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TARDIS(eng. The TARDIS [ˈtɑː(r)dɪs] (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) is a time machine and spaceship from the British television series Doctor Who.

A product of Time Lord technology, a well-controlled TARDIS can take its passengers anywhere in space and time. The inside of the TARDIS is much larger than the outside. Its appearance can change (chameleon system). In the series, the Doctor mismanages the ship - he stole a disused Type 40 TARDIS (once called the TT capsule, whose chameleon system was damaged, and the TARDIS itself was "stuck" in the form of a police box in 1963 London). It was stolen from Gallifrey, where it was obsolete.

The TARDIS was also called simply "the ship", "the capsule" or even "The Police Box" in the classic series.

Doctor Who has become such a big part of British pop culture that not only has the shape of a telephone box become associated with the TARDIS, but the word "TARDIS" itself is used to describe something that is larger on the inside than on the outside. TARDIS is a registered trademark of the BBC.

Main characteristics

TARDISes are growing, not being made (The Impossible Planet). They draw energy from several sources, but primarily from the core of an artificial black hole, the Eye of Harmony, created by the legendary Time Lord Omega. In The Edge of Destruction (1964), the source of the TARDIS's power (aka the "heart of the TARDIS") is located under the console, namely under the central column, the rise and fall of which shows that it is functioning.

Other elements necessary for the TARDIS to function properly, and required from time to time, include mercury (used in a liquid state), the rare ore Ceylon-7 (Vegeance on Varos, 1985) and "artron energy". The latter is a form of temporal energy generated by the minds of the Overlords, which also helps the TARDIS operate (The Deadly Assassin, 1976; Four to Doomsday, 1982, etc.).

Before the TARDIS can become fully functional, it must first be coupled with the Overlord's biology, which is usually achieved by simply guiding the TARDIS by the Overlord, at least initially. This came from another Rassilon device, part of the Overlords' biological make-up, giving a symbiotic link to the TARDIS and the ability to withstand the physical stress of time travel (The Two Doctors, 1985). Without this adaptation, the result will be molecular disintegration; this serves to ensure that time travel will not be misused even if TARDIS technology is copied. One day, the time machine completely took over, but, nevertheless, with a reserve in a device called the “briole nebulizer”, it could be used by any species.

According to the laws of the Overlords, illegal use of the TARDIS entails "only one penalty", meaning death. Apart from the ability to travel through space and time (and occasionally into other dimensions), the most amazing characteristic of the TARDIS is that it is much larger on the inside than on the outside. This is because the TARDIS is "spatially transcendental" - meaning that its outer and inner parts are in different dimensions. In The Robots of Death (1977), the Fourth Doctor tries to explain this to his companion Leela, using the following example as an analogy: a larger cube can appear in a smaller one if it is in the distance, but is directly accessible at some time. According to the Doctor, interdimensional engineering was the key to the Overlords' discoveries. Because of this unusual aspect of the TARDIS, those entering the ship for the first time usually end up in shock and disbelief. Susan, the Doctor's "granddaughter", stated that she named the TARDIS: "I made (it) from initials." Be that as it may, the word "TARDIS" (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) is used in the same way to describe other transport capsules of the Overlords.

Also in the 2005 episodes, “Tardis calling” is displayed on Rose Tyler’s mobile, which implies that this abbreviation can be written this way (like Nato instead of NATO). As revealed in The Trial of a Time Lord (1986), the experience collected by the TARDIS and its crew can be recorded and reviewed in the Matrix, the Lords' computer system that stores all their knowledge. The Doctor in this episode implies through his protests that it is not normal for the TARDIS to communicate with the Matrix.

The Doctor's TARDIS

The Doctor's TARDIS is an obsolete Type 40 TT capsule (perhaps "TT" should be taken to mean "time travel") which he unofficially "borrowed" when leaving his home planet, Gallifrey. In "Planet of the Dead"he claims he stole it

There were 305 registered 40 types, but all the rest did not pass the commission and were converted into new, improved models (The Deadly Assassin). However, years later changes appear in the main console room, and the Second Doctor's statement in The Three Doctors (1972) - "Ah! I see you've modified the TARDIS slightly. I don't like it" - suggests that the Doctor updated the TARDIS's systems on an ad-hoc basis, with the implication being that the ship's internal architecture reconfiguration capabilities affected the console room as well.

The TARDIS was already old when the Doctor first took it, but just how ancient it is is unclear. In The Empty Child, the Ninth Doctor claims to have "900 years of phone-booth travel" under his belt, implying that his TARDIS is at least that old (and apparently even older) at that time.

Appearance

As noted, although the TARDIS is capable of transforming itself into something from its external environment, the Doctor's was stuck in the form of a public police telephone box (when it landed in 1963 and began to materialize around the actual box) because its cloaking system had broken down - literally " chameleon device." What exactly the breakdown was was never specified.

