Fallen Angels (audio story)

 was the first story in Classic Doctors, New Monsters. It featured the Fifth Doctor and the Weeping Angels.

Publisher's summary
2015: When sightseers Joel and Gabby Finch encounter a strange man in Edwardian cricketing garb in the Sistine Chapel, their honeymoon suddenly takes a terrifying turn.

1511: Michelangelo is commissioned to create some very special sculptures by a mysterious sect. But as he carves, angels seem to emerge fully-formed from the rock. Almost as if they are alive...

From Michelangelo's workshop to the catacombs of Rome, the Fifth Doctor must keep his wits about him and his eyes wide open as he confronts the Weeping Angels.

Plot
Newlyweds Joel and Gabby Finch break into the Tomb of Pope Julius II looking for Michelangelo's statue of Moses, but instead find a statue of an angel. A priest joins them, and identifies himself as from the Order of the Three Angels. Joel and Gabby look back to see that while they were talking, the Angel has moved. The priest tells them they have been chosen, then blows out the candles one by one. Joel tells Gabby he loves her, and they disappear.

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Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Joel Finch - Sacha Dhawan
 * Gabby Finch - Diane Morgan
 * Michelangelo - Matthew Kelly
 * Piero - Joe Jameson
 * Priest - Dan Starkey
 * Jacopo - Barnaby Edwards

Individuals

 * The Doctor mentions that Raphael and Caravaggio had also vanished from history.

Literature

 * The Doctor quotes the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.

Beverages

 * Joel also says that he accidentally invented the sandwich; the Doctor says that's impossible, because it was him who created the sandwich.

Continuity

 * The Doctor mentions that "not so long ago" he was at Heathrow Airport in 1981. (TV: Time-Flight)
 * The Doctor wishes he had his sonic screwdriver and mentions the Terileptils. (TV: The Visitation)
 * The Doctor explains that most people see time as a straight line from cause to effect, "but from a nonlinear, nonsubjective point of view, it's more like..." and then trails off. He swears he'll find a good ending for that sentence someday. (TV: Blink)
 * The priest who leads the Order of the Three Angels fell under psychic control of the Weeping Angels when he looked one in the eye. (TV: The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone)
 * This is so far the first encounter the Doctor has with the Weeping Angels, though they would become a much more common adversary later on in his life. (TV: Blink et al) Previously, he suggested some doubt of their existence when mentioned in conversation. (COMIC: Gaze of the Medusa)
 * The Doctor tells Gabby, "brave heart." (TV: Earthshock et al)
 * The Doctor uses mirrors to foil the Angels. (TV: The Time of the Doctor, PROSE: Magic of the Angels)
 * Joel and Gabby being history and physics teachers, respectively, mirrors Ian Chesterton's and Barbara Wright's professions of science and history teachers at Coal Hill School. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
 * The Doctor feels uncomfortable being around Gabby and Joel kissing. By his eighth incarnation, he will start kissing people with more comfort. (TV: Doctor Who, The Parting of the Ways, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Wedding of River Song, The Day of the Doctor)
 * The Doctor recalls how unamusing it is to be caught in a tunnel with a Minotaur. (TV: The Time Monster)
 * The Doctor ignores a person's age, instead seeing their character. (TV: Last Christmas)
 * While praising various Renaissance artists, the Doctor mentions Leonardo da Vinci, and how accommodating he was about the multiple Mona Lisas. (TV: City of Death)