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{{Infobox Individual
|alias =
|image = Angel Bob.jpg
|species = Weeping Angel
|origin =
|first = The Time of Angels (TV story)
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]''
|voice actor = David Atkins
|other voice actor= {{il|[[Mark Springer]]|[[Troy Glasgow]]}}
|clip = The gravity of the situation - Doctor Who - Flesh and Stone - Series 5 - BBC
}}
'''Angel Bob''' was the name the [[Eleventh Doctor]] gave to the [[Weeping Angel]] from the vault of the ''[[Byzantium (spacecraft)|Byzantium]]''. He called this Angel by that name because it communicated by using a reanimated copy of [[Bob (The Time of Angels)|cleric Bob]]'s [[consciousness]]. Accepting this name for itself, it acted as the representative of its brethren when they fed on the power supply of the ''Byzantium''.


A member of the race known has the Weeping Angels it is the first example of a fully powered and healthy Angel (The angels from Blink being revealed to be weak scavengers). The Angel possesses all the traditional characteristics of its race has well as additional abilities that include voice projection and the power to make projections of its self and other powers. It is responsible for the crash of the Byzantium; this was part of a rescue mission to aid a starving colony of Angels.
== Biography ==
==Before the crash==
=== Early history and the ''Byzantium'' ===
A fully powered lone [[Weeping Angel]] had been recovered from a dead planet in a "dormant" cycle. It passed from private hand to private hand and through an unknown series of events, finally came into the hands of the captain of the [[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]] .
An army of Weeping Angels had wiped out the [[Aplan]] race on [[Alfava Metraxis]] in the mid-[[47th century]], but in doing so had remained without a food source to feed on. They were trapped and weakened. Knowing of the fate of its brethren, a Weeping Angel lay patiently waiting in the ruins of [[Razbahan]] and feigned being in a "dormant" cycle. Just as it planned, it passed from one private hand to another until it came in possession of a temporal core to help revive its fellow Angels. The opportunity came when it came to be stored in the ''[[Byzantium (spacecraft)|Byzantium]]''.
The Weeping Angel was put inside the Byzantium's vault. [[River Song]], after being sent to assess the situation, recognised it as a Weeping Angel and, after warning the captain the ship was going to crash, escaped with the help of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] .
The Byzantium crashed inside an Aplan temple on Alfava Metraxis, who's species were wiped out by an unknown catastrophe in the mid 47th century. The Angel was the only survivor of the crash.


==The Angel on the screen==
[[River Song]] was sent by [[the Church]] to find and neutralise it. She got on board the ''Byzantium'' during her investigation and captured four seconds of footage of the Angel. Before leaving the ship, she warned [[Alistair (The Time of Angels)|Alistair]] it would not reach its final destination.
A four second recording of the Angel was played on a monitor inside a surveillance chamber that was put inside the Aplan Temple. River Song showed the Doctor, Amy and Father [[Octavian]] four seconds of the footage. Amy stayed inside the surveillance chamber whilst the Doctor and River went outside to look at some research and Octavian left to prepare the detonation to get into the Maze of the Dead.


Alone in the monitoring room Amy noticed the Angel had lifted its head and was now looking at her, when she looked again it was now in the centre of the cell staring at her. While she was distracted by this she didn't notice the Angel seal the doors trapping her. Looking again the angel was now right in the camera face and then snarling. Amy was sealed inside and the door deadlocked. The Angel on screen began to move, even though it was only a recording. Meanwhile, the Doctor and River discovered that an image of an Angel will eventually become one. The Angel on screen inside the chamber began to come out the screen. The Angel was stopped by Amy turning the monitor off at the end of the four second loop.
The Angel caused the ''Byzantium'' to crash on Alfava Metraxis above the [[Aplan Mortarium]] where the Angels remained, killing everyone on board. The once dormant and weak Angels within the catacombs beneath the temple began to awaken and regenerate. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'')
==In the catacombs==
The Angel escaped the vault of the Byzantium and went through the Maze of the Dead. Clerics [[Christian]] and [[Angelo (The Time of Angels)|Angelo]] were sent to investigate the further catacombs and had their necks snapped by the Weeping Angel. Cleric Bob was lured into the catacombs by the Weeping Angel projecting the voice of Cleric Angelo. It later used Cleric Bob's voice as a mouthpiece to communicate with the Doctor, trying to anger him by claiming the Doctor's encouragement to Bob was in vain, and how it enjoyed killing him. The Angel then said it was coming to get the Doctor, Amy, River, Octavian and the remaining Clerics.
==Chase through the Byzantium==
After getting on to the Byzantium the Doctor and the Clerics the group are chased through to one of the main decks of the ship and cornered. The Angel explains through Bob the angels are not just feeding on the ship anymore and is amused that the Doctor cant se what they can. Suddenly the Doctor senses something and looks up to find another crack in the universe only larger and wider than before. The Doctor is stopped from investigating the crack by the angels who want to feed on the crack who restrain him but he manages to escape. Catching up with the others who are tending a stricken Amy and realises there is an Angel inside Amy's head that will kill her has it claws its way out. The Angel tells the Doctor they are making Amy count down to her death to scare her and for their own amusement which seriously angers the Doctor.


