Dinosaur Dinosaurs were a group of reptile s which lived on Earth millions of years ago . History . Original reign . Many species of dinosaurs evolved and went extinct over millions of years . Just before they went extinct , the last one of each species was captured and brought to the Museum of the Last Ones . ( PROSE : " The Last Dodo " ) The Tenth Doctor ' s TARDIS accidentally crashed into another ship , causing both of them to crash on Earth during the Cretaceous period . The Doctor had to deal with dinosaurs while trying to get off the planet . ( COMIC : " Health & Safety " ) Also during the Cretaceous , a group of aliens tried to build a colony on Earth using slave labour . Ace led the dinosaurs in destroying the colony ' s construction site , witnessed by the Seventh Doctor . ( PROSE : " Living in the Past " ) The Rani did several studies on dinosaurs . She obtained a tyrannosaurus rex embryo for study , which was accidentally aged to adulthood by time spillage in her TARDIS . ( TV : " The Mark of the Rani " ) She also planned to use her time brain to stop the extinction of the dinosaurs and study what they would evolve into . ( TV : " Time and the Rani " ) The Silurian s were known to use dinosaurs in a variety of ways . ( TV : " Doctor Who and the Silurians " , " Dinosaurs on a Spaceship " , PROSE : " Blood Heat " ) When their civilisation was threatened , they preserved dinosaurs along with themselves , both in stasis under the Earth ( TV : " Doctor Who and the Silurians " ) and in the Silurian Ark . ( TV : " Dinosaurs on a Spaceship " ) The dinosaurs were thought to be wiped out at the end of the Cretaceous period when a space freighter filled with anti - matter , which had travelled back in time from the 26th century , crashed into Earth . ( TV : " Earthshock " ) At some point in his life , Jack Harkness had to survive on the carcasses of dinosaurs . They were the only source of cooked meat after an asteroid hit . ( TV : " Fragments " ) Modern times . A female tyrannosaur was accidentally transported to the Victorian London when the TARDIS of the Twelfth Doctor got stuck in her throat . Her presence alerted the local authorities and led to the involvement of the Paternoster Gang to solve the situation . Eventually , the T - rex was killed and burnt by the Half - Face Man in order to steal her optic nerve . ( TV : " Deep Breath " ) In the 1960s , a mad scientist in New York City used a chemical to bring life - sized dinosaur statues to life as part of his plan to liberate zoo animals . The Second Doctor created an antidote which reversed the process . ( COMIC : " The Monsters from the Past " ) In the 1970s , as a part of Operation Golden Age , Whitaker used time eddy s to transport various dinosaurs from their home time to central London in his present day . These included tyrannosaurus , apatosaurus , triceratops and pterodactyl . The appearances prompted the evacuation of eight million people and the instigation of martial law . The Third Doctor captured one dinosaur , a tyrannosaurus , but it was freed by General Finch , who was participating in the operation . After Whitaker and his co - conspirator , Sir Charles Grover , were sent back in time , the dinosaurs ceased appearing . ( TV : " Invasion of the Dinosaurs " ) The Sanctified farmed dinosaurs as livestock . Numerous dinosaur livestock of the Sanctified ( including Brachiosaurids , ankylosaurus and a baryonyx ) came through the Cardiff Space - Time Rift to Cardiff in 2008 . The Torchwood Three team were ultimately able to capture the dinosaurs and send them back through a rift storm to where they came from . When Vox absorbed the power of the Cardiff Rift , the Sanctified sent several dinosaurs to Barry to try and stop him . However , Vox easily obliterated the dinosaurs with the power of the Rift . ( COMIC : " Rift War ! " ) In 2008 , Majenta Pryce featured dinosaurs as one of the exhibits in the Hotel Historia . ( COMIC : " Hotel Historia " ) In 2010 , dinosaurs were among the prehistoric creatures brought through time into Sydney by chronal wave s released by the SKARDIS . They later froze to death when another chronal wave brought ice from the Ice Age into Sydney . ( COMIC : " The Age of Ice " ) In the 21st century , Professor Saurian used a " roll - back machine " to bring dinosaurs from the Jurassic to New York City . The Eleventh Doctor was able to send him and the dinosaurs back in time . ( COMIC : " Dinosaurs in New York ! " ) The Silurian Ark was found by the Pirate Solomon , who woke up the dinosaurs to sell them and ejected the Silurians from the ship . He was unable to pilot the ship and accidentally caused it to return to Earth in 2367 , causing missiles to be fired at it . The Eleventh Doctor diverted its course and sent the dinosaurs aboard to the planet Siluria , while Solomon was killed when his ship was hit by the missiles . ( TV : " Dinosaurs on a Spaceship " ) Dinosaurs were found in the rooms of the Hotel Historia , a time travel ling hotel chain . ( COMIC : " Hotel Historia " ) In the 41st century , Wumba ' s World of Wild featured genetically bred dinosaurs co - existing with human s for the entertainment of tourists . ( COMIC : " Save the Humans ! " ) EarthWorld had dinosaurs , but due to historical inaccuracies they were placed with humans . ( PROSE : " EarthWorld " ) Alternate timelines . In one alternate timeline , bodies of dinosaurs were found frozen in ice . They were exhibited in the National Museum . ( TV : " The Big Bang " ) In another timeline , the Silurian s were victorious over the humans and conquered the Earth . They brought back species of extinct dinosaurs . ( PROSE : " Blood Heat " ) When trapped in the Jurassic period , Professor Saurian set up a shield to protect Earth from impacts . Instead of human s evolving , intelligent dinosaurs did . However , the Doctor used his watch to hypnotise Saurian into releasing his telepathic hold on the dinosaurs , who promptly rampaged , destroying the machine . ( COMIC : " Dino World " ) At some point in the 21st century , Amy Pond was transformed into a dinosaur as a result of the Eleventh Doctor causing a galactic space - war at the dawn of human civilisation , which changed the course of human history every time something exploded . ( COMIC : " Short - Change " ) Types of Dinosaurs . Though there were many species of dinosaurs , ( PROSE : " The Last Dodo " ) the Doctor only encountered a few species in his travels . Similar creatures . On many other planets , creatures similar to the dinosaurs of Earth evolved . The First Doctor , John and Gillian visited an unnamed asteroid which was home to a large , four - legged dinosaur - like creature . Upon encountering it , they took refuge in a nearby spacecraft , where they met Grig . ( COMIC : " The Therovian Quest " ) The planet Mondas , Earth ' s twin planet , also had dinosaur species at one stage of its development . Early in their history , the Cybermen partially cyber - converted dinosaurs and on some occasions , used them as mounts . ( COMIC : " The Cybermen " ) The planet Gallifrey had dinosaur - like species called Gargantosaur s . ( COMIC : " The Stolen TARDIS " ) The planet Quorus was home to tyrannosaur - like creatures . took some egg s from Quorus and brought them to Earth , where he hatched a creature and used it in his plan to take over Earth . The Third Doctor disrupted the Master ' s control over the creature , which died when it touched a live electrode . ( PROSE : " Doctor Who Fights Masterplan " Q " " ) The Dalek home planet Skaro was also home to creatures that resembled dinosaurs , specifically the Triceratops but with only one horn . They were normally peaceful herbivore s but would attack Dalek s on sight . The Third Doctor and Finney used a herd of these to destroy a group of Daleks that had taken them to Skaro . ( COMIC : " The Planet of the Daleks " ) The planet Spekra was home to friendly , dinosaur - like creatures , similar in appearance to the Apatosaurus . Having very keen hearing , two of the creatures were summoned by the First Doctor ' s ultrasonic device to break down the prison walls and take the prisoners back to their spacecraft . Although Gritog ' s men shot at the creatures , their thick skins protected them from harm . ( COMIC : " Prisoners of Gritog " ) The homeworld of the Spidron s was another planet inhabited by dinosaur - like creatures . One of these which resembled a pterodactyl , attacked the Third Doctor shortly after he arrived . Another , a tyrannosaur - like creature , stepped on some Spidrons that were pursuing the Doctor and Arnold . ( COMIC : " Nova " ) A previously warlike race known as the Sanctified became dinosaur farmers on their home planet . ( COMIC : " Rift War ! " ) Professor Saurian ' s world had creatures like dinosaurs . ( COMIC : " Extinction Event " , " Dinosaurs in New York ! " , " Dino World " ) The Eleventh Doctor told River Song he was late for their date because he encountered a giant space dinosaur in the Dundra system and claimed it was typical of that area . ( COMIC : " Pond Life " ) Due to a fracture in time caused by the Time War , dinosaurs on Traxis coexisted with mammoth s , neanderthal s and robot s . ( COMIC : " Weapons of Past Destruction " ) Minor references . The Second Doctor at one point hoped to see " prehistoric monsters " . ( TV : " The Underwater Menace " ) The Doctor later referenced Operation Golden Age on a number of occasions . He did so in his newly regenerated fourth incarnation , ( TV : " Robot " ) and later in his seventh incarnation , to Ace , to the latter ' s awe . ( TV : " The Happiness Patrol " ) Sarah Jane Smith also boasted of this incident to Rose Tyler . ( TV : " School Reunion " ) The Doctor later in his eleventh incarnation mentioned dinosaurs to Amy Pond as an example of what you could find on the London Underground . ( GAME : " City of the Daleks " ) The Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard once spent a day placing wagers on dinosaur fights . ( AUDIO : " Memory Lane " ) On Deimos in the 23rd century , the Eighth Doctor told his former companion Lucie Miller that he loved dinosaurs . ( AUDIO : " The Resurrection of Mars " ) Donna Noble believed that Torchwood ' s laser drilling to the centre of the Earth might have had something to do with dinosaurs , mentioning " [ t ] hat film under the Earth with dinosaurs . " ( TV : " The Runaway Bride " ) The Tenth Doctor described the Steggosian s as fascist dinosaur people . ( PROSE : " The Eyeless " ) When he entered the Doctor ' s TARDIS in 2009 , Clyde asked if they could go back in time and see the dinosaurs , but Sarah Jane Smith refused . ( TV : " The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith " ) When Jorjie Turner suggested using the Space - Time Manipulator to travel through time , Darius Pike argued that it was dangerous and a dinosaur could come out and tear them apart before they could get to the front door . ( TV : " Liberation " ) When time travelling , Oliver Harper expected to see Shoreditch in the " time of the dinosaurs . " ( AUDIO : " The Cold Equations " ) George Litefoot compared the Venus ian Shanghorn to the dinosaurs of the Crystal Palace . ( AUDIO : " Voyage to Venus " ) The Twelfth Doctor was able to speak their language . ( TV : " Deep Breath " ) After the Twelfth Doctor ' s mind was connected to a mind scythe , the " holiday snaps " the Doctor showed Kygon Brox included a Tyrannosaurus rex near Big Ben . ( COMIC : " The Instruments of War " ) When asked " what happened " , the Twelfth Doctor referred to the Big Bang , dinosaurs and biped s . ( TV : " The Girl Who Died " ) Alice Obiefune and the Eleventh Doctor visited a dinosaur civilisation together . ( COMIC : " Whodunnit ? " ) Sarah Jane owned a book entitled " The Big Book of Dinosaurs " . ( TV : " Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane ? " ) Dinosaurs were filed in the Fourth Doctor ' s memory files . ( COMIC : " Doctor Who and the Iron Legion " )