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The '''Metropolitan Police Service''' was a [[police]] service responsible for [[London|Greater London]]. | {{wikipediainfo}} | ||
{{first pic|Metropolitain_Police_logo.jpg|The logo of the Metropolitan Police Service. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)|Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'')}} | |||
The '''Metropolitan Police Service''' (often called '''the Met''') was a [[police]] service responsible for [[London|Greater London]]. For some time, the Met was based at [[Scotland Yard]], with the name becoming synonymous for the service. | |||
[[ | In [[1840]], [[Arnold Porter|Inspector Arnold Porter]] worked for the Met, specifically on the [[Spring-heeled Jack]] case. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack (comic story)|The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack]]'') | ||
On [[23 October]] [[1843]], the service managed to write off seven civilians and [[Policeman (The Lions of Trafalgar)|one of their own officers]] as having been crushed by a [[bus]] when in fact, several [[stone lion]]s had killed them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lions of Trafalgar (audio story)|The Lions of Trafalgar]]'') | |||
Inspector [[Lestrade]] was a detective from the service ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') and [[Ian Stratford]] transferred there, citing "personal reasons". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]'') [[Dennison]] was a sergeant in the Met. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') Madam [[Vastra]] often assisted Scotland Yard in its investigations, often alongside Inspector [[Gregson (Vastra Investigates)|Gregson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)|Vastra Investigates]]'') | |||
In the [[1890s]], nicknames for the Metropolitan Police included "Rozzers" and "Blue Bottles". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bellova Devil (audio story)|The Bellova Devil]]'') | |||
In [[2009]], the Metropolitan Police was called when the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' vanished from the [[International Gallery]]. Several police officers were caught in paintings. They were released when ''[[The Abomination (Mona Lisa's Revenge)|The Abomination]]'' was destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)|Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'') | |||
In [[2011]], [[Patricia Menzies]] was sent to London to assist the Metropolitan Police in their investigations into the ‘gangland kingpin’ known as ‘the Doctor’ who was in reality [[Thomas Brewster]] in disguise. ([[AUDIO]]: [[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]) | |||
During the [[Hyperion (species)|Hyperion]] invasion of [[Britain]] in [[summer]] [[2015]], the police attempted to oppose them but were killed as the invaders "[burnt] through" them, transforming them into [[the Scorched]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Hyperion Empire (comic story)|The Hyperion Empire]]'') | |||
By [[2048]], the service was widely known as the "Metro Police". In that year, [[the Department]] eliminated human police services in favour of the [[CCPC]] programme. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Precinct (TV story)|The Last Precinct]]'') | |||
==The Doctor and the Met== | |||
In [[2011]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] was arrested by the service for stealing and destroying a police patrol boat on the [[River Thames]]. ([[AUDIO]]: [[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]) | |||
In [[2006]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] distracted a group from the service while in [[10 Downing Street]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') | |||
In [[July]] [[1969]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] pretended to be an officer from the service whilst visiting the [[White House]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
=== Information from non-valid sources=== | |||
[[File:Metropolitan Police.jpg|left|thumb|A wheel clamp placed by the Metropolitan [[Police]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show)|Untitled]]'')]] | |||
After [[running]] away from [[Thatchos]] and [[Denos]], the [[Seventh Doctor (The Lenny Henry Show)|Seventh Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]] found that [[the TARDIS]] had been given a wheel clamp by the Metropolitan Police. Peri then used a [[ray gun]] to destroy the clamp, with the Doctor [[Anger|angrily]] shouting "I wanted to do that!". ([[TV]]: ''[[Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show)|Untitled]]'') | |||
===Other matters=== | |||
In 2002, the [[BBC]] won a drawn-out case against the Metropolitan Police over the rights to the [[police box]] appearance of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2352743.stm] The case first opened when the BBC tried to trademark the design in 1998. | |||
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