Talk:The Doctor's TARDIS

"not inconceivable " this seems to contradict itself. should it be changed? TARDY- No Im Not Late 01:07, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

The Time Vortex!!
Some people point out that in the opening credits the tardis travels faster in the red vortex than in the blue one.

Vortex colours;
 * Red= tardis traveling into the future
 * Blue=travel into the past

The time winds flow into the relative future so more energy is required to travel into the past and the tardis goes slower. --Reecei 09:56, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Can you cite a source for this? (ie a TV/novel/audio drama/comic/short story etc) (Other than it being a theory?) --Tangerineduel 13:48, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

When Matt Smith is shown the new TARDIS in the Doctor Who Confidential episode "Call Me the Doctor", one of the controls allows the TARDIS to move forwards in time, backwards in time, and at double speed. It can therefore be assumed that the Doctor has accelerated to double speed when he enters the red vortex. -Unhari 16:29, April 6, 2010

Chameleon circuit
Whilst the circuit is broken, could it still be said that the exterior of the TARDIS still functions to a limited degree or still capable of minor alterations? It would explain the various changes in the design over the different years and props (compare the TARDIS in Spearhead from Space to Rose). Taccer 07 21:37, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * a popular fan theory. I think that one of the novels, audios, etc., has addressed this, but I don't know what specific ones, if any. --Stardizzy2 22:58, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

In The End of Time (TV story) the doctor hides the TARDIS from seeing, does that means he used the chameleon circuit?--Gridcube 16:51, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

Actually, no; it was established that the Doctor did that by shifting the TARDIS a second out of sync with the rest of the universe.MarcusSLazarus 21:02, May 17, 2010 (UTC)

2010
What was wrong with me edit? The Doctor Forever 07:53, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

The BIG TARDIS
As I just added in a Behind the Scenes, Paul Cornell -- who has considerable Doctor Who bona fides -- wrote in his web comic for the BBC Writers' Comics webpage that the TARDIS can expand large enough to hold the entire Earth inside. This seems unlikely given had the TARDIS had this ability it would have made towing the Earth back from the Medusa Cascade a lot easier (and numerous other situations could have been resolved going all the way back to the 1960s). All that said, there might be a novel or comic or even episode that supports this - if so, then this probably can be moved into the main article. 23skidoo 22:16, December 13, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well...in NA: Blood Heat it's Ace I think who materialises the TARDIS around the Earth, placing everything in state of grace, it doesn't cope too well with this, but it does do it (it should be noted though that this TARDIS was the Third Doctor's TARDIS from an alternate universe where he died, but following this story the Doctor appropiated said TARDIS).
 * Then there's ]]EDA]]: The Bodysnatchers, which is stated somewhere near the end about the TARDIS doors being able to be any-size they need to be and they're not constrained by the dimensions of the Police box shape.
 * I'm vaguely sure that TARDISes in general have been described as mini-universes, if that's taken literally then the whole TARDIS within a TARDIS thing in DW: The Time Monster and Logopolis takes on a new perspective. I think the mini-universe statement may have come from EDA: Alien Bodies (somewhere about the birthing of a TARDIS). --Tangerineduel 06:35, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * The Ancestor Cell also featured the TARDIS growing to a massive size by mapping its exterior dimensions onto its interior, making it the same size both inside and outside; at that size the ship was actually larger than Gallifrey (Plus, the TARDIS exterior doors would have to be able to change shape; how else do you explain the Third Doctor removing the control console like he did during Inferno?)MarcusSLazarus 21:02, May 17, 2010 (UTC)

Main Picture
The old picture of the tardis should be put back on top. This one is too big. Also, the new Tardis interior was previously removed, since series 5 hasn't aired yet, so this should be removed too.Gowron8472 17:55, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

Library and Swimming Pool
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the implication in the comment about a swimming pool in the library at the start of The Eleventh Hour that the pool had *fallen in* while the TARDIS was sideways, not that it was normally kept there?


 * Please remember to sign all posts with . Rasssilon 224 11:02, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

I agree - this mistake is made twice on the Doctor's TARDIS page, once under "Library", and once under "Others" - Unhari 16:32, April 6, 2010 (UTC)Unhari

The TARDIS Swimming Pool
But then the Doctor said that he'd lost the smimming pool and that it would turn up, dose this mean that it had fallen into another room or that it had been put somewhere else when the TARDIS rebuilt itself ? - Im confused!!

TIMELORD TARDIS 1290

Doctor who can be realy complecated sometimes, but here's a link to a video on youtube wich looks at the funny side of it & not all the confusing bits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMpO5aA7TaU&feature=related

Just wanted to add (and I created an account to do so (yes, I care that much)) that the TARDIS pool that Leela swam in was jetisoned by the Sixth or Seventh Doctor prior to Paradise Towers. Mel states that she doesn't see why the Doctor had to jetison the pool in the first place to which the Seventh replies "Well, it was leaking".

Presumably it was the only one available in the TARDIS (as using a pool was the reason for going to Paradise Towers) at the time and must have been replaced before Eleventh Hour.

GrahamSMBell 14:07, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Wardrobe
In the wardrobe section Donna Noble's many costume changes over the course of the series are given as examples of how the TARDIS wardrobe includes clothes from all sorts of places and times. Is it at any point stated in the show that the clothes she used came from the wardrobe? It seems to me that most of the clothes she wore could easily have been her own as it is seen quite clearly that she brought an awful lot of packing with her when she joined the Doctor at the end of 'Partners In Crime'. Packing for warm weather, cold weather, no weather! She brought a hatbox.

The TARDIS wardrobe is undoubtedly extensive, but Donna Noble is probably not a solid indicator of that. We saw some of the wardrobe in the 'Christmas Invasion' and perhaps we saw some of the clothes when Romana regenerated inside the TARDIS and tried on several looks before settling.

195.198.42.205 15:01, May 15, 2010 (UTC) Henrik

Authorised for flying
I think it should be added that The Doctor's TARDIS was authorised for use by the Shadow Proclomation. It says this on the repair box that The Doctor gets the generator from in Amy's Choice. it also says on the repair box that his TARDIS was built at the Blackhole Shipyard

Paradox Machine
Shouldn't we mention about the time The Master canibalising the TARDIS? This seems like an important thing to me. The Captain Tornado 15:42, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

I think it should be noted that not all other TARDIS have made the dematerialisation noise as claimed on this page. The SIDRATs in DW: The War Games made a different noise and they were time lord technology so it is possible that River Song was telling the truth.

Engine Shut Down
Shouldn't the function of the TARDIS engines shutting down when the pilot leaves the TARDIS also be mentioned?

Zig-Zag Plotter
Could we mention that the zig-zag Plotter only works if you stand in a certain place. (Amy's Choice)

116.250.51.26 07:17, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, it was actually The Lodger but I would guess so. ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  07:20, July 10, 2010 (UTC)

Bad link
The link to Logopolis in the first paragraph under the "exterior appearance" section goes to the article about the place, not the episode like it should.