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)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120028 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weeping Angels Context triple: [Doctor Who, hasAntagonistSpecies, Weeping Angels]
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A.
Daleks
The Daleks are a race of ruthless, armored mutants and iconic villains in the Doctor Who universe, known for their cry of "Exterminate!" and their relentless drive to conquer and destroy.
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B.
Cybermen
The Cybermen are a recurring race of emotionless, cybernetically augmented humanoids in the Doctor Who universe who seek to convert other beings into their own kind.
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C.
TARDIS
The TARDIS is the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spacecraft and time machine, famous for its blue British police box exterior and vast, advanced interior.
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D.
Time Lord
A Time Lord is a fictional, time-traveling humanoid species from the planet Gallifrey in the Doctor Who universe, known for their ability to regenerate and their mastery of time and space.
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E.
Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman is a legendary ghostly rider who haunts the night in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” terrifying locals as a fearsome, decapitated specter in search of his lost head.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weeping Angels Target entity description: 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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A.
Daleks
The Daleks are a race of ruthless, armored mutants and iconic villains in the Doctor Who universe, known for their cry of "Exterminate!" and their relentless drive to conquer and destroy.
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B.
Cybermen
The Cybermen are a recurring race of emotionless, cybernetically augmented humanoids in the Doctor Who universe who seek to convert other beings into their own kind.
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C.
TARDIS
The TARDIS is the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spacecraft and time machine, famous for its blue British police box exterior and vast, advanced interior.
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D.
Time Lord
A Time Lord is a fictional, time-traveling humanoid species from the planet Gallifrey in the Doctor Who universe, known for their ability to regenerate and their mastery of time and space.
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E.
Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman is a legendary ghostly rider who haunts the night in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” terrifying locals as a fearsome, decapitated specter in search of his lost head.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Weeping Angels Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (65)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Weeping Angels on the Byzantium
subject surface form:
Blink (Doctor Who)
subject surface form:
Blink (Doctor Who)
this entity surface form:
Encounter with Weeping Angels