The system was first mentioned in the second episode of the series, where the First Doctor and Susan noted that it was broken, but without a technical name. The system was originally called "camouflage" (The Time Meddler, 1965). The name was changed to "cloaking system" in Logopolis (1981). Attempts to repair the disguise were made in Logopolis and Attack of the Cybermen, but the TARDIS's successful transformation into organ form and an intricate gate was short-lived, and the TARDIS soon returned to its original state. In Boom Town (2005), the Ninth Doctor hints that he gave up trying to fix the system only some time ago, having gotten used to the booth - "I like it the way it is."

Cosmetically, the appearance of the police box remained virtually unchanged, although minor changes did appear over the years. For example, the sign on the door hiding the telephone changed - instead of black letters on a white background, white on black and white on blue appeared - in different time. Other updates include permanent moves of words on the panel, from “Urgent Calls” to “All Calls.” The Police Box sign has not changed since Season 18. The TARDIS used to have a first aid kit on the door, but it quickly disappeared. In The Empty Child it is revealed that the TARDIS, despite appearance, as the phone does not work because it is not connected.

Despite its anachronistic police box appearance, the presence of the TARDIS was rarely questioned when it materialized. In Boom Town, the Doctor simply noted that people don't notice strange things like the TARDIS, echoing a similar point made by the Seventh Doctor in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) that humans have an "amazing capacity for self-deception". In most series, the outer doors of the TARDIS booth operate separately from the serious inner doors, although sometimes both sets can be opened in the same way, allowing passengers to look directly outside and vice versa. The entrance to the TARDIS is opened and locked from the outside with a key, which the Doctor keeps personally, only occasionally giving copies to his companions. In the 2005 series, the key is also linked to the TARDIS, capable of signaling its presence or delay in its arrival. The signal manifests itself in the heating and glow of the key. The TARDIS key has varied in design from a regular "Yale" key to a similar Egyptian life key with an alien twist - during the Third Doctor's time. He reappeared as the "Yale" key in the 2005 episodes.

The level of security for the TARDIS varied from story to story. It originally had 21 different holes, and the key would melt if placed in the wrong place (The Daleks, 1963). The First Doctor was also able to unlock the TARDIS with his bell (The Web Planet) and restore it using the light of an alien sun, channeling it through the diamond in the bell (The Dalek's Master Plan).

The change in key design suggests that the Doctor also changed the locking system each time, which in some cases did not always work. In Spearhead From Space (1970), the Third Doctor said that the lock had a metabolic detector, so that even if someone illegally possessed the key, the doors would still not open. The Ninth Doctor claimed that the TARDIS doors "couldn't get through the hordes of Genghis Khan - believe me, they tried hard" (Rose, 2005). In fact, several people managed to simply wander into the TARDIS without any problems over the years, including some who later became the Doctor's assistants.

The doors are supposed to be closed during flight; in Planet of Giants, opening the doors during dematerialization caused the TARDIS and everyone in it to shrink to doll size. In The Enemy of the World (1967), taking off while the doors were still open resulted in immediate decompression - blowing the evil Salamanders out of the TARDIS. The Second Doctor and his companions latched onto the console, and the crisis only passed when Jemmy was able to close the doors. In The Warriors' Gate (1981), doors opened during a flight between two universes, admitting Tharel Birok.

Time Lords (as well as beings of their equal power) are able to redirect the flight of the TARDIS (The Ribos Operation, 1978), as Rani, the Overlord once did (The Mark of Rani, 1985). Rani used Stattenheim's remote control to summon her TARDIS. In The Two Doctors, the Second Doctor also used Stattenheim's portable control. In the final episode of 2005, the Ninth Doctor turned on the TARDIS using a sonic screwdriver, sent Rose home and simultaneously activated the alarm program in the TARDIS while outside. External dimensions can be enhanced through internal ones under extraordinary circumstances. In Frontios (1984), when the TARDIS was destroyed by a Tractor-induced meteor shower, what was inside partially fell out of the booth, but the Doctor eventually tricked Gravis, the leader of the Tractors, into recreating the ship. In The Father's Day (2005), a temporal paradox created a wound in time, removing the interior of the ship and leaving the TARDIS an empty shell of a telephone booth (and, famously, inoperative). However, the Doctor attempted to use the TARDIS key in combination with a small electrical charge to return the ship, although the process was interrupted and the TARDIS repaired itself after resolving the paradox.

Internal view

Even through the booth doors you can see that the TARDIS is huge. The specific capacity of the TARDIS has not been specified, but in addition to the living areas, the interior can accommodate art gallery(which is actually a non-working station), a bathroom with a swimming pool, a medical department and several brick-walled warehouses (all shown in The Invasion of Time, 1978). Parts of the TARDIS can be isolated from each other or modified; The Doctor in Castrovalva was able to talk about 25% of the TARDIS's structure to provide additional credibility. Despite the common misconception that the TARDIS is limitless inside, this is not the case. In Full Circle (1980), Romana states that the TARDIS's weight in Alzarius's Earth-like gravity was 5*10 6 kg. This may have been a reference to the weight of its interior, as it has been shown on several occasions that the TARDIS is so light that it can easily be lifted by several people (like a regular cabin).

