Gave up on Dr. Who years ago after Tom Baker left the series. However I have been told this is one of the best of the later episodes. Blink appears to be a stand alone episode on the series and does not really have much of the Dr. Who character in it.
Blink starts future flavor of the month actor Carey Mulligan as Sally Sparrow investigating the disappearance of her friend and some strange messages written on a wall of an abandoned house left by the Doctor, 20 years earlier. In a very clever plot twist, Sally Sparrow can only communicate with the Doctor through DVD special features.
The most impressive thing about Blink is the writing by Steven Moffat. The time traveling paradoxes and the creepy alien angel statues are all very cleverly worked out in the story. Dr. Who was always a TV series that the BBC produced on the cheap side, Moffat's writing really makes the story work even though there are almost no special effects in the show.
Carey Mulligan is a very charming and likable hero in Blink. Whatever happened to this aspect of her personality?
Still, the clever plot is the selling point for this show. Here's a link to the original short story the episode is based on.
45 minutes
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