The Weeping Angels Explained (Doctor Who)

The Weeping Angels are some of the most iconic monsters in the modern era of Doctor Who, but what if I told you there were more to these villains than meets the eye and that they have had more appearances than you might think. Hope you enjoy, remember to leave a like and subscribe

[@jacobmayne3353]

Awesome video dude, these monsters made me afraid of statues for years 💀🤣

[@Jamie-r2k]

Not even joking, I had nightmares for months after I first saw them and these were lego minifigure jumpscares (I mean I was like 7 so that's kind of justifiable).

[@ImokIthink6969]

In the "Doctor Who" episode "The Time of Angels" (Season 5, Episode 4), it's suggested that the Weeping Angels might have originated from a race called the Aplans. The Aplans used a form of time travel involving "quantum-locking" themselves into stone statues to survive a war. Over time, they evolved into the Weeping Angels. This information was revealed by River Song when examining ancient cave paintings that depicted both the Weeping Angels and the Aplans. However, it's important to note that "Doctor Who" often leaves certain aspects of its lore open to interpretation and mystery.

[@banicQT]

that’s good but they had 2 heads the angles only have 1 head witch is how the doctor and soon after river knew they were surrounded by angles

[@beatricetautkute4593]

I tride finding this show but cudent

[@banicQT]

@@beatricetautkute4593 it’s on HBO max and the new season will be on disney plus starting christmas

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

@@beatricetautkute4593What? It’s called Doctor Who.

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

⁠@@banicQTAngels and did you not see him say evolved; they could’ve evolved into one head.

[@zerachiel_ivan]

The weeping angels remind me of that one meme that goes like, "What if our teeth are soft by default but only turns hard whenever we bite something"

[@GM_Neo]

A simulation argument against needing unfathomable processing power, is that microscopic or smaller items only render when viewed. They're saying everything's simple polygons and meshes until you are able to see close enough

[@VeryUnderstandabledude]

fun fact: During the shooting of the "weeping angels" they used a bicycle seat on the weeping angel costumes where the actors can sit while shooting anyways the director discussed about what to eat to the weeping angel prop for like some time until someone pointed it out... thats how good the prop makers are

[@SurfRock74]

The angel wasn't moving in the episode, it was being observed in the time the lights were blinking on and off, it was moving slightly between flickers and the almost stop motion movement of the angel is a result of that.

[@TrashAndTheeeGang]

Weeping angels were one of the most original ideas for creatures in movie history, even though ive not watched it, i do know about them. Amazimg

[@thebuffman5597]

scp-173?

[@willparish9624]

@@thebuffman5597 Pretty sure someone created SCP-173 based off weeping angels

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

@@thebuffman5597THE WEEPING ANGELS CAME FIRST!!!!

[@artemisthehunter8360]

Ay, chill. He never said 173 came first, he was just comparing the two

[@Loading4U_]

honestly i love the concept i think its best done well with the gold watchers in dark Deception :3

[@user-rbyee]

The weeping angels are one of the best scariest villains in Doctor Who

[@jackunknown1692]

So youre telling me all i have to do to survive the weeping angels is wear a mirror shirt?

[@dwfan91-]

yeah, not as threatening anymore are they😭

[@AVeryStableFusion]

The crack in time is actually a portal to somewhere which the angels wanted to seal off but the doctor tricked them by sending them into the crack sealing off the crack, because the angels were also absorbing the ships energy.

[@chrizmartin9890]

Found this channel while looking up refreshers for how the angel kills then uses the consciousness of its victims to talk and I found out this channel which covers classic and modern who I had a mate we used to love the show would loved this channel even more back in the day

[@Drana3308]

I think that fr the most part the writers knock weeping angles out of the park. their fist apprence is great as they are a very scary and intriuging monster. and thier second appernce brings it to a whol nother level as it makes it known there is no way to simply trap them like the first time and extremley ups their powerlevel. the 3rd one is confusing and makes people doubt thier own world and also is just fun. it also shows haow people interacti with them. and the finall apperce seems to make the "more normal" s they have more complex motives then "Get this powersource or stay alive" and are actully working for somebody showing heirarcil structures.