Later has the crack continues to expand the Angels attempt to flee has the time energy leaking out would erase anything that comes near even the Angels. The angels eventually surround the Doctor and demand he throw himself in to the crack has that would reseal the crack. The Doctor instead alters the ships gravity and send all the angels tumbling in to the crack who's collective energy is the equivalent of the Doctor's thereby sealing the crack.
=== On Alfava Metraxis ===
[[Father Octavian]] and a team of Clerics arrived at the crash site to track down the Angel. To explain what they were up against, Song showed the looped recording of the Angel to the Doctor, Octavian and [[Amy Pond]]. While the others left the pod, Amy remained with the recording in its constant loop. Unbeknownst to the expedition, any image of a Weeping Angel ''becomes itself'' a Weeping Angel. The image in the recording came to life and deadlocked the doors of the pod, trapping Amy within. The Angel projected itself beyond the image and into the room, until Amy was able to exploit a glitch in the recording to turn off the projection of the image. She had, however, stared into the eyes of the projection, opening her mind to it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') This produced an image of an Angel in the visual centre of Amy's mind, opening her up to manipulation by the Angels, including hallucinations and death; as the image of the Angel within her would ultimately become a real Angel. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')


==Personality==
The Angel escaped the vault of the ''Byzantium'' and went through the Maze of the Dead. When the Clerics [[Christian (The Time of Angels)|Christian]] and [[Angelo (The Time of Angels)|Angelo]] were sent to investigate the further catacombs, the Angel killed them by breaking their necks. It took their central nervous systems and reanimated their consciousness temporarily to lure others to their deaths. It used the same procedure with the Cleric [[Bob (The Time of Angels)|Bob]] on a more long-term basis, to communicate with the Doctor, Amy, River and the remaining Clerics.
Like the rest of its kind the Byzantium angel is a psychopath; it showed no remorse for the killing of several clerics and also claimed to enjoy doing it when it spoke to the Doctor using a copy of Cleric Bob's consciousness. It also tormented Amy with a copy of its self by making her think she was turning to stone. The Angel is also very patient and clever; the Doctor guessed it had never been dormant but had rather allowed it self to be captured so it could get the needed power to revive its people.


It also possesses a sadistic sense of humour has it pretended at first to be Cleric Bob before casually saying it wasn't and it had snapped the man's neck to use his voice.
The Angel continued to use Bob's remains to relay its messages to the Doctor, who began to call it "Angel Bob". It tried to anger him by having Bob tell him how his words of encouragement to the soldier had been lies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') When the Doctor and the Clerics were surrounded near the ''Byzantium''{{'}}s oxygen factory, Bob said the Angels were amused at the Doctor not seeing the [[Time field|crack in time]]. Angel Bob informed the Doctor in the oxygen factory how the Angels' manipulation of Amy was just for fun, making him throw away his communication device in anger.


The Angel also seems to enjoy hunting and toying with its victims; rather than kill them in one go it preferred to take them one by one using the shadows to terrify its victims before coming in for the kill. It didn't come straight for the Doctor and appeared to be taking its time while tormenting the group by saying it was coming for them and flickering their lights to allow the weaker angels a chance to catch up with them.
As the crack expanded, the Angels ran away and Angel Bob reappeared in person after the Doctor, River and Amy were cornered in the ''Byzantium''{{'}}s control room. He attempted to coerce the Doctor into throwing himself into the crack to seal it, saving the Angels and his friends. As the last of the ship's energy was waning, the Doctor forced a failure of the gravity field. Angel Bob and the other Weeping Angels fell into the crack, closing it and were [[temporal erasure|erased from existence]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')
 
== Personality ==
Angel Bob showed no remorse at killing clerics and also claimed to enjoy doing it when it spoke to the Doctor using Cleric Bob's vocal chords and central nervous system. It tormented Amy with a copy of itself by making her think she was turning to stone.(conjecture) The Angel was very patient and clever; the Doctor guessed it had never been dormant but had allowed itself to be captured so it could get the needed power to revive its people.
 
