Punch and Judy was a traditional puppet show.

TheFourth Doctor,Romana II andK9 saw a Punch and Judy show while onholiday inTorquay. Romana believed it was a form ofritualsacrifice. (AUDIO:The Doomsday Contract)

After theEndovorms killed several civilians inTrafalgar Square on23 October1843, a Punch and Judy stand was abandoned, with the fleeing puppeteers still wearing the characters. (AUDIO:The Lions of Trafalgar)

When theSixth Doctor commented thatAstrolabus was mad, he responded by hitting him repeatedly with a puppet he called "Mr Punch". (COMIC:Voyager)

The Monk oncedisguisedhis TARDIS as a Punch and Judy stand, on landing onHalcyon withTamsin Drew. (AUDIO:The Resurrection of Mars)

TheEleventh Doctor used a Punch puppet when he destroyed theIce Governess with hissonic screwdriver, while exclaiming Mr Punch's signature catchphrase, "That's the way to do it!" Later, the Ice Governess repeated this phrase several times while pursuing the Doctor. (TV:The Snowmen)

Inside a computer simulation, theEleventh Doctor andValarie Lockwood could only appear toEllery Quest as items. At one point, they possessed a pair of Punch and Judy puppets to try and save Ellery, however this deeply frightened him. (AUDIO:All of Time and Space)

The Punch and Judy Shows were performed by itinerant children's entertainers on Earth. They were banned because they portrayed violence, misogyny, infanticide and abuse of animals.10,800 years after their creationLukran Peabody toldK9 about the show and K9 was checking his database of the show. (PROSE:Stranger On The Train)

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When the Fifth Doctor was onManussa trying to prevent the return of theMara,Lon andAmbril observed a puppet show which strongly resembled a Punch and Judy show. (TV:Snakedance)

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According to the reference bookThe Brilliant Book 2011, anon-narrative source, when theFourth Doctor was trying to get rid of aCybermat, the youngWinston Churchill thought it was part of the puppet show he was watching.