In the time before telephones and modern policing, a culture of art and prophecy developed around "the blue box", appearing in religious stained glass windows, ( TV: The End of Time) paintings, ( TV: The Pandorica Opens) and ancient prophecy. Real life incidents and appearances Origin Within the Frenko Bazaar, police boxes were sold for both functional and decorative needs at Just Police Boxes, which was once accidentally visited by the Second Doctor. On Exxilon, the Daleks tested their substitute weaponry on target models fashioned as miniature police boxes. Krasko, a criminal from the 79th century, recognised what appeared to be a police box in 1955 Montgomery as potentially a TARDIS, going on to suggest that it would be worth a lot of money. ( COMIC: Bazaar Adventures)ĭue to the Doctor's TARDIS, the police box shape was recognised in the wider universe beyond Earth. The Doctor's TARDIS arrives at Just Police Boxes. He indicated that a typical usage was for a policeman to pop an arrested individual into the police box and lock the doors until transport to a police station could be arranged. ( TV: Logopolis)Īs the Ninth Doctor once pointed out, there was enough space in a typical police box to temporarily house a prisoner. ( TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) By 1981, the Barnet Bypass police box was being used to store traffic cones and warning signs. ![]() ![]() ( TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) Inside were kept a writing desk and stool, and often an electric heater, ( AUDIO: The Eternal Summer) as well as materials relevant to the conduct of police business - such as clipboards, writing utensils and forms. Police boxes were about the size of a large cupboard, and could provide shelter to those police officers who had the key. 1 Function and physical characteristicsįunction and physical characteristics.
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