The apparent future architecture of the TARDIS is "rounded off". In the context of the TARDIS, this means that the decor on the walls of the rooms (including the console rooms) and corridors is based on a circle. Some roundels hide the devices and mechanisms of the TARDIS (this is shown in many series - The Wheel in Space, 1968; Logopolis, Castrovalva, 1981; Arc of Infinity, 1983; Terminus, 1983 and Attack of Cybermen, 1985). The designs ranged from bases cut out on a black background, to photographic images printed on walls, to clear, luminous discs in later series. In the second console room, most of the round pieces were made in a wooden panel, with some decoration appearing in glass inclusions. In the new series, round pieces are also present, built into the walls of the new console room.

Other rooms include living quarters for many of the Doctor's companions, although the Doctor's own bedroom is not mentioned or shown. There is also a Zero Room in the TARDIS, protected from the rest of the universe and providing a calm environment for the Fifth Dotkor during his post-regeneration period - and this is only among the 25% known to the Doctor! Although the inner corridors were not shown in the 2005 episodes, the fact that they still exist was reflected in Unquiet Dead, where the Doctor gave Rose some very clear directions to the TARDIS wardrobe. The wardrobe was mentioned several times in the original series and was featured in The Androids of Tara (1978), The Twin Dilemma (1984), Time and Rani (1987). An updated version of the wardrobe from which the Tenth Doctor chose his new clothes was shown in The Christmas Invasion (2005) as a large multi-level room with a spiral staircase. Many rooms are promised to be shown in subsequent episodes.

Most often, the console room is shown from the rooms, where the flight control panel is located. In the original series, the TARDIS has at least two control rooms - the main one, with white walls, futuristic in appearance, very often used throughout the program's history, and the second, used during Season 14, a more antique-looking, wood-paneled one.

In the Third Doctor episode The Time Monster (1972), the TARDIS console room was dramatically changed, even the roundels. However, in the next episode the Doctor put everything in order. In the 2005 series, this room became domed, with organic-looking supporting columns. Now the internal doors are missing, but the external doors - the booth doors - are clearly visible from inside the TARDIS. How such a radical change occurred is not explained, although it is believed that the TARDIS self-healed after serious damage, in a peculiar way "regenerating".

TARDIS console

The main feature of control rooms, in any known configuration, is the TARDIS console, containing the instruments that control the ship's functions. Appearances main room The controls varied widely, but were always divided into leading parts: pedestals that controlled the periphery, and a moving column in the center, bouncing up and down as the TARDIS flew, like a pump. Although there are different opinions, but the layout of the panels implies that they are designed to control more than one person. Therefore, it is believed (although it is never mentioned) that the TARDIS must be controlled by three to six Time Lords. This may explain why the Doctor tends to run manically around the console while piloting the TARDIS. The console can be controlled independently of the TARDIS. During the Third Doctor's time, he disconnected the console from the TARDIS while repairing it. In Inferno (1970), the Doctor disposed of a disconnected console in a parallel universe.

The central column is also known as the "temporal rotor", although this name was first used in The Chase (1965) in reference to another instrument on the TARDIS console. However, this term in relation to the column existed for quite a long time. At the moment, this definition is practically not used. The second room was smaller, with controls hidden under wood panels and no central column.

In the new series, the main console is arranged in a circle and is divided into six segments (confirming the "three to six" version), and the column and panels glow slightly green, reconnecting with the ceiling.

In the new series, the console is more prominent than previous ones, and with some junk from various Doctor eras, including a small bell and a "bicycle pump", later identified in Attack of the Graske (an interactive Tenth Doctor mini-episode) as a loop controller funnels. Two other controllers, a spatial stabilizer and a vector tracker, were also identified, but somehow vaguely. And as shown in World War Three, there is now a working phone attached to the console. The extent to which the Doctor controls the TARDIS has been inconsistent throughout the series. At first, the First Doctor could not pilot the TARDIS accurately, but, naturally, as he gained experience in practice, he controlled the ship better and better.

After The Key to Time (1978-79), the Doctor installed a random one on the console, which prevented him (and delayed the powerful and evil Black Guardian) from finding out where the TARDIS would be next. This device was eventually removed (Leisure Hive, 1980). In the new series, the Doctor demonstrates good command of the TARDIS, although he sometimes made mistakes, such as Rose returning to Earth a year later than planned (Aliens of London, 2005) or landing in 1879 instead of 1979 (Tooth and Claw, 2006). In Boom Town, part of the TARDIS console opened to reveal something glowing, described by the Doctor as the "heart of the TARDIS" (or its "soul"). In The Parthing of the Ways (2005), the "heart" was shown to be connected to the powerful energy of the funnel.

TARDIS systems

Because the TARDIS is so old, it is prone to breaking down. The Doctor often gets his head under the panels, with or without some courtesy, occasionally giving the console a "perception boost" (a good punch to the console) to keep it working properly. On the other hand, the essence of the TARDIS could be based on something like this. Increased recovery, control and support were often the "conspiracy" of the TARDIS devices throughout the show, creating an amusing irony that greatly promoted a space-time machine that had at times become an outdated and unreliable piece of junk.

