TARDIS out of time

Vintage police box materialises in Glasgow.

A police box has been discovered embedded in a brick wall in Glasgow's east end.

The Mark Two cast-iron box dates back to 1912, and is the oldest known example in the city.

According to the Evening Times, a curious worker found the box earlier this year. Glasgow Police Museum plan to rescue it, restore it to its former glory and put it on display from next spring.

Alastair Dinsmor, of the police museum, said: "It was undisturbed until we opened it for the first time in 70 years, finding an Oxo tin and a spoon inside."

Meanwhile, new hi-tech police boxes are being introduced to Glasgow. They will be equipped with three computers, touch-screen technology and CCTV cameras. however, they won't look like traditional TARDIS boxes, as the BBC now owns the copyright to the classic design.