''Touched by an Angel'' is a

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original novel written by Jonathan Morris and based on the long-running British

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series ''

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''. It features the

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, and his Companions

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and

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. The story is about a woman called Rebecca Whitaker who dies in a car crash. Her husband Mark is still grieving years on and when he is sent back in time by a Weeping Angel, he attempts to stop her dying. The Doctor, Amy and Rory track him down and try to stop him before he creates a paradox.

Characters

*Mark Whitaker *Rebecca Whitaker *Frank Pollard *Siobhan *Sophie *Lucy *Emma *Anthony *Jenny

Continuity

* The

Weeping Angels The Weeping Angels are a race of predatory creatures from the long-running science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. They were introduced in the 2007 episode "Blink", making repeat appearances in later episodes. They also appeared in the spin-off s ...

first appeared in

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. * The Doctor claims that the Timey Wimey Detector's ability to boil an egg isn't a side effect, but rather a feature. His previous Incarnation stated that it could cause them to explode in

. After its first appearance, it was destroyed in the novel Ghosts of India. This indicates that the Doctor built a new, identical device. * The method in which the Doctor defeats the Angels echoes how he defeated them in

. * Future Rory is forced to wear a Fez on orders from The Doctor who declares him "Fez Rory". A reference to the Doctor having worn a Fez in

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. * The Doctor says that the

"should know better than to put imin a trap", a reference from

The Time of Angels "The Time of Angels" is the fourth episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on 24 April 2010 on BBC One. It is the first episode of a two-part story written by showru ...

. * In this story, the Angels attempt to create a Temporal Paradox to feed on its energy; however, in ''

The Angels Take Manhattan "The Angels Take Manhattan" is the fifth episode of the Doctor Who (series 7), seventh series of the revived British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC One on 29 September 2012. It is the last in th ...

'', creating a Paradox is shown to poison and kill the Angels (although the Doctor specifically states that ''these'' Angels can feed on the paradox, suggesting that certain Angels can feed on Paradoxes while others can't. * The Doctor asks Rebecca if he looks like the sort of person that would kidnap a bride, on her wedding day, in a Police Box. His previous incarnation in fact did that to

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in '' The Runaway Bride'', albeit unintentionally. * The Sonic Screwdriver is compared to an electric toothbrush, a reference from The Lodger. * The Blinovitch Limitation Effect from ''

Mawdryn Undead ''Mawdryn Undead'' is the third serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was originally broadcast in four twice weekly parts on BBC1 from 1 to 9 February 1983. The serial is set in an Engl ...

'' is explored in detail. The two Marks create an energy field simply by being in the same room, and The Doctor uses his Sonic Screwdriver to lessen the effect on future Rory, allowing him to make contact with his past self without consequence. * The Weeping Angels have access to Psychic Paper introduced in The End of the World, which according to The Doctor, is "child's play" for them. * The Doctor refers to Mark's letter to himself as a "Sally Sparrow Survival Kit", a reference from

Releases

* The story was released as an audiobook on 6 CDs read by Clare Corbett. * Before the company went into administration, the audiobook was available as a download from the AudioGo website. * This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. * This novel was reprinted and re-released as an ebook by BBC Books on 6 March 2014 as The Monster Collection Edition. {{Weeping Angel stories 2011 British novels 2011 science fiction novels Eleventh Doctor novels