Blink

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"Blink" is a widely acclaimed, time-bending episode of the British science fiction series Doctor Who, renowned for introducing the terrifying Weeping Angels and its minimal use of the Doctor.

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Blink canonical 8

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instanceOf television episode
awarded BAFTA Television Craft Awards
surface form: BAFTA Craft Award for Editing (Fiction/Entertainment)

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
awardYear 2008
basedOn "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow"
basedOnWorkType short story
catchphraseOrigin "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey"
commissionedBy BBC Cymru Wales
surface form: BBC Wales
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception widely acclaimed
director Hettie MacDonald
episodeNumberInSeason 10
featuresAntagonist Weeping Angels
featuresCompanion Martha Jones
featuresDoctorIncarnation Tenth Doctor
filmingLocation Cardiff
focusesOnCharacter Sally Sparrow
followedByEpisode "Utopia" (Doctor Who episode)
surface form: "Utopia" (Doctor Who)
genre science fiction
introducesMonster Weeping Angels
monsterCharacteristic Weeping Angels move when not observed
Weeping Angels send victims back in time
musicBy Murray Gold
narrativeDevice timey-wimey non-linear storytelling
notableFor minimal on-screen presence of the Doctor
use of DVD Easter eggs as plot device
oftenRankedAs one of the best Doctor Who episodes
originalAirDate 9 June 2007
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC One
partOfSeries Doctor Who
portraysCharacter Carey Mulligan
portraysCompanion Freema Agyeman NERFINISHED
portraysDoctor David Tennant
precededByEpisode Doctor Who episode "42"
surface form: "42" (Doctor Who)
producer Phil Collinson NERFINISHED
productionCode 3.10
runtimeMinutes 45
season Series 3
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London
settingPeriod 1969
2007
shortStoryAuthor Steven Moffat
shortStoryPublication Doctor Who Annual 2006
showrunner Russell T Davies
subgenre time travel fiction
writer Steven Moffat

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Steven Moffat writerOf Blink
"Don't blink" firstAppearedIn Blink
subject surface form: Don't blink