And now, more than fifteen years after the character first appeared in the episode Blink, opposite Carey Mulligan, in June 2007, the writer of the show, and the man who would go on to be showrunner of the BBC sci-fi series, Steven Moffat, has shared some early notes on the baddies. The Weeping Angels, are indeed, a classic Doctor Who monster of the modern era. Hopefully, Doctor Who: Flux episode 5 will see the Doctor confront the Division and learn some of her forgotten past.They have been voted time and again the scariest monster ever to have been in the Doctor Who universe. There is, however, one shot of a mysterious flicker of light approaching a space station apparently of Gallifreyan design - and given the Division began with the Time Lords, this is probably their base of operations. In the case of Doctor Who: Flux episode 4, though, the trailer doesn't give anything away about the Doctor's fate there's a brief glimpse of the TARDIS, but no sign of its owner. Cliffhangers for the first two episodes were effectively ruined because the trailers that aired immediately afterwards showed all the heroes would survive, and even dropped major clues as to how. Pleasingly, the BBC's marketing has learned from previous Doctor Who mistakes. This neatly explains the cliffhanger, bringing together the dialogue and the dramatic closing scenes, as well as setting up the continuation of the Doctor's arc in episode 5. Logically, then, they'd need to coat the Doctor in this living stone, giving her the attributes of a Weeping Angel, in order for it to work. The Weeping Angels had come to Earth expecting to capture one of their own kind, meaning whatever technology they use to travel through time and space would be calibrated for their stone forms. Given that's the case, it's reasonable to assume the Doctor has been coated with stone so she can be transported back to Division HQ there's an energy flare at the moment the credits begin to roll, suggesting either a transmat - Doctor Who's version of a Star Trek transporter - has been activated, or some temporal jump system has instead. Doctor Who: Flux episode 4 had already revealed the Weeping Angels' technology is composed of the same living stone as the creatures themselves - the Doctor is apparently standing on the hull of their stone ship. According to the rogue Weeping Angel, the Doctor has been " recalled to Division," meaning she's not being transformed into a Weeping Angel at all - rather, she's being transported back to Division headquarters. The best cliffhangers, however, depend upon misdirection. Related: Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Just Repeated A Classic Third & Tenth Doctor Mistake Current Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall is a fan of the classic series, where cliffhangers were the norm, and here he's managed to pull off what may be considered one of the best in the show's history. Unwittingly standing atop a Weeping Angel ship, the Doctor appears to transform into a Weeping Angel herself. A rogue Weeping Angel has brought the Doctor to Earth in order to strike a deal - it knows the only thing the Division wants more than itself is the Doctor, and it's agreed to hand her over. The Doctor learns at least one group of Weeping Angels work for Doctor Who's Division, the group she also worked for in her forgotten past. Packed with classic horror tropes, episode 4 sees the return of the Weeping Angels.
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