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puppetmaker) wrote2007-09-15 07:57 am
puppetmaker) wrote2007-09-15 07:57 am
New Who Review for "Blink"
This one is a lot like "Love and Monsters". It is what happens to the people that cross the Doctor's path but are not companions. They really have no direct (or little direct) contact with the Doctor but are affected by him all the same because of something that the Doctor has to deal with. And I think that Sally Sparrow would make a bang-up companion for the Doctor.
Not much more I can say without hitting some form of spoiler so the rest is behind the cut.
I am grateful for having seen this one in one shot. The tension is much greater than when broken up with commercials. I recommend watching this one on DVD when the set comes out.
Der Commissar in town Uh-oh (Not my joke but tell me that it doesn't work for the look of the Doctor on the telly?
Not at the statues were statues. A number of them were actors dressed up to look like statues which is cheaper than what they would have to have done to make this episode look right. The writer's explanation of the weeping angels was fascinating. In fact the premise gets a big thumbs up from Peter for original thinking. I have seen a number of "The Angels have the Blue Box" t-shirts floating around conventions.
That a fandom had sprung up from a DVD Easter egg doesn't surprise me. You get fans of the strangest things out there. That Sally just happened to find one of them in her best friend's brother doesn't seem that weird when you factor in the Doctor. I love that the 17 DVDs have one thing in common, they are all the DVDs that Sally owns. And how they wrapped around how the Doctor knows what to say was just brilliant. Consider all the work that the Doctor and Martha had to do to get their plan to work. How much planning and pipe laying had to be done so when it did all come together, the Doctor was controlling the situation. And getting the Angels to look at each other which froze them when the TARDIS moved. We cheered.
Overall it is well done and works on so many levels.
This one had a Caroline scare factor of hiding under her blanket but peeking out to watch what was going on with occasional gasps being emitted.
And I'll never look at a statue the same way again especially those weeping Angels.
Not much more I can say without hitting some form of spoiler so the rest is behind the cut.
I am grateful for having seen this one in one shot. The tension is much greater than when broken up with commercials. I recommend watching this one on DVD when the set comes out.
Der Commissar in town Uh-oh (Not my joke but tell me that it doesn't work for the look of the Doctor on the telly?
Not at the statues were statues. A number of them were actors dressed up to look like statues which is cheaper than what they would have to have done to make this episode look right. The writer's explanation of the weeping angels was fascinating. In fact the premise gets a big thumbs up from Peter for original thinking. I have seen a number of "The Angels have the Blue Box" t-shirts floating around conventions.
That a fandom had sprung up from a DVD Easter egg doesn't surprise me. You get fans of the strangest things out there. That Sally just happened to find one of them in her best friend's brother doesn't seem that weird when you factor in the Doctor. I love that the 17 DVDs have one thing in common, they are all the DVDs that Sally owns. And how they wrapped around how the Doctor knows what to say was just brilliant. Consider all the work that the Doctor and Martha had to do to get their plan to work. How much planning and pipe laying had to be done so when it did all come together, the Doctor was controlling the situation. And getting the Angels to look at each other which froze them when the TARDIS moved. We cheered.
Overall it is well done and works on so many levels.
This one had a Caroline scare factor of hiding under her blanket but peeking out to watch what was going on with occasional gasps being emitted.
And I'll never look at a statue the same way again especially those weeping Angels.
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Still, I looooved the episode. I didn't think it could get creepier than the gas mask people, but they proved me very wrong indeed! *shudder* Not a good one to watch just before bed, I tell you.
I agree that Sally would have made a FANTASTIC companion. That actress (if she hasn't one already) has a great future in front of her, I hope, anyway!
I loved the idea, too. It's like they've been eavesdropping on my life, too, as I've just (in the last month or so) been explaining to Tom about Schrodinger's cat!
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They look all eep-y and scary and suddenly you're like, "Ooh. Woodstock." *shrug*
Don't get me wrong. I loved the episode. I thought it was very clever. I just didn't quite feel the threat they were trying to generate.
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