TARDIS control console

A TARDIS control console (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor) — often simply known as "the console" or the TARDIS console — controlled most of the operations of the TARDIS. It was the namesake of the room of the TARDIS in which it was found — a room alternately known as the "control room" or "console room".

It had a variety of different functions. Chiefly, it was the device used to control a TARDIS' flight. But it also contained a variety of other devices and buttons. It could be used to:
 * open the exterior doors (TV: An Unearthly Child, et al)
 * control the chameleon circuit (TV: Logopolis)
 * access the TARDIS information system (TV: Castrovalva)
 * dispense condiments (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)
 * make the TARDIS invisible (TV: The Invasion)
 * provide power to devices outside the TARDIS (TV: ''Utopia)
 * activate loudspeakers on the exterior of the TARDIS (TV: Utopia)