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"Blink" is the tenth episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The episode was directed by Hettie MacDonald and is the only episode in the 2007 series written by Steven Moffat. The episode is based on a previous short story written by Moffat for the 2006 ''Doctor Who Annual'', entitled "'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' By Sally Sparrow". In the episode, the Doctor—a time travelling alien played by David Tennant—and his companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) are trapped in the past and try to communicate with a young woman, Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan), to prevent the Weeping Angels from taking control of the TARDIS. Sparrow and her best friend's brother, Larry Nightingale (Finlay Robertson), must unravel a set of cryptic clues sent through time by the marooned Doctor. The Doctor and his companion have very little screen time, which allowed for another episode to be filmed simultaneously; "Blink" is consequently referred to as a "Doctor-lite" episode. The scenes at Wester Drumlins were shot in a derelict house in Newport. To create the angels, two actresses wore makeup and prosthetics. The episode was seen by 6.62 million viewers in the United Kingdom. "Blink" received widespread critical acclaim, and is widely considered to be one of the best episodes of the series. Moffat won the BAFTA Craft and BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Writer, and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, while for her single performance in the series, Mulligan won the Constellation Award for Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode. In 2009 the episode was voted the second best ''Doctor Who'' story ever by readers of ''Doctor Who Magazine''. ==Plot== In 2007, Sally Sparrow enters an abandoned house to look for subjects to photograph. Instead she finds eerie statues and a message from the Doctor behind peeling wallpaper addressed to her, warning her about the Weeping Angels. Sally returns the next day with her friend Kathy Nightingale to explore further but Kathy disappears at the same time a young man knocks at the door. He claims to be Kathy's grandson and delivers a letter to Sally. The letter explains that Kathy suddenly found herself in the 1920s in Hull. She settled down with a husband and led a peaceful life and requests that Sally tell Kathy's brother Larry of her disappearance. Sally sees a Yale key hanging from the hand of one of the statues and takes it before leaving. Sally visits Larry at a DVD shop and is told that he has been documenting an "Easter egg" in seventeen apparently unrelated DVDs. The egg contains video clips of a man calling himself The Doctor, having half of a conversation with the viewer. Larry gives Sally a list of the DVDs and she leaves for the police station. There she meets DI Billy Shipton, who explains that there have been several disappearances at the abandoned house and shows her an impound lot containing a locked fake police box. Sally leaves but remembers the Yale key and returns to find that Billy and the phone box have disappeared. She immediately receives a call from a much older Billy, who is on his death bed at the hospital. She visits him and he explains that after she left the lot, he discovered the Angels trying to retrieve the police box. He then suddenly found himself in 1969, where he met the Doctor and was asked to relay a message to Sally decades later. Billy subsequently married and started a video production house that was responsible for putting the Easter egg on the DVDs. Before Billy dies he tells Sally the Doctor's message, which instructs her to look at the list. Sally realises that the list is her own DVD collection and that the Easter egg is meant for her. Sally and Larry return to the house with several of the DVDs and a portable DVD player. They select a DVD to watch the Easter egg and Larry places another into his pocket. Sally discovers she can converse with the Doctor in the past, as he possesses a transcript that is currently being compiled by Larry as he listens. The Doctor explains that he and Martha were transported to the past by the Weeping Angels. The Angels are "quantum locked", allowing them to move incredibly fast when unobserved but when they are seen they turn to stone. They cover their eyes to avoid looking at each other, giving them their weeping appearance. He warns Sally not to look away or even blink when they are around. The Doctor tells them they are seeking his TARDIS to acquire its potential power. The Doctor comes to the end of the transcript and Sally realises Larry has stopped writing it due to the presence of an Angel in the room. They make their way to the basement of the house and discover the Angels and the TARDIS. The Angels attack and Sally and Larry use Sally's key to hide inside the TARDIS. Once in the control room, a hologram of the Doctor informs them that they have a control disk with them. Larry takes a now glowing DVD from his pocket and inserts it into the console. The TARDIS dematerialises, leaving a panicking Sally and Larry behind. With the TARDIS gone, the Angels have been tricked into looking at each other and have become permanently frozen as statues. One year later, Sally and Larry have opened a DVD store. Sally insists on keeping a folder of the events but Larry wants her to move on and indicates he has feelings for her. Sally gently rebuffs him and Larry steps out on an errand. Sally sees the Doctor and Martha hurriedly leave a taxi in front of the shop and goes outside to meet them. They don't recognise her and she realises that they have yet to experience the events that sent them to the past. She hands the Doctor the folder, warning him that he will need it in his future. The Doctor and Sally say goodbye as Larry returns, surprised to see the man from the Easter egg. Sally and Larry return to the shop hand in hand, hinting that she is now ready for a romantic relationship. The episode ends with a repeat of the Doctor's warning to Sally, this time directed at the viewer and overlaid with flashes of famous statues. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blink (Doctor Who)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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