Police Police forces were government organisations charged with maintaining law and order . It was a dangerous job , especially in the United States of America . ( TV : " Nightvisiting " ) Female police officers on Earth did not exist until after the 1920s . ( TV : " The Unicorn and the Wasp " ) The Fourth Doctor compared the Krynoid pods to policemen because both travelled in pairs . ( TV : " 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 . ( TV : " Smith and Jones " , " The Eleventh Hour " , " Prisoner of the Judoon " ) In the 26th century , the term " police " was considered old - fashioned . ( PROSE : " Prisoner of the Daleks " ) Instances of police appearance . 19th century . In the 19th century , a number of police and detectives were involved in the cases surrounding the suicide of Gordon Seavers and the murder s at Banquo Manor . ( PROSE : " The Banquo Legacy " ) A number of policemen , led by Inspector George Duncan Stringer , were assigned to the Crystal Palace in London . They were turned into wasp / human hybrid s by Ajeeth , Lady Cornelia Basildon - Stone ' s servant , but later returned when Basildon - Stone fell to her death . ( COMIC : " The Crystal Throne " ) 20th century . In 1927 , New York police shot Jack Harkness and arrest ed Angelo Colasanto . ( TV : " Immortal Sins " ) To make sure that Elizabeth II ' s coronation in 1953 went smoothly , the police hid away people whose faces were consumed by the Wire . ( TV : " The Idiot ' s Lantern " ) A lone policeman patrolled the Coal Hill area of London in November 1963 . When passing a junkyard owned by I . M . Foreman , he did not notice the presence of a strange , humming police box . ( TV : " An Unearthly Child " ) Thanks to the intercession of the temporarily miniaturised First Doctor and his companions , police , including PC Bert Rowse , were able to arrest corrupt industrialist Forester for the murder of Arnold Farrow . ( TV : " Planet of Giants " ) Pursued by the Dalek s through time and space , the Doctor ' s TARDIS materialised in the yard of a police station in Liverpool in 1965 , its scanner malfunctioning . After some trouble with the local police , the First Doctor managed to repair the malfunctioning scanner and depart . ( TV : " The Daleks ' Master Plan " ) In July 1966 , the First Doctor hung a sign reading " OUT OF ORDER " on the front of the TARDIS ( even though , as Dodo Chaplet would later point out , not even the police could open the door ) . When a policeman approached the police box , he saw the sign and moved on . ( TV : " The War Machines " ) Also in July 1966 , a policeman spotted the Second Doctor and his companions on a runway at Gatwick Airport and chased after them . When they scattered , the policeman went after Ben . ( TV : " The Faceless Ones " ) Two policemen in a police car were attacked by the spacesuited alien ambassador s outside the isotope factory while trying to prevent them and Reegan from stealing radioactive isotopes . ( It is unclear as to whether one or both officers survived . ) ( TV : " The Ambassadors of Death " ) Two Auton s impersonated policemen , complete with a stolen police car , in a failed attempt to kill the Third Doctor and Jo Grant . ( TV : " Terror of the Autons " ) A policeman witnessed Brigadier Lethbridge - Stewart and the Third Doctor ' s high - speed chase of Lupton . ( TV : " Planet of the Spiders " ) In 1979 , the police were present at the Louvre in Paris investigating the theft of the " Mona Lisa " . The Fourth Doctor managed to somehow slip past the cordon and into the building , where he asked the Louvre guide if she had seen two people ( Romana II and Duggan ) last night trying to stop the painting from being stolen . However , the guide was unable to help . ( TV : " City of Death " ) In Amsterdam in January 1983 , Robin Stuart was alarmed to see a policeman , but his friend Colin Frazer assured him that he wouldn ' t be sent to prison for losing his passport . ( TV : " Arc of Infinity " ) Gustave Lytton disguised himself as a policeman on Earth in 1984 , and his two henchmen did likewise . ( TV : " Resurrection of the Daleks " , " Attack of the Cybermen " ) On 31 December 1999 , the Eighth Doctor stole a motorbike from a policeman in order to reach the beryllium atomic clock at the Institute for Technological Advancement and Research in San Francisco . