>I've never seen any of the Hartnell era,

Hartnell era trivia:

If you watch the very first episode of Doctor Who ever, "The Unearthly Child," at almost exactly the ten minute mark (where Barbara and Ian are entering the junkyard where the TARDIS is hidden) you can see, in the foreground, what is very clearly a Weeping Angel.

... well, it looks like one to me.

-Merc
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