Weeping Angels
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The Weeping Angels are a terrifying race of predatory, statue-like creatures in Doctor Who that can only move when unobserved, sending victims back in time and feeding on the resulting temporal energy.
All labels observed (8)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who monster
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Fictional species ⓘ Predatory alien race ⓘ |
| alignment | Hostile ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Doctor Who episode "Blink"
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Doctor Who episode "Flesh and Stone" ⓘ Doctor Who episode "Hell Bent" ⓘ Doctor Who episode "The Angels Take Manhattan" ⓘ Doctor Who episode "The Time of Angels" ⓘ Doctor Who episode "The Time of the Doctor" ⓘ Doctor Who episode "Village of the Angels" ⓘ |
| attackMethod |
Sudden movement when attention lapses
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Touching victims to displace them in time ⓘ |
| behavior |
Prefer to feed rather than kill outright
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Silent hunters ⓘ |
| catchphrase | "Don't blink" ⓘ |
| classification | Lonely Assassins ⓘ |
| creator | Steven Moffat ⓘ |
| definingTrait |
Can only move when not being observed
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Extremely fast when unobserved ⓘ Freeze into stone when observed ⓘ |
| enemy |
Companions of the Doctor
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The Doctor ⓘ |
| feedingMethod |
Feed on potential time energy of displaced victims
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Feed on temporal energy ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Doctor Who episode "Blink" ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| homeworld | Unknown ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Childhood fear of statues described by Steven Moffat ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
Can emerge from images
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Can emerge from statues ⓘ |
| materialStateWhenObserved | Stone ⓘ |
| materialStateWhenUnobserved | Unknown non-stone form ⓘ |
| nickname | Lonely Assassins ⓘ |
| notablePower |
Can break necks
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Can manipulate time via touch ⓘ Can turn images of themselves into new Angels ⓘ |
| notableVictims | Sally Sparrow's acquaintances ⓘ |
| primaryAbility |
Move when unobserved
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Send victims back in time ⓘ |
| speciesType | Quantum-locked beings ⓘ |
| timeTravelMechanism | Temporal displacement via touch ⓘ |
| typicalAppearance |
Angel statue
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Human-sized statue ⓘ Stone statue ⓘ |
| weakness |
Being continuously observed
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Images of themselves becoming Angels ⓘ Looking at each other ⓘ |
Referenced by (65)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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The Time of Angels
subject surface form:
The Time of Angels
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Weeping Angel
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The Time of Angels
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The Angels Take Manhattan
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The Angels Take Manhattan
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Flesh and Stone
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Flesh and Stone
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Weeping Angel
subject surface form:
Flesh and Stone
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Don't blink
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Don't blink
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Weeping Angel
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Blink
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Blink
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The Time of the Doctor
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The Time of the Doctor
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Village of the Angels
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Village of the Angels
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Village of the Angels
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Hell Bent
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Hell Bent
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Weeping Angels’ Maze of the Dead
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Weeping Angels disguised as statues
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Byzantium
subject surface form:
Byzantium
this entity surface form:
Weeping Angel
subject surface form:
Byzantium
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Weeping Angel
subject surface form:
Byzantium
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Weeping Angels incident in the Maze of the Dead
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Weeping Angels story arc