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*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]]'')
*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]]'')
=== 20th century===
=== 20th century===
*In [[1927]], [[New York City|New York]] police shot [[Jack Harkness]] and arrested [[Angelo Colasanto]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[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]]'')
*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]]'')
* 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, [[police box]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[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, [[police box]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'')
* Thanks to the intercession of the temporarily miniaturized 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]]'')
* Thanks to the intercession of the temporarily miniaturized [[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]]'')
* Pursued by the [[Dalek]]s through [[time]] and [[space]], the [[TARDIS]] materialized in the yard of a police station in [[1965]] [[Liverpool]], its [[TARDIS scanner |scanner]] malfunctioning. After some trouble with the local police, the Doctor managed to repair the malfunctioning scanner and depart. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* Pursued by the [[Dalek]]s through [[time]] and [[space]], the [[TARDIS]] materialized 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]]'')
* When a policeman approached the TARDIS, the 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]]'')
* 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]]'')
* A policeman spotted [[Second Doctor|the 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]]'')
* 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]]'')
* Two [[Auton]]s impersonated police in a failed attempt to kill [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'')
* Two [[Auton]]s impersonated police in a failed attempt to kill the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'')
*[[Gustave Lytton]] had two robot henchmen which resembled policemen. ([[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]''/''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
*[[Gustave Lytton]] had two robot henchmen which resembled policemen. ([[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]''/''[[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]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[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]] had disguised himself as police, ready to kill anyone associated with [[the Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]''/''[[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]] had disguised himself as police, ready to kill anyone associated with [[the Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three]]'')
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*Following a fight, Jack Harkness and the newly-undead Owen Harper were arrested. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')
*Following a fight, Jack Harkness and the newly-undead Owen Harper were arrested. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')
*[[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift activity]] caused several senior police officers at [[Andy Davidson|Andy Davidson's]] police station to be mauled by [[Weevil]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'')
*[[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift activity]] caused several senior police officers at [[Andy Davidson|Andy Davidson's]] police station to be mauled by [[Weevil]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[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. ([[DW]]: ''[[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]]'')
*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]]'')
*A team of police, led by Andy Davidson, rescued Gwen Cooper's family from being held hostage. ([[TW]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'')
*[[Rory Williams]] was mistaken for a plain-clothes policeman by [[Ambrose Northover]] in [[2020]] [[Cwmtaff]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'')
*[[Rory Williams]] was mistaken for a plain-clothes policeman by [[Ambrose Northover]] in [[2020]] [[Cwmtaff]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[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. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[The Last Precinct (TV story)|The Last Precinct]]'')

Revision as of 15:40, 26 August 2011

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

The Fourth Doctor compared the Krynoid pods to police as both travelled in pairs. (DW: 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)

Instances of Police appearance

19th century

20th century

21st century

5,000,000,000 A.D.

Individual police officers

Humans

Behind the scenes

  • The policeman seen at the beginning of An Unearthly Child has the distinction of being the very first character to appear on Doctor Who.

Apocrypha

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