"Listen! Your life could depend on this: Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you could believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink." The DoctorDuring the first half of this episode, I really had no idea what to make of it. It seemed more like an episode of the X-Files or even Torchwood. In fact, upon further reflection, I seem to recall two episodes from the Doctor Who universe that were similar in the sense that secondary characters were brought to the limelight (over the main cast): Doctor Who Season 2's "Love and Monsters" and Torchwood Season 1's "Random Shoes." Both episodes were some of the best of their respective seasons, and this episode, "Blink," is no different.The concept is that creatures called the Weeping Angels, or Lonely Assassins as they were called in the past, kill you ("kill you nicely" as the Doctor put it) by sending you into the past, where you live out your life and eventually die. In th...
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