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'''Police''' forces were government organisations charged with maintaining law and order.
'''Police''' forces were government organisations charged with maintaining law and order.


The [[Fourth Doctor]] compared the [[Krynoid]] pods to police because both travelled in pairs. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'')
The [[Fourth Doctor]] compared the [[Krynoid]] pods to police because both travelled in pairs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'')


The [[Judoon]] and [[Atraxi]] were police forces working throughout [[Mutter's Spiral]], though [[Earth]]'s planetary development level in the [[21st century]] placed it out of their jurisdiction. ([[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', [[SJA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'') In the [[26th century]] the term "police" was considered old-fashioned ([[NSA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]'')
The [[Judoon]] and [[Atraxi]] were police forces working throughout [[Mutter's Spiral]], though [[Earth]]'s planetary development level in the [[21st century]] placed it out of their jurisdiction. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'') In the [[26th century]] the term "police" was considered old-fashioned ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]'')


== Instances of police appearance ==
== Instances of police appearance ==
=== 19th century ===
=== 19th century ===
* A number of police and detectives were involved in the cases surrounding the suicide of [[Gordon Seavers]] and the murders at [[Banquo Manor]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Panquo Legacy]]'')
* A number of police and detectives were involved in the cases surrounding the suicide of [[Gordon Seavers]] and the murders at [[Banquo Manor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Panquo Legacy]]'')
=== 20th century ===
=== 20th century ===
* In [[1927]], [[New York City|New York]] police shot [[Jack Harkness]] and arrested [[Angelo Colasanto]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'')
* In [[1927]], [[New York City|New York]] police shot [[Jack Harkness]] and arrested [[Angelo Colasanto]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'')
* To make sure that [[Elizabeth II|Elizabeth II's]] coronation in [[1953]] went smoothly, the police hid away people whose faces were consumed by [[the Wire]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'')
* To make sure that [[Elizabeth II|Elizabeth II's]] coronation in [[1953]] went smoothly, the police hid away people whose faces were consumed by [[the Wire]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'')
* A [[Policeman (An Unearthly Child)|lone policeman]] patrolled the [[Shoreditch|Coal Hill]] area of [[London]] in [[1963]]. When passing a [[76 Totter's Lane|junkyard]] owned by [[I.M. Foreman]], he did not notice the presence of a strange, humming [[the Doctor's TARDIS|police box]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* A [[Policeman (An Unearthly Child)|lone policeman]] patrolled the [[Shoreditch|Coal Hill]] area of [[London]] in [[1963]]. When passing a [[76 Totter's Lane|junkyard]] owned by [[I.M. Foreman]], he did not notice the presence of a strange, humming [[the Doctor's TARDIS|police box]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* Thanks to the intercession of the temporarily miniaturised [[First Doctor]] and his companions, police (including PC [[Bert Rowse]]) were able to arrest corrupt industrialist [[Forester]] for the murder of [[Arnold Farrow]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'')
* Thanks to the intercession of the temporarily miniaturised [[First Doctor]] and his companions, police (including PC [[Bert Rowse]]) were able to arrest corrupt industrialist [[Forester]] for the murder of [[Arnold Farrow]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'')
* Pursued by the [[Dalek]]s through [[time]] and [[space]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] materialised in the yard of a police station in [[1965]] [[Liverpool]], its [[TARDIS scanner|scanner]] malfunctioning. After some trouble with the local police, the First Doctor managed to repair the malfunctioning scanner and depart. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* Pursued by the [[Dalek]]s through [[time]] and [[space]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] materialised in the yard of a police station in [[1965]] [[Liverpool]], its [[TARDIS scanner|scanner]] malfunctioning. After some trouble with the local police, the First Doctor managed to repair the malfunctioning scanner and depart. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* When a policeman approached the TARDIS, the First Doctor hung a sign reading "out of order" on the front of his ship. The policeman saw the sign and moved on. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')
* When a policeman approached the TARDIS, the First Doctor hung a sign reading "out of order" on the front of his ship. The policeman saw the sign and moved on. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')
* A policeman spotted the [[Second Doctor]] and his companions on a runway at [[Gatwick Airport]] and chased after them. When they scattered, the policeman went after [[Ben Jackson|Ben]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'')
* A policeman spotted the [[Second Doctor]] and his companions on a runway at [[Gatwick Airport]] and chased after them. When they scattered, the policeman went after [[Ben Jackson|Ben]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'')
* Two [[Auton]]s impersonated police in a failed attempt to kill the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* Two [[Auton]]s impersonated police in a failed attempt to kill the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* A [[Policeman (Planet of the Spiders)|policeman]] witnessed [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] and the Third Doctor's high-speed chase of [[Lupton]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* A [[Policeman (Planet of the Spiders)|policeman]] witnessed [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] and the Third Doctor's high-speed chase of [[Lupton]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* [[Gustave Lytton]] had two henchmen who disguised themselves as policemen. ([[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
* [[Gustave Lytton]] had two henchmen who disguised themselves as policemen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
* In [[1999]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] stole a [[motorbike]] from [[Motorcycle Policeman|a policeman]] in order to reach the beryllium clock in [[San Francisco]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
* In [[1999]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] stole a [[motorbike]] from [[Motorcycle Policeman|a policeman]] in order to reach the beryllium clock in [[San Francisco]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
=== 21st century ===
=== 21st century ===
* In [[2006]], the police were interviewing [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] when Rose had disappeared for a year (but only a few days from her perspective). In the interim, [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] had been questioned multiple times for murder. [[Sip Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] disguised himself as police officer [[Strickland]], in order to get close enough to kill anyone associated with [[the Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
* In [[2006]], the police were interviewing [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] when Rose had disappeared for a year (but only a few days from her perspective). In the interim, [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] had been questioned multiple times for murder. [[Sip Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] disguised himself as police officer [[Strickland]], in order to get close enough to kill anyone associated with [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')
* On [[Christmas]] 2006, [[Policeman (The Christmas Invasion)|a policeman]] was reporting on the people with A+ blood ready to jump from roofs of London thanks to the [[Sycorax|Sycorax's]] [[blood control]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* On [[Christmas]] 2006, [[Policeman (The Christmas Invasion)|a policeman]] was reporting on the people with A+ blood ready to jump from roofs of London thanks to the [[Sycorax|Sycorax's]] [[blood control]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* In [[2007]], Sally Sparrow approached DI [[Billy Shipton]], who had been investigating disappearances at Wester Drumlins. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
* In [[2007]], Sally Sparrow approached DI [[Billy Shipton]], who had been investigating disappearances at Wester Drumlins. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
* [[Gwen Cooper]], before she worked for [[Torchwood Three]], had been a police officer, along with most of her friends. Shortly before Gwen joined Torchwood, she and [[Andy Davidson]] looked into [[John Tucker|John Tucker's]] murder and were involved with stopping a fight at a pub. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'')
