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* AuthorPhobia: Creator/StevenMoffat was also inspired to write the episode based on the popular children's game Statues, which he always found "frightening".
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* AuthorPhobia: Creator/StevenMoffat was also inspired to write the episode based on the popular children's game Statues, which he had always found "frightening".the idea of statues scary even before writing the episode.
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*** To be fair, the Angels aren't required to move when unobserved; they're just able to.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/StevenMoffat had held the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an angel statue in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday. However when he took his son to show him, ''it had gone'', leaving him wondering if he had simply misremembered the location and gone to the wrong place, or if there was [[OhCrap a more sinister explanation...]]
* SelfAdaptation: The plot of this episode was based upon a short story Creator/StevenMoffat wrote for the ''Doctor Who'' Annual 2006 called "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow". The story involves Sally Sparrow (who is a child in the story as opposed to a young woman in the episode) writing her school assignment about being contacted by the Ninth Doctor through photographs and a videotape (like the episode, there is a sequence in which Sally has a conversation with the Doctor through a television) in which he gives her instructions to allow her to return the TARDIS to him (the Weeping Angels aren't present in the story; the Doctor being separated from the TARDIS was due to a "hic-cough"), knowing what to do thanks to an adult Sally (who is a beautiful spy who saves the Doctor's life) giving him the story which details the experience.
* SelfAdaptation: The plot of this episode was based upon a short story Creator/StevenMoffat wrote for the ''Doctor Who'' Annual 2006 called "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow". The story involves Sally Sparrow (who is a child in the story as opposed to a young woman in the episode) writing her school assignment about being contacted by the Ninth Doctor through photographs and a videotape (like the episode, there is a sequence in which Sally has a conversation with the Doctor through a television) in which he gives her instructions to allow her to return the TARDIS to him (the Weeping Angels aren't present in the story; the Doctor being separated from the TARDIS was due to a "hic-cough"), knowing what to do thanks to an adult Sally (who is a beautiful spy who saves the Doctor's life) giving him the story which details the experience.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/StevenMoffat had held got the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an from a similar angel statue which he had seen in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday.graveyard. However when he took his son to show him, ''it had gone'', leaving him wondering if he had simply misremembered the location and gone to the wrong place, or if there was [[OhCrap a more sinister explanation...]]
* SelfAdaptation: The plot of this episode was heavily basedupon on a short story Creator/StevenMoffat wrote for the ''Doctor Who'' Annual 2006 called "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow". The story involves There, a kid named Sally Sparrow (who is a child in the story as opposed to a young woman in the episode) writing her school assignment about being where she was contacted by the Ninth Doctor through old photographs and a videotape (like videotape. Of many other changes, the episode, there is a sequence in which Sally has a conversation with the Doctor through a television) in which he gives her instructions to allow her to return the TARDIS to him (the Weeping Angels aren't present in the story; the villains. The Doctor being separated from the TARDIS was due to a "hic-cough"), an accident. And he ends up knowing what to do thanks to an adult Sally (who is a beautiful spy who saves the Doctor's life) giving telling him the story which details the of her experience.
* SelfAdaptation: The plot of this episode was heavily based
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** At one point, Sally would have been seen to be pregnant at the episode's conclusion, but Moffat decided that it was more effective to delay Sally and Larry's romance until after her meeting with the Doctor.
** Moffat [[http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a830391/doctor-who-blink-alternate-ending/ revealed]] that he considered an alternate BittersweetEnding where Sally ends up trapped in the past.
** Originally, the producers considered having Michael Obiora play both the young and old version of Billy Shipton. However, it was decided that Obiora in makeup would look too fake, and so Louis Mahoney was cast to play the older version.
** Moffat [[http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a830391/doctor-who-blink-alternate-ending/ revealed]] that he considered an alternate BittersweetEnding where Sally ends up trapped in the past.
** Originally, the producers considered having Michael Obiora play both the young and old version of Billy Shipton. However, it was decided that Obiora in makeup would look too fake, and so Louis Mahoney was cast to play the older version.
