 " Blink " was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 June 2007 . Overnight ratings showed that it was watched by 6 @.@ 1 million viewers , which rose to 6 @.@ 62 once time @-@ shifted viewers were taken into account . The episode was the seventh most watched episode on BBC One for the week ending 10 June and was the lowest @-@ rated episode of Doctor Who 's third series . It received an Appreciation Index of 87 , considered " excellent " . In its initial broadcast , a short clip of a card reading " One Year Later " was shown before the episode 's denouement . In the syndicated and the DVD version , this shot has been removed . 
