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


[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] compared the [[Krynoid]] pods to police as both travelled in pairs. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'')
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|Earth's]] [[Planetary development levels|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==
==Instances of Police appearance==
=== 19th century===
*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===
*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 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]]'')
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* 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 [[Third Doctor|the 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]]'')
*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]]'')
*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]]'')
* [[Gwen Cooper]], worked for [[Torchwood Three]], had been a police officer, along with most of her friends. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]])''
===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]]'')
* On Christmas 2006, a policeman was reporting on the people with A+ blood ready to jump from roofs thanks to the Sycorax's blood control. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
* In [[2007]], Sally Sparrow approached DI [[Billy Shipton]], who had been investigating disappearances at Wester Drumlins. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
* [[Gwen Cooper]], before she worked for [[Torchwood Three]], had been a police officer, along with most of her friends. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'')
*After [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood Three's]] encounter with the [[Brynblaidd villager]]s, the villagers were arrested by police. ([[TW]]: ''[[Countrycide]]'')
*Police had a violent encounter with [[English Civil War]] soldiers when they came through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'')
*Police had a violent encounter with [[English Civil War]] soldiers when they came through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'')
* The [[Torchwood Three]] team pretended to be police while questioning [[Rhys Williams]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Meat]]'')
* The [[Torchwood Three]] team pretended to be police while questioning [[Rhys Williams]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Meat]]'')
*[[Rory Williams]] was mistaken for a plain-clothes policeman by [[Ambrose Northover]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'')
*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]]'')
*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]]'')
*[[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]]'')
===5,000,000,000 A.D.===
*In [[5000000023|5,000,000,023]], The [[New New York Police Department]] arrested the Sisters of Plenitude after the NNYPD were alerted of experimenting on "[[New human|the flesh]]". ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth]]'') In [[5000000029|5,000,000,029]], the department, and all police authority on [[New Earth]] were consumed by the [[Bliss (drug)|Bliss]] virus. ([[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'')
==Individual police officers==
===Humans===
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==

Revision as of 17:50, 23 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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