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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who monster
Fictional species
Predatory alien race
alignment Hostile
appearsIn Doctor Who episode "Blink"
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
Touching victims to displace them in time
behavior Prefer to feed rather than kill outright
Silent hunters
catchphrase "Don't blink"
classification Lonely Assassins
creator Steven Moffat
definingTrait Can only move when not being observed
Extremely fast when unobserved
Freeze into stone when observed
enemy Companions of the Doctor
The Doctor
feedingMethod Feed on potential time energy of displaced victims
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
Can emerge from statues
materialStateWhenObserved Stone
materialStateWhenUnobserved Unknown non-stone form
nickname Lonely Assassins
notablePower Can break necks
Can manipulate time via touch
Can turn images of themselves into new Angels
notableVictims Sally Sparrow's acquaintances
primaryAbility Move when unobserved
Send victims back in time
speciesType Quantum-locked beings
timeTravelMechanism Temporal displacement via touch
typicalAppearance Angel statue
Human-sized statue
Stone statue
weakness Being continuously observed
Images of themselves becoming Angels
Looking at each other


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