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[icepixie]

I finally got around to watching "Blink" (hooray for Netflix's streaming video), and...that was pretty good. Much better than the other two Doctor-lite episdes I've seen. Has it made an entire generation of children scared of statuary?

I think I could probably use it as an example of both time travel and SF's intersections with horror in the class, so onto the list it goes! (I'm probably gonna have to pare down this list before next semester...)

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[alto2.livejournal.com]

"Blink" is a classic. It's one of the most frightening things I've ever seen, and the amazing thing about it...is that nobody dies. If you think about it, Moffat never kills people. He comes up with much more clever ways to dispose of them, for want of a better word. And that makes them that much more frightening. The two things I've seen that have scared me the most in New Who are this episode, and "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances".

Has it made an entire generation of children scared of statuary?

Wouldn't surprise me. Lord knows, I'm still scared of gas masks!

[chickwithmonkey.livejournal.com]

When we first downloaded "Blink," John tried to make me watch it with the lights off. I had to turn them back on halfway through. He still makes fun of me for that.

I wonder how you'll like "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead." People are killed in a way that actually ups the creep factor.

[thiswaltz.livejournal.com]

ah, "Blink." I love that one. For me it was totally scarier than TEC/TDD. When watching TEC/TDD, I was too distracted by my early Doctor/Rose mania, looking out for all the bits that could be shippy, and also I found the plot exciting and clever rather than scary. But Blink was good at that 'don't look over behind you'/'don't look away' thing that's always very creepy for me.

And then with SitL/FotD I was back to thinking 'ooh, clever' slightly creeped out but mainly, 'ooh, clever.'

I just love how eminently quoteable the Moffat episodes are. For seasons 2 and 3 the Moffat eps are some of the few I go back and rewatch on perpous rather than just coming accross them on sci-fi channel.