Review of Dr. Who Episode 11, "Blink"

Summary: Everyday, ordinary average person Sally Sparrow finds herself caught up in a time traveling mystery as friends and new acquaintances suddenly disappear, only to turn up again - ages older, or writing letters to her from the distant past. On the periphery of her senses, she senses an alien species - masked as statues of weeping angels - stalking her in between blinking eyes and quick glances away. As usual, the last Time Lord - Dr. Who - pulls strings from the past in a desperate effort to save the universe from total destruction...all in a day's work for the good Doctor, indeed.

When Sally Sparrow first entered the old, abandoned house on the edge of town, prospecting for all the interesting things such an old building might offer, she never imagined she'd stumble into a mystery of epic - perhaps even galactic - proportions. However, there it is anyway...as she snaps pictures around the old house's interior, she notices what looks like a message scrawled under bits of peeling wallpaper. As she peels away the moldy wallpaper, a cryptic message is revealed: "Beware the Weeping Angels...and now you really should duck...right now!" Not satisfied, she pulls away the paper until more is revealed: her name, "Sally Sparrow", with the repeated admonition, "Duck! Now!"

As instinct takes over and she ducks, a smallish boulder flies through the window into the room, smashing against the wall where her head had been moments before. Aghast, she looks out the window and sees an algae encrusted weeping angel statue standing just outside.

When she looks back at the wall, the message is signed: "Regards, the Doctor - 1969".

Frightened but undaunted, Sally revisits the home with best friend Kathy Nightingale in tow. Nothing seems amiss as they pour over the wall's strange message, but a ringing doorbell outside interrupts them, sending Kathy scurrying to hide while Sally answers the front door. While she's hiding, Kathy's blissfully unaware of the weeping angel statue that creeps upon her with every camera sweep.

David Tennent of Dr. Who, SciFi Channel, 8:00 EST Friday Nights

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