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They look at the box's data and see a security feed of [[River Song]] in front of an airlock, saying a set of space-time coordinates and suggesting he might add an [[air corridor]]; the Doctor promptly takes the TARDIS there as River deliberately opens the airlock and is blown into space, where she is picked up by the Doctor. She promptly demands "Follow that ship!!". | They look at the box's data and see a security feed of [[River Song]] in front of an airlock, saying a set of space-time coordinates and suggesting he might add an [[air corridor]]; the Doctor promptly takes the TARDIS there as River deliberately opens the airlock and is blown into space, where she is picked up by the Doctor. She promptly demands "Follow that ship!!". | ||
The TARDIS chases the ship (the ''[[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]])'', but River takes the controls, telling the Doctor to press the blue stabilizers. The TARDIS then stops shaking and she expertly lands the ship without the trademark hum of the landing TARDIS; it turns out that the Doctor always leaves the brake on. | The TARDIS chases the ship (the ''[[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]])'', but River takes the controls, telling the Doctor to press the blue stabilizers. The TARDIS then stops shaking and she expertly lands the ship without the trademark hum of the landing TARDIS; it turns out that the Doctor always leaves the brake on. The Doctor defends this as he loves the sound of the TARDIS materializing. River then explains to Amy that she toke lessons on how to fly the TARDIS from the very best. The Doctor smiles smugly, but River replies "A shame you were busy that day", annoying him before he walks to exit the TARDIS. River tells him that the need to do enviroment checks to see if the atmosphere is hospitable to humanoid life. While River looks at the statistics on the TARDIS monitor, the Doctor looks outside and tells her everything that's on the monitor; the planet is hospitable. The Doctor then adds "chances of rain later". River is annoyed by how the Doctor is so full of himself and walks out, wondering why they landed. However, as River exits, the Doctor says she should have checked the Home Box and slams the door behind her. | ||
They exit the TARDIS | Amy wonders who River is and the Doctor partial explains "it's a long story and I don;t know all of it". The Doctor then defends his decsion to run away from River by saying "Time is not the boss of me". Amy then wonders if they have landed on a planet. Much to the Doctor's growing annoyance he explains that they are and he'll give Amy five minutes on the planet before leaving as he does not want to be dragged into River's affairs. | ||
[[file:DoctorAmyTOA.JPG|thumb|left|The Doctor tells Amy about the Weeping Angels.]] | |||
River | They exit the TARDIS and see the flaming wreckage of the ''Byzantium'' sits atop a stony plateau. River calls in [[The Church|reinforcements]] that she has in orbit and asks the Doctor to boost the power with his [[sonic screwdriver]]. The Doctor then introduces Amy to River, accidently letting it slip that she will be a Professor in her future. River takes out her diary and begins asking the Doctor where they are in his timeline. After River confirms where the Doctor is, she jokes with Amy about the Doctor "keeping score" with museums. River's communicator beeps as four men in desert camouflage teleport down. The leader, Father [[Octavian]], has already heard of the Doctor. After being prompted, River tells the Doctor that they are chasing a [[Weeping Angel]]. | ||
[[file:DoctorAmyTOA.JPG|thumb|left|The Doctor tells Amy about the Weeping Angels.]] It's night time by all the troops arrive and the Doctor is growing increasingly nervous as Amy is refusing to return to the safety of the TARDIS while he helps neutralise the angel with the Church. River calls them to one of the bunkers and shows them footage of the Weeping Angel they're after; it is four seconds long and has been put on loop. The Doctor and River explain to Amy and Father Octavian the nature of a Weeping Angel and the Doctor tells them about his previous meeting with the survivor group on Earth. While working out a plan, River mentions to the Doctor that he once gave her all of his faces for whenever they meet. She hands the Doctor [[Book of the Weeping Angels|a book]] about the Angels, explaining that a mad man wrote it. Surprisingly, the Doctor reads it quickly and comments on various parts of the book. | |||
While the Doctor, River, and Father Octavian make plans, Amy feels left out, and looks around the dropship. The Weeping Angel has changed ever so slightly - its hands are slightly away from its face, and its head has turned slightly to the camera. The four-second loop changes again. The Weeping Angel is now facing the camera, arms spread. Amy turna the television of. It turns itself back on. She tries to unplug the television, to no avail. When Amy looks back up, the Weeping Angel has again moved, its face now filling the screen. Amy tries opening the dropship's airlock, but it is [[Deadlock seal|deadlock sealed]], and the Weeping Angel is now screaming into the camera. | While the Doctor, River, and Father Octavian make plans, Amy feels left out, and looks around the dropship. The Weeping Angel has changed ever so slightly - its hands are slightly away from its face, and its head has turned slightly to the camera. The four-second loop changes again. The Weeping Angel is now facing the camera, arms spread. Amy turna the television of. It turns itself back on. She tries to unplug the television, to no avail. When Amy looks back up, the Weeping Angel has again moved, its face now filling the screen. Amy tries opening the dropship's airlock, but it is [[Deadlock seal|deadlock sealed]], and the Weeping Angel is now screaming into the camera. | ||