* [[Gwen Cooper]], before she worked for [[Torchwood Three]], had been a police officer, along with most of her friends. Shortly before Gwen joined Torchwood, she and [[Andy Davidson]] looked into [[John Tucker|John Tucker's]] murder and were involved with stopping a fight at a pub. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'')
* Police were called to investigate [[Matt Stevens|Matt Stevens']] unusual death. ([[TW]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'')
* Police were called to investigate [[Matt Stevens|Matt Stevens']] unusual death. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'')
* [[Mark Goodson]] had himself arrested by police for protection from the [[Fairy|fairies]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]'')
* [[Mark Goodson]] had himself arrested by police for protection from the [[Fairy|fairies]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]'')
* After Torchwood Three's encounter with the [[Brynblaidd villager]]s, the villagers were arrested by police. ([[TW]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'')
* After Torchwood Three's encounter with the [[Brynblaidd villager]]s, the villagers were arrested by police. ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'')
* Police cordoned off a 200-year-old corpse of a [[Soldier (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|soldier]] near an [[Arcateenian]] transporter. ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
* Police cordoned off a 200-year-old corpse of a [[Soldier (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|soldier]] near an [[Arcateenian]] transporter. ([[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
* [[Henderson (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|DI Henderson]] looked into the prevented murder of [[Carol]] and [[Danny (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Danny]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
* [[Henderson (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|DI Henderson]] looked into the prevented murder of [[Carol]] and [[Danny (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Danny]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
* [[Kathy Swanson|Kathy Swanson's]] team investigated [[Max Tresilian|Max Tresilian's]] murder of [[Mark Brisco|Mark]] and [[Sarah Brisco]] and [[Alex Arwyn]]. Her team later helped Torchwood find the right code to break the Torchwood Hub's lockdown. ([[TW]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'')
* [[Kathy Swanson|Kathy Swanson's]] team investigated [[Max Tresilian|Max Tresilian's]] murder of [[Mark Brisco|Mark]] and [[Sarah Brisco]] and [[Alex Arwyn]]. Her team later helped Torchwood find the right code to break the Torchwood Hub's lockdown. ([[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'')
* Police had a violent encounter with [[English Civil War]] soldiers when they came through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'')
* Police had a violent encounter with [[English Civil War]] soldiers when they came through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'')
* In [[2008]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was arrested for the kidnapping of [[Luke Smith|"Ashley Stafford"]] (who [[Mr Smith]] had faked evidence to make him appear as the son of [[Dax Fex Fize Slitheen|Jay]] and [[Bloorm Vungah Bart Slitheen|Heidi Stafford]]). Sarah Jane's connections with [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] had her quickly released. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'')
* In [[2008]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was arrested for the kidnapping of [[Luke Smith|"Ashley Stafford"]] (who [[Mr Smith]] had faked evidence to make him appear as the son of [[Dax Fex Fize Slitheen|Jay]] and [[Bloorm Vungah Bart Slitheen|Heidi Stafford]]). Sarah Jane's connections with [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] had her quickly released. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'')
* Police were at the site of a [[mugger]] covered in Rift energy. ([[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
* Police were at the site of a [[mugger]] covered in Rift energy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
* Police called to the crime scene when two burglars robbed [[Keryehla Janees|Beth Halloran]] and [[Mike Lyndon]]. When they arrived, Beth had unknowingly stabbed [[Second burglar|one of them]] and pushed [[First burglar|another]] out of her flat. ([[TW]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]'')
* Police called to the crime scene when two burglars robbed [[Keryehla Janees|Beth Halloran]] and [[Mike Lyndon]]. When they arrived, Beth had unknowingly stabbed [[Second burglar|one of them]] and pushed [[First burglar|another]] out of her flat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]'')
* Police cordoned off the traffic accident that killed [[Leighton Reynolds]]. Later, the Torchwood Three team pretended to be police while questioning [[Rhys Williams]], Leighton's manager. ([[TW]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'')
* Police cordoned off the traffic accident that killed [[Leighton Reynolds]]. Later, the Torchwood Three team pretended to be police while questioning [[Rhys Williams]], Leighton's manager. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'')
* [[Marie Thomas]] called the police when [[the Pharm]] tried and failed to murder her. Later, police were at the crime scene of the Pharm's murder of [[Barry Leonard]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]])
* [[Marie Thomas]] called the police when [[the Pharm]] tried and failed to murder her. Later, police were at the crime scene of the Pharm's murder of [[Barry Leonard]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]])
* Following a fight, Jack Harkness and the newly-undead Owen Harper were arrested. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')
* Following a fight, Jack Harkness and the newly-undead Owen Harper were arrested. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')
* [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift activity]] caused several senior police officers at Andy Davidson's police station to be mauled by [[Weevil]]s. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'')
* [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift activity]] caused several senior police officers at Andy Davidson's police station to be mauled by [[Weevil]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'')
* On [[Easter]] [[2009]], [[Macmillan|DI Macmillan]] was on the case for arresting [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina de Souza]] for robbery. The [[Tenth Doctor]] pretended to arrest himself inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|a police box]] for allowing her escape. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* On [[Easter]] [[2009]], [[Macmillan|DI Macmillan]] was on the case for arresting [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina de Souza]] for robbery. The [[Tenth Doctor]] pretended to arrest himself inside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|a police box]] for allowing her escape. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* Following [[Miracle Day]] in [[2011]], the [[Wales|Welsh]] police helped Rex Matheson to extradite Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper to the United States. ([[TW]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')
* Following [[Miracle Day]] in [[2011]], the [[Wales|Welsh]] police helped Rex Matheson to extradite Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper to the United States. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')
* A team of armed police, led by Andy Davidson, rescued Gwen Cooper's family from being held hostage. ([[TW]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'')
* A team of armed police, led by Andy Davidson, rescued Gwen Cooper's family from being held hostage. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'')
* [[Ralph Finch]] discovered the [[Categories of life|category 1]] [[Geraint Cooper]] hiding in [[Swansea]], and subsequently took him away to [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'')
* [[Ralph Finch]] discovered the [[Categories of life|category 1]] [[Geraint Cooper]] hiding in [[Swansea]], and subsequently took him away to [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'')
* [[Rory Williams]] was mistaken for a plain-clothes policeman by [[Ambrose Northover]] in [[2020]] [[Cwmtaff]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'')
* [[Rory Williams]] was mistaken for a plain-clothes policeman by [[Ambrose Northover]] in [[2020]] [[Cwmtaff]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'')
* [[Harry Pike]], father of [[Darius Pike]], was one of the last policemen to serve in England, before [[The Department]] replaced them with [[CCPC]]s. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[The Last Precinct (TV story)|The Last Precinct]]'')
* [[Harry Pike]], father of [[Darius Pike]], was one of the last policemen to serve in England, before [[The Department]] replaced them with [[CCPC]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Precinct (TV story)|The Last Precinct]]'')


