The Time of Angels

206a – "The Time of Angels"
Doctor Who episode
The "Maze of the Dead", where all of the statues turn out to be Weeping Angels.
Cast
Doctor Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor)
Companion Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)
Others Alex Kingston – River Song Simon Dutton – Alistair Mike Skinner – Security Guard Iain Glen – Octavian Mark Springer – Christian Troy Glasgow – Angelo David Atkins – Bob Darren Morfitt – Marco
Production
Directed by	Adam Smith
Written by	Steven Moffat
Script editor	Lindsey Alford
Produced by	Tracie Simpson
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat Piers Wenger Beth Willis
Incidental music composer	Murray Gold
Production code	1.4
Series	Series 5
Length	1st of 2-part story, 45 minutes
Originally broadcast	24 April 2010
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → "Victory of the Daleks" "Flesh and Stone"
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"The Time of Angels" is the fourth episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on 24 April 2010 on BBC One. It is the first episode of a two-part story written by showrunner Steven Moffat and directed by Adam Smith; the second episode was "Flesh and Stone". Moffat utilised the two-part episode to bring back a couple of his previous creations: the Weeping Angels from his series three episode "Blink", and River Song (Alex Kingston) from the series four episodes "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead". The episode is partly set in the 51st century.

The Doctor—a time travelling alien played by Matt Smith—and his companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) are summoned by River Song, a mysterious woman from the Doctor's future. She takes them to the planet Alfava Metraxis, where the spaceship Byzantium has crashed. Hidden inside is a Weeping Angel, a creature that can only move when unobserved by others. With the help of Father Octavian (Iain Glen) and his militarised clerics, the Doctor, Amy and River Song travel through a stone labyrinth to reach the ship. On the way, they discover that all the statues in the maze are Angels, which are slowly restoring and planning to trap them in the labyrinth.