Control systems

The TARDIS has a telepathic device, although the Doctor prefers to operate it manually. In Pyramids of Mars (1975), the Fourth Doctor tells Sutek that the TARDIS's control is isomorphic, implying that only the Doctor can control it. However, this characteristic comes and goes in dramatically appropriate situations, and the Doctor's various companions were able to not only control the TARDIS, but even help pilot it.

It is assumed that either the Doctor lied to Sutek in order to get rid of him, or the isomorphic characteristic is a security characteristic, and the Doctor can turn it on and off at any time convenient for him.

In Journey's End (2007), the Doctor reports that the TARDIS controls are designed for six pilots, but he has to manage it alone - this is how he explains the terrible shaking during flight and his throwing around the console.

In addition to the noise accompanying dematerialization, in The Web of Fear (1966) the TARDIS console also glowed rhythmically during landing, although the main flight indicator was the movement of the central column. The TARDIS also has a scanner that allows the crew to investigate the outside environment before leaving the ship. In the 2005 series, the scanner display is mounted on the console and is capable of displaying television signals - as well as various computer functions.

In some First Doctor episodes, the console room also contained a machine that distributed food between the Doctor and his assistants. This machine disappeared after the first few episodes, although it was mentioned in connection with the creation of the TARDIS kitchen.

Protection

Some of the TARDIS's other functions included a force field and a Hostile Displacement System (HADS), which could teleport the ship if it was attacked (The Krotons, 1968). The force field may now no longer exist, as an external device, an extrapolator (The Parthing of the Ways), was connected to provide it. Chloyster's call sounds during "natural disasters" (Logopolis).

The interior of the TARDIS fits "interdimensional temporal grace" (The Hand of Fear, 1976). The Fourth Doctor explained what it was like to feel things without leaving the TARDIS. The practical effect of this is that no weapons can be used inside the TARDIS. But apparently this system is unreliable and constantly breaks down, as the weapon was fired in both Earthshock (1982) and The Parthing of the Ways. In Arc of Infinity, the Fifth Doctor planned to repair this device, but was distracted by the events of the series.

Other systems

The TARDIS also provides its passengers with the ability to understand and speak any language. This was described early on in The Masque of Mandragora (1976) as a "Time Lord gift" shared by the Doctor with his companions, but this "gift" was ultimately attributed to the TARDIS's telepathic field ( The End of the World, 2005). In The Christmas Invasion it is revealed that the Doctor is the very necessary element for this ability. Rose was unable to understand the Sycoraxes while the Doctor was in his post-regeneration crisis. In The Impossible Planet (2006), it is said that the TARDIS normally translates captions; in this episode the TARDIS was unable to translate the alien writing and the Doctor said it meant the language was "incredibly" old.

At times the TARDIS shows signs of its own consciousness. In the episodes starting with The Edge of Destruction - and this is the second episode since the beginning of the show - it is persistently hinted that the ship is “alive”, has intelligence and is connected with those who travel in it; The Eighth Doctor called the TARDIS "sentimental". In The Parthing of the Ways, the Doctor left a message for Rose, where he, confident that he would never return, asked her to "let the TARDIS die". Later in the same episode, Rose says that "this thing is alive", although it is unknown whether she was speaking literally or figuratively.

Other TARDISes

Other TARDISes also appeared in the series. Rani's TARDIS took the form of a double-decker red bus number 22. The Master had his own TARDIS, a more advanced model. His disguise is fully functional, so he appeared in in various forms, including a grandfather clock, fireplace and Ionic column.

Doctor Who- British science fiction television series BBC about a mysterious alien time traveler known as " Doctor" Together with his companions, he explores time and space, traveling to spaceship TARDIS.

Doctor Who hit twice Guinness Book of Records(as the longest running science fiction series and as the most successful science fiction project), several times received awards such as BAFTA(British Academy Television Awards) and NTA(National Television Awards). It is recognizable all over the world, fragments of the series are shown in many scientific programs, and in the UK almost everyone has watched Doctor Who at least once - it’s practically a classic of cinema!

The series is divided into two parts: Classic Series(or Old School, Old School, from 1963 to 1989, and also the 1996 film) and New episodes(or New school, Newschool, revived series, since 2005). In Russia, the Classic Doctor is practically unknown, but the 2005 episodes were broadcast twice on TV channels STS, NST And Carousel. Doctor Who also has three direct offshoot series (or spin-offs): "Torchwood"(known in Russia as "Alien Hunters"), "The Sarah Jane Adventures" And "Class". Unfortunately, the first two spin-offs have already been canceled, as well as the series "K9" from the Australian company ABC, which is indirectly related to Doctor Who.

The main character of the series is Doctor. He's over 2000 years old (or so he claims), and his real name is unknown (some people mistakenly believe his name is Theta Sigma, but that's just an old nickname for the Doctor from the Academy that was mentioned a couple of times in the series). At this moment he is the last of his people, Time Lords(in the original - Time Lords, so fans often call them Time Lords). The Doctor's home planet, Gallifrey, was destroyed in The Last Great Time War(but then, according to the plot of the series, it turns out that everything is not so simple). In the same war, the Doctor's main enemies were killed - far away(which, however, did not stop them from appearing repeatedly in the New Series).

