Post box
A post box was for sending post. People would put post into the box through the slot, and the postman would collect it.
In the United Kingdom, post boxes were typically coloured red, (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Regeneration [+]Loading...["Regeneration (TV story)"]) the colour of Royal Mail. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])
A post box was the last shape the Doctor's TARDIS took before it became a police box. (PROSE: The Little Things)
History
20th century
In 1953, a post box with the initials "G R" was located on Florizel Street, which the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited at the time of the coronation of Elizabeth II. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"])
21st century
Sally Sparrow passed a post box on her way to the police station on Mount Stuart Square. (TV: Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"])
A post box with the initials "G R" was embedded into the corner of Bannerman Road. Sarah Jane Smith used it to post a letter shortly after moving in to 13 Bannerman Road. (TV: Invasion of the Bane [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Bane (TV story)"])
In 2008, a post box with the initials "EIIR" was located in the village of Leadworth. (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])
By 2050, a year in which a King reigned in Britain, (TV: Oroborus [+]Loading...["Oroborus (TV story)"]) a post box with the initials "GB" was located within the vicinity of Gryffen Manor. Jorjie Turner and Starkey briefly stopped by it whilst evading CCPCs. (TV: Regeneration [+]Loading...["Regeneration (TV story)"])
22nd century
In the 22nd century, Barbara Wright and Jenny Chaplin passed a post box on the road to St Albans shortly prior to the liberation of Dalek-occupied Earth. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes
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- A young boy who watched Doctor Who ran into a post box whilst running from Autons, perceiving it as being replaced by a Dalek before waking from his dream. (TV: Invasion of Earth [+]Loading...["Invasion of Earth (TV story)"])
Filming
- Though not visible in Blink, the post box on Mount Stuart Square, which in the real world is located in Cardiff, bears the royal cypher of King Edward VII.
