in 12 days time.
Family of Blood (& Human Nature) wasn't a short story as such but rather a full-length novel (Human Nature) by Paul Cornell (based on a plot developed by himself and Kate Orman - another Doctor Who author). There's a Wikipedia page on it - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Nature_(novel)
I think it’s definitely justified that this be the highest rated episode - everything comes together to make an incredible experience here. That Steven Moffat - never misses 🫡
I always appreciated how even our eyes as the viewers, and the camera count as the angels being seen. There's parts where clearly no one is watching them, but they're still statues. Because WE can see them. This episode is fantastic. Was looking forward to seeing your reactions for this one, to the first time an angel moved, not disappointed hahaha.
You've got to hand it to u.k. kids tv........ and don't.... I'm a child of Tom Baker I remember hiding from Davros as an 7 year old..loving your commentary
My cousin attends a Catholic Church that has a garden pool with concrete angels assending from it. It is beautiful, but it freaks me out whenever I attend (weddings, baptisms, etc.) None of my extended family has seen the Dr. Who weeping angel saga. They think I'm crazy.🤣
Writer Steven Moffat took premise of the Angel’s movement from the children’s playground game ‘Grandmother’s Footsteps’, the idea being children having to sneak up on ‘Grandma’ whose back is turned. But at any point, the grandma can turn around. When they do, everyone has to freeze.
Yet another great summing up by both of you at the end.... absolutely spot on with all your comments.... ps the man that played old Billy in the hospital was in classic dr who way back in the 70s....
Glad you loved the episode. Steven Moffat sure knows how to take everyday objects (or fears) and turn them against both his characters and the audience at home. And he will continue to do that in future seasons. The next episode is the start of NuWho’s first ever three parter that wraps up season 3. You may or not be aware but there is a short 8 minute mini episode which is sandwiched between the last episode of season 3 and the beginning of the Christmas special. It’s called Time Crash and is a little nod to classic Doctor Who with a connection in it to David Tennant.
Fell in love with his writing when I saw 'Press Gang' as a young adult, early '90's, couldn't care less it was written for children's tv. It was inteligent, Moffat assumed that kids were much brighter then adults would take them for and he was right. And I watched it back during the pandemic and I found it still better then most shows I've seen. He has earned his BAFTA's and all other rewards he won for his writing.
Carey Mulligan is epic in this and went on to great things. You will notice that Andy Pryor, the casting agent, has good instincts - look how many famous people got a start here. More to come!
Top-tier Moffat right here. He's got his misses during his tenure as showrunner, as you'll see soon enough. But when he's on point.....it SLAPS. So hard.
Oh! It's been my pleasure gentlemen! This episodes reaction was as good as expected! And I'm incredibly excited about some pretty major events to come!
ahh the first Steven Moffat knock it out of the park writing this one! a couple seasons ahead he becomes the show runner and when I say he writes some of the best over all DW arcs! some of best writing in TV I swear
One of my fav things about this episode is that it describes the angels as being 4th dimensional or something, and if you look at them they are stone. Many times in the episode, angels are stone when none of the characters are looking at them, however, we the audience are, and that's what makes them stone
I was born in 2001, Doctor Who was one of the shows that was a huge part of my childhood. I was 6 when this episode aired, and to this day, I remember being absolutely terrified of this episode to the point where every time I was outside and about to approach the direct of a statue, I used to hold my mums hand so tight and stare at it so I neither of us got zapped back in time 😅 I was never a kid who was easily scared of mosters & aliens because I knew they weren't real. However, this episode humbled me and completely to me off gaurd since Doctor Who is a family show which eventhough has dark moments it still prominently remains lighthearted. This episode, on the other hand, was something different entirely. It is so crazy how this show made something as unassuming as a statue into one of the most disturbing creatures of all of science fiction & undeniably one of the greatest villains of all time.
This episode was actually originally intended for Christopher Eccleston. Steven Moffat was one of the writers the poor guy could actually get along with.
This episode is partly inspired by a Ninth Doctor adventure in an issue of Doctor Who Magazine. It focused on a 12 year old Sally Sparrow who was visiting relatives and found some old photographs of the Doctor asking for her help. No Weeping Angels, just the Doctor being stranded in the past. He has the "conversation" with Sally through an old VHS tape. Short, sweet, and a fun adventure focused on a pre-teen.
This is a superb episode and considered one of the favourites among fandom i loved the Sally Sparrow character i personally i thought she was great the Weeping Angels are the new scary of Dr. Who after the Daleks and the Cybermen. My only nitpick is the Doctor hardly features in it.
