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By adding this fact from the Moffat episode to Wikipedia, I literally hope future Doctor Who writers will remember it (cough, Chibnall, cough) and not just have TV screens producing infinite angels or whatever |
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The '''Weeping Angels''' are a race of alien predatory creatures from the long-running [[science fiction]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. They were introduced in the 2007 episode "[[Blink (Doctor Who)|Blink]]", making repeat appearances in later episodes. They also appeared in the spin-off series ''[[Class (2016 TV series)|Class]]''. Since their initial appearance, they have been persistently nominated as one of the most popular and frightening Doctor Who monsters. [[Steven Moffat]] attributes their appeal to [[List of children's games|childhood games]] such as [[Statues (game)|Grandmother's Footsteps]] and the notion that
==Description==
[[File:010413-078 CPS (8642856965).jpg|thumb|left|The Cherubim angels, shown at the Doctor Who Experience.]]
In their usual form, Weeping Angels resemble
In the episode "The Angels Take Manhattan", another form of Weeping Angel is shown, the [[cherub]]im.<ref name="RT preview">{{cite web |last=Mulkern |first=Patrick |date=23 September 2012 |title=The Angels Take Manhattan preview |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-09-23/doctor-who-the-angels-take-manhattan-preview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925172441/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-09-23/doctor-who-the-angels-take-manhattan-preview |archive-date=25 September 2012 |access-date=23 September 2012 |work=[[Radio Times]] |series=Doctor Who}}</ref> Unlike the Weeping Angels, the cherubim are not silent, making a childlike giggling and having audible footsteps. It is not explicitly stated that these are young Weeping Angels, but they are referred to as "the babies".
When they
Weeping Angels are physically very strong, although they rarely physically kill a victim since this wastes the time-potential energy which the Weeping Angels would otherwise consume to survive. They prefer to take their energy from live victims, but if required, they can drain energy from other forms such as that from
Weeping Angels have also exhibited a startling ability to project themselves
==Appearances==
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===Novels===
* ''Touched by an Angel''
* ''Magic of the Angels''
* ''The Angel's Kiss''
* ''Ten Little Aliens''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cole |first1=Stephen |url=https://archive.org/details/tenlittlealiens0000cole |title=Ten Little Aliens
===Short stories===
* "Living History"
* "Suddenly in a Graveyard..."
* "The Garden of Statues"
===Audios===
* [[Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters|Fallen Angels]]
* [[Doom Coalition|The Side of the Angels]]
* [[The Diary of River Song#Series 7 (2020)|Carnival of Angels]]
*Out of Time 3: Wink
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"Blink" won the [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form]] in 2008.<ref name="Hugo">{{Cite news |date=2008-08-09 |title=2008 Hugo Award Results Announced |publisher=[[Hugo Award]]s |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?p=146 |access-date=2008-08-11}}</ref>
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''Weeping Angel'' is the name of a [[hacking (computer security)|hacking]] tool revealed in [[Vault 7]], co-developed in 2014 by the [[CIA]] and [[MI5]], used to [[Exploit (computer security)|exploit]] [[smart TV]]s for the purpose of covert [[Signals intelligence#COMINT|intelligence gathering]]. Once installed in a suitable TV, the tool enables the television to record its surroundings while appearing to be turned off (so-called "Fake-Off")
==References==
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==External links==
* {{TardisIndexFile|Weeping Angels}}
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