Episode Reaction: Blink
You rule, Steven Moffat. You just plain rule. This episode was made of SO much fucking win and it had ALL the proper elements and it was just basically COMPLETELY PERFECT and marvelous and it's all the more impressive because it was Doctor-light. So, DRINKS ALL ROUND. I've had a fantastic Saturday.
What follows is my normal hyper as-I'm-watching comments. It'll be a weird ride.
SCARIEST COLD OPEN EVER. I LOVE IT. I FUCKING LOVE IT ALREADY AND IT IS SO SATISFYING AND YES YES YES YES YES YES.
1. Sally Sparrow is so totally cute.
2. I know people who live in Hull! But this is MARVELOUS!
3. "I don't think so." LOL.
This was vaguely reminiscent of a VERY dangerous trend in television/film romances (Boy: I like you! I will follow and pursue you! Girl: Please stop. Boy: No! I won't! Girl: No, really, stop. Boy: Nope! Girl: Magically, my non-consent has turned into consent! Let's be in love!), but I'm just being hypersensitive. What I really should be complaining about is that totally unforgivable bit after "The Christmas Show" on Studio 60. Anyway --
CUTE BOY IN HULL. Kathy's really quite a trooper, too. I would be like, "TAKE ME BACK TO 2007 NOW. WE HAVE TORRENTS THERE."
4. I really need the Doctor to secretly talk to me through all of my DVDs right now. If I was actually any good at finding Easter eggs, I am just insane enough that I would start looking through all of my DVDs RIGHT NOW just to see if I had a message from the Doctor. And possibly the TARDIS key.
5. "wibbly wobbly, timey wimey ... stuff." I would have sex with David Tennant any day of the week under any circumstances in absolutely ANY time period.
6. I reiterate Sally Sparrow's COMPLETE ADORABLENESS.
7. "Why does nobody just GO TO THE POLICE?!" And the music and everything? Oh, Steven Moffat. I am loving this so far and if you can carry this episode out as fabulously as you've started it, you will have won me back. THIS IS NO "LOVE AND MONSTERS," TO BE SURE!!!!! And for that I thank you.
8. DON'T BLINK SALLY OH MY GOD DON'T BLINK. Steven Moffat is so good at creeping me the fuck out. I'm like shuddering and looking behind me. And YOU REMEMBER "Are you my mummy?" DON'T YOU?! YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
9. OH MY GOD THEY CAN MOVE WHEN YOU BLINK. THAT IS SO FUCKING CREEPY.
10. HAHAHAHAHA. Somehow being a cute blonde ALWAYS seems more glamorous on TV than it is in real life. (By which I mean that it's actually no fun at all being constantly ogled.) Anyway, cheers to the homage, because being a cute blonde with untold hidden powers was EXACTLY how Veronica Mars always got everything done. I MISS YOU ALREADY, ROB THOMAS. I MISS YOU SO MUCH.
11. "Because life is short and you are hot."
... THIS GUY KNOWS MY MOTTO IN LIFE AND HE HAS A CUTE ACCENT. OH MY GOD HE WAS MADE FOR ME. OH MY GOD ACTUAL GOOD SUPPORTING CHARACTERS WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT AAAAAAH AAAAAH SOMUCHLOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111ELEVENTY
12. "Don't look at me." AAAH WHY IS SHE SO ADORABLE AND AMAZING???!!!
13. Oh my God now the weeping angels are going to kill him. WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE I LOVE?! IT'S NOT FAIR!!!! I WANT HIM TO PHONE HER!!!!!! GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!
14. HE'S NOT DEAD!!!!!! THE DOCTOR IS WITH HIM!!!!! YESYESYESYESYESYES!
15. "The moon landing's brilliant. We went four times!" <-- YOU SEE. THAT IS WHAT I WANT IN MY MARTHA. I fucking love her right now. And she's not dressed EXACTLY the same as last week's episode, but she's still in a black jacket and is therefore hot and so I approve. But I do want those clothes back at some point. They were fucking incredible.
16. "Don't go swimming for half an hour." <-- HAHAHAHAHA. STEVEN MOFFAT WATCHES "THE PRINCESS BRIDE" AND NOW I KNOW IT TOO.
17. "They just zap you into the past and let you live to death."
Steven Moffat is a great genius of our time. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING. YES. YES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING WITH A SHOW LIKE THIS. EXACTLY. OH MY GOD.
And on a sidenote, I kind of miss Sally Sparrow. Because she is so freaking cute.
