Fun fact, this is the first Doctor Who episode I “watched”. Technically, I caught a few brief moments of it on TV (specifically the scene where Sally sees the Angels on the cathedral outside the police station) before I went on with whatever child me was doing. It’s been a bit since I’ve rewatched, so I had figured that however good it was, and I’ve always liked the story, it might be overrated. I have to admit it though, this is such a fantastic episode. Weeping Angels are by far one of the best monsters introduced in NuWho and this introduction cements them as a formidable foe. Carey Mulligan as Sally Sparrow just knocks it out of the park, deserving of the reverence she gets for her guest role here. The core of this episode is what the Doctor so eloquently describes as timey-wimey: people being shot back in time, a conversation via DVD special features, and our iconic quantum-locked statues. There’s a perfect balance of the mystery on Sally’s side to confrontation with the Weeping Angels that ensures the monsters don’t overstay their welcome yet still leave a great impact. A decade or so earlier, I could see this being an episode of The X-Files, given the similar atmosphere it provides. But it is so specifically Doctor Who, and that is was what elevates it. It has just the right amount of absurdity combined with sincerity that really shows what the series is all about, telling creative stories that you’d see nowhere else.