More than 50 years have passed since Doctor Who was first broadcast, and, naturally, no actor could have starred in the series for that long. Therefore, the creators of the series came up with a loophole - if the Doctor dies, his body is completely rebuilt. This process is called regeneration. Not only the Doctor’s appearance changes, but also his character, manners, and tastes. To date, the Doctor has been played by 13 actors (8 in the Classic series and 5 in the New series). Because of this change, there is a "numbering" of the Doctor's incarnations. Current Doctor ( Peter Capaldi) is the Twelfth Doctor. It was previously believed that the Doctor had a total of thirteen lives, meaning that he would have to die someday, but in one episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures, the Eleventh Doctor claims that he can regenerate 507 times (perhaps as a joke). Although the scriptwriters claim that as long as Doctors are watched, it will continue, because in science fiction everything is possible. At the end of season seven, the Doctor received a new set of regenerations, so his adventures continue!

The doctor is almost always not alone; companions travel with him. It's not just people from different eras and planets, but also robots, aliens, even Time Lords. The Doctor's very first companion was his granddaughter, Susan. Now traveling with the Doctor is a girl named Bill (played by Pearl Mackie).

In the Doctor's universe (also called Whoniverse) time travel is not only possible, but is also an integral part of the series. The Doctor's spaceship TARDIS (TARDIS, Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) has a “chameleon” system, which should rebuild the ship’s exterior to suit the surrounding environment. At the moment the system is broken, so the TARDIS looks like an ordinary blue police box from the 60s (it has been “stuck” in this state since the days of the First Doctor). Inside, the TARDIS is huge, there are many rooms and spaces, but usually in the series we see the console room. The TARDIS is a living creature, it (and the female TARDIS) has a heart. In one episode, the soul of the TARDIS even moves into the body of a woman.

Of the alien gadgets, besides the TARDIS, the Doctor often uses sonic screwdriver. She is capable of many things, from opening/closing doors to hacking computers. The screwdriver first appeared in the Classic Series during the time of the Fourth Doctor, but was rarely used by the Doctor. In the New episodes of 2005, we see a screwdriver in almost every episode. The Doctor has repeatedly changed its appearance - at the moment it is designed like a TARDIS and glows blue.

The Doctor also sometimes resorts to slightly telepathic paper - it shows people what its owner wants.

When taking off and landing, it makes a characteristic, unlike anything else sound (Wroomp Wroomp), but in the series it was shown that this sound was made by an inertial damper, which the Doctor did not turn off.

The TARDIS in the classic series was also called simply "ship", "pod" or even "police box", "blue box", "blue box".

Doctor Who has become such a large part of British popular culture that not only has the shape of the blue police box become associated with the TARDIS, but the word "TARDIS" itself is used to describe something that is larger on the inside than on the outside. TARDIS is a registered trademark of the BBC.

The Tardis Canyon on Charon was named in her honor in 2015.

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History of appearance

The TARDIS appears in the first episode of Doctor Who, "The Unearthly Child", released in 1963. The Doctor claims that he borrowed an outdated car when he left his home planet. As it turned out in the episode "The Name of the Doctor", the First Doctor was going to take another TARDIS, but under the influence of one of the versions of Clara, Oswald changed his mind. The fourth Doctor did not agree to replace his car with a newer one, citing the “lack of soul” of the new model. A working TARDIS can disguise itself as a variety of objects (for example, the Master's car looked like a grandfather clock, a horse wagon, an iron maiden, a column, part of a computer, etc.), but the Doctor's was stuck in the guise of a public police telephone box, since her camouflage system is faulty—literally a “chameleon device” (although in the very first episode, Susan Foreman mentions that it took the form of a Christmas tree and a sedan seat). The Sixth Doctor once tried to fix the cloaking system, and in the end the TARDIS turned first into a painted column, and then into an organ, both times completely out of place. What exactly the problem was was never specified. The TARDIS was already old when the Doctor took it, but exactly how ancient it is is unclear. The Ninth Doctor claims to have "900 years of phone-booth travel" under his belt, implying that his TARDIS is at least that old (and apparently even older).

TARDIS device

The TARDIS is grown, not manufactured. They draw energy from several sources, but primarily from the core of an artificial black hole, the Eye of Harmony, created by the legendary Time Lord Omega. According to the Doctor, she is frozen in time. The source of the TARDIS's power (the "heart of the TARDIS") is located under the console, under the central column, the rise and fall of which indicates that the machine is functioning. Other elements needed to operate the TARDIS are the rare Zeiton-7 ore and artron energy. The latter is a form of temporal energy, a discovery of the Overlords. Before the TARDIS can become fully functional, it must be fused with the Time Lord's biology using Rassilon's device, which provides a symbiotic link with the TARDIS and the ability to withstand the physical stress of time travel. Without this adaptation, molecular disintegration will follow. This ensures that time travel will not be abused even if TARDIS technology is copied. In the episode “Journey’s End,” the Doctor says: the controls are designed for six pilots, but he has to cope alone. The Doctor's TARDIS shakes violently when moving, but in the episode "Time of Angels" River Song controls it smoothly, using stabilizers (the Doctor calls them "borers", English. boringers). In addition, River lands completely silently, explaining that the Doctor forgets to release the parking brake. In response, the Doctor states that he simply likes the sound. This does not explain the fact that the Master's TARDIS makes the exact same sounds, even though he controls it much more skillfully than the Doctor. River also reveals that she was taught by the best teacher. We see in the episode “Let's Kill Hitler” how she is taught by the TARDIS interface, which also previously communicated with the dying Doctor.

