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.
It's the Doctor! On DVD! So many screens!
watching this again I can now appreciate the cinematography along with the MIND FUCKERY
There's this calender for sale in my school store of "graveyard statues" most of which are angels. WANT ME TO BUY IT FOR YOU MARK?
also fuck yes roomie going to bed so LIGHTS OUT
And more Doctor on the TV!
WHAT DOES IT MEEANNNNN
SO CONFUSING, SO SCARY.
DOUBLE ANGEL.
DOUBLE ANGEL!
SO INTENSE (TENSE)
oh my god i am dying
Omg! X'D *officially best comment chain ever*
😀
She is so super adorable. And the line about being 18 is priceless. Truly best friends.
LOL. "It'll come to you."
"It'll come to you…"
"There it is…"
Is it my imagination, or has Kathy's accent changed for the voiceover? Has she taken on a Hull accent? Because that might be the most fantastically subtle detail ever.
Yes, she has! It's definitely stronger.
MARTHAAA you are taking up my screen time, go away.
"It'll come to you" haha
"it'll come to you…. there it is." HAHAHAHAHHAHAH
Aw, Larry! He is sort of endearing.
Ah! The doctor? What I forgot what?
sorry about the no pants thing!
How do you explain this to her brother? HEY YOUR SISTER WAS TRANSPORTED TO 1920
Very carefully.
"She loves you, and won't see her anymore"
BUT DON'T WORRY, SHE'S FINE. WELL ACTUALLY SHE'S DEAD, BUT SHE WAS FINE.
NOT VERY WELL, CLEARLY. AWKWARD, SALLY SPARROW.
It'll come to you. 🙂
loooool "You'll remember." "Oh!" "There it is"
I love how he covers his bits with the bowl
Hahaha, I love how bashful Larry gets when he realizes how he knows Sally.
"she loves you." "she what???"
Standing next to the Doctor holding himself. Lovely image.
"Am I ill?"
Lol at his disbelief at his sister saying she loves him.
"Who is he?" snicker, snicker
He is adorable, d'awwwww *squishes his awkwardness*
THE DOCTOR!
I can only stop looking over my shoulder when the Doctor is on screen.
Haha am I ill.
YES I LOVE THE CREEPY DOCTOR TIME EXPLANATION
"Is she ill?"
"… am *I* ill?"
Who is this guy? THat question has been asked since the beginning of time…
Love that he covers his crotch when he realizes, even though he couldn't possibly not be wearing pants there.
Larry's such a geek – I love it!
Oh man guys it's coming…
wibbly, wobbly, timey wimey! 😀
THERE IT IS!!!
(the best explanation of time travel and changing history in any science-fiction show – EVER!)
THE BIT ABOUT THE BLINKING IS GREAT
I love the meta in this episode.
"She had to go away for awhile. It's a work thing."
…Well, I know there's no way to explain but I think the brother is going ot figure out the lie when his sister NEVER SHOWS UP EVER AGAIN!
I wish there was a book/dvd store in my town. There's a dvd/game store. And a book store that sells DVDs and CDs. So, yeah. Still… that place looks way cooler than my reality.
"Is she ill?"
"No, no !."
"…am I ill?!"
Has anyone else thought that the "pause slipping" on a DVD was just odd? I've had that on stretched out VHS tapes, but never happen on a DVD
Now that I think about it…just on VHS and DVR for me too =/
i can confirm that it happens with my dvd's (the older players, at least), if i leave them for 10+ minutes.
I actually learned what an Easter egg was from this episode.
omg a ghost DVD extra.
dr is hidden on dvds and manufacturers don't know???
I *love* the hidden easter egg thing. Seriously. Lovely bit of deus ex time travel.
I love easter eggs!
Wibbly wobbly TIMEY WIMEY I LOVE YOU MOFFAT <3
You guys, WE ARE THE GUYS! THE GUYS ON THE INTERNET!
I want to travel back in time to 1920 and meet a hot northerner…
My life is SO UNFAIR GOD
COSIGNED.
