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|Name = Shadow Proclamation
|image        = Shadow Proclaimation.jpg
|image = [[Image:Shadowproclamationbase.jpg|250px]]
|aka          = Outer Space Police
|Leader = The [[Shadow Architect]]
|leader        = [[Shadow Architect]]
|aka = None
|members      = [[Albino servant]], [[Judoon]], [[Ogron]]s
|affiliation = [[Judoon]]
|first mention = Rose (TV story)
|bases = Unknown Name
|first        = The Stolen Earth (TV story)
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|members = Unknown
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|garrison = Unknown number
The '''Shadow Proclamation''' was, according to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the "Outer Space Police". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') It was a [[treaty]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)}}) or [[Federation]] between various interplanetary races and [[empire]]s, based upon mutually accepted [[rule]]s and treaties. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011 reference book)}})
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The '''Shadow Proclamation''' was the galactic police force (mostly [[Judoon]]), concerned with upholding [[Galactic Law]]. Their base was situated on an [[asteroid]], from which they planned their moves. For example, they once tried to convince [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] to lead them to the [[lost planets of the Medusa Cascade|27 lost planets]], but the Doctor was unwilling to be part of another war and left them. The Shadow Proclamation initially dismissed the Doctor's claim to be a [[Time Lord]], calling Time Lords nothing more than whispered myths of the Higher Races. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'').
Their responsibilities included upholding [[Galactic Law]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Great Rain Robbery (comic story)|The Great Rain Robbery]]'') although their jurisdiction may have been broader as they once planned to declare war "right across the universe" in response to the [[Planetary Relocation Incident|theft of twenty seven planets]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') In his [[Third Doctor|third]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Damascus (audio story)|Damascus]]'') [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') tenth, ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'') and [[Fourteenth Doctor|fourteenth]] incarnations, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) [[the Doctor]] called miscreants to account for themselves according to its dictates. They would also sometimes transfer criminals whom they had encountered on their travels over to them. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Great Rain Robbery (comic story)|The Great Rain Robbery]]'')


It had several conventions and treaties, such as [[Convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation|Convention 15]], which deals with the end of hostile actions in order to parley. ([[TDA]]: ''[[Peacemaker]]'')
They survived [[the Flux]], as proven when the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] invoked their [[Protocol 15]], [[Protocol P|P]] and [[Protocol 6|6]] during his [[Carpark court session|trial]] of [[the Meep]] and the [[Wrarth Warrior]]s in [[2023 (releases)|2023]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'')


It is possible that there is a law requiring pre-approval of auto-translators on the Shadow Proclamation base, as the Doctor and local authorities spoke at first without the TARDIS translating ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'').
== Location ==
The [[Shadow Proclamation (location)|Shadow Proclamation]] was situated on three [[asteroid]]s, linked together by bridges, from which they planned their moves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')


==Other Usages==
Each asteroid had distinct towers on them lit up by bright aqua lighting, but at some point, the lighting was changed to a darker yellow lighting. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'')
*When [[Bubastion]] was tricked into murdering an innocent man in ancient [[Egypt]], he was sealed in the body of a [[cat]] for failing to protect humanity, as per the Shadow Proclamation. [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] suggested reciting certain parts of the Proclamation would give him power over Bubastion. ([[IDW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (IDW) Issue 2|Doctor Who #2]]'')


*According to [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], the breeding of Adipose children on Earth was a violation of the Proclamation since the "seeding" of [[Level 5 planet|Level 5 planets]] was prohibited. Miss Foster, the woman in charge of the breeding program, was concerned that the Doctor had alerted the Shadow Proclamation to her activities. ([[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'')  
== Known regulations ==
The Shadow Proclamation had several conventions and treaties including 2366 [[Articles of the Shadow Proclamation|specific articles]]: ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Am the Doctor (short story)|I Am the Doctor]]'')


:''[[Captain Jack's Monster Files]] referenced the Shadow Proclamation having arrested the [[Adipose First Family]] (who were behind the breeding program) and taken custody of the children.''
[[Article 15 of the Shadow Proclamation|Article 15]] said that [[murder]] was not a rule of [[war]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Diamond Dogs (novel)|Diamond Dogs]]'') There are also protocols 15P and 6 ([[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]])


