A transport ship has arrived and the soldiers have already set up camp. Octavian strides across the ground followed by the Doctor and Amy, The Doctor then uses the screwdriver on some of the equipment set up on the table.
Amy: You're letting people call you "sir". You never do that. (sits on table) So, whatever a Weeping Angel is, it's really bad, yeah?
The Doctor: Now that's interesting... (to Amy) You're still here. Which part of "Wait in the TARDIS till I tell you it's safe" was so confusing?
Amy: Ooh, are you all Mr Grumpy Face today?
The Doctor: A Weeping Angel, Amy, is the deadliest, most powerful, most malevolent life form evolution has ever produced, and one is trapped inside that wreckage and I'm supposed to climb in with a screwdriver and a torch-and assuming I survive the radiation, and the whole ship doesn't blow up in my face-do something clever which I haven't actually thought of yet. That's my day, that's what I'm up to. Any questions?
Amy: Is River Song your wife? Cos she's someone from your future, and the way she talks to you, I've never seen anyone do that. She's kinda like, you know, "Heel, boy!" She's Mrs Doctor from the future, isn't she? Is she gonna be your wife one day?
The Doctor: Yes. You're right. I am definitely Mr Grumpy Face today.
River: (calls from transport) Doctor? Doctor!
Amy: Oops! Her indoors!
As the Doctor and Amy follow River into the transport ship, On a screen we see black and white footage of a Weeping Angel, its body at an angle to us, hands over its eyes. River is controlling the video with a remote.
River: What do you think? It's from the security cameras in the Byzantium vault. I ripped it when I was on board. Sorry about the quality. It's four seconds. I've put it on loop.
The Doctor: Yeah, it's an Angel. Hands covering its face.
Octavian: You've encountered the Angels before?
The Doctor: Once, on Earth, a long time ago. But those were scavengers, barely surviving.
Amy: It's just a statue.
River: It's a statue when you see it.
The Doctor: Where did it come from?
River: Oh, pulled from the ruins of Razbahan, end of last century. It's been in private hands ever since, dormant all that time.
The Doctor: There's a difference between dormant and patient.
Amy: What's that mean, it's a statue when you see it?
River: The Weeping Angels can only move if they're unseen. So legend has it.
The Doctor: No, it's not legend, it's a quantum lock. In the sight of any living creature, the Angels literally cease to exist. They're just stone. The ultimate defence mechanism.
Amy: What, being a stone?
The Doctor: Being a stone...until you turn your back.
The Doctor leads the others out of the transport. Amy stays inside, but when she slowly moves forward, entranced by the Angel on the screen. Since the last time they looked, it has now moved its hands away from its face.
Amy: (pops her head out of the transport) Dr. Song? Did you have more than one clip of the Angel?
River: No, just the four seconds.
Puzzled, Amy goes back inside. She looks at the video again and now the Angel is facing forward, hands down at its side. Amy bends over and peers closely at the time code. It loops from 11:24 to 11:28 yet the position of the Angel changes. Engrossed, Amy doesn't notice the door close and lock behind her. Amy picks up the remote for the video and tried to turn it off but it keeps coming back on. She sets the remote down and peers at the screen.
Amy: You're just a recording. You can't move.
She looks away to unplug the power source, and when she looks back, the Angel's face is close to the camera. She backs away to the door.
Amy: Doctor!
She tries to open the door but it won't budge. She looks back at the screen to see the Angel with its mouth open in full predatory mode.
Amy: Doctor!
Amy spares another look at the screen as she tries to open the door.
Amy: Doctor!
Amy looks to see an image of the Angel becoming solid in the center of the transport.
Amy: Doctor! It's in the room!
The Doctor: Amy! (runs to the transport)
Amy: (punches keypad) Doctor!
The Doctor: (runs up to the door) Are you all right? What's happening?
Amy: Doctor! Doctor, it's coming out of the television. The Angel is here.
The Doctor: Don't take your eyes off it! (takes out sonic screwdriver and uses it on keypad) It can't move if you're looking. What's wrong? It's deadlocked.
River: (trying to override controls) There is no deadlock.
The Doctor: Don't blink, Amy! Don't even blink!
Amy: Doctor! Help me!
The Doctor: Amy! Can you turn it off?
Amy: Doctor!
The Doctor: The screen, can you turn it off?
Amy: I tried.
The Doctor: Try again but don't take your eyes off the Angel.
Amy: I'm not!
The Doctor: Each time it moves, it'll move faster. Don't even blink.
Amy: I'm not blinking! Have you ever tried not blinking? (winks)
Amy fumbles for the remote without taking her eyes off the Angel. She grabs it and backs away to the door and tries to switch it off again. It turns itself back on.
Amy: It just keeps switching back on!
The Doctor: Yeah, it's the Angel.
Amy: But it's just a recording. Doctor! What's it gonna do to me?
The Doctor: Just keep looking at it. Don't stop looking!
Amy: Just tell me. Tell me!
The Doctor runs for the book and brings it back to just outside the transport door where he sits.
The Doctor: Amy, not the eyes. Look anywhere but don't look at the eyes.
Amy: (looking in its eyes) Why?
The Doctor: The eyes are not the windows of the soul, they are the doors. Beware what may enter there."
Amy: Doctor, what did you say?
The Doctor: Don't look at the eyes!
Amy: No, about images, what did you say about images?
River: Whatever holds the image of an angel, is an angel.
Amy: OK... Hold this. (holds out the remote) One, two, three, four... (hits the pause button while there's static)
The image of the Angel freezes before turning off, the door opens and the Doctor and River come in. The Doctor unplugs the screen.
Amy: I froze it! There was a sort of blip on the tape and I froze it on the blip. It wasn't the image of an angel any more. That was good, yeah? It was, wasn't it? That was pretty good.
The Doctor, Amy and River react to the explosion and the Doctor runs to the door.
Octavian: Doctor! We're through!
The Doctor: (looks at Amy and River) OK. Now it starts. (goes outside)
Amy rubs her left eye.
River: (heads for door) Coming?
Amy: Yeah, coming. There's just...something in my eye.
The Doctor, Amy and River have entered the maze of the dead; The Doctor shines his torch in every direction. Amy follows. She stops and looks at the many levels above them and all the statues lining the way. She rubs the corner of her eye with one finger and finds a little grit. She then uses her full hand and sand and grit comes out through her fingers. Scared, she stops and looks at her hand but sees nothing. River comes up beside her.
River: You all right?
Amy: Yeah, I'm fine. So, what's a maze of the dead?
River: Oh, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's just a labyrinth with dead people buried in the walls. OK, that was fairly bad. Right give me your arm. (shows syringe) This won't hurt a bit. (gives Amy a shot)
Amy: Ow!
River: There, you see. I lied. It's a viro-stabiliser. Stabilises your metabolism against radiation, drive burn, anything. You're going to need it when we get
up to that ship.
Amy: So what's he like? In the future, I mean. Cos you know him in the future, don't you?
River: The Doctor? Well, the Doctor's the Doctor.
Amy: Oh, well that's very helpful. Mind if I write that down?
River: Yes, we are.
The Doctor: (taking readings with River's device) Sorry, what?
River: Talking about you.
The Doctor: I wasn't listening, I'm busy.
River: Ah. The other way up.
The Doctor turns the device the other way round and looks over at River who merely raises her eyebrows.
The Doctor: Yeah.
Amy: You're so his wife.
River: Oh, Amy, Amy, Amy! This is the Doctor we're talking about. Do you really think it could be anything that simple?
Amy: Yep.
River: You're good. I'm not saying you're right... but you are very good.
