This chapter will introduce two very interesting, scary, and complex creatures. If you have not seen the latest episodes, this page may contain spoilers. New section on my profile page with baddies and pics.

Disclaimer: Absolutely NOTHING is mine (except the ways to beat these creatures, or combat them); I am only explaining other people's stuff.

Creatures

Number One: The Weeping Angels

The Weeping Angels are one of the oldest races in the universe. They are invincible due to the greatest natural defense system. This system, however, is also their greatest weakness.

As explained in the Italic paragraph, The Weeping Angels are among the oldest and most powerful races in the universe. I will now quote the Doctor on this one;

""The Lonely Assasins", they used to be called. They are as old as the universe itself, or very nearly, and they have survived this long because they have the most perfect defense system ever evolved; they are quantum locked. They don't exist when being observed. The moment they are seen by any other living creature, they freeze into rock. No choice; it's a fact in their biology. In the sight of any living thing, they literally turn to stone. And you can't kill a stone. Course, a stone can't kill you either, but then you turn your head away, then you blink, and... oh yes it can. That's why they cover their eyes; They're not weeping; they can't risk lookng at each other. Their greatest asset is their greatest curse; they can never be seen. Lonelyest creatures in the universe. And I'm sorry; I am very very sorry, it's up to you now. The Blue Box, it's my time machine. There's a world of time energy in there, they could feast on forever, but the damage they can do could switch off the sun. You have got to send it back to me. And... that's it... I'm afraid. There's no more from you on the transcript, that's the last I've got. I don't know what stopped you talking, but I can guess; they're coming. The angels are coming for you. But listen, your life could depend on this: don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you could beleive. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink. Good luck."

Well... I guess that that pretty much sums up the Weeping Angels. That quote was taken from the third series episode; Blink. A few other things about the Weeping Angels; they kill by touching you. What they do is they send you back or forwards in time, to a random point in history and feed on the energy that never was, the energy that could have been your life. Every angel has it's own time period that it sends you to.

Now, I have figured out a way to kill a Weeping Angel. What if you looked away and shot it. Or what if you shatter it to pieces then blink? Also, the second story about the Weeping Angels (Blink being the first) was "The Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone" shows the Angels halfway through their stone stage, so they're moving while being stone. Also, two new powers are introduced. In Blink, they have the power to alter the environment through sheer willpower, such as turning off a light. In The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone, they have the power to actually drain the energy from lights. Also, they are found to be able to lock door telepathically, create deadlock seals, and prevent any form of physical entry (such as a torch) to the desired area. In a book about Weeping Angels, the Doctor was concerned why the author didn't include pictures to show them what to look out for. The solution to that question was found in another part of the book; the image of an angel is an angel. Basically, any picture, or video of an angel becomes or produces an angel.
A four second video of an angel standing still became an angel moving around in the frame, and then a projection. Amy managed to freeze the angel on a blip on the tape and destroy the projection, but not before she looked into it's eyes. After all, the image of an angel is an angel, and therefore, there was an image of an angel in Amy's eyes. What happens? She slowly turns into an angel and it kills her from the inside. The doctor gets her to close her eyes and stalls the angels entry. How did he get rid of it? He simply pushed the angel army into a crack in time and space. The angel in Amy's eyes never existed.

Don't blink.

Number Two: The Silence

The Silence are the newest enemies in the DW series, and are tying the Weeping Angels in a popularity contest. Nobody knew they existed until a few episodes ago, so they might as well be as old as the Weeping Angels... or older.

So, basically the Silence are really gross tall humanoids with bulbous heads, really really wrinkly skin, and grey, mouthless hands held three very long longs fingers resembling grey claws. They have eyes in dark recesses of their skull, similar to if you popped out the eyes of a human and added really miniature ones. The eyes themselves lack life and are dull and dark. They speak with deep, grating tones, and tend to make growling, hissing, or ticking noises. All of them are dressed identically in black suits and ties.

There are three main reason why these creatures are so dangerous. The first is the fact that as soon as you stop looking at them; the very second you look away, they edit themselves out of your memory. When you next look at a Silence, you remember the last time you saw one, though not right away. This technique is also effective when looking at a picture, video, or projection, suggesting that is is something in their appearance rather than their biology. Because of this technique, no-one knows if a Silence is standing right behind them, or what their plans are, for as soon as they find out, they forget. This technique does not work for audio-only recordings.

The second reason is because of how they kill. The literally absorb the energy from their surroundings, open a seemingly non-existant mouth, and expell all that energy in the form of electricity and vaporise the foe, leaving only a few cinders.

The third main reason is that they have the ability to impose post-hypnotic suggestions. Technically, anyone has the power to impose them as long as their target is looking at the Silence. An example is when the Doctor tells Canton Everet Deloware the third to straighten his bowtie as soon as he looks away from the Silence projection. Canton does straighten the Doctor's bowtie, but he can't remember why. This technique has two disadvantages to it. The first is that the victim may sometimes feel sick after the posing of a post-hynotic suggestion. The second is that too many post-hynotic suggestions may drive one mad or result in a permanent loss of memory, even without the Silence present.

Now, just like I did with the Weeping Angels, I will now give a few ways to fight the Silence. The first and most obvious way would be to develop a gadget that would cling to the edge of your perifrial vision that keeps the picture of a Silence there. Another way to acomplish this would be to wear glasses with a transparent imprint of a Silent. This gadget would prevent you from forgetting, because technically, you never looked away.
Now to pass onto the problem of what they look like. You could always look at a projection of a Silent and describe what you see before you look away, or you could look at a picture or projection and sketch it, leaving out a few lines. This way, you would only be looking at most of a Silent, and therefore you would not forget.

Now a good theory that I read (I forget where) about a Silent in the TARDIS. There was a couple of incidents in The Lodger where Amy looks at something, then promptly forgets. There are a few other incidents throughout the series that may be Silent sightings. It it probably one of the five things to looks out for that Moffat mention for series 5. One confirmed is the cracks in space and time, and another prossibility is the countdown; the first episode holds many mentions of eleven (eleventh doctor, eleventh hour). The Beast Below holds a few mentions of ten (tenth queen, tenth period of ten years). This countdown continues down to zero, where like most countdowns, a big bang happens.