*Upon discovering that aliens were at work in 1st century [[Pompeii]], [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] demanded that the alien identify its place of origin and species designation "as set down by the Shadow Proclamation". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
[[Convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation|Convention 15]] dealt with the cessation of hostile actions in order to parley. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Peacemaker (novel)|Peacemaker]]'')


*The Shadow Proclamation was also visited by the Doctor. He alerts them to the disappearance of Earth but they are already aware of its disappearance along with 23 other worlds. He is asked to lead the Shadow Proclamation into war against whoever is doing this. The Doctor didn't want to lead another war so he fled. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')
[[Article 27 of the Shadow Proclamation|Article 27]] allowed for the requisitioning of recording equipment. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bleeding Heart (audio story)|The Bleeding Heart]]'')


==See also==
[[Article 29.8 of the Shadow Proclamation|Article 29.8]] banned the use and creation of [[Gelem warrior]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]'')
*[[Galactic Law]]
*[[Convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation]]


[[Category:Galactic Law]]
[[Article 57 of the Shadow Proclamation|Article 57]] prohibited the destruction of a [[Level 5 planet]] if no [[law]] was broken. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Finders Keepers (comic story)|Finders Keepers]]'')
 
[[Clause 374 of the Shadow Proclamation]] stated that "theft of an artefact of great cultural value legitimises the use of lethal force to ensure the artefact's recovery". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Colour of Darkness (novel)|The Colour of Darkness]]'')
 
According to Shadow Proclamation, "Any legitimate [[trial]] form may be used in a Shadow Proclamation hearing". When the requested form of trial was impossible, form reverted to Shadow Proclamation standard. A maximum of two legal requests were allowed. Examples included trial by a jury of peers being a legal standard of 298 member planets and 39761 affiliated worlds and innocent until proven guilty a legal standard of 87 member planets and 12932 affiliated worlds. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pictures of Emptiness (novel)|The Pictures of Emptiness]]'')
 
It was illegal to seed a Level 5 planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')
 
It was against Galactic Law to "reap" any part of an ecosystem on a Level 5 planet, even the [[cloud]]s, and violators could be handed over to the Shadow Proclamation. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Great Rain Robbery (comic story)|The Great Rain Robbery]]'')
 
Section Zyan KZ-9 Sloathbeck: The rights to silence (in case of an iteragation or so, see dh2015s13e02)
 
One of its writs allowed for the seizure of alien technology when war was declared.
 
== Activities ==
The Shadow Proclamation was known to employ the [[Judoon]] as their [[police force]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') [[Ogron]]s were used before the Judoon, but had to be replaced after their races' dealings with the [[Dalek]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fugitive (comic story)|Fugitive]]'')
 
The Shadow Proclamation had its own [[religion|religious]] [[creed]] that included a sole [[god]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Visual Dictionary (2010 reference book)}}) in reference to [[Donna Noble]]'s [[The DoctorDonna|future loss]], an [[Albino servant]] wished that God save her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}})
 
The Shadow Proclamation used green interdimensional crystals, for both capture and transport. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'')
 
The Shadow Proclamation attended the annual [[Space-Time Police Officers' Ball]] on [[18 January]] along with the [[crew]] of the ''[[Teselecta]]'' and the [[Atraxi]], meeting to [[eat]] some [[vol-au-vent]]s and share [[story|stories]] of their greatest [[asset]]s. [[31 January]] was the [[deadline]] to submit intergalactic [[tax return]]s to the Shadow Proclamation, which was enforced by crack squadrons of Judoon [[accountant]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'')
 
== History ==
=== Earlier history ===
[[Book (The Whoniverse)|By one historical account]], the Shadow Proclamation arose as a means of policing and regulating the many [[empire]]s and interstellar dominions that arose in [[Mutter's Spiral]]. While some races refused to recognise or sign up to its mandates, the Shadow Proclamation went on to have considerable influence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') The Proclamation had nearly forty thousand worlds under their jurisdiction. [[The Doctor]] maintained a frosty relationship with the Shadow Proclamation, the [[Time Lord]] viewing law a fragile concept while the Proclamation themselves viewed the Doctor as a reminder of [[pre-Time War universe|the time when the Time Lords had dictated law in the universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Paradox Moon (short story)|The Paradox Moon]]'')
 