Outside, the Doctor | Outside, River watches in amusement as the Doctor "goes baby face" while examining the book. The Doctor becomes confused as to why the author has not included a picture of a [[Weeping Angel]] in order to give the reader a heads up on what it is. River then tells him to read the part about pictures in the book again. "Whatever holds the image of an Angel becomes itself an Angel". The Doctor then realizes they left the footage of an Angel on in the dropship and Amy is still in it. At the same time, Amy looks back to the screen and the Weeping Angel is projecting itself inside the dropship. The Doctor attempts to open the door with his [[sonic screwdriver]], but it won't work as it is deadlock. River protests to there being deadlocks as the Doctor tries to cut the power, saying it has been deadlocked on, much to River's continued annoyance. The Doctor explains to River there ARE [[file:AmyEye.JPG|thumb|left|Amy feels something in her eye after looking at The Angel.]]deadlocks NOW since the Angel is coming to life. As the Doctor begins panicing, he tells Amy not to let the Angel move, but then checks the book again,and tells her not to look into the Angel's eyes. River is confused and asks the Doctor what he means. The Doctor reads "The eyes are not the window to the soul, but the DOOR. Beware what might enter there". Amy then calls about what "images" meant again and figures that she can pause the footage at the static when it loops. Doing so, Amy freezes the Angel and the television turns off as the e doors unlock and the Doctor enters and pulls the power cord to the television. Busy, the Doctor tells River to hug Amy and explains that the Angel was trying to reach out to them through the television and is no longer dormant. The Church soldiers break through into the temple and the Doctor leaves exclaiming "It's begun," but not before Amy rubs her eye, and tells River that there was something in it. | ||
The team climbs down into the temple and discovers a gravity well inside. | The team climbs down into the temple and discovers a gravity well inside. Amy wonders where they are as he Doctor halfway explains, "Well, if you're a creature of living stone..." and kicks a [[gravity globe]] into the well. It floats in the middle of the chamber, showing a room filled with stone statues; this makes it a needle in a haystack for finding the Angel. The Doctor goes off to explore, giving Father Octavian a moment to ask River if he "knows" yet. River tells him it is too soon in the Doctor's timeline, to which Octavian responds "Well, don't let him work it out." She ends the conversation by telling Octavian that she has "no intention of going back to prison." Octavian lets River leave and then sends Clerics [[Christian]] and [[Angelo]] to the one visible exit from the chamber. | ||
While exploring with the Doctor and River, Amy rubs her eye again. This time, dust runs out of it and through her fingers. River notices Amy looking at her hand, and asks if she is all right. Amy shakes the question off and asks what a [[Maze of the Dead]] is. River tells her it's not as bad as it sounds, and that it's just called that because dead people are buried in the walls. | While exploring with the Doctor and River, Amy rubs her eye again. This time, dust runs out of it and through her fingers. River notices Amy looking at her hand, and asks if she is all right. Amy shakes the question off and asks what a [[Maze of the Dead]] is. River tells her it's not as bad as it sounds, and that it's just called that because dead people are buried in the walls. She then realizes it was "a little bad" and gives Amy an inoculation to provide protection from radiation, Amy asks River what the Doctor is like in his future. River, not wanting to give spoilers, says "the Doctor is the Doctor." Amy then sarcasticly says it was useful information. River then tells the Doctor that they ARE talking about him, but he appears too distracted to notice them or the fact he is holding a device wrong. River corrects how he is holding the device while Amy suggests River is the Doctor's wife. River asks Amy if it could ever be such a simple thing with the Doctor and Amy stays sure of her thought. River does not answer yes or no to Amy's question, but says she's "good". | ||
Elsewhere, Christian and Angelo complain about the mission. Christian's rifle's light flickers. He turns back to call for Angelo to come to him and looks up to see a Weeping Angel about to attack. Angelo gets a transmission from Christian to come and see something. He continues down the caves and is also attacked. | Elsewhere, Christian and Angelo complain about the mission. Christian's rifle's light flickers. He turns back to call for Angelo to come to him and looks up to see a Weeping Angel about to attack. Angelo gets a transmission from Christian to come and see something. He continues down the caves and is also attacked. | ||