Exterior

The appearance of the police box remained virtually unchanged, except for some cosmetic changes. For example, the sign on the door hiding the telephone changed - instead of black letters on a white background, white on black and white on blue appeared. The spelling of words on the panel also changed: from “Urgent calls” to “All calls”. The Police Box sign has not changed since Season 18. At some point, a first aid kit appeared on the door, but it did not last long.

In most series, the outer booth doors operate separately from the serious inner doors, although sometimes both sets can be opened equally, allowing passengers to look out and vice versa. The entrance to the TARDIS is opened and locked from the outside with a key, which the Doctor keeps for himself, occasionally giving copies to his companions. In the 2005 series, the key is also associated with the TARDIS - it is able to signal (by heating and glowing) the presence of a ship or a delay in its arrival. The Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors are able to open doors with a snap of their fingers.

Interior

Even through the booth doors you can see that the TARDIS is huge. The capacity was not specified numerically (however, the doctor mentioned that it was infinite), but the ship accommodates, in addition to living parts, an art gallery, a library, a swimming pool, a medical compartment, a cricket court (until the episode “The Doctor’s Wife”), several warehouses with brick walls , a multi-level dressing room with a spiral staircase, etc. Other rooms include living quarters for the Doctor's companions, but the Doctor's own bedroom was not mentioned or shown. There is also the Zero Room, protected from the rest of the Universe and providing a calm environment. Parts of the TARDIS can be isolated from each other or modified. Some circular objects conceal the TARDIS's devices and mechanisms, with designs ranging from bases cut out on a black background to photographic images printed on walls and transparent glowing disks in later series. In Journey to the Center of the TARDIS, the Eleventh Doctor says that the ship is infinite. In "The Name of the Doctor", the Doctor, having discovered a huge TARDIS on the planet Trenzalore, explains that if the TARDIS is broken, "The ship will return to its true size."

The console room, where the control panel is located, is most often shown from the ship's premises. In the original series, the TARDIS has at least two control rooms - the main, white-walled, futuristic-looking one, very often used throughout the series' history, and the second, used during Season 14, which appears to be more ancient, with wooden paneling.

Functions

• Movement in space and time.
• Telepathic functions.
• Computer functions.
• The ability to translate all existing languages, except ancient Gallifreyan (TARDIS passengers can not only understand all languages, but also speak them; this ability can remain for life: in the episode "Angels Take Manhattan" Rory Williams was able to read the hieroglyphic inscription on a vase, being very far from the TARDIS); but there are exceptions: in the series “The Impossible Planet” the TARDIS was unable to translate the inscription on the fragments of a vase. Also in the “Time of Angels” series, the inscription on the “native box” remains undeciphered until the Doctor himself translates it, since it was written in ancient Gallifreyan - “ forgotten language Time Lords."
• Defence from external enemies when closing the doors.
• State of temporal grace - the TARDIS automatically makes it impossible to use all types of weapons (an interesting example is given in the story “Spear of Destiny”, where the Third Doctor, while inside the TARDIS, catches a spear thrown at him). This state is unstable, and periodically turns off (for example, in the episode "Let's Kill Hitler" Mels damages the TARDIS control panel with a pistol shot).
• When materialized in a vacuum, the TARDIS creates a field around itself that holds the atmosphere. This function is not automatic - in some series, when opening the doors in a vacuum, air was blown out of the TARDIS.

Living TARDIS

In the episode "The Doctor's Wife", the Eleventh Doctor encounters his TARDIS in the form of a woman. The Doctor receives a message from a planet called "Home". Such a message could only be sent by the Time Lords, and the Doctor goes in search of them, but finds only two strange creatures, an oud, and a mad woman named Idris, who calls the Doctor her captor. The Doctor realizes that the TARDIS matrix has moved to Idris. He likes that he can talk to his beloved machine, but the woman’s body is not able to withstand the flow of energies inherent in the TARDIS for long, and the matrix returns to the body of the machine. The Doctor calls the TARDIS "old lady" and "sexy", she will always remain his faithful friend, but the days when they could talk, apparently, will never happen again. Subsequently, the Doctor tried in vain to establish voice contact with the TARDIS, but they always had telepathic contact. Some episodes featured the TARDIS voice interface, which is based on the Doctor's memories and appears in the form of people who played a special role in his life.

