Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty was an American landmark located on an island in the river contiguous to New York City . History . In 1930 , the Doctor ' s TARDIS materialised at the base of the Statue , and remained parked there while the Tenth Doctor and Martha fought an attempt by the Cult of Skaro to rebuild the Dalek race . In showing off the Statue to Martha , the Doctor quoted from the Statue ' s famous inscription , saying , " Give me your tired , your poor , your huddled masses , yearning to breathe free . " ( TV : " Daleks in Manhattan " ) As the TARDIS ' time rotor began to slow down on approach for landing in 1966 , the First Doctor , Ian Chesterton , Barbara Wright , and Vicki Pallister turned to toward the monitor to see the Statue of Liberty , Ellis Island and numerous other New York City landmarks . ( TV : " The Chase " ) During the first seconds of 1 January 2000 , the Statue of Liberty , along with the rest of the world , was nearly destroyed by the Eye of Harmony . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) In 2254 , the Statue of Liberty survived a Dalek invasion of Earth which saw New York liberated by the Doctor . ( GAME : " Dalek Attack " ) In the Doctor ' s eighth incarnation , the Threshold took the Statue of Liberty and other items of Earth culture to the town of Wormwood on the Moon . ( COMIC : " Wormwood " ) Alternate timelines . In an alternative timeline in which Morbius conquered Earth , he took the Statue of Liberty in order to have it installed atop the palace of Morbius on Karn ; this timeline was later erased from reality . ( AUDIO : " The Vengeance of Morbius " ) In Roma I , the Jupiter Libertatis stood in the place of the Statue of Liberty . It too was built by Gaulish sculptors . ( PROSE : " Warlords of Utopia " ) In another timeline in which the Weeping Angel s were using New York City as a " battery farm " for feeding on humans ' time energy in 1938 , the Statue of Liberty was one of the many statues in the city that were taken over by the Angels . Sometimes the Statue of Liberty would travel from Liberty Island to the Winter Quay in order to send the Angels ' imprisoned victims back in time . When Rory Williams and Amy Pond jumped from the Quay ' s roof to negate an alternate timeline in which Rory remained imprisoned at Winter Quay for the rest of his life , a paradox was created which killed the majority of the Weeping Angels at Winter Quay and removed the Quay from time . As a result of this , the timeline in which the Statue was converted into an Angel never happened . ( TV : " The Angels Take Manhattan " ) Mentions and other appearances . The Doctor occasionally encountered it at different locations , or at least referenced its iconic design , at other points in his life . During his fifth incarnation , he compared a statue of the Divine Empress of the Earth Empire to the Statue of Liberty on Earth . ( PROSE : " Cold Fusion " ) During his tenth incarnation , the Doctor noted that one of the features of the Gameslave s ' pinball table was a life - sized Statue of Liberty . ( COMIC : " Pinball Wizard " ) Behind the scenes . The Statue of Liberty features on the finalised cover for " " , replacing the anachronistic Empire State Building which had not been built yet during the time period depicted in the story " The Great White Hurricane " . However , the new cover also required adjustments because the green patina familiar to listeners in 2017 was the result of copper oxidation . When the statue was newly assembled , it was the bronze colour of copper , as is reflected in the final cover . The Statue of Liberty turned into a Weeping Angel is one of the Weeping Angel enemies in the " Doctor Who : Legacy " mobile game . The Statue of Liberty , with its torch ' s flame molded into the shape of the number 13 , featured in a promotional teaser for " Meet the Thirteenth Doctor " .