[@Drana3308]

TLDR they really great villans who could have similar plots each appearance and still be good but instead the witers make their stories very interestion and mysterious.

[@dwfan91-]

I agree

[@180degreesfor20minutes]

The weeping angels are my favorite, and are the entire reason I got into Doctor Who and sci Fi fandom as a whole!!! A friend showed me Blink back in 2013, and from there I was hooked. Such a brilliant and terrifying concept, I had nightmares about them after my first watch!

[@kavanpuranik98]

Here's what I don't understand tho: The weeping angels move very fast. They move when they're not being observed. But in the show, it almost seems like you need to look at the statue version of the angel first to activate it. If they move that fast, why can't they just attack from behind before a person can even figure out what's going on? Also, if they can only move like a few yards per blink, how fast are they really?

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

The Statue of Liberty moved like 20 miles after Rory blinked.

[@kavanpuranik98]

@@TheMelonerProductions123 Do we have an official number? Coz if it moved like 20 miles in one blink, couldn't it have moved an few more meters and touched rory? What's stopping it from going faster? Also, the smaller angels are not that fast if you remember Blink and the other 11th doctor adventure with the angels

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

@@kavanpuranik98 and also the village of the angels episode in flux, it moved quite fast from the original position of the Statue of Liberty to the hotel where Rory was standing and I like to think that it couldn’t get its hands over the ledge because it’s too big.

[@kavanpuranik98]

@@TheMelonerProductions123 Even in the villiage of the angels, I keep thinking ... if the angels started moving as soon as a person's eyes closes, why do they gotta appear in front of the person's face once they open their eyes again after blinking? Why can't they just move fast enough to kill people when their eyes are still closed? Why do they have to Jumpscare people at least 2-3 times no matter how far/near the angels are?

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

@@kavanpuranik98 It’s for a scare factor I think.

[@pancakepop680]

Been rewatching Doctor Who. Love the angels.

[@shadowmoth9158]

If they appeared in the 60th specials that would have been amazing. At least they got referenced in “the giggle” when the toymaker was taunting the doctor over Amy’s death by a weeping angel

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

No, they should’ve been a one off villain, that would’ve ruined them in my opinion.

[@shadowmoth9158]

@@TheMelonerProductions123 I mean i understand the saying “you want to leave the fans wanting more” but cmon they are a great villain and definitely not one to leave alone

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

@@shadowmoth9158 We can agree to disagree

[@shadowmoth9158]

@@TheMelonerProductions123 fair enough 👍

[@TheMelonerProductions123]

@@shadowmoth9158 👍

[@Bun_Bun_0123]

These are the most terrifying villains/monster ever in my opinion. They aren't terrifying in appearance, they are terrifying in concept and behaviour. The fact they are so fast and can only be stopped forever if they look at each over. The loneliest creatures ever. When they killed that soldier, they ripped out his cerebral cortex and communicated through him. Wtf, they are so freaking terrifying.

[@boanoah6362]

It is kind of bullshit overpowered though that to stop a Weeping Angel you have to look at it but looking at it means it can now possess your brain and you become one yourself. Like yeah, the concept of them was creepy, but everything since then has just made me less interested in them drastically, what next? The Doctor is ACTUALLY a Weeping Angel mutant? The Timeless Child was just a Weeping Angel all along? It's a bit silly.

