Series 5, Episode 4 | 2 parts | First broadcast: 24 April 2010 | Writer: Steven Moffat | Director: Adam Smith
Cast
- Matt Smith as the Doctor
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
- Alex Kingston as River Song
- Iain Glen as Father Octavian
Summary
A distress call from River Song pulls the Doctor and Amy into a rescue mission aboard the crashed starliner Byzantium, where a lone but lethally dangerous Weeping Angel has survived and begun to feed. As a squad of Church clerics led by Father Octavian escorts the group deeper into an ancient catacomb-like maze, the Doctor realizes an entire army of Angels lies dormant nearby, ready to awaken.
Interesting Facts
- This story reintroduces River Song for only her second on-screen appearance, deepening the mystery of her future relationship with the Doctor.
- The Weeping Angels return here in a significantly expanded and more menacing capacity than their debut in “Blink.”
- River’s dramatic entrance, diving into space to be caught by the TARDIS’s tractor beam, became one of the era’s most quoted moments.
- The revelation that a stone Angel can “reach out” through any image of itself, including on a video screen, sharply raised the stakes of the monster’s rules.
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