I really enjoy the atmosphere around liveblogs and I’ve been tossing around the idea of doing one for an episode of Doctor Who. The problem is that I tend to watch episodes on weeknights after work, and that’s a bad time for…well, THE REST OF THE WORLD. That’s why liveblogs these days are now on the weekends.
So I’m aware that a lot of you won’t be able to participate in this tonight and I’m sorry. We will do a larger Doctor Who liveblog in the future, but I know how special this episode is to a lot of fans, so I think it’ll be fun if we can all smash our keyboards for 45 minutes at the same time.
Tonight’s liveblog of “Blink” will start at 8:00pm PST. That’s 11:00pm on the east coast and FOUR AM IN LONDON. Jesus, I am sorry I swear.
So, we all start at 8:00pm PST exactly and treat the comments as our liveblogging space. Reply to other people, make your own comments about the episode, and make sure the lights aren’t off because I’ve heard this episode is TERRIFYING. Also, there are some of us who know NOTHING about this episode, so please don’t spoil anything!
Sounds good? Then off we go!
EDIT: Because it wasn’t clear enough, there will be a normal review of “Blink” posted tomorrow.
LOL KATHY AND THE BOY ON THE WALL. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
You're a bit ahead.
STOP SAYING HULL
it moved D:
Dun dun DUN.
This… never fails to freak me out, now that I think about it, EVERY TIME I WATCH.
I'm about to cry. I CAN'T TAKE IT.
Sally Sparrow and Cathy Nightingale. Yay birds <3
I concur 🙂
i cannot breathe. what the fuck is happening.
this is important: Is there someone nearby you can hug for comfort. Perhaps even just a pillow?
Oh that's just all the shit getting real
IT'S REAL.
AND IT WILL GET REALER
This is pretty much going to be your reaction for the entire episode. Just saying.
YOU ARE SO NOT PREPARED
we told you YOU ARE NOT PREPARED
Katherine Nightengale…!!!!!
MOO
ANd then there were cows. 🙂
What up with the bird names? Is that how they became friends? That would be cute.
just a theme, I think…
I can dream.
…fanfic time is now.
The guy on the wall…so hot.
COWS WTF
WHAT THE HULL?!
bahahah. hull. whever there are football matches there, all i can think is "blink".
THE FREAKING MUSIC JUST TURNS THE FEAR UP TO 12 BAJILLION
The angel violins remind me of the Psycho soundtrack. Intentional? Almost certainly. But DO NOT WANT.
lol cows. also I happen to really like kathy's jacket.
oh, me too.
MOOOO.
Surprise cows!
Stop saying Hull!
Mooo!
His grandmother!
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS.
GOOD.
BE STRONG, MARK.
THIS IS A HORRIBLE IDEA RIGHT BEFORE I GO TO BED IT.
NO NO IT'S A GREAT IDEA
SHE'S LYING
an AMAZING idea you mean 🙂 who needs to sleep?
DAMN VIOLINS
How did Kathy get to 1920?
FLOO POWDER POWER FLOO POWDER POWER.
CANNOT UPVOTE ENOUGH.
oh god this was almost a case of gatorade everywhere after seeing this comment
OH GOD. TEA IN MY THROAT AS I READ THIS COMMENT. THEN IT DECIDED TO SAY HELLO TO MY CHIN.
oh my god you have the best comments!
"I made a promise!"
I like Kathy's hand writing
I love that the country boy from 1920 doesn't seem surprised by her outfit at all.
Country boy's aren't phased by much
I KNOW! That always bugged me a bit
HOLY SHIT. SHE STAYED IN 1920. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD.
Kathy has a funny walk-run.
I always think of how sad it would be to have to go back in time knowing what was in the future. I think I would suffer so much.
It would definitely be a comfort sometimes, though?
I WISH I KNEW EXACTLY WHERE EVERYONE ELSE WAS. We're all at slightly different places!
I just joined in and have NO CLUE where we are at. I have seen this episode so many times though….SO GOOD.
I'm at 11:30
Named her after Sally. AWWWW. :3
OMG I forgot how creepy this first part is! WHERE DID KATHY GO?
kathy has the creepiest grandson ever, just saying.
ANGELS IN THE HOUSE! SO CREEPY
Oh, poor sally. You have no idea. What you are doing now is SO not a good idea.
No NO NO get out of there!
Statues inside go away
FUCK THE WEEPING ANGELS.
…THAT WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE THOUGH.
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Hai cute boy sitting on a wall. In Hull. In 1920.
NO, DON'T GO NEAR THEM, STAY AWAY SALLYYYYYYYYYYYY
OH GOD EVEN MORE ANGELS WHYYYYYYYYYY?
Now there's more D:
She's surrounded! Oh, no!
TAKE THE KEY AND RUN.
IEEEE! EYES!
Man, I'd love to see a behind the scenes on this.