18. He sniffled about stolen moments! BECAUSE QUITE A LOT OF MOMENTS WERE STOLEN FROM HIM. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. And his eyes got all red. Oh, Ten.
19. "Just nod when he stops for breath." <-- I would kiss Martha right now, full on the lips.
20. "It's not pretty when they blow." CAN I JUST MARRY THIS EPISODE RIGHT NOW???!!!
21. Oh, fuck. The Doctor is apparently useless without one little TARDIS motor and NOW THEY DON'T GET TO GO OUT. I AM SO, SO UNIMPRESSED RIGHT NOW. OMG IT'S NOT FAIR.
IT IS THE SAME RAIN.
AND HE MARRIED SOMEONE ELSE.
Okay, I'm just going to not talk for awhile.
22. ...
23. ...
24. I will probably kill the weeping angels. THAT WAS SO SAD. And Steven Moffat is SUCH A GENIUS.
And since when did the Doctor go around telling people when they were going to die? That's something Doc HISTORICALLY frowned upon in Back to the Future. It's really not cool. That level of detail? "I have 'till the rain stops"? I MEAN I WOULD DRIVE MYSELF INSANE. Doctor, you are so callous this season.
25. "You've only got 17 DVDs?" LOLOLOLOL. That is exactly what I would say. "Because you're a CINEMATIC IDIOT and I'd FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!"
26. As much as Scooby-Doo sucks, for some reason there is a reference to it in like everything I love. BUFFY?! But I think I MIGHT be convinced to get over the Sally/Billy thing if Sally and Lawrence got it on. Because of the "It'll come to you" scene. That was kind of brilliant.
BUT STILL BILLY WAS MY FAVORITE.
27. "I'm Ten. Every time I am on videotape I must put my specs on. Just to make everybody happy."
*isdead*
<3333333!!!!!!!!!
28. What's up, Martha? Too good for a job in the shop? That's not very nice to shop-workers, I'll have you know. In fact, I think the entirety of New Who is very degrading toward people who work in shops. I happen to LOVE people who work in shops. Without them, there would be a lot less joy in my life.
And also Rose worked in a shop one time and I won't stand anyone BESMIRCHING her character. NO NOBODY.
29. This whole thing is kind of amazing. I LOVE TIME TRAVEL AND I LOVE STEVEN MOFFAT FOR EXPOSING ALL ITS VAGARIES. There is NOBODY who is creative like him, NOBODY. "Are you going to read out the whole thing?" AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA LOVE TO THE INFINITY.
30. David Tennant sounds so hot saying "nonlinear." I think he should come to MIT and be a professor. Seriously! We'd just give him stuff to read! He could give lectures! I WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO CLASS ALL THE TIME!!!!!
31. "But Steven! There are all these plot holes that I don't understand!"
"... Uhhhh ... WIBBLY WOBBLY, TIMEY WIMEY."
"Oh, okay."
Willing suspension of belief WORKS when you're a marvelous writer. And when it doesn't, it just doesn't.
32. LOL. I love the commentary on the internet. I love being made fun of for being a TOTAL INTERNET GEEK. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Also I want a "The Angels Have The Phone Box" t-shirt as well. I will probably go to cafepress and make them.
33. QUANTUM-LOCKED VILLAINS. THAT IS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE. BLESS YOU, STEVEN MOFFAT.
(And no, "quantum-locked" doesn't mean anything. HA! But when you're a good writer you can get away with just making things SOUND COOL. And I think I'm prepared to believe there's more to quantums than we know. I LOVE DOCTOR WHO.)
34. Doctor, please stop apologizing to people. The last person you said "sorry" to was MY FAVORITE and then HE DIED. SO JUST STOP SAYING SORRY TO PEOPLE, HOKAY??!!! HOKAY.
35. Oh, Jesus. That is the scariest and best thing ever. I AM GOING TO REWATCH THIS EPISODE SO MANY TIMES IT IS SO AMAZING.
36. Okay, the thing is, EVERYONE has to moisten their eyeballs from time to time. This is scaring me so much and I love it.
37. Oh, never mind Sally/Lawrence. Seriously, does no one learn ANYTHING from television? You do not give the bad guys what they want! Idiot. Jerk. FOOL. IT'S LIKE IN BUFFY WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT THE ONLY REASON EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO STOP HER AND LECTURE HER WAS BECAUSE SHE HAD POWER! Why would they want it so badly unless they could cause MASS EFFING DAMAGE?!