It also possessed a sadistic sense of humour; it pretended at first to be Cleric Bob making his remains say what had happened to him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') Later, after the copy of itself in Amy made her perform a countdown to the moment when the copy would consume her, Angel Bob indicated it was making her do the countdown for fun. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')
 
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Latest revision as of 08:28, 22 April 2024

Angel Bob was the name the Eleventh Doctor gave to the Weeping Angel from the vault of the Byzantium. He called this Angel by that name because it communicated by using a reanimated copy of cleric Bob's consciousness. Accepting this name for itself, it acted as the representative of its brethren when they fed on the power supply of the Byzantium.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early history and the Byzantium[[edit] | [edit source]]

An army of Weeping Angels had wiped out the Aplan race on Alfava Metraxis in the mid-47th century, but in doing so had remained without a food source to feed on. They were trapped and weakened. Knowing of the fate of its brethren, a Weeping Angel lay patiently waiting in the ruins of Razbahan and feigned being in a "dormant" cycle. Just as it planned, it passed from one private hand to another until it came in possession of a temporal core to help revive its fellow Angels. The opportunity came when it came to be stored in the Byzantium.

River Song was sent by the Church to find and neutralise it. She got on board the Byzantium during her investigation and captured four seconds of footage of the Angel. Before leaving the ship, she warned Alistair it would not reach its final destination.

The Angel caused the Byzantium to crash on Alfava Metraxis above the Aplan Mortarium where the Angels remained, killing everyone on board. The once dormant and weak Angels within the catacombs beneath the temple began to awaken and regenerate. (TV: The Time of Angels)

On Alfava Metraxis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Father Octavian and a team of Clerics arrived at the crash site to track down the Angel. To explain what they were up against, Song showed the looped recording of the Angel to the Doctor, Octavian and Amy Pond. While the others left the pod, Amy remained with the recording in its constant loop. Unbeknownst to the expedition, any image of a Weeping Angel becomes itself a Weeping Angel. The image in the recording came to life and deadlocked the doors of the pod, trapping Amy within. The Angel projected itself beyond the image and into the room, until Amy was able to exploit a glitch in the recording to turn off the projection of the image. She had, however, stared into the eyes of the projection, opening her mind to it. (TV: The Time of Angels) This produced an image of an Angel in the visual centre of Amy's mind, opening her up to manipulation by the Angels, including hallucinations and death; as the image of the Angel within her would ultimately become a real Angel. (TV: Flesh and Stone)

The Angel escaped the vault of the Byzantium and went through the Maze of the Dead. When the Clerics Christian and Angelo were sent to investigate the further catacombs, the Angel killed them by breaking their necks. It took their central nervous systems and reanimated their consciousness temporarily to lure others to their deaths. It used the same procedure with the Cleric Bob on a more long-term basis, to communicate with the Doctor, Amy, River and the remaining Clerics.

The Angel continued to use Bob's remains to relay its messages to the Doctor, who began to call it "Angel Bob". It tried to anger him by having Bob tell him how his words of encouragement to the soldier had been lies. (TV: The Time of Angels) When the Doctor and the Clerics were surrounded near the Byzantium's oxygen factory, Bob said the Angels were amused at the Doctor not seeing the crack in time. Angel Bob informed the Doctor in the oxygen factory how the Angels' manipulation of Amy was just for fun, making him throw away his communication device in anger.

As the crack expanded, the Angels ran away and Angel Bob reappeared in person after the Doctor, River and Amy were cornered in the Byzantium's control room. He attempted to coerce the Doctor into throwing himself into the crack to seal it, saving the Angels and his friends. As the last of the ship's energy was waning, the Doctor forced a failure of the gravity field. Angel Bob and the other Weeping Angels fell into the crack, closing it and were erased from existence. (TV: Flesh and Stone)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Angel Bob showed no remorse at killing clerics and also claimed to enjoy doing it when it spoke to the Doctor using Cleric Bob's vocal chords and central nervous system. It tormented Amy with a copy of itself by making her think she was turning to stone.(conjecture) The Angel was very patient and clever; the Doctor guessed it had never been dormant but had allowed itself to be captured so it could get the needed power to revive its people.

It also possessed a sadistic sense of humour; it pretended at first to be Cleric Bob making his remains say what had happened to him. (TV: The Time of Angels) Later, after the copy of itself in Amy made her perform a countdown to the moment when the copy would consume her, Angel Bob indicated it was making her do the countdown for fun. (TV: Flesh and Stone)

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