Steven Moffat brings the BANGERS, you’ve already seen one in “The Girl in the Fireplace”…there are more to come, especially when he becomes the showrunner in S5-10.
Blink was the first episode of doctor who I ever saw, it was my introduction to the franchise. I love doctor who, but still to this day I feel uncomfortable around stone statues of angles! I never take my eyes 👀 off of one until I'm a safe distance away 😂
I am so glad you guys enjoyed this. Your reaction had be cackling 😂. Absolutely a masterpiece from Stephen Moffat. He is the same writer of “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” with Christopher Eccleston and he is 100% my favourite Doctor who writer. He really understands the whole time travel aspect and uses so much of it to his advantage. So many of his episodes are likened to movies, and he never fails to mess you up 😂😂
Have you seen Rekkai's breakdown of this episode - czcams.com/video/OYJXNLQFrRQ/video.html
No, because I was waiting for this!!! But I'll go today!!!!
Steven Moffat once said that this was based on a children's game called Grandmother's Footsteps. Grandmother stands with her back to the group, who form a line about 12 metres away. The players then creep forward with the goal of reaching Grandmother, but he or she can turn around at any point, and if they see you moving, you have to start again.
@@josefschiltz2192 WOW! So much to learn about the creative process! TY!
@Syntell I just did and I enjoyed it! Rekkai makes me go deep...
Thanks so much bro!
This episode was partially filmed in my husband’s vinyl record store, they turned it into a dvd store, you can see my husband’s writing on some of the boxes. Got to meet David and Freema, plus a quick hello from Carey Mulligan. Lots of pictures too. Fantastic episode.
Now that's amazing. 😲
I think one reason why this episode is rated so highly is it works well all by itself. It can serve as an introduction to Doctor Who, and has been used as much by many.
Yeah, before Season 5 I thought that this one and "Shakespeare Code."
Indeed. Sometimes a story transcends its genre. This is one of those. Another example would be "The Inner Light" from Star Trek TNG.
@@Llanchlo YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@Llanchlo A brilliant episode!! family is another of my own favourites and Lessons and, of course, Measure Of A Man and Darmok.
I could definitely see this as a gateway episode. Quality all the way around.
The line 'It's the same rain' always gets me.
Heartbreaking and beautiful
@@David-cg1lh hi again david
@@David-cg1lh are you david tennant 🧐
For me, it was "I have until the rain stops." Always breaks my heart.
Moffat tells that he came up with the idea of the weeping angels from an statue he saw abandoned in a courtyard. After filming Blink he took his sons there to see the statue, but… it was not there anymore…
They are faster than you think.
When i was a kid, back in 2010, they had an interactive Weeping Angels experience in my home town called Crash of the Elysium. There was a segment where they had an angel chase us down a corridor with blinking lights before 'touching' us and sending us back in time to a 1800s freak show set.
Ngl, i very nearly shit myself during that bit. The Angels are such a scary concept and 'Blink' made me spend most of my childhood being scared of graveyard statues.
It also spawned this joke "a guy walks into 😢 comic shop and the clerk working there tells him the Doctor Who comics are against the back wall, the guy asks how he knew he wanted Doctor Who comics, simple the clerk replies when you came in you stayed away from the statue outside
The Weeping Angels are such a great concept for a monster. You can never seen them move but the implied threat is so much stronger than anything they could’ve showed us. Plus the teeth freaked me out the first time too.
The teeth definitely got me.
Never got how if they feed off of temporal energy, what do they need such sharp chompers for? 🤔🤔
I saw it in real-time. I was in a on-line community that was hugely into Doctor Who, and we were all blown away. It's been years and whenever I come across stickers on street signs that say "Don't Blink" I get a little shiver. Loved all the characters.
Louis Mahoney, who plays the older version of the cop, Billy Shipton, appeared in two classic Who stories - Frontier in Space (1973) and Planet of Evil (1975).
Love when they invite the Classic actors back. Elizabeth Sladen's hubbie/widow is another who was in classic and new Who.
So glad you got to this one. Blink is the episode that I caught on tv just flipping through channels and stayed to watch. This 1 episode of viewing turned me into a Whovian, seriously, 1 episode and I was hooked.
The Weeping Angels and Sally Sparrow are so famous and iconic. Steven Moffatt won a Bafta and many other important awards for this landmark Dr Who episode. Blink catapulted Carey to superstardom 😍
I’ve watched all your Doctor Who reactions. This, by far, was my favorite. You’re reactions made me laughed so hard!!