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** At one point, In the original script's end, Sally would have been seen to be pregnant at the episode's conclusion, appeared pregnant, but Moffat decided that it was more effective to delay Sally her and Larry's Larry would continue their romance until after her meeting with the Doctor.
** Moffat [[http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a830391/doctor-who-blink-alternate-ending/ later revealed]] that he considered an alternate BittersweetEnding where Sally ends up trapped in the past.
**Originally, the producers considered having Michael Obiora was supposed to play [[TimeShiftedActor both the young and old version versions]] of Billy Shipton. However, it The makeup was decided that Obiora in makeup would look against for looking too fake, and so instead Louis Mahoney was cast to play the older version.
** Moffat [[http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a830391/doctor-who-blink-alternate-ending/ later revealed]] that he considered an alternate BittersweetEnding where Sally ends up trapped in the past.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: There are lots of t-shirts that have "The Angels Have the Phone Box" on them. The DVD itself has the EasterEgg of the Doctor's part of the conversation.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: {{Defictionalization}}:
** There are lots of t-shirts that have "The Angels Have the Phone Box" onthem. them.
** The DVD itself has the EasterEgg of the Doctor's part of the conversation.
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*** To be fair, the Angels aren't required to move when unobserved; they're just able to.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This came out during the last hurrah of video rental stores. Of course, given that this is a show about time travel that always treats the era the episode is filmed in as the "present", it can afford to be this.
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* {{Blooper}}: When Sally gets the TARDIS key at the top floor of Wester Drumlins, she moves between the audience and a Weeping Angel in the background, causing it to subtly move. However, one of the times she does this, she is looking directly at the Angel, yet it still moves slightly.
**There are also a few scenes where the characters are looking at angels we can't see and blink, yet they don't move.
**There are also a few scenes where the characters are looking at angels we can't see and blink, yet they don't move.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/StevenMoffat had held the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an angel statue in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/StevenMoffat had held the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an angel statue in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday. However when he took his son to show him, ''it had gone'', leaving him wondering if he had simply misremembered the location and gone to the wrong place, or if there was [[OhCrap a more sinister explanation...]]
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* {{Pun}}: A couple of deleted lines from [[http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/doctor-who-s3-ep10-blink.pdf the original script]] reveals that Larry's full name, Lawrence Nightingale, is a play on ''Florence'' Nightingale.
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* {{Pun}}: A couple of deleted lines from [[http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/doctor-who-s3-ep10-blink.pdf the original script]] reveals that Larry's full name, Lawrence Nightingale, is a play on ''Florence'' Nightingale.
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** The first draft of the script is very close to the finished episode with the exception of the ending. Instead of taking off by itself, the TARDIS brings Sally and Larry to 1969 where they meet the Doctor and Martha. After returning them to the present, the Doctor reveals that he learned everything from a book called ''Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angels''. He asks Sally to sign it and she sees that the author's name is Sally Nightengale. Also, Kathy was originally named Jenny.
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** The first draft of the script is very close to the finished episode with the exception of the ending. Instead of taking off by itself, the TARDIS brings Sally and Larry to 1969 where they meet the Doctor and Martha. After returning them to the present, the Doctor reveals that he learned everything from a book called ''Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angels''. He asks Sally to sign it and she sees that the author's name is Sally Nightengale.Nightingale. Also, Kathy was originally named Jenny.
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** The first draft of the script is very close to the finished episode with the exception of the ending. Instead of taking off by itself, the TARDIS brings Sally and Larry to 1969 where they meet the Doctor and Martha. After returning them to the present, the Doctor reveals that he learned everything from a book called ''Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angels''. He asks Sally to sign it and she sees that the author's name is Sally Nightengale. Also, Kathy was originally named Jenny.
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* InsipirationForTheWork: Creator/StevenMoffat had held the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an angel statue in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday.
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* InsipirationForTheWork: InspirationForTheWork: Creator/StevenMoffat had held the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an angel statue in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title is "Les Anges pleureurs" (The Weeping Angels).
