Statues that come alive when you are not looking at them.
"The lonely assassins, they used to be called. No one quite knows where they came from, but they're as old as the universe, or very nearly, and they have survived this
long because they have the most perfect defence system ever evolved. They are quantum-locked. They
don't exist when they're being observed. The moment they are seen by any other living creature, they freeze into rock. No choice. It's a fact of their biology. In the sight of any living thing, they literally turn to
stone. And you can't
kill a
stone. Of course, a
stone can't kill you either. But then you turn your head away, then you blink, and oh yes it can. " -The Doctor
"
Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink. "-The Doctor
A Weeping Angel,
Amy, is the deadliest, most powerful, most malevolent lifeform evolution has ever produced and right now one of them is trapped inside that wreckage, and I’m supposed to climb in after it with a
screwdriver and a
torch.
