Doctor Who: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Angels Take Manhattan

11. It Was Almost Wibbly-Wobblier

Doctor Who Amy Pond The Angels Take Manhattan
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The Angels' first episode, Blink, gave the world one of the ultimate Doctor Who memes in the form of Ten's legendary "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey" speech.

So, it makes sense that such mind-bending concepts nearly made a return in one of the Angels' most prominent appearances.

Plans for The Angels Take Manhattan originally featured a much more complex depiction of their time-manipulation powers. Audiences would've seen even more versions of Rory running around Winter Quay, as well as different incarnations of Sam Garner, the detective from the cold open.

Additionally, the girl Garner sees in the window was to have been staring at an older, future version of herself.

Doctor Who The Angels Take Manhattan girl
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Eventually, it was decided to simplify things a bit, which was definitely for the best.

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