"どこにもこうばんがありません。"

Translation: There are no police boxes anywhere.

[darthoctopus]

どこにも交番がありません

[Danial702692]

The plot thickens. Where is the Doctor when there's a dog rebellion?

[XRavishX]

This was a little confusing to me because of the double-negative. どこにも means "nowhere" while ありません means "doesn't exist." Therefore, one might read the sentence as "nowhere the police box doesn't exist" if they're trying to work it out which, in English, means one does exist, but everywhere. I suppose どこにも would never be used with あります. Is that correct?

[Shinobusagi]

It's not a double negative. どこにも only means "nowhere" because/if it's combined with a negation, like ありません or ～ない, which in English translations often turns into "anywhere". E.g. どこにも見ません: "I don't see it anywhere".

It can also be used with あります or other positives, in which case it means "everywhere". E.g. 危険（きけん）はどこにもあります: "there is danger everywhere".

[Lily914189]

Maybe that's why everyone died.

[.Q1KS]

Sadly enough for this Doctor Who fan, LOL...

[David854118]

Is "police booth" incorrect? A box is for storage, a booth is for people to work in

[Shinobusagi]

I suppose that should be possible, given that there is no real English equivalent for a 交番（こうばん）anyway.

[Leliel5]

the doctor would beg to differ :p. they are extinct in the west though.

[Natto591178]

Not the same thing. It just seems equivaent because of a translation quirk.

[Tai40777]

Would "aren't any" work instead of no for this translation?

[Shinobusagi]

どこにも = 'also at where' = wherever/anywhere.