The actress who played the living embodiment of the TARDIS is Suranne Jones, known in the UK for her roles in television and theatre.

Notes

1. According to established tradition, the TARDIS is written in capital letters, but in the "Third" series World War"The word was written like a name, only the first letter was capitalized (Tardis).
2. Temporal and relative dimensions in space
3. Episode The Impossible Planet
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Note: Events take place after the end of the third season, but before meeting Donna.

Part 1. Clock

The doctor sharply pulled the lever, pressed several buttons, dialed the time code and went wherever his eyes led him. When the TARDIS didn't make the characteristic noise, he hit the console hard with a rubber mallet.

- Come on! - the Doctor exclaimed annoyed.

This habitual action suddenly echoed within him. Something fleeting, but incredibly familiar, like a forgotten memory. Hammer. He's already held it, more than once. But what he saw was many, many years ago. He was still a child then. And someone was next to him. But this image lost clarity and floated beyond the edge of consciousness (note replaced a slightly awkward turn). The doctor shook his head, and the memory disappeared, melted away like fog, leaving a slight anxiety.

- Bang-a-bang!

Something exploded in the console, scattering a shower of sparks, and the entire machine shook with such force that its owner fell.

"WHAT?!" - The Doctor wanted to scream, but didn’t have time.

The second blow blew open one of the parts of the control panel - where there was a direct connection to the heart of the TARDIS. The Doctor was seriously scared, because if the Time Vortex breaks free, a catastrophe will occur.

"All time and space will be thrown into chaos, and the last children of Gallifrey will fall in the Great Battle between Light and Darkness, fighting for the existence of the Universe."

This was the prophecy about the Time Vortex, and the Doctor remembered it well, and even very well. He knew all the prophecies, legends and even tales of Gallifrey. More than once in his lifetime the heart of the TARDIS has been opened.

“But Rose looked into the Heart of the TARDIS, and remained alive,” he thought. “There was a battle, of course, but not so large-scale. Yes, and I was alone then, and the prophecy said “children.” What does this mean?

But the Doctor had no time to think. The whole room shook and the engine made a loud noise. For a second, the Doctor felt as if someone was calling him, then the call turned into a cry of pain and despair. It was impossible to withstand this howl, which a minute later was drowned in a general hum, whistle and ringing! "What the hell is this!" - thought the Doctor during frantic attempts to take everything under control. The doctor couldn't even get to his feet to end all this horror by pressing just a few buttons and pulling a lever. The lamps began to crack and burst with a ringing sound. Plunging into darkness, the TARDIS continued to collapse.
Having waited for a short respite, the Doctor crawled on all fours to the console, intending to slam it, but at that moment another, final explosion thundered!

The doctor was thrown to the floor.

The glow of the TARDIS Heart almost blinded him, but then an object flew out from inside. At the same moment the lid slammed shut, and the shaking stopped as suddenly as it had begun. The emergency lights came on. The doctor, without rising from the floor, reached out with his fingers to the mysterious object. He picked it up and immediately dropped it, as if he had burned his fingers. It was a neat gold watch with Gallifreyan writing on it, with an elegant chain. Time Lord's Clock.

Empty memory

The doctor was unusually amazed. Where does the Time Lord's watch come from in the Heart of the TARDIS? He was afraid to open them, without knowing why.
“I gave my watch to Tim, after I was a man,” the thought flashed through his mind, “And the Master’s watch was destroyed along with him. Then where are these here from?”

The doctor examined them carefully. The watch was similar to his, but still distinguished by its grace and precision. The cover was so damaged that the name could not be read. The gilding has come off in some places and exposed some metal; the last links of the chain melted, as if from high temperature. Even the castle held up poorly, as they say, on my word of honor.
The doctor put the watch in a recess on the console, deciding to deal with it later. He had to repair the TARDIS.

- What happened to you, huh? - he asked worriedly, turning to the car. -Are you being capricious, my dear? The Doctor tried not to think about the watch now. After some time, the Doctor dusted off his hands and picked up the watch again.

Now in the faint light they shone with a soft golden glow, as if radiating warmth. This radiance unpleasantly reminded the Doctor of regenerative energy. Somewhere deep in his consciousness, he heard the rustling of trees, the noise of anti-gravity engines, voices

"One day we will find a star that says..."
"The sky will never stop being orange..."
“Doctor, leave me, go away!..”
“Whose voice is this? Whose past?” — the Doctor thought, running his fingers along the rim of his watch, not daring to open it.
At some moments it seemed to him as if his memory, at the very beginning, was missing pieces. It was as if they were here, in this strange clock. One has only to open them - and he will remember everything. The temptation is too great to find out what is hidden in them, what secret they hide?.. And won’t he regret it if he gets back part of his memory?

Part 2. Dark past

Often the Doctor took his watch out of his inner pocket and held it in his hands. They were slightly cool, but sometimes he felt warm. And something was pulsating inside them, like two hearts. Sometimes the “pulse”, beating in the rhythm of four beats, accelerated, sometimes became slower, but never stopped. The doctor did not dare open them, but did not forget about them. On the contrary, he took care - he covered the watch with fresh gold, straightened the chain and fastening and tried to restore the name, but this turned out to be impossible.