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* InsipirationForTheWork: Creator/StevenMoffat had held the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an angel statue in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Wester Drumlins, the coffee shop, the DVD shop and the police station with the church opposite are all stated to be in London. However, in real life they are in South Wales.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: While the story is the TropeNamer for the TimeyWimeyBall, the Doctor actually doesn't phrase it that way, instead calling it a "big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey... stuff".
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* AuthorPhobia: Creator/StevenMoffat was also inspired to write the episode based on the popular children's game Statues, which he always found "frightening".
** Originally, the producers considered having Michael Obiora play both the young and old version of Billy Shipton. However, it was decided that Obiora in makeup would look too fake, and so Louis Mahoney was cast to play the older version.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: There are lots of t-shirts that have "The Angels Have the Phone Box" on them. The DVD itself has the EasterEgg of The Doctor's part of the conversation.
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* WorkingTitle: ''Sally "Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angels''.Angels".
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* {{Defictionalization}}: There are lots of t-shirts that have "The Angels Have the Phone Box" on them. The DVD itself has a EasterEgg of The Doctor's part of the conversation.
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** Moffat [[http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a830391/doctor-who-blink-alternate-ending/ revealed]] that he considered an alternate BittersweetEnding where Sally ends up trapped in the past.
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** One humorous deleted scene would have formed part of the pre-credits teaser. After Sally discovered the message behind the wallpaper, Steven Moffat had requested the sound of cliched horror movie music. This would turn out to be Sally's mobile phone ringtone, and it was actually Kathy calling her friend from a pub.
** A scene cut from the epilogue had Larry revealing that he regularly checks to ensure that the Weeping Angels are still petrified.
* SelfAdaptation: The plot of this episode was based upon a short story Creator/StevenMoffat wrote for the ''Doctor Who'' Annual 2006 called "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow". The story involves Sally Sparrow (who is a child in the story as opposed to a young woman in the episode) writing her school assignment about being contacted by the Ninth Doctor through photographs and a videotape (like the episode, there is a sequence in which Sally has a conversation with the Doctor through a television) in which he gives her instructions to allow her to return the TARDIS to him (the Weeping Angels aren't present in the story; the Doctor being separated from the TARDIS was due to a "hic-cough"), knowing what to do thanks to an adult Sally (who is a beautiful spy who saves the Doctor's life) giving him the story which details the experience.
** One humorous deleted scene would have formed part of the pre-credits teaser. After Sally discovered the message behind the wallpaper, Steven Moffat had requested the sound of cliched horror movie music. This would turn out to be Sally's mobile phone ringtone, and it was actually Kathy calling her friend from a pub.
** A scene cut from the epilogue had Larry revealing that he regularly checks to ensure that the Weeping Angels are still petrified.
* SelfAdaptation: The plot of this episode was based upon a short story Creator/StevenMoffat wrote for the ''Doctor Who'' Annual 2006 called "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow". The story involves Sally Sparrow (who is a child in the story as opposed to a young woman in the episode) writing her school assignment about being contacted by the Ninth Doctor through photographs and a videotape (like the episode, there is a sequence in which Sally has a conversation with the Doctor through a television) in which he gives her instructions to allow her to return the TARDIS to him (the Weeping Angels aren't present in the story; the Doctor being separated from the TARDIS was due to a "hic-cough"), knowing what to do thanks to an adult Sally (who is a beautiful spy who saves the Doctor's life) giving him the story which details the experience.
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** Creator/StevenMoffat revealed that Creator/CareyMulligan was offered the chance to stay on as a companion, but shedeclined.declined.
** At one point, Sally would have been seen to be pregnant at the episode's conclusion, but Moffat decided that it was more effective to delay Sally and Larry's romance until after her meeting with the Doctor.
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** At one point, Sally would have been seen to be pregnant at the episode's conclusion, but Moffat decided that it was more effective to delay Sally and Larry's romance until after her meeting with the Doctor.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This came out during the last hurrah of video rental stores. Of course, given that this is a show about time travel that always treats the era the episode is filmed in as the "present", it can afford to be this.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenMoffat revealed that Creator/CareyMulligan was offered the chance to stay on as a companion, but she declined.
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