🥰😍💗
Me, too!!!!
David hosted this year's Baftas. He said a quick hello to Carey as she was sat in the audience.
I loved that little moment!
Part of why this rates so highly is because lots of us Whovians use it as a gateway drug for our uninitiated friends.
As far as stand alone DW episodes go this one is not only an entire experience but the Doctor is barely existent. You don’t need a flow chart and to try and explain 60 years of a franchise while someone’s eyes glaze over.
If you can get a friend to enjoy an episode with you you might be able to talk them into an otherwise intimidatingly huge show.
This is how my friends started with me. Next thing you know, I’m hosting who live parties and named my dog K9
While I agree it's a great episode it's a terrible yardstick to gauge the rest of the series against if you're trying to ease someone in.
Just show them S1E1 Rose, it's literally DESIGNED to introduce you to everything in stages and it's a lot more indicative of what the rest of the show will be like.
@cornparade6874 puh puh puh PIZZA! and the burping rubber trashcan has turned off several friends I've tried to show the show to. 😂 Otherwise, I would agree more. And to be clear, I don't have a better answer or anything Rose is the only one I've tried.
Carey Mulligan has had an amazing career since this. You should check out some of her movies.
Among the cavalcade of actors who broke on Dr Who
She's on my radar now.
Promising Young Woman is her masterpiece performance!
@@itsreeeshaaa7560 I almost mentioned it, but then once I start listing them . . .
Apart from Angels the next most frightening creatures in Doctor Who are Vashta Nerada (you will encounter them in Library episodes) and Silence. But Angels and Vashta are the scariest to mee personally, cause they hide in the parts of the world that are real to us
All written by Moffat !
Silence in the library is my favorite behind this one. Rewatching after the mat Smith Era is heart-wrenching😭
Because they filmed parts of this story out of sequence, they didn't know that Louis Mahoney would play the elderly Billy with an Afro-Caribbean accent, so Michael Obiora (young Billy) was recalled to re-dub his lines in a similar accent, and did a great job!
BTW, Louis Mahoney was making a return to Doctor Who, having previously appeared in two stories in the 1970s.
My husband, on first watch of Blink, attempted to use me as a human shield to protect him from the angels. 😂 This episode is a fantastic one, and your reaction was hilarious! 10/10 reactions, you two!
YEEEEESSSSS!!!! You finally got here!!! And yes, it deserves to be dubbed "fabled!" And no, it's *not* downhill from here!!! LOL!!!! This is the episode that created and popularized the term "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey!!!"
And I hope you liked this episode's character *archetypes,* because..... [CENSORED] :).
Worthy of every bit of that rating.
Isiah Bradley, the weeping angels are such a genius concept because they are 5th dimensional beings that sustain themselves on the potential time energy of the timeline you would have had if they wouldn't have zapped you into the past.
@@JacksomLacke Yes, and it's not a spoiler to say they have joined the pantheon of "Doctor Who" great villains!!! (Which, as you know, is not easy!)
@@IsiahBradley its smart because 4th dimension is time and 5th dimension is probability. The angels are 5th dimensional
One of the best pickup lines. I've used it a couple times and it does not fail. Love this episode, glad you guys liked it as well.
15:07 lol this jump scare was great.
15:28 reminded me of “Back up Terry…”
This is a 10 rated episode for me. One of my favorites. Enjoyed your reaction to it.
I’ve been watching through classic who for the first time, and I’ve just realized that Louis Mahoney (who plays old Billy) was in Season 10 Frontier in Space with the 3rd Doctor, and season 13 Planet of Evil with the fourth Doctor.
Doctor Who royalty.
Been waiting for this one, can’t wait for you guys to watch the conclusion to series 3, there’s definitely no downhill! 😁
I went to Vienna two years ago. So many statues.
and zero sleep 😂
I’m so glad that the both of you enjoyed watching Blink 😊 Personally, my three favorite episodes from Doctor Who are from Season 4 called Turn Left, Stolen Earth, and Journey’s End. I can’t wait until the both of you get to these episodes. It’s gonna blow your mind 🤯 #whovianforlife
I rewatch those last 3 episodes many times as they are a favourite.
