Who Sunday: Blink, Steven Moffat

Yeah, those guys.

There are many reasons why this is such a great episode, but most of them come down to two words: Sally Sparrow. She’s the Everywoman thrown into the life-or-death situation and only she can save the day. She’s Roger Thornhill in North by Northwest, Joan Wilder in Romancing the Stone, Shaun from Shaun of the Dead, an ordinary person just like us who wasn’t looking for trouble, but it found her, and now by god, she’s gonna step up and save the world. That she’s up against the Weeping Angels just makes this story trope better. The Angels show up again in two other Who episodes, but this is their best outing, trying to outwit a girl who just won’t blink.