Church A church was a building used for worship and other religious activities . By extension , the word also was used to refer to a specific sect or religion . Beneath St Jude ' s Church in the 9th century , a flask containing Fenric was buried . It was uncovered in 1943 . ( TV : " The Curse of Fenric " ) In the 1970s , the Azal located himself within a church in Devil ' s End following a confrontation between the Third Doctor and . His ultimate defeat by Jo Grant led to the church ' s destruction . ( TV : " The Dæmons " ) The Master later hid his TARDIS in the remains of the church . ( PROSE : " The Eight Doctors " ) The St Mary - in - the - Dust church , demolished in 1840 , periodically reappeared on its original site . ( PROSE : " Border Princes " ) On Earth , a sentience inhabited a church in the town of Cheldon Bonniface . Known as Saul , he inhabited the church and was able to exert an amount of influence on the church ' s congregation . ( PROSE : " " ) Several churches were places of significance on Earth , not just as meaningful locations of worship , but in other guises . St Mary ' s Church in Cardiff was used as a location to hide a resurrection gauntlet . ( TV : " Dead Man Walking " ) After the Reaper s attacked , the Ninth Doctor shepherded attendees to the wedding of Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark inside a church . The age of the walls meant the assailants couldn ' t gain immediate access . ( TV : " Father ' s Day " ) Donna Noble was to be married in St Mary ' s Church in Chiswick . ( TV : " The Runaway Bride " ) Receiving a phone call from her mother in 2009 , Donna claimed to be in church pray ing . In reality , she was a sat on a toilet within a cubicle while investigating Adipose Industries . ( TV : " Partners in Crime " ) Wilfred Mott later visited a church and was spoken to by a woman . The woman told him that the church had been a convent which a man in a blue box had saved from a demon which had fallen from the sky . The man was called " the sainted physician " and the blue box was pictured on a stained glass window in the church . ( TV : " The End of Time " ) St Justinian in Stockbridge was left ruined by the Millennium Wars . ( COMIC : " The Tides of Time " ) The Church of the Sycorax was a copy of Westminster Abbey located on Shadow Cay . ( COMIC : " The Widow ' s Curse " ) Religions that were referred to as churches . The Church of the Foundation was a religion that existed in the Divergent Universe . It had monks as part of its membership . ( AUDIO : " Faith Stealer " ) The Church of the Tin Vagabond was a religion that had a devil . ( TV : " The Satan Pit " ) The Church of the Way Forward was a religion in the 40th century that worshipped a goddess , " the beauty that is the universe . " It disapproved of inter - species marriage . ( PROSE : " Placebo Effect " ) The Church of the Glorious Dead was a religion that , led by Cardinal Morningstar , waged a holy war across Paradost . ( COMIC : " The Glorious Dead " ) The Church of the Grey was founded in the early 21st century . This church went through several reformations during the religious upheavals on the planet Dellah in the 26th century . ( PROSE : " Where Angels Fear " ) The Church of Maa ' lon also existed around the 26th century and underwent a significant increase in followers on the planet Dellah . Several of its members met a being claiming to be Maa ' lon . ( PROSE : " Where Angels Fear " ) The Aplan s of Alfava Metraxis had an order known as the Church . ( TV : " The Time of Angels " )