Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Doctor Who: Flux episode 4.
The events of "Blink," the Weeping Angels have become one of the most iconic villains of the show's modern era, yet they've largely been absent from Jodie Whittaker's run as the Doctor. After a brief appearance in the 2021 New Year's Day Special, "Revolution of the Daleks," Doctor Who: Flux is now bringing them into the Chris Chibnall era in a much bigger, more meaningful way.
The villains have appeared in three of Doctor Who: Flux's four episodes so far, most notably with the Weeping Angels attacking Claire in episode 1 and sending her back through time. That's a story thread picked up in Flux episode 4, which takes the Doctor and her fam back to 1967, and a village being overrun with the "statues". The episode makes some big changes to what's known about the Weeping Angels and their rules, including showing that touching them twice kills a person, how they can inhabit a human, and that they can essentially turn another person into an Angel (or at least, coat them in stone to use their technology on them).
The biggest reveal of all, though, is that at least one group of Weeping Angels worked for the Division, the secret Time Lord group that dates back to the Timeless Child and pre-William Hartnell regenerations of the Doctor. Assuming that the Division is either still overseen or linked to the Time Lords, then this s the oldest fan theory about the Weeping Angels: that they are fallen Time Lords themselves. This theory largely stems from the end of David Tennant's run as the Doctor, when Rassilon forces two other Time Lords to stand with their hands covering their faces, "like the Weeping Angels of old." Combined with the fact the Weeping Angels feed on time energy and can even send people back through time, then it was a compelling, if more out there, theory, but now there's a much stronger potential link between the Weeping Angels and the Time Lords in Doctor Who.
The exact nature of the Weeping Angels' work for the Division remains a mystery for now - as do most aspects of both - but this piece of the puzzle does fit with the theory that Weeping Angels are fallen Time Lords. It could be that the Angels were Time Lords who worked among the Division, and were then turned to stone as punishment for something going wrong. Or, perhaps, the Time Lords have already fallen and working for the Division is a form of parole or service, putting their considerable powers to use rather than simply letting them rot in a prison cell somewhere. Similarly, if the theory applied that all Weeping Angels were once Time Lords, then there could be renegade groups of them, since it seems unlikely that every Angel is working for the Division, and it wouldn't be a surprise if some had become more vengeful had they been turned to stone and forced to live that way for millennia. It's unclear why the Weeping Angels may be working for the Division otherwise, so this would at least give a somewhat clearer motive.
Of course, there are still problems with Doctor Who's Weeping Angels/Time Lords theory, even with Flux's addition. Rassilon's line makes it clear that the Time Lords are aware of the Weeping Angels, which would suggest the Doctor Who villains pre-dated them. But then, this is Doctor Who, so it's not outside the realm of possibility there's either a retcon on the horizon, or some kind of time loop paradox where one creates the other. There's also a risk with revealing too much about the Weeping Angels, further stripping them of their remaining mystique, but given Doctor Who: Flux sets up the Division and Angels as key, intertwined players, that may happen regardless. Chibnall certainly isn't above major changes to Doctor Who lore, but confirming the Weeping Angels are fallen Time Lords would be one of his biggest twists yet.
Doctor Who: Flux releases new episodes Sundays on BBC America.