(Also, I think the TARDIS has a LITTLE bit more than just the power to blow up the sun. Just the sun? Really? That's been done before. The TARDIS can do fucking ANYTHING, man.)
38. THIS IS WHY YOU TOTALLY NEED TO CARRY FLASHLIGHTS! God. Is NO one an engineer on this show? There used to be plenty of engineers. Four went gallivanting around with engineers all the time. ENGINEERS ALWAYS HAVE FLASHLIGHTS. My cell phone has a flashlight in it. And I have a lock-picking Leatherman with a wood saw! I WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD COMPANION.
This is still the greatest episode of television, like, known to man. It is so HORROR-RIFFICALLY FANTASTICO. :DDDDDD
And what's scarier than "weeping angels" who turn into large stone gargoyle things with teeth? NOTHING BABY. Steven Moffat is a total genius. I am SO glad they let him write the Doctor-light episode. I mean, if they HAVE to have them ....
39. Oh, come on. The assembled lords of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door! Believe me, they've tried. And good job he kept the DVD, eh? Because otherwise they would be SO FUCKED I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU.
OH BUT THAT'S HOW YOU EXPLAIN THE TRANSCRIPT! Because it's not just a DVD. Oh, MOFFAT. You please me.
(Also, the Weeping Angels will be great the next time I need to get something out of a vending machine. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M SO CLEVER, RIGHT?!)
40. Oh my God, what the fuck kind of dumb shit is this?! Why would it leave them behind?! That doesn't even make SENSE.
41. OH LOL GRAT JOB DOCTOR.
42. I still think Lawrence is lame. Who DOESN'T want to know stuff? AND BILLY WAS TOTALLY HOT. GAAAHH.
Oh, well. Steven Moffat, you win at life.
(But like, what was that slideshow at the end? SO self-indulgent. It was like, "OH MY GOD, I HAVE WRITTEN AN EPISODE THAT WILL NOW MAKE EVERYONE SCARED OF STATUES!!!!" Seriously, just leave it at "four things and a lizard" and end the episode. I don't know why you have to go all "I AM SO EPIC" on us. Moffat, you're great, really, but get over yourself a little bit, 'kay?)
DEREK JACOBI NEXT WEEK. AND JOHN BARROWMAN. I DON'T KNOW HOW I WILL BE ABLE TO CONTAIN MYSELF.
What follows is my normal hyper as-I'm-watching comments. It'll be a weird ride.
SCARIEST COLD OPEN EVER. I LOVE IT. I FUCKING LOVE IT ALREADY AND IT IS SO SATISFYING AND YES YES YES YES YES YES.
1. Sally Sparrow is so totally cute.
2. I know people who live in Hull! But this is MARVELOUS!
3. "I don't think so." LOL.
This was vaguely reminiscent of a VERY dangerous trend in television/film romances (Boy: I like you! I will follow and pursue you! Girl: Please stop. Boy: No! I won't! Girl: No, really, stop. Boy: Nope! Girl: Magically, my non-consent has turned into consent! Let's be in love!), but I'm just being hypersensitive. What I really should be complaining about is that totally unforgivable bit after "The Christmas Show" on Studio 60. Anyway --
CUTE BOY IN HULL. Kathy's really quite a trooper, too. I would be like, "TAKE ME BACK TO 2007 NOW. WE HAVE TORRENTS THERE."
4. I really need the Doctor to secretly talk to me through all of my DVDs right now. If I was actually any good at finding Easter eggs, I am just insane enough that I would start looking through all of my DVDs RIGHT NOW just to see if I had a message from the Doctor. And possibly the TARDIS key.
5. "wibbly wobbly, timey wimey ... stuff." I would have sex with David Tennant any day of the week under any circumstances in absolutely ANY time period.
6. I reiterate Sally Sparrow's COMPLETE ADORABLENESS.
7. "Why does nobody just GO TO THE POLICE?!" And the music and everything? Oh, Steven Moffat. I am loving this so far and if you can carry this episode out as fabulously as you've started it, you will have won me back. THIS IS NO "LOVE AND MONSTERS," TO BE SURE!!!!! And for that I thank you.
