 In 2007 , Sally Sparrow enters an abandoned house to look for subjects to photograph . Instead she finds eerie statues and a message from the Doctor behind peeling wallpaper addressed to her , warning her about the Weeping Angels . Sally returns the next day with her friend Kathy Nightingale to explore further but Kathy disappears at the same time a young man knocks at the door . He claims to be Kathy 's grandson and delivers a letter to Sally . The letter explains that Kathy suddenly found herself in the 1920s in Hull . She settled down with a husband and led a peaceful life and requests that Sally tell Kathy 's brother Larry of her disappearance . Sally sees a Yale key hanging from the hand of one of the statues and takes it before leaving . 
