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LONDON'S "Dr. Who "-type police telephone boxes have been declared redundant. | LONDON'S "Dr. Who "-type police telephone boxes have been declared redundant. | ||
| − | All but a handful of the boxes | + | All but a handful of the boxes — made famous when Dr. Who used one as his time machine "Tardis" in the BBC television series — are to disappear. |
Police authorities have decided that improved means of communication and the equipping of today's patrol policemen with their own radios have rendered the boxes unnecessary. | Police authorities have decided that improved means of communication and the equipping of today's patrol policemen with their own radios have rendered the boxes unnecessary. | ||
| − | The present boxes were put up as the successors to the so-called | + | The present boxes were put up as the successors to the so-called "watch boxes" which were erected in London during the last century. |
At the moment the Metropolitan police have 640 boxes and 100 police posts in their administrative area. | At the moment the Metropolitan police have 640 boxes and 100 police posts in their administrative area. | ||
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