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:''See also [[Angel (disambiguation)]].'' | :''See also [[Angel (disambiguation)]].'' | ||
'''Angels''', according to the mythology of many species, | '''Angels''', according to the mythology of many species, were spiritual beings that served [[God]] as his messengers. | ||
Popular [[Earth]] depictions of angels often presented them as beautiful [[Human]]s with halos and/or wings, not unlike [[Solonian]]s in their "evolved form" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants]]''), [[Light]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'') and the [[Weeping Angel]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'') The [[Heavenly Host]]s, [[robot]]s designed by [[Max Capricorn]], resembled angels by deliberate design. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') | Popular [[Earth]] depictions of angels often presented them as beautiful [[Human]]s with halos and/or wings, not unlike [[Solonian]]s in their "evolved form" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants]]''), [[Light]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'') and the [[Weeping Angel]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'') The [[Heavenly Host]]s, [[robot]]s designed by [[Max Capricorn]], resembled angels by deliberate design. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
When [[Christianity|Christian]] missionaries failed to exorcise [[Saul]] from [[Cheldon Bonniface]], they | When [[Christianity|Christian]] missionaries failed to exorcise [[Saul]] from [[Cheldon Bonniface]], they built a [[church]] on the site, then declared him an angel. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') | ||
In [[Early human history#13th century A.D.|1240]], the people of [[Kiev]] believed that an alien soldier buried in the catacombs was a dark angel. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Bunker Soldiers]]'') | In [[Early human history#13th century A.D.|1240]], the people of [[Kiev]] believed that an alien soldier buried in the catacombs was a dark angel. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Bunker Soldiers]]'') | ||
In [[1553]], when Mistress [[Ellen]] and Queen [[Jane Grey]] witnessed [[Rani Chandra]] return to her [[2010|own time]] via a [[time window]], Ellen believed it to be [[witch]]craft, but Jane believed Rani to have been an angel. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'') | In [[1553]], when Mistress [[Ellen]] and Queen [[Jane Grey]] witnessed [[Rani Chandra]] return to her [[2010|own time]] via a [[time window]], Ellen believed it to be [[witch]]craft, but Jane believed Rani to have been an angel. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'') | ||
In [[1609]], Cardinal [[Robert Bellarmine]] mediated the [[Armageddon Convention]] while believing that he was intervening in a war between angels. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'') | In [[1609]], Cardinal [[Robert Bellarmine]] mediated the [[Armageddon Convention]] while believing that he was intervening in a war between angels. ([[MA]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'') | ||
Revision as of 02:47, 12 July 2011
- See also Angel (disambiguation).
Angels, according to the mythology of many species, were spiritual beings that served God as his messengers.
Popular Earth depictions of angels often presented them as beautiful Humans with halos and/or wings, not unlike Solonians in their "evolved form" (DW: The Mutants), Light (DW: Ghost Light) and the Weeping Angels. (DW: Blink) The Heavenly Hosts, robots designed by Max Capricorn, resembled angels by deliberate design. (DW: Voyage of the Damned)
References
When Christian missionaries failed to exorcise Saul from Cheldon Bonniface, they built a church on the site, then declared him an angel. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation)
In 1240, the people of Kiev believed that an alien soldier buried in the catacombs was a dark angel. (PDA: Bunker Soldiers)
In 1553, when Mistress Ellen and Queen Jane Grey witnessed Rani Chandra return to her own time via a time window, Ellen believed it to be witchcraft, but Jane believed Rani to have been an angel. (SJA: Lost in Time)
In 1609, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine mediated the Armageddon Convention while believing that he was intervening in a war between angels. (MA: The Empire of Glass)
In 1669, Father Chadwick Vita thought that the Healer was an angel. (IDW: Black Death White Life)
In 1759, Madame de Pompadour called the Tenth Doctor "her lonely angel". (DW: The Girl in the Fireplace)
In 1869, Gwyneth believed that the Gelth were angels. (DW: The Unquiet Dead)
In 1914, soldiers fighting in World War I in Belgium came to believe that a Warfreek surveillance device was the Angel of Death come to take the dead to heaven. Later, Rose Tyler posed as an angel to put a stop to a battle. (DWAM: Warfreekz!)
Chad Boyle believed that the Timewyrm was an angel. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation)
In 1997, Gabriel and Jude of the Rapture Club claimed to be angels. (BFA: The Rapture)
Peter Dalton believed that the Trickster was an angel. (SJA: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)
When !C-Mel became Clarence, he took on the appearance of an angel. (BNA: Ghost Devices)
The Morphieans had the ability to animate stone statues of angels. (PDA: Ten Little Aliens)