[@QuantumLockedInStone]

Well with the "possessing brains" part it has to be that you look into their for eyes for too long which is probably 10 minutes or more (because of how long Amy was there looking at the Angel when it came from the television) is when they can do that, Look anywhere else on them and they can't

[@hman2446]

I still think we’ve never seen an angel move because in that one episode, the lights were flashing on and off rapidly like a strobe light so when the light was off, the angel would move well wen they came back on they would stop. So it was more like stop motion, animation. Then actually watching them move

[@Acrossus]

I think what went on about the Weeping Angel statue moving its head was probably because they might have learned to move between the frames of film. Which might explain why their head moved so slowly while also being a statue. It was actually moving between the frames of the film but at the frame of film they stopped, and they did this a lot so its kind of like stop motion. Since the angles are so fricking fast at both moving and locking its not entirely impossible that they have learned to move between frames of films.

[@kitty4746]

just wanted to say that in angels take Manhattan, there are 2 statues that don't look like angels but at first we see that they sometimes leave the place they are supposed to be at, and at the end of the episode they get rid off the crazy guy who tried to study angels

[@VerityShush]

I'm passionately interested in this cave drawings thing? I crave to know more about this mysterious Mandela effect. As for the Angels, if one were to delve into the way off terrifying world of DW Expanded Media with Faction Paradox, there have been a few allusions to them maybe having an origin as living stone creatures from the previous universe who fled the Time Lords and evolved into living ideas and concepts to survive in our universe. But I'm still curious about this cave painting thought of yours tbh.

[@dwfan91-]

I’m still looking into it, I think it’s something to do with a range of 11th Doctor kids books released in 2010-11

[@VerityShush]

@@dwfan91- Could it be Touched By An Angel, an 11th Doctor v Weeping Angels novel? Whatever it ends up being, perhaps reading it again may jog your memory of this accidental headcanon/mandela effect?

[@dwfan91-]

@@VerityShush I think it was, although I'll have to find it again to read and confirm it. That book was in my schools library so it would make sense

[@VerityShush]

@@dwfan91- I have the pdf of the book as it happens, I have the real one too but I've only just moved so it's still packed

[@dwfan91-]

@@VerityShush I too have discovered a pdf thanks to my favourite website archive .org. I'll look into it- maybe I'll make a follow up video if I make a discovery

[@haywirellamma370]

1:40 so scp 137 or something (the peanut)

[@Fraiserson]

I remember this episode kept me up at night when I was younger 😂

[@hoplite015]

Literally SCP-173, next level horror when you think about it.

[@Jamie-r2k]

3:39 possible exception: the statue of liberty became a weeping angel and It didn't look like an angel (ish - it had the angel face but other than that not really, I don't think it even had wings).

[@dwfan91-]

The cherubs too which I thought were great

[@tom_4615]

Damn I feel like a weeping angel story written by rtd would go HARD

[@LakeInTheDarkProductions]

They are evil or reforming time lords. Maybe the weeping angels are the end of the timelord race.

[@dwfan91-]

That would be very cool and is not unlikely!

[@Homeless_One]

The fact that i also remember something about the cave drawings but forgot D:

[@Fuzzyfox12]

still the most scarry series ever made , always got goose bumps seeing them.

[@mn5499]

Basically own a fish or a snake because they don’t blink

[@DeWillpower]

i love the weeping angels

[@WhompTheBunny]

your actually incredibly wrong 3:20 you said we have never seen one that doesn't look like a standard angel. Remember when Rory got attacked by angels. They were babies same with the statue of liberty

[@danielpower5959]

I have one question. What would happen if an angle walked across your field of view? Like would they have to freeze as soon as they enter it or would you be able to see them move for a split second.

[@dwfan91-]

My question is if you blink but an ant is watching the angel from across the room, does it still freeze?

[@NoFalseTruth]

I would guess "no" to the ant question. Don't think they're sentient enough to be considered a conscious observer to trigger the quantum observation locking.

[@QuantumLockedInStone]

They become stone the literal second even if the tiniest bit of themself is revealed to your sight; like the very, very tip of their finger for example and it's not that it takes a little bit for them to turn to stone; Like it's so fast and instant your eyes won't be able to visually interpret it.