When [[Bubastion]] was tricked into murdering an innocent man in ancient [[Egypt]], he was sealed in the body of a [[cat]] for failing to protect humanity, as per the Shadow Proclamation. The [[Tenth Doctor]] suggested reciting certain parts of the Proclamation would give him power over Bubastion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Agent Provocateur (comic story)|Agent Provocateur]]'')
 
On discovering that aliens were at work in [[1st century]] [[Pompeii]], the Tenth Doctor demanded that the alien identify its place of origin and species designation "according to the universal ratification of the Shadow Proclamation". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
 
In the [[Victorian era]], in [[London]], [[Orestes Milton]] was executed by the Proclamation for war crimes, after being thwarted by the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Clara Oswald]] and the [[Paternoster Gang]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Silhouette (novel)|Silhouette]]'')
 
The Shadow Proclamation "promise[d]" to shut down the [[Gentlemen of the Dice]] but did not act as they operated just inside Galactic law, forcing the Doctor to intervene personally to save [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jago & Litefoot Revival (audio story)|The Jago & Litefoot Revival]]'')
 
In [[1963]], the [[Cybock Imperium]] raided the Shadow Proclamation vault-world of [[Janizzar]], stealing the [[Time-Gun of Rassilon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Gangland (comic story)|Gangland]]'')
 
In [[1984]], the Shadow Proclamation approved the [[Kin (Nothing O'Clock)|Kin]]'s right to own the Earth after they purchased every property on its surface. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nothing O'Clock (short story)|Nothing O'Clock]]'')
 
=== 21st century ===
In [[2000]], after [[the Mondegreens]] were turned to stone by their own [[phonic blast]], the Tenth Doctor contacted the Shadow Proclamation to pick them up. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[We Will Rock You (comic story)|We Will Rock You]]'')
 
The [[Ninth Doctor]] invoked [[Convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation|Convention 15]] when he requested parlay with the [[Nestene Consciousness]] during its [[Operation Mannequin|invasion of Earth]] in [[March]] [[2005]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
 
In [[2006]] [[Rose Tyler]] made mention of [[Article 15 of the Shadow Proclamation|Article 15]] of the Shadow Proclamation while attempting to threaten the [[Fadros Pallujikaa|Sycorax Leader]] during their [[Sycorax invasion of Earth|invasion of Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
 
In [[2008]] the [[Eleventh Doctor]] invoked the [[Article 57 of the Shadow Proclamation]] when he communicated with the [[Atraxi]] and ordered them to return to Earth after they decided the destruction of planet [[Earth]] in order to kill [[Prisoner Zero]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')
 
According to the Tenth Doctor, the breeding of [[Adipose]] children on Earth in the [[2000s]]{{note|The present day of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]], and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} was a violation of galactic law since the "seeding" of [[Level 5 planet]]s was prohibited. [[Matron Cofelia|Miss Foster]], the being in charge of the breeding program, was concerned that the Doctor had alerted the Shadow Proclamation to her activities. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') The [[Adiposian First Family]], who were behind the breeding program, were later arrested and their children were taken into the custody of the Proclamation. ([[WC]]: ''[[Monster File: Adipose (webcast)|Monster File: Adipose]]'')
 
The Tenth Doctor and [[Donna Noble]] visited the Shadow Proclamation to alert them to the Earth's disappearance. The Proclamation was already aware of its disappearance along with 24 of the [[Stolen planets|26 other worlds]]. The [[Shadow Architect]], according to the Strictures of the Shadow Proclamation, had to seize the Doctor's transport and technology because she wanted him to lead a battle across the universe. The Shadow Architect commanded the Doctor "by the Holy Writ of the Shadow Proclamation" to stop from leaving the planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')
 
The Tenth Doctor brought the [[Cran Movement]], a race who had tried to steal Earth's clouds, to be imprisoned by the Shadow Proclamation. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Great Rain Robbery (comic story)|The Great Rain Robbery]]'')
 
When [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was transported to the [[Krulius]]' home planet, she left a signal behind her with the [[sonic lipstick]]. [[Mr Smith]] was able to contact the Shadow Proclamation with their co-ordinates, and a team of Judoon were dispatched to apprehend the Krulius ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monster Hunt (comic story)|Monster Hunt]]'')
 
