Shadow Proclamation

The Shadow Proclamation was a galactic government concerned with upholding Galactic Law. Judoon acted as its enforcers. The Doctor often called miscreants to account for themselves according to its dictates in his tenth incarnation in particular.

Overview
Their base was situated on an asteroid, from which they planned their moves. For example, they once tried to convince the Doctor to lead them to the 27 lost planets, but the Doctor was unwilling to be part of another war and left them. The Shadow Proclamation initially dismissed the Doctor's claim to be a Time Lord, calling Time Lords nothing more than whispered myths of the Higher Races. (DW: The Stolen Earth).

It had several conventions and treaties, such as Convention 15, which deals with the end of hostile actions in order to parley. (NSA: Peacemaker)

It is possible that there is a law requiring pre-approval of auto-translators on the Shadow Proclamation base, as the Doctor and local authorities spoke at first without the TARDIS translating that its words are true. (DW: The Stolen Earth)

History
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According to the Doctor, the breeding of Adipose children on Earth was a violation of the Proclamation since the "seeding" of Level 5 planets was prohibited. Miss Foster, the woman in charge of the breeding program, was concerned that the Doctor had alerted the Shadow Proclamation to her activities. (DW: Partners in Crime)

Other information

 * The galaxy in question may mean Earth's galaxy, Mutter's Spiral, but this remains unclear.

Behind the Scenes

 * According to the Doctor Who Commentaries on BBC 7, in original script of The Stolen Earth Shadow Proclamation was supposed to consist of many more different species of aliens, including law-abiding Raxacoricofallapatorians, an 8ft Adipose, Vespiforms, Graskes, Krillitane,Hath and Sycorax but the scene was cut due to budget. Margaret Slitheen was also meant to make an appearance, and her line has been recorded and archived for future use.
 * Prior to The Stolen Earth, references to the Shadow Proclamation suggested it was a treaty or other such document, possibly related to the end of the Last Great Time War. (For examples, see Rose, The Fires of Pompeii, etc.) In The Stolen Earth it is established that the Shadow Proclamation is actually an organisation. It can be both the name of a treaty or document as well as the organisation that enforces it.