 Moffat had held the idea of the Weeping Angels since seeing an angel statue in a graveyard whilst on a family holiday , and had planned to use them for the next series in the episodes that became " Silence in the Library " and " Forest of the Dead " . However , after withdrawing from the writing of series three 's first two @-@ part story — Helen Raynor took over these episodes , writing " Daleks in Manhattan " and " Evolution of the Daleks " — Moffat volunteered to write the series ' Doctor @-@ lite episode and opted to use the Weeping Angels in what would become " Blink " . Moffat was also inspired to write the episode based on the popular children 's game Statues , which he always found " frightening " . Murray Gold , the composer for the series , later compared the creatures to the moving ghostly topiary animals in Stephen King 's 1977 horror novel The Shining . 