In [[2012]], the Tenth Doctor told a [[Isolus|being]] inhabiting [[Chloe Webber]] that "(he) request(ed) parley in accordance with the Shadow Proclamation." He asked the being to identify itself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
 
In [[2023]], the Fourteenth Doctor invoked Shadow Proclamation Protocols 15, P and 6 in an impromptu trial to determine the intentions of the [[Wrarth Warrior|Wrarth Warriors]] in their hunt for [[Beep the Meep]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'')
 
=== Later history ===
The Shadow Proclamation still existed by the year [[3764]], when the [[Ninth Doctor]] expected that they would "sort out" the "mess" caused when the [[Jinglatheen]] plot to take control of the [[Raxas Alliance]] by slaughtering unsuspecting [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s was exposed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'')
 
In the [[57th century]] the Shadow Proclamation had recently bought Earth from its owner and made it independent again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The End (11DC audio story)|The End]]'')
 
=== Undated events ===
The [[Eighth Doctor]] worked with the Shadow Proclamation’s [[Tenth Justice Fleet]] to warn travellers away from [[Orriv]] to keep [[The Network (Echoes of Extinction)|the Network]] isolated there. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Echoes of Extinction (audio story)|Echoes of Extinction]]'')
 
On [[Galen]], the Ninth Doctor invoked [[Article 27 of the Shadow Proclamation|Article 27]] to requisition [[Adriana Jarsdel|Adriana Jarsdel's]] recording equipment, including her cyber-augmented assistant, who'd recorded an event the Doctor wished to review. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bleeding Heart (audio story)|The Bleeding Heart]]'')
 
Following an incident in which the Tenth Doctor interfered with "a [[fixed point in time]]", specifically events surrounding a film studio in [[Los Angeles]] after he saved the life of someone who had been fated to die, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Silver Scream (comic story)|Silver Scream]]'') the Shadow Proclamation apprehended the Doctor and put him on trial. An enemy of the Doctor's, [[Lau'Tan|Lucas Finch]], served as the prosecutor. The Shadow Architect found the Doctor guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. After it was revealed that the trial was a set up, the Doctor was freed, and the actions of the Ogron [[Brarshak]] in protecting the Shadow Architect allowed the [[Ogron]]s to join the Shadow Proclamation as a [[police force]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fugitive (comic story)|Fugitive]]'')
 
The Shadow Proclamation shut down the [[Rigel 77]] prison centre with troops because of its violent nature. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Undertaker's Gift (novel)|The Undertaker's Gift]]'')
 
The [[Chugra]] were trapped in the [[time vortex]] for crimes against temporal physics. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Funny Phone Call! (comic story)|Funny Phone Call!]]'')
 
The [[Yeamorg Warrior]]s were collected by the Shadow Proclamation for breach of [[Article 57]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Finders Keepers (comic story)|Finders Keepers]]'')
 
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] brought an [[Alien (Night Light)|alien]] to the Shadow Proclamation for trial. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Night Light (comic story)|Night Light]]'')
 
The Shadow Proclamation went onto mauve alert during the Dalek offensive following their [[Dalek invasion of Medrüth|victory]] over the Doctor at [[Medrüth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daleks Victorious (audio story)|Daleks Victorious]]'')
 
During a case of [[suicide moon]]s, the [[Shadow Architect]] ordered a [[Judoon (The Magician's Apprentice)|Judoon]] to deploy the [[under-regiment]] in two [[sector]]s when [[Colony Sarff]] visited the Proclamation on orders from [[Davros]], in their search for the [[Twelfth Doctor]], but was made to leave as nobody knew where he was. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'')
 
The Twelfth Doctor told the media to shut down [[Betterblast PR]] for setting an [[Andromedan Feline Gigantoform]] loose on innocent people. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time and PR in Space (comic story)|Time and PR in Space]]'')
 
In a [[December]], sometime after humanity had joined the Shadow Proclamation, the [[paradox moon]] appeared above the Proclamation's headquarters. Six hours later, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] arrived and managed to shut down the moon. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Paradox Moon (short story)|The Paradox Moon]]'')
 
== Other references ==
After his encounter with [[Starfleet]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] suggested to [[River Song]] that he should convince the Shadow Proclamation to do something like it. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|A Trek to Skaro (episode)}})
 
== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:The Shadow Proclamation species.png|thumb|Russell T Davies' sketch for his original concept of the Shadow Proclamation scene ([[REF]]: ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')]]
* In the original script for ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', the Shadow Proclamation was supposed to consist of many different species of aliens, including:
** [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s with a child. This child was originally conceived as [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret]] following her regression to an egg ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') Her line was  recorded and archived for future use.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009x2bg [broken link]</ref>
** Baby [[Adipose]] and very big adult one (imagined by [[Russell T Davies]] as being about fifteen feet tall)
** [[Scholars of the University of Rago Rago 56 Rago]] or members of the same species
** [[Krillitane]]
** [[Vespiform]]
** [[Hath]]
** [[Gelth]]
** [[Cybusman|Cybermen]]
** [[Sycorax]]
** [[Alonso Frame]], a [[Stovian]], working for the Shadow Proclamation as a Shadow Soldier
** [[Isolus]]
** [[Graske]]
** [[Kroton (species)|Kroton]]
** [[Hoix]]
** [[Chelonian]]-like species
** Two-headed race ([[Aplan]]s?)
 
== Footnotes ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}
 
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The Shadow Proclamation was, according to the Tenth Doctor, the "Outer Space Police". (TV: The Stolen Earth) It was a treaty (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"]) or Federation between various interplanetary races and empires, based upon mutually accepted rules and treaties. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011 reference book)"])

Their responsibilities included upholding Galactic Law, (COMIC: The Great Rain Robbery) although their jurisdiction may have been broader as they once planned to declare war "right across the universe" in response to the theft of twenty seven planets. (TV: The Stolen Earth) In his third, (AUDIO: Damascus) ninth, (TV: Rose) tenth, (TV: Fear Her) eleventh, (TV: The Eleventh Hour) and fourteenth incarnations, (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"]) the Doctor called miscreants to account for themselves according to its dictates. They would also sometimes transfer criminals whom they had encountered on their travels over to them. (COMIC: The Great Rain Robbery)

They survived the Flux, as proven when the Fourteenth Doctor invoked their Protocol 15, P and 6 during his trial of the Meep and the Wrarth Warriors in 2023. (TV: The Star Beast)

Location[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Shadow Proclamation was situated on three asteroids, linked together by bridges, from which they planned their moves. (TV: The Stolen Earth)

Each asteroid had distinct towers on them lit up by bright aqua lighting, but at some point, the lighting was changed to a darker yellow lighting. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice)

Known regulations[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Shadow Proclamation had several conventions and treaties including 2366 specific articles: (PROSE: I Am the Doctor)

Article 15 said that murder was not a rule of war. (PROSE: Diamond Dogs) There are also protocols 15P and 6 (The Star Beast)

Convention 15 dealt with the cessation of hostile actions in order to parley. (TV: Rose, PROSE: Peacemaker)

Article 27 allowed for the requisitioning of recording equipment. (AUDIO: The Bleeding Heart)

Article 29.8 banned the use and creation of Gelem warriors. (PROSE: Ghosts of India)

Article 57 prohibited the destruction of a Level 5 planet if no law was broken. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, COMIC: Finders Keepers)

Clause 374 of the Shadow Proclamation stated that "theft of an artefact of great cultural value legitimises the use of lethal force to ensure the artefact's recovery". (PROSE: The Colour of Darkness)

According to Shadow Proclamation, "Any legitimate trial form may be used in a Shadow Proclamation hearing". When the requested form of trial was impossible, form reverted to Shadow Proclamation standard. A maximum of two legal requests were allowed. Examples included trial by a jury of peers being a legal standard of 298 member planets and 39761 affiliated worlds and innocent until proven guilty a legal standard of 87 member planets and 12932 affiliated worlds. (PROSE: The Pictures of Emptiness)

It was illegal to seed a Level 5 planet. (TV: Partners in Crime)

It was against Galactic Law to "reap" any part of an ecosystem on a Level 5 planet, even the clouds, and violators could be handed over to the Shadow Proclamation. (COMIC: The Great Rain Robbery)

Section Zyan KZ-9 Sloathbeck: The rights to silence (in case of an iteragation or so, see dh2015s13e02)

One of its writs allowed for the seizure of alien technology when war was declared.

