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You got to love a Doctor Who episode that carries a parental warning.

From the "Fear Forecast" (a family of five watches the show and the kids rate it on a scale of 1 to 5 for scariness - this week's average was 5.5) review for this weekend's episode, Blink:

NOTE FOR PARENTS: This is one of the scariest episodes of Doctor Who yet. The whole family agree that it is simply brilliant, and all four Fear Forecasters really enjoyed being so frightened while watching it together with mum and dad. The parents suggest that, if you're concerned, then tape the episode, and watch it with children during the daytime, or, at least, a long time before bedtime.

On another note, this story is written by Steven Moffat, who won the Hugo last year for his Doctor Who Series 1 The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances two-parter. Blink itself is loosely based on a fan favourite short story Moffat wrote for the 2006 Doctor Who Annual, "What I Did On My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow".