To date, this is my favourite Weeping Angel story. It's beautiful with such a heartwarming ending. I really hope to see it one day become a televised story. This story perfectly reminds the reader that not everyone is The Doctor, and can easily be at the peril of cosmic beings. But similarly, it demonstrates finding the light in an otherwise dark and depressing situation, as many of the stories in this collection do. I truly hold this story close to my heart since I first read it as a child... ♥️

On one hand, it is a shame the Time Lord Fairy Tales collection doesn't have more stories like this. That is to say, stories that are original, and not simply familiar stories with a Doctor Who veneer plastered over them.

On the other hand, fairy tales usually contain lessons, they show the virtuous get rewarded and vices get punished. This one, not so much. I'm not sure you could really describe this as a fairy tale for humans, though it might be a great one for Time Tots, as it shows curiosity having consequences. I do think this tale would make a good ghost story, if you will, to be told around a campfire. A good narrator might even be able to get the campers to see things moving in the shadows cast by the firelight.

A great start to the collection, this is exactly the sort of thing I expected from doctor who themed fairy tales. Children facing monsters, a lighthearted and warm start, it gets spooky and dangerous in the middle, and a twist end that's bittersweet and has an air of nostalgia.

The only thing missing is a moral, but I guess 'Avoid the weeping angles at all costs' is good enough (plus there's a lot of fairy tales without them that are just there to spook kids.