Doctor Who: 12 Cool Details Revealed In Steven Moffat's Blink Commentary

9. Only Two Statue Props Were Used During Filming

Doctor Who Weeping Angel Blink
BBC Studios

In many ways, the Weeping Angels are a perfect Doctor Who monster. From an audience perspective, they're scary and memorable, and from a production perspective, they're relatively cheap to put on the screen.

In fact, all that was needed to bring the Angels to life in Blink were a few actresses and a couple of statue props.

According to Moffat, just two statue models were used during the production of the episode: one with its hand outstretched, and one with its hands over its face. The rest of the Angels were played by "girls in rubber costumes".

The only problem with depicting the Angels practically was that the actresses could wobble from time to time. However, this was addressed in post-production, where special effects were used to "freeze" the Angels in place.

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