Activities[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Shadow Proclamation was known to employ the Judoon as their police force. (TV: The Stolen Earth) Ogrons were used before the Judoon, but had to be replaced after their races' dealings with the Daleks. (COMIC: Fugitive)

The Shadow Proclamation had its own religious creed that included a sole god; (PROSE: The Visual Dictionary [+]Loading...["The Visual Dictionary (2010 reference book)"]) in reference to Donna Noble's future loss, an Albino servant wished that God save her. (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"])

The Shadow Proclamation used green interdimensional crystals, for both capture and transport. (COMIC: Assimilation²)

The Shadow Proclamation attended the annual Space-Time Police Officers' Ball on 18 January along with the crew of the Teselecta and the Atraxi, meeting to eat some vol-au-vents and share stories of their greatest assets. 31 January was the deadline to submit intergalactic tax returns to the Shadow Proclamation, which was enforced by crack squadrons of Judoon accountants. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Earlier history[[edit] | [edit source]]

By one historical account, the Shadow Proclamation arose as a means of policing and regulating the many empires and interstellar dominions that arose in Mutter's Spiral. While some races refused to recognise or sign up to its mandates, the Shadow Proclamation went on to have considerable influence. (PROSE: The Whoniverse) The Proclamation had nearly forty thousand worlds under their jurisdiction. The Doctor maintained a frosty relationship with the Shadow Proclamation, the Time Lord viewing law a fragile concept while the Proclamation themselves viewed the Doctor as a reminder of the time when the Time Lords had dictated law in the universe. (PROSE: The Paradox Moon)

When Bubastion was tricked into murdering an innocent man in ancient Egypt, he was sealed in the body of a cat for failing to protect humanity, as per the Shadow Proclamation. The Tenth Doctor suggested reciting certain parts of the Proclamation would give him power over Bubastion. (COMIC: Agent Provocateur)

On discovering that aliens were at work in 1st century Pompeii, the Tenth Doctor demanded that the alien identify its place of origin and species designation "according to the universal ratification of the Shadow Proclamation". (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)

In the Victorian era, in London, Orestes Milton was executed by the Proclamation for war crimes, after being thwarted by the Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald and the Paternoster Gang. (PROSE: Silhouette)

The Shadow Proclamation "promise[d]" to shut down the Gentlemen of the Dice but did not act as they operated just inside Galactic law, forcing the Doctor to intervene personally to save Henry Gordon Jago and George Litefoot. (AUDIO: The Jago & Litefoot Revival)

In 1963, the Cybock Imperium raided the Shadow Proclamation vault-world of Janizzar, stealing the Time-Gun of Rassilon. (COMIC: Gangland)

In 1984, the Shadow Proclamation approved the Kin's right to own the Earth after they purchased every property on its surface. (PROSE: Nothing O'Clock)

21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 2000, after the Mondegreens were turned to stone by their own phonic blast, the Tenth Doctor contacted the Shadow Proclamation to pick them up. (COMIC: We Will Rock You)

The Ninth Doctor invoked Convention 15 when he requested parlay with the Nestene Consciousness during its invasion of Earth in March 2005. (TV: Rose)

In 2006 Rose Tyler made mention of Article 15 of the Shadow Proclamation while attempting to threaten the Sycorax Leader during their invasion of Earth. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

In 2008 the Eleventh Doctor invoked the Article 57 of the Shadow Proclamation when he communicated with the Atraxi and ordered them to return to Earth after they decided the destruction of planet Earth in order to kill Prisoner Zero. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)

According to the Tenth Doctor, the breeding of Adipose children on Earth in the 2000s[nb 1] was a violation of galactic law since the "seeding" of Level 5 planets was prohibited. Miss Foster, the being in charge of the breeding program, was concerned that the Doctor had alerted the Shadow Proclamation to her activities. (TV: Partners in Crime) The Adiposian First Family, who were behind the breeding program, were later arrested and their children were taken into the custody of the Proclamation. (WC: Monster File: Adipose)

The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble visited the Shadow Proclamation to alert them to the Earth's disappearance. The Proclamation was already aware of its disappearance along with 24 of the 26 other worlds. The Shadow Architect, according to the Strictures of the Shadow Proclamation, had to seize the Doctor's transport and technology because she wanted him to lead a battle across the universe. The Shadow Architect commanded the Doctor "by the Holy Writ of the Shadow Proclamation" to stop from leaving the planet. (TV: The Stolen Earth)

