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.
HE BLINKED NOOOOO!
Why would you go and LOOK at them? Like… I think I would back away.
did they make a dozen statue replicas for this or are these people in plaster?
also, omg he just blinked!!!
Both, I think.
They are 4 real actors in makeup, so I've heard
Another commenter said it's actors AND THAT SCARES ME SO MUCH MORE.
Actors!
BILLY DON'T BLINK ;_;
oh, no! I have a bad feeling about this!
NO NO NO NO NO DON'T!!!
DON'T SLOW-MOTION BLINK! Ah, what the hell!!!!!
Billy, why did you blink??? 🙁
NOOOOOOOO. NOT THE HOT GUY!!!
Nooooo the incredible music for slow-mo blinking! D: Billyyyyyyyy noooo
HOW IS AN EVIDENCE ROOM NOT GUARDED.
MARK DON'T ASK QUESTIONS.
lol it's a special evidence room, where they keep the convenient items close at hand. Like porn, probably.
It's obviously guarded by the angels.
WHO SAID IT WASN'T?
Fridge Horror just sunk in.
Oh, god.
OH NO.
OH, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT.
HA HA HA 😀
no!! billy, oh, no. this is never quite okay, even when i know it's coming.
She has the TARDIS key – smart for realizing so soon.
BAM *sadface*
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
She's so Nancy Drew
DON'T LOOK AT ME. Sally Sparrow, why are you me?
IT GOES DING WHEN THERE'S STUFF
BEST LINE EVER 🙂
Martha! Doctor!
I once tried to come up with a reason for why they are weeping angels that is way less scary, but everything I think of is just sad and that makes me feel like a terrible person.
yay HE JUST FOUND THE DOCTOR
YAY it's the Doctor!!!
Love the Doctor's little detecting machine thing.
Also, it can boil an egg at fifty paces.
Whether you want it to or not… you learn to stay away from chickens.
HELLO DOCTOR <3
Don't go swimming for half an hour
"The moon landing's brilliant. We went four times!" I doubt it, wouldn't that be crossing your time line? 😛
Wouldn't think so, if they watched it from different places without contacting themselves in any way.
Not if you watched it from different locations, I guess?
Maybe one of those times they were on the moon themselves!
Yay Doctor contraption!
yay Doctor and Martha!
I wish I could watch this episode for the first time again.
Only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely.
Hello info-dump.
Psycopaths that kill you nicely – you have a theme, Moffat
Hello, I'm the Doctor and I'm here to give out exposition. And awesome Moffat dialogue.
Whether you want it to or not, actually…
Don't go swimming for half an hour…
LOL
The only creatures in the universe to kill you kindly.
I never realized that there's an echo in this scene
I just noticed the same thing!
IT GOES DING WHEN THERE'S STUFF!
oh my god THAT IS THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR AN ALIEN BEING EVER
They let you live to death!
GOES DING WHEN THERE'S STUFF
Love the "when we had transport" dig.
"This is my timey wimey detector. Goes ding when there's stuff. ALSO it can boil an egg at thirty paces… whether you want it to or not, actually… I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."
Best. Line. Ever. Of course, this is part of an episode that has about thirty of the best lines ever, so…
It goes ding when there is stuff!
Goes ding when there's stuff! Love it so much! Boils an egg!
"Trust me, just nod when he stops for breath"
I love Martha <3
The hard part is waiting for him to stop for breath, he can talk pretty much without breathing as far as I can tell.
IT GOES DING WHEN THERE'S STUFF.
some of my favorite lines of dialog of all Doctor ever come out of this episode.
I too have a device that goes ding when there's stuff…
"Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces…. it's not pretty when they blow"
He has the machine that goes bing!
"This is my timey wimey detector. Goes ding when there's stuff." Oh, Doctor, you're so very articulate.
Goes ding when there's stuff!
IT GOES DING WHEN THERE'S STUFF!
Stay away from hens!
"Goes ding when there's stuff." Haha wut.
"Just nod when he stops for breath."
Trust me. Just… nod when he stops for breath.
I've learned to avoid hens.
"Check it out, this is my timey wimey detector. Goes ding when there's stuff!"
OH DOCTOR YOU HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS.
ENDLESS TRAGEDY
🙁 so sad.
It's the TARDIS key! I didn't recognize it before now! Oh, my!
"goes "ding" when there's stuff" XD DOCTOR!!!!
"Just nod when he stops for breath."
Ahahahaha, Martha. <3
And the way the angels kill people – saddest thing ever.
'They live off potential energy.' 🙁
i think if i ever got a drunk tattoo, it would be a tramp stamp of "it goes ding when there's stuff."
I'm sorry billy, it's going to take a while…
Timey-wimey detector. Goes ding when there's stuff. Also can boil an egg at thirty paces… learn to stay away from hens… not pretty when they blow…
Possibly favourite line of anything EVER.
Also, it can boil an egg at thirty paces.
"Somebody nicked my motah!"
ILU TENNANT
…It's gonna take you a while.
Aaaaah! Love it.
Poor Billy Shipton. We hardly knew ye.
but we still see a rather well developed character and miss him when he's gone. AMAZING.
Now here comes the sadness. 🙁
OH this scene…. the onions!
I'm very very sorry. It's going to take you a while.
🙁 🙁 🙁 SADFACE FOREVER.
Welcome to 1969! What a trip that was!
awigehawioeghwaioegh so sad
GOD SO MUCH SADNESS.
We have answers!
Sally Sparrow is having the shittiest day ever, yes?
Definitely the most WTF day ever.
Endless tears. SO SAD.
It's the same rain…how sad for him
dhfjasdlhfjdksfhdsjkf *sniffle*
So sad.
brb, CRYING FOREVER.
I know, right?
Oh GOD THIS SCENE. D:
"It's the same rain." 🙁
It's the same rain 🙁
"It was raining when we met."
"It's the same rain…"
ENDLESS SAD.
sally shipton 🙁 🙁 🙁
goes ding when there's stuff.
*sniff* Old Billy 🙁
I think that my favorite line ever from this show was just then: "They just zap you into the past and let you live to death." So. God. Damn. Good.
"This is my timey-wimey detector. Goes ding when there's stuff."
One of the best Doctor Who lines ever.
Also, a monster that makes people live to death is SO BRILLIANT.
When the Doctor is very very sorry, you just don't want to hear the next part.
So true :*(
Still a charmer.
"It's the same rain" TEARS FOREVER 🙁
That's enough commenting for me. I'll just stick to replies. Or if I have something REALLY important to say. OVERSTIMULATED.
"It was raining when we met"
"It's the same rain"
BRB TEARS FOREVER
HOLY FUCK.
I went to turn on my lamp and the bulb blew.
I may have just wet my pants a little.
She… is familiar. I think she was in the Guild. Sally Shipton.
I WILL MAKE A PLUSHIE TIMEY WIMEY DETECTOR. I must do this, And I must put an egg timer in it, so it can go ding when there is stuff!
Timey-Whimey detector! Don't go near any chickens?!