Rejoice, Whovians! The wait is almost over: In 8 days, series 8 kicks off and we finally meet the 13th regeneration of the Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi.

Episode: Blink (Season 3, Episode 10)

Air date: 9 June 2007 To celebrate and help count it down, I am listing (in no particular order) 8 of the most re-watchable, memorable, funniest, most inspiring and most delicious plot developing episodes since Christopher Eccleston took the helm of the TARDIS with the reintroduction of the much-loved BBC television show in 2005. Just a heads up, sweeties, these next eight days are all spoilers. Allons-y!Blink (Season 3, Episode 10)9 June 2007 IMDB Synopsis: Sally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS. Why this episode is important: Blink is easily one of the most frequently quoted and commonly referenced episodes of Doctor Who. In this season, the Doctor (David Tennant) continues bouncing through the universe and time with companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman). This episode delivers on every level: it's suspenseful, it's funny, it's heartbreaking and is so well written that it is really more like a movie packed into 44 minutes.

The main character in this episode is Sally Sparrow, a bright, lovely girl who could have easily been a companion for a season or two because she is the type of clever character that can keep up with the Doctor. She sneaks into a derelict house to photograph it one night, you know, like you do, and she notices in one particular room that the peeling wallpaper seems to have something written under it. She rips back the paper and finds a message written to her that's dated 1962 warning her to beware the weeping angel and signed the Doctor. She looks into the garden where there stands a beautiful statue of an angel, cupping it's hands over its face.

Seems innocent enough, until take your eyes off it and it moves. It kills you, but not then, not there. It sends you far back into time, to live out a different life, all the while knowing that you are missing your family and friends and everything you left behind in the present that continues on without you in it. They haven't forgotten you, you've just disappeared. You haven't forgotten them, but you'll never catch up to that timeline without aging quite a bit first. Harsh.

The angels make several additional appearances in later Doctor Who episodes and while they are always creepy, the angels are never quite as terrifying as they are when we first meet them in Blink. Watching them quietly peek around their hands while characters carry on around them without noticing is unsettling in the best way possible.

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