The Tenth Doctor brought the Cran Movement, a race who had tried to steal Earth's clouds, to be imprisoned by the Shadow Proclamation. (COMIC: The Great Rain Robbery)

When Sarah Jane Smith was transported to the Krulius' home planet, she left a signal behind her with the sonic lipstick. Mr Smith was able to contact the Shadow Proclamation with their co-ordinates, and a team of Judoon were dispatched to apprehend the Krulius (COMIC: Monster Hunt)

In 2012, the Tenth Doctor told a being inhabiting Chloe Webber that "(he) request(ed) parley in accordance with the Shadow Proclamation." He asked the being to identify itself. (TV: Fear Her)

In 2023, the Fourteenth Doctor invoked Shadow Proclamation Protocols 15, P and 6 in an impromptu trial to determine the intentions of the Wrarth Warriors in their hunt for Beep the Meep. (TV: The Star Beast)

Later history[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Shadow Proclamation still existed by the year 3764, when the Ninth Doctor expected that they would "sort out" the "mess" caused when the Jinglatheen plot to take control of the Raxas Alliance by slaughtering unsuspecting Raxacoricofallapatorians was exposed. (COMIC: Doctormania)

In the 57th century the Shadow Proclamation had recently bought Earth from its owner and made it independent again. (AUDIO: The End)

Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor worked with the Shadow Proclamation’s Tenth Justice Fleet to warn travellers away from Orriv to keep the Network isolated there. (AUDIO: Echoes of Extinction)

On Galen, the Ninth Doctor invoked Article 27 to requisition Adriana Jarsdel's recording equipment, including her cyber-augmented assistant, who'd recorded an event the Doctor wished to review. (AUDIO: The Bleeding Heart)

Following an incident in which the Tenth Doctor interfered with "a fixed point in time", specifically events surrounding a film studio in Los Angeles after he saved the life of someone who had been fated to die, (COMIC: Silver Scream) the Shadow Proclamation apprehended the Doctor and put him on trial. An enemy of the Doctor's, Lucas Finch, served as the prosecutor. The Shadow Architect found the Doctor guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. After it was revealed that the trial was a set up, the Doctor was freed, and the actions of the Ogron Brarshak in protecting the Shadow Architect allowed the Ogrons to join the Shadow Proclamation as a police force. (COMIC: Fugitive)

The Shadow Proclamation shut down the Rigel 77 prison centre with troops because of its violent nature. (PROSE: The Undertaker's Gift)

The Chugra were trapped in the time vortex for crimes against temporal physics. (COMIC: Funny Phone Call!)

The Yeamorg Warriors were collected by the Shadow Proclamation for breach of Article 57. (COMIC: Finders Keepers)

The Eleventh Doctor brought an alien to the Shadow Proclamation for trial. (COMIC: Night Light)

The Shadow Proclamation went onto mauve alert during the Dalek offensive following their victory over the Doctor at Medrüth. (AUDIO: Daleks Victorious)

During a case of suicide moons, the Shadow Architect ordered a Judoon to deploy the under-regiment in two sectors when Colony Sarff visited the Proclamation on orders from Davros, in their search for the Twelfth Doctor, but was made to leave as nobody knew where he was. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice)

The Twelfth Doctor told the media to shut down Betterblast PR for setting an Andromedan Feline Gigantoform loose on innocent people. (COMIC: Time and PR in Space)

In a December, sometime after humanity had joined the Shadow Proclamation, the paradox moon appeared above the Proclamation's headquarters. Six hours later, the Thirteenth Doctor arrived and managed to shut down the moon. (PROSE: The Paradox Moon)

Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]

After his encounter with Starfleet, the Tenth Doctor suggested to River Song that he should convince the Shadow Proclamation to do something like it. (GAME: A Trek to Skaro [+]Loading...["A Trek to Skaro (episode)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Russell T Davies' sketch for his original concept of the Shadow Proclamation scene (REF: The Writer's Tale)

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ The present day of Doctor Who's fourth series is not consistently dated, with TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in 2008, and PROSE: Beautiful Chaos setting them in about April to June 2009.

Citations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009x2bg [broken link]
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