SHOWS UP WHERE HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
THE INTERNET.
HOLLA.
-The internet.
When you say "you and the guys," you mean the internet, don't you?
You mean the internet, don't you! IT'S LIKE US Y'ALL!!
YOU MEAN THE INTERNET, DON'T YOU
"When you say 'you and the guys', you mean the Internet, don't you?"
FANTASTIC.
Larry is the biggest geek ever.
HEY WE'RE "THE GUYS."
"When you say the guys, you mean the internet, don't you?"
Lawl forever 😀
timey wimey stuff
wibbly wobbly timey wimey … stuff
"when you say you and the guys you mean the internet don't you"
GUYS LARRY IS US
TIMEY-WIMEY STUFF!
WIBBLY WOBBLY, TIME WIMEY.
8| and what's wrong with the internet hive mind Sally?
Timey-whimey!!
When we went to the thespian conference, we brought a prop statue of a saint or nun or some sort of religious female to loan to another school. We had a short bus, so there was not room for it in storage. Instead, it stood in the back of the bus and prayed over us. For three hours. And then we got to drive around with it at night. We named it Sister Tabitha to hide our abject terror. This episode always makes me think of her and cower at the memory…
This is so me, geeking out about it like that.
'…it's more like a wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey ball of…stuff.'
"It's more like a big ball of… wibbly wobbly… timey wimey…. stuff…"
VERY complicated.
It's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey-wimey stuff…
"When you say you and the guys, you mean the internet don't you?"
Moffat totally means us. Meta <3
WIBBLY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY…STUFF
wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey
the best thing
WIBBLY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY STUFF.
YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY
I've found a few easter eggs in my dvds. I love it. I just wish once that one would have David Tenant on it and that he was actually talking to me.
"When you say you and the guys, you mean the internet, don't you?"
SALLY YOU KNOW EVERYTHING
WIBBLYWOBBLY TIMEY WHIMEY STUFF!!
"It's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbley timey-wimey… stuff."
I love this episode so much! Time travel goodness!
Ghost DVD extra! Love it!
wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.
what? dvd doctor talking to sally?????!!!!
A BIG BALL OF WIBBLY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY NONSENSE. <3
"it got away from me.. yeah"
On a purely shallow standpoint, how pretty is David in those clips?
Very pretty.
I usually don't find him all that attractive but DAMN.
SO pretty. SIGH.
Oh quite pretty 🙂
He's never NOT pretty.
"But I /can/ hear you." Hehe~ XD
"when you say you and teh guys you mean the internet, don;t you?" XD THAT'S US GUYS
Represent!
Wibbly wobbly timey wimey… stuff!
sally sparrow's onto us internet people
GO TO THE POLICE oh my god, this episode is amazing
It's true, NOBODY every goes to the police.
So many horror movie tropes! I love it.
I know, right? First time in a horror movie/episode that someone goes to the darned police stations, LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE.
"Why does nobody ever just go to the police?"
I ask that ALL the time when watching movies!
Larry, ILU <333 Internet geeks forever!
"Go to the police you stupid woman!" XP
AND OH GOD AND NOW THE DOCTOR STARTS MAKING SENSE. HE'S TALKING TO SALLY WHATTTT
"go to the police" – yay Sally is genre-savvy! Moffat is genre-savvy!
Why does nobody ever just go to the police?!
Wibbly-wobbly timey-whimey!!! FUCK YES!
Wibbly wobbly timey wimey… TSHIRT NUMBER 3.
"wibbly wobbly timey wimey… stuff." You are so succinct, Doctor.
Go to the police…and tell them what, exactly? They'll have you committed.
go to the police??? does store clerk know about kathy nightengale?
no. he was talking to the tv.
I see now. It was a comment by the writers on horror tropes. In the moment, I totally didn't get that.
THANK YOU FOR FINALLY GOING TO THE POLICE, CHARACTER IN A TV SHOW.
AMEN!
Why does nobody ever just go to the police?!
"why does nobody ever go to the police?" truer words were never spoken