10 Doctor Who Behind The Scenes Secrets You Need To Know
3. Most Weeping Angels Aren't Props
The Weeping Angels aren't just a genius monster design, they're also an absolute godsend for the Doctor Who casting department.
Monsters that are rarely shown moving, and take the form of a bunch of generic statues? Perfect! Who needs extras when you can just replace them with props! Sure, the unions might have a thing or two to say about that, but... what's that? The Angels are barely ever props?
What the hell?!
In the commentary for his episode Blink, writer Steven Moffat revealed that just two of the Angels seen in the episode were fake. The rest of them were played by actual actors, who had to master the art of standing still and looking menacing.
After this first go, it made sense for even more actors to be hired for the Angels' next appearance in Series 5, as there were more of them onscreen and they actually got to move on camera this time.
According to some of the extras in The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, the rubber Angel suits were actually quite comfortable. Although, they may have just been saying that so they didn't hurt anyone's feelings.