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.
Aliases (1)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who monster
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Fictional species → Predatory alien race → |
| alignment |
Hostile
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| 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"
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| classification |
Lonely Assassins
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| creator |
Steven Moffat
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| 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
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| firstAppearance |
Doctor Who episode "Blink"
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| firstAppearanceYear |
2007
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| homeworld |
Unknown
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| inspiredBy |
Childhood fear of statues described by Steven Moffat
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| lifeCycle |
Can emerge from images
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Can emerge from statues → |
| materialStateWhenObserved |
Stone
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| materialStateWhenUnobserved |
Unknown non-stone form
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| nickname |
Lonely Assassins
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| 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
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| primaryAbility |
Move when unobserved
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Send victims back in time → |
| speciesType |
Quantum-locked beings
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| timeTravelMechanism |
Temporal displacement via touch
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| 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 (21)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Flesh and Stone
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The Angels Take Manhattan → |
featuresAntagonist |
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Blink
→
The Time of the Doctor → |
featuresCharacter |
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The Angels Take Manhattan
→
Village of the Angels → |
featuresCreature |
|
Flesh and Stone
→
The Time of Angels → |
featuresMonster |
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Flesh and Stone
("Weeping Angel")
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The Time of Angels ("Weeping Angel") → |
featuresSpecies |
|
Blink
→
The Time of Angels → |
featuresVillain |
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Don't blink
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associatedWith |
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Time Lord
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enemy |
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Lonely Assassins
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hasAliasFor |
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Doctor Who
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hasAntagonistSpecies |
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The Time of the Doctor
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includesMonster |
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The Doctor
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notableEnemy |
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Lonely Assassins
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refersTo |
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Don't blink
("Weeping Angel")
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relatedMonster |
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Lonely Assassins
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usedFor |