Funeral A funeral was a ceremony held following the death of an individual . In many funerals the body was buried , although some involved using fire to light funeral pyres . On Venus in circa 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 BC , the First Doctor , Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright attended the funeral of Dharkhig , where according to custom they ate part of his brain and gained part of his memories . ( PROSE : " Venusian Lullaby " ) On 9 February 1783 , a funeral was held for Scarlette . ( PROSE : " The Adventuress of Henrietta Street " ) In 1851 , the funeral of Aubrey Fairchild was disrupted by Mercy Hartigan and the Cybermen , who killed everyone in attendance . ( TV : " The Next Doctor " ) Also in 1851 , a funeral was held for Thomas Brewster ' s mother . This was her son ' s earliest memory . ( AUDIO : " The Haunting of Thomas Brewster " ) In 1869 , the Sneed and Company funeral parlour was taken over by the Gelth . ( TV : " The Unquiet Dead " ) In 1917 , a servant of the Great Old One s showed Erimem a vision of her funeral . ( AUDIO : " The Roof of the World " ) In November 1920 , the Unknown Warrior was given a state funeral in Westminster Abbey to represent all the servicemen who died in World War I but could not be identified or had no known grave . ( AUDIO : " The Mouthless Dead " ) In June 1925 , a funeral was held for George Cranleigh . ( TV : " Black Orchid " ) In 1927 , a funeral was held for Alexander Korvo . It was attended by Sherlock Holmes and Dorian Gray . ( AUDIO : " The Feast of Magog " ) In November 1963 , the Seventh Doctor hid the Hand of Omega in the ground as a burial services . The device floated its way in and the blind vicar , Reverend Parkinson , commented on how quiet the bearers were . ( TV : " Remembrance of the Daleks " ) In December 1963 , a funeral was held for Mike Smith . Due to his involvement with the Association and the Renegade Dalek s , he was denied a military funeral and was buried privately by his family five days after his death . ( TV : " Remembrance of the Daleks " ; PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) Upon his death , Winston Churchill became one of the few British civilians to receive a state funeral . ( WC : " Amy ' s History Hunt " ) Prior to 1968 , a funeral was held for Professor George Litefoot . Ellie Higson cried profusely . In that year , she told Litefoot ' s younger self from 1893 that it was a beautiful service but that she disapproved of his decision to have the hymn " All Things Bright and Beautiful " played during the funeral . ( AUDIO : " The Final Act " ) In 1971 , a funeral was held for Dodo Chaplet . ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) In 1980 , Albar Prentis , Tivoli ' s funeral director , was sent by the Arcateenian s to Earth to bury the supposedly dead Fisher King . ( TV : " Before the Flood " ) On 28 September 1984 , a funeral was held for Anthony Chambers in Baltimore , Maryland . ( AUDIO : " The Reaping " ) In 1993 , Ace attended the funeral of her friend Julian Milton in Perivale . ( PROSE : " Love and War " ) Circa 2002 , a funeral was held for Lavinia Smith in Moreton Harwood . Brendan Richards was unable to attend . ( AUDIO : " Comeback " ) In 2007 , a funeral was held for Eugene Jones , during which his " ghost " briefly materialised to save Gwen Cooper from being hit by a car . ( TV : " Random Shoes " ) In 2008 , the Tenth Doctor lit a funeral pyre for . ( TV : " Last of the Time Lords " ) In 2009 , a funeral was held for Toshiko Sato against Torchwood Three ' s rules , which her mother attended . ( TV : " " ) Later that year , a funeral was held for Ianto Jones , which was secretly observed by his parallel universe counterpart . ( COMIC : " Shrouded " ) In 2010 , the Shansheeth held a funeral for the Eleventh Doctor . However , this was a ruse so they could use a memory weave on Sarah Jane Smith and Jo Jones to recreate the TARDIS key . ( TV : " Death of the Doctor " ) On 22 April 2011 , a funeral pyre was lit for what appeared to be the Eleventh Doctor , but was actually the Teselecta in the Doctor ' s form . ( TV : " The Impossible Astronaut " , " The Wedding of River Song " ) Also in 2011 , a funeral was held for Esther Drummond at Chapel of the Gardens . ( TV : " The Blood Line " ) In 2014 , a funeral was held for Ada Obiefune , the mother of Alice Obiefune . ( COMIC : " After Life " ) The students and staff of Coal Hill School prepared a funeral for Danny Pink . ( TV : " Dark Water " ) Sometime in the 21st century , the Eighth Doctor attended Fidel Castro ' s funeral in Havana . ( PROSE : " Revolution Man " ) In 2050 , the funeral held for Alistair Gordon Lethbridge - Stewart was attended by several incarnations of the Doctor . ( PROSE : " The Gift " ) In 2570 , a funeral was held by the Travellers for Christopher . ( PROSE : " Love and War " ; AUDIO : " Love and War " ) In 2982 , a funeral was held for Roz Forrester . ( PROSE : " So Vile a Sin " ) Tranquil Repose was a business which provided funeral arrangements for the galaxy ' s elite . ( TV : " Revelation of the Daleks " ) In July 6012 , a funeral was prepared for Jenny on Messaline . However , she revived and left the planet . ( TV : " The Doctor ' s Daughter " ) The New Dalek Paradigm and the Dalek Time Controller faked Ollus Blakely ' s funeral on Gethria to lure the Eleventh Doctor to them so that he could activate the Cradle of the Gods for them . ( PROSE : " The Dalek Generation " ) A Corvid fed on the mind of a body during a funeral . ( COMIC : " The Highgate Horror " )