I'm glad you enjoyed this storyline! Imagine watching this as an eight year old, at night, whilst its raining outside. We were all on the edge of our seats when this aired! The impossible planet episode from season 2, and this, were two thrilling episodes. Thank you for the great reactions and insight. 💫
Nice review, guys! Definitely going to check out your other Who reactions :)
Don't worry, you've still got a ton of great episodes to come. Blink isn't even my favourite, you've got a long way to go to get to that one. It's called Heaven Sent and has an imdb rating very nearly as high as this one.
Awesome! Thank you!
So incredibly grateful for your time.
You are *not* lying!
This episode has its origins in a short story featuring Eccleston's Doctor. What I Did on my Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow doesn't feature the Angels, but it does involve the Doctor trapped in the past, communicating with twelve year-old Sally in the present day.
Genuinely the only guys I actually love hearing say Ello Guvner 😂 it's iconic at this point
It really is!!!
Cracks me up everytime.
I am honored!
I’m blown away that you mentioned the angels reminded you of Ridley Scott’s Alien because the next episode where you see the angels again definitely reminds me of James Cameron’s Aliens. You’ll see and can’t wait until you both get there.
Martha has gotten a lot snarkier. Good for her.
I agree. More of this please
@@Syntell Oh, just you wait... :)
Wow, 3 of my favorite Whovians in a convo. Made my day!
@@punkrockpollyanna7829 Right back at you. :)
Another Moffat classic and a creature that became an instant classic in the pantheon of doctor who villains and creatures
And as a hobby, he co-created "Sherlock!" WTF??? :) GENIUS, thy name is Moffat!!!!
"Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" was a novel and adapted as episodes by the novel's author. It was a Classic Who Doctor and companion in the book, though. (I haven't read it yet.)
The novel is just titled "Human Nature".
This is my favorite episode and it pretty much launched Carey Mulligan into stardom. She’s been Oscar nominated multiple times and she’s a brilliant actress! Loving these reactions y’all!
My 2nd favourite Moffat Doctor Who episode. The first is a while away...
But the rest of this Season is pretty excellent too.
Loved the reactions, as always.
The time loop is called a bootstrap paradox, you see it all the time in doctor who
The technical term is "a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff."
This is another double banking episode, like last season's "Love and Monsters" (although not like it), where the Doctor and Martha are shooting another episode at the same time. You may or may not recognize Carey Mulligan as Sally Sparrow. She has gone on to be nominated three times for Oscars, including this year for _Maestro._ David Tennant, when hosting the BAFTAs (for movies) got her to introduce him to Bradley Cooper. Cooper and Mulligan had done one of those publicity things where they have to ask questions about each other, and when asked who was the Doctor in her DW episode, he guessed wrong.
Now that's a great nugget
@@Syntell It was very cute.
That final sequence of the episode is a brilliant example of good horror writing. The Angels are terrifying and then they just show you random stone statues everywhere playing the Doctor’s message. Just invoking a fundamental fear into those sculptures/statues. Love it.
"... The Oz prison treatment", it's lines like this that have me following this channel 😂😂😂
Interesting comparison the xenomorph. I buy it. Never thought of it before, but you're right.
WHOOP WHOOP!!! Here we go, brilliant viewing ahead of you both. Now you're going for the fantastic finally. Enjoy : )
There's a theory that the weeping angels break the fourth wall as they also stop moving when we the audience see them yet the characters in the episode are not looking at them.
The weeping angels also make a cameo appearance in The Witcher 3 as an easter egg, there's a graveyard with 2 of them stood either side of a mausoleum, if you go into the mausoleum then come out they have moved and are now facing the entrance and everytime you look away they change position until eventually they just vanish for good.
That isn't really a theory. It's just demonstrably what happens in the episode.
Another comment from me about the legendary guest stars in Who.. The grandson Syntell commented on at the beginning of the episode is Richard Cant. Those of you who have followed the multi-decades running cozy mystery series Midsomer Murders, recognize him as the iconic Dennis Rainbird (and his cousin, Alistar Gooding.) I highly recommend the 2 episodes he is in, without even needing to see the rest of MM show.
For years I wondered who he reminded me of, and thanks to your comment I now know he’s the son of legendary children’s TV presenter Brian Cant.
@@EvilSoupDragon Very Cool!! I'm glad you found the connection :)
“I done soiled myself”💀
The beginning of this episode, where she is finding a message under the wallpaper, has really 1960s _Avengers_ (Steed & Mrs. Peel, not Marvel) vibes.
"Mrs Peel, we're needed!"
@@josefschiltz2192 Yes! I love them.
Billy got so much rizzzz
The last two episodes and this one are probably the best Martha episodes.
