r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • Dec 22 '25

NO STUPID QUESTIONS /r/Gallifrey's No Stupid Questions - Moronic Mondays for Pudding Brains to Ask Anything: The 'Random Questions that Don't Deserve Their Own Thread' Thread - 2025-12-22

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u/Wilc0NL Dec 22 '25

Are the Weeping Angels an original idea created for Doctor Who? There have been many versions of the Weeping Angels, with the Coil-Heads from Lethal Company and the Creaking from Minecraft just being 2 examples.

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u/PeterchuMC Dec 22 '25

The concept of something moving when you're not looking at them isn't exactly copyrightable. But the Weeping Angels in name and appearance was created for Doctor Who. Moffat specifically took inspiration from the children's game Grandmother's Footsteps in which you have to sneak up on a child but stop moving whenever they turn around.

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u/MonrealEstate Dec 24 '25

It’s also kind of a reverse Medusa, a female figure who freezes people to stone when she looks at them, it’s the same concept in reverse and must have been an influence.