Saturday, January 21, 2012

Bigger on the inside

No retrospective of great Doctor Who MOCs could be considered complete (or even in progress, for that matter) without a look at a couple of creations by Mr Xenomurphy.

One of the most beloved episodes among Who fans is Blink. It is significant in many ways. Firstly, it was one of the few episodes penned by Steven Moffat before he became head writer for the show. It even won him a BAFTA and a Hugo award! Secondly, it hardly features the character of the Doctor at all. Thirdly, and oddly for a show about a timer traveller, it was the first Who episode to really delve into the kind of mind-bending non-linear plotting common in nearly all time travel movies. But fourthy and most importantly, this episode introduced viewers to one of the scariest - and cleverest - foes in Who history, the weeping angels! Angels now almost outweigh the Daleks and Cybermen in terms of fan popularity.

Mr Xenomurphy moodfully recreated a couple of key scenes from this episode (and even provided instructions for creating minifig scale angels)...




More impressively, Mr. Xenomurphy eschewed the well-trodden path of building the mere exterior of the TARDIS in Lego, and opted to recreate the interior instead! And what a splendid job he did...




 

2 comments:

  1. harrison chaseJan 22, 2012 04:16 AM

    Jaw-dropping! Thanks for posting.

    BTW - Steven Moffat wrote a couple of stories before Blink. His first was the wonderful The Empty Child (are you my Muuuummy???!) which scared me so much I hid behind a cushion. The next was The Girl in the Fireplace, another of Moffat's time-travelling romances for the Doctor! I find it so hard to pick my favourite between these three amazing Who stories.

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