Weeping Angels

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Doctor Who monster Fictional species Predatory alien race

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Weeping Angels canonical	53
Weeping Angel	6
Encounter with Weeping Angels	1
Weeping Angels disguised as statues	1
Weeping Angels incident in the Maze of the Dead	1
Weeping Angels on the Byzantium	1
Weeping Angels story arc	1
Weeping Angels’ Maze of the Dead	1

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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