The Doctor, Amy, and River hear gunfire and head out to investigate. Cleric [[Bob (The Time of Angels)|Bob]] has fired on a statue thinking it an Angel. Octavian orders Bob to keep guard of the entrance along with Christian and Angelo, and then joins the Doctor in his exploration. None of them know Christian and Angelo are dead. | The Doctor, Amy, and River hear gunfire and head out to investigate. Cleric [[Bob (The Time of Angels)|Bob]] has fired on a statue thinking it an Angel. They find Ocatavian berating Bob for his cowardice and lack of competence, but the Doctor decides to raise Bob's hope by telling him fear will keep him alert and fast. Octavian then orders Bob to keep guard of the entrance along with Christian and Angelo, and then joins the Doctor in his exploration. None of them know Christian and Angelo are dead. | ||
The Doctor, Amy, River, Octavian, and a few clerics continue deeper into the caverns and into a chamber of statues. River and the Doctor begin discussing the temple builders, who had two heads. The Doctor realises that the statues have only one head each. The Doctor asks everyone to turn off their torches. He turns off his own torch for a split second. When it comes back on, all the statues have moved to the attack. The entire chamber is filled with Weeping Angels. The Doctor deduces they have been without anything to feed off of long enough to degrade. The crash of the ''Byzantium'' is releasing enough radiation to feed the army of Angels. | The Doctor, Amy, River, Octavian, and a few clerics continue deeper into the caverns and into a chamber of statues. River and the Doctor begin discussing the temple builders, who had two heads. The Doctor realises that the statues have only one head each. River does as well and wonders why they did not notice immediately. The Doctor speculates a "low level perception filter", but then decides "or maybe we're just thick". The Doctor asks everyone to turn off their torches. He turns off his own torch for a split second. When it comes back on, all the statues have moved to the attack. The entire chamber is filled with Weeping Angels. The Doctor deduces they have been without anything to feed off of long enough to degrade. The crash of the ''Byzantium'' is releasing enough radiation to feed the army of Angels. | ||
Cleric Bob gets a call from Angelo, telling him to come and see something. Bob does, and is attacked by the undamaged Weeping Angel from the ship. Octavian radios Bob a warning. Bob is on his way and he didn't escape the Angels. He apologetically explains his neck was snapped and that the Angel reanimated a copy for a voice. The group begins running towards the wreckage, but Amy cannot. Her hand has turned to stone and she is stuck. The Doctor tells her the Angel is playing with her mind, and her hand is just fine. They argue over whether or not her hand is stone as Angels draw nearer, flickering the Doctor's flashlight to gain ground. The Doctor | Cleric Bob gets a call from Angelo, telling him to come and see something. Bob does, and is attacked by the undamaged Weeping Angel from the ship. Octavian radios Bob a warning. Bob is on his way and he didn't escape the Angels. He apologetically explains his neck was snapped and that the Angel reanimated a copy for a voice. The group begins running towards the wreckage, but Amy cannot. Her hand has turned to stone and she is stuck. The Doctor tells her the Angel is playing with her mind, and her hand is just fine. They argue over whether or not her hand is stone as Angels draw nearer, flickering the Doctor's flashlight to gain ground. The Doctor bites Amy's hand to convince her, and the two run away while Amy complains about the Doctor's teeth. | ||
All the survivors are now gathered below the wreckage of the ''Byzantium'', with no way out. Bob radios again, and tells the Doctor that the Angels are "very keen" that he should know that Bob died in fear and pain. River remarks to Amy that the Angels are trying to make the Doctor angry. The Doctor confirms that everyone in the group trusts him, then asks for Octavian's sidearm. He instructs them to jump when he does something extremely "stupid and dangerous". He tells Bob that the Angels made one mistake in designing their trap, saying that "There's one thing you never want to put in a trap. If you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans of seeing tomorrow then there's one thing that you should never, put in a trap... Me." With that, he shoots the ceiling, destroying the gravity globe and plunging them into the dark... | All the survivors are now gathered below the wreckage of the ''Byzantium'', with no way out. Bob radios again, and tells the Doctor that the Angels are "very keen" that he should know that Bob died in fear and pain. River remarks to Amy that the Angels are trying to make the Doctor angry. The Doctor confirms that everyone in the group trusts him, then asks for Octavian's sidearm. He instructs them to jump when he does something extremely "stupid and dangerous". He tells Bob that the Angels made one mistake in designing their trap, saying that "There's one thing you never want to put in a trap. If you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans of seeing tomorrow then there's one thing that you should never, put in a trap..." River smiles at this. The Angels wonder what the Doctor means. The Doctor then answers "Me." With that, he shoots the ceiling, destroying the gravity globe and plunging them into the dark... | ||
== Cast== | == Cast== | ||
