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* 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]]'')
* 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]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[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]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[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 (Planet of Giants)|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. ([[TV]]: ''[[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. ([[TV]]: ''[[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]]'')

Revision as of 03:48, 17 September 2013

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

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

In NOTDWU: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., a film not considered a valid source by this wiki, Tom Campbell was a police constable from London who witnessed a robbery and burst into Dr. Who's TARDIS.

Other matters

Police
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