=== 5,000,000,000 A.D. ===
=== 5,000,000,000 A.D. ===
* In [[5000000023|5,000,000,023]], The [[New New York Police Department]] arrested the Sisters of Plenitude after the NNYPD were alerted of experimenting on "[[New human|the flesh]]". ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') In [[5000000029|5,000,000,029]], the department, and all police authority on [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]] were consumed by the [[Bliss (drug)|Bliss]] virus. ([[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')
* In [[5000000023|5,000,000,023]], The [[New New York Police Department]] arrested the Sisters of Plenitude after the NNYPD were alerted of experimenting on "[[New human|the flesh]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') In [[5000000029|5,000,000,029]], the department, and all police authority on [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]] were consumed by the [[Bliss (drug)|Bliss]] virus. ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')


== Individual police officers ==
== Individual police officers ==

Revision as of 20:55, 17 September 2012

Police forces were government organisations charged with maintaining law and order.

The Fourth Doctor compared the Krynoid pods to police because both travelled in pairs. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)

The Judoon and Atraxi were police forces working throughout Mutter's Spiral, though Earth's planetary development level in the 21st century placed it out of their jurisdiction. (TV: Smith and Jones, The Eleventh Hour, TV: Prisoner of the Judoon) In the 26th century the term "police" was considered old-fashioned (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks)

Instances of police appearance

19th century

20th century

21st century

5,000,000,000 A.D.

Individual police officers

Humans

Metropolitan Police Service


Behind the scenes

Apocrypha

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