Questions tagged [tardis]
Time And Relative Dimensions In Space - The TARDIS is a time machine and spacecraft in the science fiction television show Doctor Who and its associated spin-offs, often noted for its interior being substantially larger than its exterior. Always use in conjunction with the [doctor-who] tag.
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How are The Doctor and his TARDIS connected?
I was listening to some Chameleon Circuit, and I noticed this line:
I'm linked to the Doctor symbiotically
Got his imprint on my Briode Nebuliser
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Could the TARDIS stop a Weeping Angel?
A Weeping Angel freezes if it is observed, due to quantum shenanigans. The TARDIS is alive, and is I think, aware of the inhabitants of... herself.
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What would happen if you portalled the TARDIS inside itself? [closed]
The TARDIS is one of the few fictional objects that could contain themselves. Firstly, because "it's bigger on the inside" but secondly because the TARDIS has some means of sustaining paradoxes (which ...
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Does the front door of the TARDIS always open up to the control room?
In all of the episodes of Doctor Who that I've seen the TARDIS' front door opens up to the control room. However, it would seem that given the TARDIS' capabilities it would be possible for the door to ...
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What happens to the people inside when the TARDIS is tilted?
If the TARDIS is turned upside down or is laid horizontally, what happens to the contents - including people?
Does the TARDIS up / down orientation change? Or does it have an artificial gravity so ...
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Is it the TARDIS that allows the Doctor to speak baby?
In Closing Time The Doctor shows off the fact that he can 'speak baby' with Stormaggedon. In previous episodes we see that the TARDIS lets anyone who's been in it can speak as though they've got a ...
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Was the episode "The Doctor's Wife" (S06E04) canonical?
In the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife" (season 6, episode 4), written by guest writer Neil Gaiman, the character 'House' places the TARDIS matrix in the body of a human woman, which allows the ...
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Build or Grow a TARDIS?
In the deleted scene where the 10th Doctor leaves Rose and the Human-Doctor on the alternate universe, the Doctor gives the meta-crisis Doctor a piece of the TARDIS to grow a new one.
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Is There a Limit to Timelord “Bigger on the Inside” Technology?
In a previous question about the side of the TARDIS interior no actual answer to the size of the interior of the TARDIS could be found. And at the Battle of Canary Wharf we see the Genesis Ark as ...
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What happened to the Coral TARDIS template?
In the beginning of Matt Smith's tenure of being the Doctor you see David Tennant's "Coral" templated TARDIS control room getting, basically, blown up and destroyed.
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Has the TARDIS's chameleon circuit always been broken?
The Doctor's TARDIS is stuck as a police box. Has that always been so? Specifically:
has it had that shape right from the start
has it appeared as a police box in every episode?
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How much does the Doctor's TARDIS weigh from the outside?
Lady Romana is quoted as saying a TARDIS weights 5x10^6 kilograms, but I've also read that she was mistaken in this or that she was referring to the inside.
The Doctor's TARDIS has been moved a ...
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How big is the interior of the TARDIS?
Do we have any idea how big the interior of the TARDIS is?
Is it even a fixed size, since it was recently renewed?
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In what way is the 11th Doctor's TARDIS new?
In the 11th Doctor episode The Big Bang, the Doctor sets up the ending by telling Amy:
A daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away. Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well, I borrowed it. I ...
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Where's the extra TARDIS?
The following question is about the S6E1 episode of Doctor Who, The Impossible Astronaut, where we see a character for a few minutes.
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Has the TARDIS been in cloaked-mode before?
In season 6 episode 1, The Impossible Astronaut, The Doctor cloaks the TARDIS, rendering its external appearance invisible. Is this the first time the TARDIS has shown this capability?
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