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) 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 had been questioned multiple times for murder . Sip Fel - Fotch Passameer - Day Slitheen disguised himself as police officer Strickland , in order to get close enough to kill anyone associated with the Doctor . ( TV : " Aliens of London " / " World War Three " ) On Christmas 2006 , a policeman was reporting on the people with A + blood ready to jump from roofs of London thanks to the Sycorax ' s blood control . ( TV : " The Christmas Invasion " ) In 2007 , Sally Sparrow approached DI Billy Shipton , who had been investigating disappearances at Wester Drumlins . ( TV : " Blink " ) Gwen Cooper , before she worked for Torchwood Three , had been a police officer , along with most of her friends . Shortly before Gwen joined Torchwood , she and Andy Davidson looked into John Tucker ' s murder and were involved with stopping a fight at a pub . ( TV : " Everything Changes " ) Police were called to investigate Matt Stevens ' unusual death . ( TV : " Day One " ) Mark Goodson had himself arrested by police for protection from the fairies . ( TV : " Small Worlds " ) After Torchwood Three ' s encounter with the Brynblaidd villager s , the villagers were arrested by police . ( TV : " Countrycide " ) Police cordoned off a 200 - year - old corpse of a soldier near an Arcateenian transporter . ( TV : " Greeks Bearing Gifts " ) DI Henderson looked into the prevented murder of Carol and Danny . ( TV : " Greeks Bearing Gifts " ) Kathy Swanson ' s team investigated Max Tresilian ' s murder of Mark and Sarah Brisco and Alex Arwyn . Her team later helped Torchwood find the right code to break the Torchwood Hub ' s lockdown . ( TV : " They Keep Killing Suzie " ) Police had a violent encounter with English Civil War soldiers when they came through the Cardiff Space - Time Rift . ( TV : " End of Days " ) In 2008 , Sarah Jane Smith was arrested for the kidnapping of " Ashley Stafford " ( who Mr Smith had faked evidence to make him appear as the son of Jay and Heidi Stafford ) . Sarah Jane ' s connections with UNIT had her quickly released . ( TV : " The Lost Boy " ) Police were at the site of a mugger covered in Rift energy . ( TV : " Kiss Kiss , Bang Bang " ) Police were called to the crime scene when two burglars robbed Beth Halloran and Mike Lyndon . When they arrived , Beth had unknowingly stabbed one of them and pushed another out of her flat . ( TV : " Sleeper " ) Police cordoned off the traffic accident that killed Leighton Reynolds . Later , the Torchwood Three team pretended to be police while questioning Rhys Williams , Leighton ' s manager . ( TV : " Meat " ) Marie Thomas called the police when the Pharm tried and failed to murder her . Later , police were at the crime scene of the Pharm ' s murder of Barry Leonard . ( TV : " Reset ) " Following a fight , Jack Harkness and the newly - undead Owen Harper were arrested . ( TV : " Dead Man Walking " ) Rift activity caused several senior police officers at Andy Davidson ' s police station to be mauled by Weevil s . ( TV : " Exit Wounds " ) On Easter 2009 , DI McMillan was on the case for arresting Lady Christina de Souza for robbery . The Tenth Doctor pretended to arrest himself inside a police box for allowing her escape . ( TV : " Planet of the Dead " ) Following Miracle Day in 2011 , the Welsh police helped Rex Matheson to extradite Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper to the United States . ( TV : " The New World " ) A team of armed police , led by Andy Davidson , rescued Gwen Cooper ' s family from being held hostage . ( TV : " Immortal Sins " ) Ralph Finch discovered the category 1 Geraint Cooper hiding in Swansea , and subsequently took him away to Cowbridge Overflow Camp . ( TV : " The Gathering " ) Rory Williams was mistaken for a plain - clothes policeman by Ambrose Northover in 2020 Cwmtaff . ( TV : " 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 . ( TV : " The Last Precinct " ) 5 , 000 , 000 , 000 AD . In 5 , 000 , 000 , 023 , The New New York Police Department arrested the Sisters of Plenitude after the NNYPD were alerted of experimenting on " the flesh " . ( TV : " New Earth " ) In 5 , 000 , 000 , 029 , the department , and all police authority on New Earth were consumed by the Bliss virus . ( TV : " Gridlock " ) Individual police officers . 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