Get the shiny thing the shiny thing the shiny thing…
oh my god i hate hollow eyes. they are the scariest.
goddamn, those pupil-less eyes freak me out
I can't believe they're played by real people
bah, i thought they might be but i didn't know! it's the hands. the hands don't look carved, they're just a mite too expressive.
LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU SALLY ASDFGHJKL
There was this huge angel in props storage at my university. Hated, hated, hated going there alone to get props. It was an old meat locker, so no windows and this huge door. ::shudder::
That might be the most terrifying thing I can imagine.
The funny thing is that I hadn't seen this episode until after I saw the angel for the first time. It was actually one of my friends (also a Doctor Who fan) who first told me that the statue reminded her of this episode. So then of course I had to go watch it…
The statue eyes freak me out so much. Also, mysterious key is mysterious
Oh God their FACES. Never not terrifying.
Take the key, Sally!
I just did a freak out hand wavey whimpering dance of fear. WATCH OUT SALLY SPARROW!
Awesome music. Just hafta to point that out.
THE EYES ARE SO FUCKING CREEPY.
… This part bothers me. She appears to use magic… THERE IS NO MAGIC ONLY SCIENCE.
MORE CREEPY ANGELS
FUUUUCK IT'S REACHING OUT FOR YOU, SALLY
RUN SALLY RUN
You are an angel you don't even need keys give them back.
I can't get over how cute Carey is
Seriously, I've got a girl crush
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OMG THAT IS ME, WATCHING CAREY IN THIS EPISODE.
They're everywhere! Every window!
Climbin' in your windows, snatchin' your people up . . .
SO YOU KNOW
THERE ARE ACTORS IN THOSE STATUES
YEAH.
SOMEHOW, THAT DOESN'T HELP.
IN FACT, IT MAKES IT WORSE.
WHAT.
REALLY, WHAT. OMG.
Yeah, I was spoiled by seeing the actors in costume, in a gif.
imagine walking on set and running into someone dressed as an angel D:
really. a coffee shop called cappuchino
Hahahaha
It's London, dude.
ANGELS ARE WATCHING YOU
Well, I'm not going to be sleeping tonight. Forgot how terrifying the Angels really are.
you know, before this episode I used to think stone angles were rather pretty. NOT ANY MORE.
CREEPY EYES, AUGH
Seriously, scariest statues ever. >>;
God, I fucking love the way this is shot. Those cuts where the angel is hiding and then the person moves and the angel has moved? SO SCARY.
YES
I love the fridge logic of that. Why is the angel still in the first place? The characters aren't looking at it. The answer is that YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT. Yes, YOU. The angel was able to move because Sally blocked YOUR view of it, but now YOU are keeping it still again.
Don't blink…
THIS. I love it. I realized this a couple days afterwards while watching trailers on YouTube. A commenter was all, "Why isn't it moving?" and my automatic response was "Because we can see it, of course" and then the truth of what I said hit me and I lost my shit. AWESOME.
Cappuccino! Happy caffeine!
Poor Sally! SO CREEPY
Cappucino! What an original name for a coffee shop. *is distractable*
Pillows are your friends. Not just for hugging, but for hiding behind when it gets reeeeally freaky.
They are like the towels of horror movies and Stephen Moffat.
Yeah, statues here and there happen to move their arm position. Best response?
Wander farther in!
SO FUCKING CREEPY EVERY TIME.
D'aww. =3
NO. THERE SHOULD NOT BE THINGS IN WINDOWS. EVER. Except, like, puppies. Puppies can be in windows.
My brain jumps to
"how much is that doggie in the window? (arf arf) How much is that doggie for sale?
How much is that doggie in the window? (arf arf) The one with the waggledy tail."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1BZ5QUMYM
@3:00
😀
How about a GOB?
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'You told him you were 18, you lying cow!'
"You told him you were 18…" kills me. Makes it real that her bestie is gone.
*sniff* … poor Kathy… 🙁
YOU TOLD HIM YOU WERE EIGHTEEN YOU LYING COW
You told him you were 18 you lying cow!
AHAHAHAHAHA "You told him you were eighteen." XD
ok this is FANTASTIC so far.
IT GETS BETTER
*statue's arm reaches out* OMFG. *Mattie hides behind couch*
Yeah, never setting foot in a graveyard again.
even. in. the. graveyard. AUGHGHGHG.
"lying cow" – Moffat does good with dialogue, I think.
agreed.
OMG THEY ARE IN THE CEMETARY TOO
Oh, Ben. Cute boy on a wall. So adorable.
I love that Kathy lied about her age. Makes me giggle every time!
hahahah i am laughing really hard at the movie store clerk
wait wait wait…okay yes?
Doctor~!!! =D
"1902….you told him you were 18….you lying cow!"
pfffffft at least you can find some humour in that, Sally
TOTALYY took me til now to get the name gag 🙂
Doctor on the TV – making random comments – yay!
Still on the TV. 🙂