Bus Buses were large , four - wheeled vehicles , sometimes with two floors , used on Earth , capable of transporting many more passengers than a standard automobile . They often bore numbers associated with routes so that passengers could know which specific bus to ride in order to get to a particular place . History . Upon returning to London in 1965 , one of Ian and Barbara ' s first acts was to use the bus system to sightsee around central London . They discovered that bus fares had gone up during their time away . ( TV : " The Planet of Decision " ) The Fourth Doctor , Sharon Davies and Beep the Meep caught a double - decker bus , the number 5A , in Blackcastle to escape the Wrarth Warrior s . Despite the Doctor telling the bus conductor , " You must let us on this bus ! The whole future of the galaxy is at stake ! " , the reply was , " Sorry , mate ! No animals allowed on my bus - - except on a lead ! " — necessitating the Doctor ' s having to tie his scarf around Beep ' s neck as a temporary lead . As the three boarded the bus , one male passenger thought , " Oh no ! Please don ' t let them sit next to me ! " ( COMIC : " The Star Beast " ) Nostalgia Tours converted a space cruiser to have the chassis of a bus when it was due to travel to Earth , 1959 . It was capable of flight , and was powered by a Hellstorm Fireball engine . It was destroyed by the Bannermen . ( TV : " Delta and the Bannermen " ) The Eighth Doctor commandeered a double - decker bus after its driver was killed . ( COMIC : " Doctor Who and the Nightmare Games " ) Iris Wildthyme ' s TARDIS assumed the shape of the number 22 bus that often circled Putney Common . ( PROSE : " Old Flames " ) In 1843 , the Metropolitan Police Service wrote off the deaths of seven civilians and a policeman as the result of a bus crushing them . They had in fact been killed by stone lion s . ( PROSE : " The Lions of Trafalgar " ) Dodo Chaplet , believing they had landed in Kew Gardens , told Steven Taylor that if she got lost , she would catch a bus to return to the TARDIS . ( TV : " The Ark " ) A tour bus took Maria Jackson and Kelsey Hooper to the Bubble Shock ! factory . Later , Sarah Jane Smith broke into the factory with one of these buses , crashing through the door . ( TV : " Invasion of the Bane " ) In the 21st century , the Tenth Doctor caught a double - decker bus in London whilst trying to save the Mayor of London from time assassin s from the 27th century by creating a decoy " soup " made of the Mayor ' s DNA for the assassins . In this time , the Doctor asking a passenger for a mobile phone to speak to Martha Jones in the future and running around the bus frustrated a passenger , who thought the Doctor was just being a weirdo , and eventually decided start going to work by bicycle instead . ( COMIC : " Bus Stop ! " ) The 200 was another London double - decker bus . It fell through a wormhole to the planet San Helios . Its sturdy construction and metallic frame protected the occupants . The Tenth Doctor fitted it with anti - gravity clamp s , making it capable of flight ; it was then flown through the wormhole to Earth . Lady Christina de Souza later flew off in it to avoid being arrested . ( TV : " Planet of the Dead " ) In London in 2014 , Alice Obiefune saw the number 81 bus with an advertisement for Hovish on its side . ( COMIC : " After Life " ) Amy Pond and Rory Williams once caught a ride in a school bus in Utah in order to meet up with the Eleventh Doctor . ( TV : " The Impossible Astronaut " ) In an earlier regeneration , River Song stole car s and on at least one occasion , a bus . ( TV : " Let ' s Kill Hitler " ) In 2015 , the Eleventh Doctor rescued an old woman from being hit by the number 14 bus in London when she and the bus driver were both distracted by reading . ( COMIC : " Give Free or Die " ) Some time in Jo Grant ' s future , English buses were no longer red . ( PROSE : " Losing Track of Time " ) On Segonax , an old , colourfully - painted bus formerly belonging to the Psychic Circus was guarded by a robot bus conductor . ( TV : " The Greatest Show in the Galaxy " )