New Mapping The Tardis


To celebrate l years of Dr Who the UK's Ordnance Survey has mapped the locations of all 73 police pull boxes that are nonetheless inwards their master copy locations. Fans of Dr Who volition know that the TARDIS is permanently stuck inwards the cast of a police pull box because its chameleon circuit is broken too it tin no longer modify its appearance to jibe its surroundings.

Police boxes were installed throughout the Britain inwards the early on 20th century. They were introduced thus that the police, or members of the public, could contact police pull headquarters. In improver to a telephone, they contained other police pull equipment such equally an incident mass too a starting fourth dimension assistance kit.

The Ordnance Survey Police Call Boxes map shows that in that place are nonetheless a few police pull boxes left inwards England, Scotland too Wales. For roughly argue Glasgow too Edinburgh seem to live on dwelling menage to a large percent of the remaining boxes.


The Earl's Court police pull box that appears on Google Maps Street View (and which you lot tin explore inside) does non characteristic on the Ordnance Survey map. The Ordnance Survey claim that this is because it was non a surgical physical care for police pull telephone outcry upwards box. However they are incorrect on that count. Although the box was built inwards 1996 it was installed equally a surgical physical care for police pull box too (as a sign of the times) equally a CCTV camera.

If the Ordnance Survey map has piqued your involvement inwards Dr Who related locations too thus banking concern check out this Google Sightseeing post looking at locations that convey appeared inwards Dr Who over the concluding l years.

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