8. DON'T BLINK SALLY OH MY GOD DON'T BLINK. Steven Moffat is so good at creeping me the fuck out. I'm like shuddering and looking behind me. And YOU REMEMBER "Are you my mummy?" DON'T YOU?! YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
9. OH MY GOD THEY CAN MOVE WHEN YOU BLINK. THAT IS SO FUCKING CREEPY.
10. HAHAHAHAHA. Somehow being a cute blonde ALWAYS seems more glamorous on TV than it is in real life. (By which I mean that it's actually no fun at all being constantly ogled.) Anyway, cheers to the homage, because being a cute blonde with untold hidden powers was EXACTLY how Veronica Mars always got everything done. I MISS YOU ALREADY, ROB THOMAS. I MISS YOU SO MUCH.
11. "Because life is short and you are hot."
... THIS GUY KNOWS MY MOTTO IN LIFE AND HE HAS A CUTE ACCENT. OH MY GOD HE WAS MADE FOR ME. OH MY GOD ACTUAL GOOD SUPPORTING CHARACTERS WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT AAAAAAH AAAAAH SOMUCHLOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111ELEVENTY
12. "Don't look at me." AAAH WHY IS SHE SO ADORABLE AND AMAZING???!!!
13. Oh my God now the weeping angels are going to kill him. WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE I LOVE?! IT'S NOT FAIR!!!! I WANT HIM TO PHONE HER!!!!!! GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!
14. HE'S NOT DEAD!!!!!! THE DOCTOR IS WITH HIM!!!!! YESYESYESYESYESYES!
15. "The moon landing's brilliant. We went four times!" <-- YOU SEE. THAT IS WHAT I WANT IN MY MARTHA. I fucking love her right now. And she's not dressed EXACTLY the same as last week's episode, but she's still in a black jacket and is therefore hot and so I approve. But I do want those clothes back at some point. They were fucking incredible.
16. "Don't go swimming for half an hour." <-- HAHAHAHAHA. STEVEN MOFFAT WATCHES "THE PRINCESS BRIDE" AND NOW I KNOW IT TOO.
17. "They just zap you into the past and let you live to death."
Steven Moffat is a great genius of our time. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING. YES. YES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING WITH A SHOW LIKE THIS. EXACTLY. OH MY GOD.
And on a sidenote, I kind of miss Sally Sparrow. Because she is so freaking cute.
18. He sniffled about stolen moments! BECAUSE QUITE A LOT OF MOMENTS WERE STOLEN FROM HIM. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. And his eyes got all red. Oh, Ten.
19. "Just nod when he stops for breath." <-- I would kiss Martha right now, full on the lips.
20. "It's not pretty when they blow." CAN I JUST MARRY THIS EPISODE RIGHT NOW???!!!
21. Oh, fuck. The Doctor is apparently useless without one little TARDIS motor and NOW THEY DON'T GET TO GO OUT. I AM SO, SO UNIMPRESSED RIGHT NOW. OMG IT'S NOT FAIR.
IT IS THE SAME RAIN.
AND HE MARRIED SOMEONE ELSE.
Okay, I'm just going to not talk for awhile.
22. ...
23. ...
24. I will probably kill the weeping angels. THAT WAS SO SAD. And Steven Moffat is SUCH A GENIUS.
And since when did the Doctor go around telling people when they were going to die? That's something Doc HISTORICALLY frowned upon in Back to the Future. It's really not cool. That level of detail? "I have 'till the rain stops"? I MEAN I WOULD DRIVE MYSELF INSANE. Doctor, you are so callous this season.
25. "You've only got 17 DVDs?" LOLOLOLOL. That is exactly what I would say. "Because you're a CINEMATIC IDIOT and I'd FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!"
26. As much as Scooby-Doo sucks, for some reason there is a reference to it in like everything I love. BUFFY?! But I think I MIGHT be convinced to get over the Sally/Billy thing if Sally and Lawrence got it on. Because of the "It'll come to you" scene. That was kind of brilliant.
BUT STILL BILLY WAS MY FAVORITE.
27. "I'm Ten. Every time I am on videotape I must put my specs on. Just to make everybody happy."
*isdead*
<3333333!!!!!!!!!
28. What's up, Martha? Too good for a job in the shop? That's not very nice to shop-workers, I'll have you know. In fact, I think the entirety of New Who is very degrading toward people who work in shops. I happen to LOVE people who work in shops. Without them, there would be a lot less joy in my life.
And also Rose worked in a shop one time and I won't stand anyone BESMIRCHING her character. NO NOBODY.
