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Moffat had intended to write a two-parter earlier in the series but was too busy writing and executive producing {{wi|Jekyll (TV series)|Jekyll}}. Believing he had "messed everything up", Moffat offered to "throw [himself] onto the grenade of the unpopular episode", referring to the Doctor-lite concept. In a 2008 interview, he admitted that he had only just started realising that ''Blink'' was in fact "a really great episode". Because of its late submission, ''Blink'' was the quickest piece of writing Moffat had ever done, having gone straight from the second draft with no notes to the script and tone meetings before going into production ten days later. The scriptwriting process took such little time to produce that Moffat claimed that ''Blink'' was such a "tiniest sliver" of his writing career that he couldn't remember making it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jasonarnopp.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/steven-moffat-on-writing.html |title=Steven Moffat On Writing |date of source=29 June 2008 |website name=INT. JASON ARNOPP'S MIND - DAY/NIGHT ([[Jason Arnopp]]'s blog) |accessdate=15 December 2013}}</ref> |
Moffat had intended to write a two-parter earlier in the series but was too busy writing and executive producing {{wi|Jekyll (TV series)|Jekyll}}. Believing he had "messed everything up", Moffat offered to "throw [himself] onto the grenade of the unpopular episode", referring to the Doctor-lite concept. In a 2008 interview, he admitted that he had only just started realising that ''Blink'' was in fact "a really great episode". Because of its late submission, ''Blink'' was the quickest piece of writing Moffat had ever done, having gone straight from the second draft with no notes to the script and tone meetings before going into production ten days later. The scriptwriting process took such little time to produce that Moffat claimed that ''Blink'' was such a "tiniest sliver" of his writing career that he couldn't remember making it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jasonarnopp.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/steven-moffat-on-writing.html |title=Steven Moffat On Writing |date of source=29 June 2008 |website name=INT. JASON ARNOPP'S MIND - DAY/NIGHT ([[Jason Arnopp]]'s blog) |accessdate=15 December 2013}}</ref> |
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− | It has since received mass critical praise. In [[DWM 474]], ''Blink'' was rated #2 by fans, among the |
+ | It has since received mass critical praise. In [[DWM 474]], ''Blink'' was rated #2 by fans, among the best television stories in ''Doctor Who''{{'}} first 50 years. |
== Synopsis == |
== Synopsis == |