[@QuantumLockedInStone]

​​@@NoFalseTruthI agree, especially because they're still able to move in the open where there's probably millions of ants and all other kinds of bugs around

[@BlueGoblin1]

I still dont get their motivations. They can feed on energy other than time so why do they go through the trouble of chasing people.

[@oggyy.]

How can i watch the original series?

[@TreesSillyASMR]

Is that scprp background sound???

[@andrewwhyte7130]

Is that "Watch your 6" in the background?

[@dwfan91-]

Yes :0

[@chaseg3670]

They inspired an SCP

[@firatfitness7075]

Yaaayyy awesome weeping angel

[@dwfan91-]

Thank you!

[@Lizraeh]

The weeping angels are time variants being punished.

[@DumbFounded_1]

SCP-173 be like

[@SpidermanMascot]

It’s not a reboot

[@dwfan91-]

Look up 'reboot definition' big dawg

[@G1101M]

scp 173 but doctor who vertion

[@frostfsfyt1247]

Hold on… you sound like vickstar but if he only did the myth busting/ informative videos

[@dwfan91-]

i am him

[@davidripley2916]

Put the Angels in a Hall Of Mirrors . . .

[@zidstarz]

:o

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

0:07 weeping angels never appeared in 2005 their first appearance is in 2007 so your actually wrong and somehow you’ve said a lot of wrong things in your Doctor who videos that I’ve put comments about to correct u on btw 😂

[@statics1]

0:32

[@DdumbaStyle]

Rude

[@KikiSohma]

Quoting the video for your information. 0:00 "The Weeping Angels are one of the most iconic monsters from the...2005 version of the show" 0:32 "The Weeping Angels first debuted in series 3's "Blink" released in 2007". Please check when you are "correcting" a video next time.

[@Joeywickcentral]

somthing they could do in the first 40 seconds of the video 😂😂

[@nellax8314]

....this was ripped off scp173 and human vocal lizards in the basement in the games

[@dwfan91-]

I have no clue what that is

[@nellax8314]

@dwfan91- scp is a universe. It's just a collection of technical documents that a bunch of horror writers on a forums put together. Scp-173 is a cement and rebar statue, and was a the 1st scp (on the "something rotten fourms" back when the internet was smaller) and the story was dated before the premiere of weeping angels. Also, "mimicking human voices" is also a ability of a 1st generation scp of a different number (forgotten which number) it's basically a skinless lizard that is sentive to light and hunts using sound, but cruelly mimics the victims voice/death-cries so more will come to help with the expressed goal of ultimately become the monsters feed. Edit Was just saying I saw the cut scene, and I thought of scp173 and weeping angels and Google what was 1st

[@dwfan91-]

That's cool- I don't think Steven Moffat ripped them off though. Both ideas, I would assume, are based on the playground game 'What's the time Mr Wolf' and the episode Blink is adapted from a Doctor Who annual story from 2005. Still, it's very interesting that two similar concepts would be introduced in the same year

[@fdgoddemon4455]

​@@nellax8314You got it all inverted, SCP 173 is a rip off of the weeping angels

[@thorshammer81]

This video didn’t explain anything very clearly and not in order

[@dwfan91-]

to be fair Doctor Who is quite complex for some people so you could've not understood, i get it

[@bigdadddyd123]

Scp foundation did it better

[@theghosttm8245]

173 and The Angels came out roughly close to each other. What predates both, The Boo enemy from the Mario games.

[@PatsyIsDrunk]

Since the 60s, Dr Who has always been B grade or worse entertainment. I grew up in the 60s btw, it was trash then and worse trash now. David Tennant is a dreadful, overrated actor, I dislike him intensely. So Dr Who is garbage, what's new. lol

[@dwfan91-]

I think you're garbage lol

[@theghosttm8245]

If you don’t like Dr. Who why are you here then ? Just right click the video, then Not Interested or Don’t Recommend Channel.

[@idle_speculation]

Bro thinks he hates Doctor Who more than Doctor Who fans