29. This whole thing is kind of amazing. I LOVE TIME TRAVEL AND I LOVE STEVEN MOFFAT FOR EXPOSING ALL ITS VAGARIES. There is NOBODY who is creative like him, NOBODY. "Are you going to read out the whole thing?" AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA LOVE TO THE INFINITY.
30. David Tennant sounds so hot saying "nonlinear." I think he should come to MIT and be a professor. Seriously! We'd just give him stuff to read! He could give lectures! I WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO CLASS ALL THE TIME!!!!!
31. "But Steven! There are all these plot holes that I don't understand!"
"... Uhhhh ... WIBBLY WOBBLY, TIMEY WIMEY."
"Oh, okay."
Willing suspension of belief WORKS when you're a marvelous writer. And when it doesn't, it just doesn't.
32. LOL. I love the commentary on the internet. I love being made fun of for being a TOTAL INTERNET GEEK. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Also I want a "The Angels Have The Phone Box" t-shirt as well. I will probably go to cafepress and make them.
33. QUANTUM-LOCKED VILLAINS. THAT IS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE. BLESS YOU, STEVEN MOFFAT.
(And no, "quantum-locked" doesn't mean anything. HA! But when you're a good writer you can get away with just making things SOUND COOL. And I think I'm prepared to believe there's more to quantums than we know. I LOVE DOCTOR WHO.)
34. Doctor, please stop apologizing to people. The last person you said "sorry" to was MY FAVORITE and then HE DIED. SO JUST STOP SAYING SORRY TO PEOPLE, HOKAY??!!! HOKAY.
35. Oh, Jesus. That is the scariest and best thing ever. I AM GOING TO REWATCH THIS EPISODE SO MANY TIMES IT IS SO AMAZING.
36. Okay, the thing is, EVERYONE has to moisten their eyeballs from time to time. This is scaring me so much and I love it.
37. Oh, never mind Sally/Lawrence. Seriously, does no one learn ANYTHING from television? You do not give the bad guys what they want! Idiot. Jerk. FOOL. IT'S LIKE IN BUFFY WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT THE ONLY REASON EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO STOP HER AND LECTURE HER WAS BECAUSE SHE HAD POWER! Why would they want it so badly unless they could cause MASS EFFING DAMAGE?!
(Also, I think the TARDIS has a LITTLE bit more than just the power to blow up the sun. Just the sun? Really? That's been done before. The TARDIS can do fucking ANYTHING, man.)
38. THIS IS WHY YOU TOTALLY NEED TO CARRY FLASHLIGHTS! God. Is NO one an engineer on this show? There used to be plenty of engineers. Four went gallivanting around with engineers all the time. ENGINEERS ALWAYS HAVE FLASHLIGHTS. My cell phone has a flashlight in it. And I have a lock-picking Leatherman with a wood saw! I WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD COMPANION.
This is still the greatest episode of television, like, known to man. It is so HORROR-RIFFICALLY FANTASTICO. :DDDDDD
And what's scarier than "weeping angels" who turn into large stone gargoyle things with teeth? NOTHING BABY. Steven Moffat is a total genius. I am SO glad they let him write the Doctor-light episode. I mean, if they HAVE to have them ....
39. Oh, come on. The assembled lords of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door! Believe me, they've tried. And good job he kept the DVD, eh? Because otherwise they would be SO FUCKED I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU.
OH BUT THAT'S HOW YOU EXPLAIN THE TRANSCRIPT! Because it's not just a DVD. Oh, MOFFAT. You please me.
(Also, the Weeping Angels will be great the next time I need to get something out of a vending machine. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M SO CLEVER, RIGHT?!)
40. Oh my God, what the fuck kind of dumb shit is this?! Why would it leave them behind?! That doesn't even make SENSE.
41. OH LOL GRAT JOB DOCTOR.
42. I still think Lawrence is lame. Who DOESN'T want to know stuff? AND BILLY WAS TOTALLY HOT. GAAAHH.
Oh, well. Steven Moffat, you win at life.
(But like, what was that slideshow at the end? SO self-indulgent. It was like, "OH MY GOD, I HAVE WRITTEN AN EPISODE THAT WILL NOW MAKE EVERYONE SCARED OF STATUES!!!!" Seriously, just leave it at "four things and a lizard" and end the episode. I don't know why you have to go all "I AM SO EPIC" on us. Moffat, you're great, really, but get over yourself a little bit, 'kay?)
DEREK JACOBI NEXT WEEK. AND JOHN BARROWMAN. I DON'T KNOW HOW I WILL BE ABLE TO CONTAIN MYSELF.