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A '''church''' was a building used for worship, often in relation to a [[religion]]. By extension, the word also was used to refer to a specific sect or religion.
A '''church''' was a building used for worship and other religious activities. By extension, the word also was used to refer to a specific sect or [[religion]].


[[File:The Daemons Church destruction.png|thumb|Remains of the destroyed [[Devil's End]] church. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')]]
[[File:The Daemons Church destruction.png|thumb|Remains of the destroyed [[Devil's End]] church. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')]]
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Revision as of 12:58, 9 May 2013

A church was a building used for worship and other religious activities. By extension, the word also was used to refer to a specific sect or religion.

Beneath St. Jude's Church in 9th century a flask containing Fenric was buried. It was uncovered in 1943. (TV: The Curse of Fenric) In the 1970s the Azal located himself within a church in Devil's End following a confrontation between the Third Doctor and the Master. His ultimate defeat by Jo Grant led to the church's destruction. (TV: The Dæmons) The Master later hid his TARDIS in the remains of the church. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors) The St Mary-in-the-Dust church, demolished in 1840, periodically reappeared on its original site. (PROSE: Border Princes)

On Earth, a sentience inhabited a church in the town of Cheldon Bonniface. Known as Saul, he inhabited the church and was able to exert an amount of influence on the church's congregation. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation) Several churches were places of significance on Earth, not just as meaningful locations of worship, but in other guises. St. Mary's Church in Cardiff was used as a location to hide a resurrection gauntlet. (TV: Dead Man Walking)

Donna Noble was to be married in St. Mary's Church in Chiswick. (TV: The Runaway Bride) Wilfred Mott later visited a church and was spoken to by a woman. The woman told him that the church had been a convent which a man in a blue box had saved from a demon which had fallen from the sky. The man was called "the sainted physician" and the blue box was pictured on a stained glass window in the church. (TV: The End of Time)

St. Justinian in Stockbridge was left ruined by the Millennium Wars. (COMIC: The Tides of Time)

By the 51st century, the Church was a faith-based military organisation primarily responsible for interstellar security, protection of human populations, and special covert operations. Regular military ranks were replaced by offices such as Bishop, Cleric and Verger. (TV: The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone)

Religions that were referred to as 'Churches'

See also