Olympic Games The Olympic Games were an international sporting event on Earth . History . The Tenth Doctor claimed to have visited the very first Olympics and watched naked men throwing a discus before a giant crowd . ( TV : " Fear Her " ) The Eleventh Doctor offered to take Amy Pond and Rory Williams to the first Olympic Games . ( TV : " The Vampires of Venice " ) The First Doctor and his companions Susan Foreman , Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright visited Babylon and met Alexander the Great in the Year of the 114th Olympiad , which equated to 323 BC in the Anno Domini Gregorian calendar . ( AUDIO : " Farewell , Great Macedon " ) The 1948 Olympics were held in London . The Doctor enjoyed it so much , he attended them twice . John Mark lit the torch . ( TV : " Fear Her " ) The 1968 Olympics were held in Mexico . While in Atlantis , Polly Wright discovered a souvenir bracelet from the games and Ben Jackson guessed from it that the year was approximately 1970 . ( TV : " The Underwater Menace " ) Some time in the 1970s , John Crichton jumped 2 . 6362 metre s in one of the Olympics . ( TV : " Invasion of the Dinosaurs " ) The 1984 Olympics were held in Los Angeles and were boycot ted by the Soviet Union , which announced its intention to do so on 8 May of that year . ( AUDIO : " The Reaping " ) The 2012 Olympics were held in London . The Isolus temporarily brought them all into a drawing to stop being lonely , but it wasn ' t enough . Rose Tyler , using the heat and its status as a beacon of love , heated the Isolus pod , and the spectators and athletes were brought back . Due to a mishap along the Olympic Torch relay route , the Olympic Flame was lit at the opening ceremonies by the Tenth Doctor . ( TV : " Fear Her " ) The United Kingdom issued a commemorative pound coin celebrating the London Olympics , one of which ended up in a coin - operated vending machine in Manchester in 2008 . ( AUDIO : " The Raincloud Man " ) The 2044 Olympics were held in Havana , Cuba . Tarak Ital represented Pakistan in athletics and won a gold medal . ( TV : " The Waters of Mars " ) The 2048 Olympics were held in Paris . ( TV : " The Waters of Mars " ) The 2060 Olympics were held in Barcelona . The Fifth Doctor wanted to go there to watch the cricket match , having persuaded the committee to include the sport . ( AUDIO : " Nekromanteia " ) The Tenth Doctor once said to Rose Tyler he could take her to the first Anti - Gravity Olympics . ( TV : " Tooth and Claw " ) In 2074 , the Eleventh Doctor rode an anti - gravity motorbike in the 2074 Anti - Grav Olympics , and finished last . ( TV : " The Bells of Saint John " ) In the early 22nd century , robot s began competing in their own version of the Olympics . ( AUDIO : " Technophobia " ) The First Doctor attempted to visit the 2784 Olympics with Vicki Pallister and Steven Taylor only to end up in Florence 1514 . ( AUDIO : " The Ravelli Conspiracy " ) The Intergalactic Olympic Games were active in the 40th century . The 3999 Intergalactic Olympics were held on Micawber ' s World . The Eighth Doctor took Samantha Jones there . ( PROSE : " Placebo Effect " ) When Davros revived and demanded to know what had happened while he was in suspended animation , the Fourth Doctor told him that Arcturus had won the Galactic Olympic Games with Betelgeuse coming in second . ( TV : " Destiny of the Daleks " ) After Earth was recolonised by the inhabitants of the Nerva Beacon in 16087 , the Olympic Games were resumed . However , the fragmentary historical records stated that the Games were held every fourth of a year instead of once every four years . They were being held in Nerva City , the former site of New York City , at the time of the Sixth Doctor and Flip Jackson ' s arrival in the city in 16127 . ( AUDIO : " Wirrn Isle " ) Behind the scenes . The Tenth Doctor ' s involvement in the 2012 Olympics sparked a petition from fans all over the world wishing David Tennant to carry the Olympic Torch . The petition was , at its end , signed by a grand total of nearly 40 , 000 people . Unfortunately , this did not end up happening . In fact , " Doctor Who " in the end barely ended up getting featured at all . Although a big , commemorative video for the UK ' s staple science fiction series was produced and was planned to appear along with an appearance of the TARDIS , this whole presentation was cut last - minute , Only the TARDIS materialisation sound effect appeared at the opening ceremony in the end , during Queen ' s " Bohemian Rhapsody " . Despite the show ' s absence on the opening ceremony itself , it " did " gain a small presence during the torch - bearing process . On 26 May 2012 , Eleventh Doctor actor Matt Smith carried the Olympic torch from the historic Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay to the National Assembly building , as part of the torch ' s tour around the United Kingdom , ahead of the 2012 London Games .