Wibbly wobbly timey whymy, remember that phrase, cus it's about to get really wibbly wobbly in the future. Lol
We're here for all of it.
Quite a river ride…. 😅
A brilliant episode! Sally Sparrow is played by future 3 time Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan.
Steven Moffat has been making increasingly ordinary things terrifying since 2005. Series 1 - gas masks. Series 2 - clocks. Series 3 - statues. Series 4 - [spoilers]. He was the showrunner for series 5-10, which had various plots involving complicated timelines and loops, rather than just using time travel to arrive at a particular time and place. He also has written an episode for the upcoming series. We'll see how it compares to this one in 12 days time.
Family of Blood (& Human Nature) wasn't a short story as such but rather a full-length novel (Human Nature) by Paul Cornell (based on a plot developed by himself and Kate Orman - another Doctor Who author). There's a Wikipedia page on it - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Nature_(novel)
The introduction(and best episode) of the best new original monsters in New Who.
I have been wwaaaaiiiitttttinnng. For this episode. Iconic. 😈✨
I think it’s definitely justified that this be the highest rated episode - everything comes together to make an incredible experience here. That Steven Moffat - never misses 🫡
Rekkai looks like he's in the Tardis today
i tried
I always appreciated how even our eyes as the viewers, and the camera count as the angels being seen. There's parts where clearly no one is watching them, but they're still statues. Because WE can see them. This episode is fantastic. Was looking forward to seeing your reactions for this one, to the first time an angel moved, not disappointed hahaha.
This is the best Blink response I’ve ever seen. I come back to it every few months to rewatch your reaction and I just laugh my butt off!😂
Have you blinked since watching this episode?
I see what you did there 😂
You guys are fantastic reactors - a joy to re-watch the show with you.
Not just one of my Doctor Who faves - one of my all time fave episodes of TV period.
You've got to hand it to u.k. kids tv........ and don't.... I'm a child of Tom Baker I remember hiding from Davros as an 7 year old..loving your commentary
First appearance of the Weeping Angels.
You make it sound like there will be more, but that would be a "spoiler."
The actors are perfect in this episode. Which makes this incredible story just shine.
Surely you know Carey Mulligan? She's everywhere!
When I say I LOOOOOOOVE this episode. This is canonical in the Dr. Who universe in my opinion. (And, the Doctor is barely in it.)
Even to this day. My daughter and I cannot walk past a statue without reciting Don't blink
The episode I’ve been waiting for!
Next episode wednesday
My cousin attends a Catholic Church that has a garden pool with concrete angels assending from it. It is beautiful, but it freaks me out whenever I attend (weddings, baptisms, etc.) None of my extended family has seen the Dr. Who weeping angel saga. They think I'm crazy.🤣
Writer Steven Moffat took premise of the Angel’s movement from the children’s playground game ‘Grandmother’s Footsteps’, the idea being children having to sneak up on ‘Grandma’ whose back is turned. But at any point, the grandma can turn around. When they do, everyone has to freeze.
Yet another great summing up by both of you at the end.... absolutely spot on with all your comments.... ps the man that played old Billy in the hospital was in classic dr who way back in the 70s....
Glad you loved the episode. Steven Moffat sure knows how to take everyday objects (or fears) and turn them against both his characters and the audience at home. And he will continue to do that in future seasons.
The next episode is the start of NuWho’s first ever three parter that wraps up season 3. You may or not be aware but there is a short 8 minute mini episode which is sandwiched between the last episode of season 3 and the beginning of the Christmas special. It’s called Time Crash and is a little nod to classic Doctor Who with a connection in it to David Tennant.
The next episode is EXTREMELY interesting (Utopia)
Ah yes the m- almost spoiled there for a sec
Should be out Wednesday 🙌🏾
@@Syntell can't wait for your reaction syntell
I’m glad you guys liked it : )
Steven Moffat is my favourite writer, not only for Doctor Who. He has Jekyll, Netflix’s Dracula, Sherlock…
He’s great isn’t he.
Fell in love with his writing when I saw 'Press Gang' as a young adult, early '90's, couldn't care less it was written for children's tv. It was inteligent, Moffat assumed that kids were much brighter then adults would take them for and he was right. And I watched it back during the pandemic and I found it still better then most shows I've seen. He has earned his BAFTA's and all other rewards he won for his writing.
Coupling.
@@HuntingViolets Ohoh, never forget Jeff's recurring problems: "There's a supermodel who shags total prats and I don't know where she lives..."
