DW: Episode 3.10

Post number 200 is 'Blink'in' bloggin'! (And a blinkin' good episode it is!)

Oooh, weird opening in a spooky house... please tell me this is a house on Allen Road! (And I can't be the only one thinking that.) [Note: As I write this, I have only seen the teaser, so no idea if this is true or not.]

Nice work with the creeping statue. Very easy to do, of course, but a neat atmospheric effect to achieve. One problem with an episode like this is that the audience is expecting the weirdness, and thus must suffer through the characters realising strange things are going on. We know it's bigger on the inside, can we move on please? (Hey! Is this the first actual instance of someone being their own grandmother?! And I don't want to think about the Sally Billy ended up with...)

What's the deal with the incidental music? It's oddly annoying in an electronic way. I've never been a big fan of incidental music, and this isn't converting me.

The Doctor's videos as an easter egg... they'd better bloody well be!

Stephen really likes writing characters more than story (as he gives the best moments to the characters, not the action). This is never more apparent during the Billy/Sally scene, during which the audience is also yelling out 'use the key, you stupid bint!'

The Weeping Angels... interesting race, but I can't help thinking they'd be more suited to Sapphire and Steel. (But then, I have been listening to SNS a lot recently.) But once the explanation really gets going about them...oh they become so much creepier (although the explanation itself it rather pants). (And it's impossible not to blink for long periods.) Oh, and while you can't kill stone... you can smash it!

At the end of the day, let us just remember: Carey Mulligan is extremely hot and gorgeous!

Next week: Ooh, it's Jack! And they're at the end of time. Again.