This was a golden age of Dr. Who. He was barely in this and is one of the best....just cause it is based in this world.
Wibbly wobbly timey...as iconic as What! What! What! for me.
7:14 Classic Doctor Who line! 🙏🏽💪
This is where the fun begins!!!! The Weeping Angels!!!! 🙏🏽💪
Carey Mulligan is epic in this and went on to great things. You will notice that Andy Pryor, the casting agent, has good instincts - look how many famous people got a start here. More to come!
Top-tier Moffat right here. He's got his misses during his tenure as showrunner, as you'll see soon enough. But when he's on point.....it SLAPS. So hard.
Thank you for reminding me that this is THE best episode to introduce someone to Doctor Who. Loved watching your reactions!
Greatest tragedy in Dr Who is that Sally Sparrow was never a recurring character. Carey Mulligan absolutely shone in this episode
A favorite episode, and a favorite villian! Excellent reaction! Thanks guys!
Thank you for watching with us.
Oh! It's been my pleasure gentlemen! This episodes reaction was as good as expected! And I'm incredibly excited about some pretty major events to come!
ahh the first Steven Moffat knock it out of the park writing this one! a couple seasons ahead he becomes the show runner and when I say he writes some of the best over all DW arcs! some of best writing in TV I swear
Let's Go, One of the Best Episodes!
I watched Dr Who a long time ago and don’t remember a lot but I’ve never forgotten the weeping angels or how much they scared me
Absolutely love your reactions!
One of my fav things about this episode is that it describes the angels as being 4th dimensional or something, and if you look at them they are stone. Many times in the episode, angels are stone when none of the characters are looking at them, however, we the audience are, and that's what makes them stone
Came for Blink. Subscribed when you nicely tied it to Alien!
'Human Nature' was originally a novel while the show was off air, not a short story. It featured the 7th Doctor.
I was born in 2001, Doctor Who was one of the shows that was a huge part of my childhood. I was 6 when this episode aired, and to this day, I remember being absolutely terrified of this episode to the point where every time I was outside and about to approach the direct of a statue, I used to hold my mums hand so tight and stare at it so I neither of us got zapped back in time 😅
I was never a kid who was easily scared of mosters & aliens because I knew they weren't real. However, this episode humbled me and completely to me off gaurd since Doctor Who is a family show which eventhough has dark moments it still prominently remains lighthearted. This episode, on the other hand, was something different entirely. It is so crazy how this show made something as unassuming as a statue into one of the most disturbing creatures of all of science fiction & undeniably one of the greatest villains of all time.
This episode was actually originally intended for Christopher Eccleston. Steven Moffat was one of the writers the poor guy could actually get along with.
This episode is partly inspired by a Ninth Doctor adventure in an issue of Doctor Who Magazine. It focused on a 12 year old Sally Sparrow who was visiting relatives and found some old photographs of the Doctor asking for her help. No Weeping Angels, just the Doctor being stranded in the past. He has the "conversation" with Sally through an old VHS tape. Short, sweet, and a fun adventure focused on a pre-teen.
26:10 Human Nature was originally a full-length novel rather than a short story.
This is a superb episode and considered one of the favourites among fandom i loved the Sally Sparrow character i personally i thought she was great the Weeping Angels are the new scary of Dr. Who after the Daleks and the Cybermen.
My only nitpick is the Doctor hardly features in it.
It's like watching a great sports team not need to rely on their star.
Steven Moffat brings the BANGERS, you’ve already seen one in “The Girl in the Fireplace”…there are more to come, especially when he becomes the showrunner in S5-10.
This episode is brilliant
@@Syntell I think The Weeping Angels are one of the most original/terrifying villains ever created..
@@DGA_Kenyon they are also the most intelligently designed
13:52 Hello sir 👀
Blink was the first episode of doctor who I ever saw, it was my introduction to the franchise. I love doctor who, but still to this day I feel uncomfortable around stone statues of angles! I never take my eyes 👀 off of one until I'm a safe distance away 😂
I am so glad you guys enjoyed this. Your reaction had be cackling 😂. Absolutely a masterpiece from Stephen Moffat. He is the same writer of “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” with Christopher Eccleston and he is 100% my favourite Doctor who writer. He really understands the whole time travel aspect and uses so much of it to his advantage. So many of his episodes are likened to movies, and he never fails to mess you up 😂😂
The angels subvert our own instincts. When we see a scary image, we want to look away.
With the angels, YOU CAN’T.