Although the watch was apparently happy with this too. They bought almost the new kind, and sometimes it seemed that they were shining with happiness. And in those moments the Doctor felt some kind of calm, as if his family were nearby. But then there was always a nagging emptiness that nothing could fill. He felt something similar when he was a man himself, and saw vague shadows of his family in his dreams.

The pain from partings, losses and deaths was always with him, and the silent calm of the hours made it even harder for the Doctor.
Every day it became more and more difficult to resist opening them. At times the Last Time Lord heard a voice whispering:

"I understand you. Losses are the hardest thing in our lives. We see those we love wither and die, and we continue to live."

He fell in love with this voice, which seemed familiar to him. The voice was feminine and quiet, sad, but still there was some kind of smile in it. Barely noticeable, but still. One day of loneliness, the Doctor looked at the clock again. Their pulses were quickened, as if they were anticipating something. At one point, the whisper intensified into a normal voice, and clearly said:

- Open me. The time has come.

Raising the watch to eye level, the Doctor thought:

"Come what may. I've been waiting so long, and I'll find out what's in them."

Pressing the lock as carefully as if it were a trigger, the Doctor opened the watch and a golden glow burst out of it, stunning him for a moment. The next second, memories, his and others', flooded the Doctor. The pieces of the puzzle came together.

Only then did the Doctor see all his memory, all the memories. They were about a loved one, who was always with him.
About his sister...

A whirlwind of memories

“I used to think that I was an only child in the family. (I removed the note about the loner at the Academy because Master Koschey and Rani were there). But that's not true. I had elder sister. Her name was Emit.”

What had previously been only a vague memory was now clearly visible. Brown hair, mocking eyes. Subtle facial features. Laughing mouth.

“Emit, my Emit,” the Doctor thought sadly.

She was a real smart girl. Everyone knew this even when she built her first Time Vortex manipulator as a child. For the Doctor, or rather for little Theta, there was no one better than his sister. And he fell into a heavy sleep of memories. Emit's caring hands, her laughter and gentle voice - that's what he remembered from early childhood. When Teta was struggling with some problem, he could come to Emit.

“You see how simple it is,” she smiled in response to Teta’s brightened gaze. She, like no one else, understood him. Here they are running together through the red grass and laughing, laughing... Emit and Teta. Theta and Emit.

When things were bad, she calmed him down. Smiles healed his rebellious soul, and jokes made his eyes sparkle with laughter. If something didn’t go well, Emit always found words of consolation. Retrieving these memories, the Doctor couldn't help but smile. Growing up, Teta tried to prove to Emit, his parents and the whole world that he was already an adult. But after another outing with Koshchei, one could doubt this. However, the Doctor never grew up. Until now, he remained the same boy looking for adventure. For example, isn't it childish to steal the TARDIS...?

Several centuries passed, and now he looked no longer a youth. But one day the Doctor ran into big trouble. He did not have time to say goodbye to Emit when he was simply expelled from Gallifrey. Thus began his adventures - eternal travels in the Universe and Time. Emit and Gallifrey were forgotten. But when he returned to his home planet, he did not find his sister. On those rare days when the Doctor went there again, Emit was nowhere to be found. Later he found out that his sister also did not sit still, but passed the exams and went to Draycos-5. But when he returned to Gallifrey to his last time, Emit found him. She changed, regenerated. The appearance of the brother and sister was different, but they still recognized each other. Emit was glad that her little brother would remain on Gallifrey... And when she found out that the Doctor was finally getting married... happiness knew no bounds!

Emit often came to visit them and watched how the children grew up. To the Doctor, his children were dearer than all the secrets of the Universe. He would not have believed that he would again wander without home and family...
But everything was destroyed by the Temporary War.

The first explosion destroyed an entire city and killed thousands of Time Lords. The Time Lords were not ready for this, but having gathered all their military forces, they decided to protect Gallifrey and the Universe from the Daleks. The war went on with varying success, unfortunately the Dalek army was more numerous.

The Doctor fought on the front lines against the Daleks - for his planet, for his people, for his family. There was so much fear, pain and loss! His wife and children died in the first year of the war. And the Doctor could only pray that their fate would pass Emit.
Gallifrey - the Shining World of the Seven Systems - has turned into a burning hell. How many nightmarish creatures the Doctor saw then!.. Daleks, Davros, Nightmare Child, Hordes of Monsters, the Uncrowned King...

But the most terrible were the Time Lords themselves. They decided to destroy all living things, all space and time, in order to turn into immortal, incorporeal high gods. They were opposed by two people - the Doctor and Emit. They did not allow them this selfish, heinous crime. Their family died, the whole world went crazy... It was Emit’s idea, the smart, brilliant Emit. Lock Gallifrey and the Time War in a time trap. Oh, that was very clever! The doctor now remembered it clearly. And how could he even forget it?.. It was a detachment of Daleks who noticed two Time Lords. First, the Doctor and Emit ran towards the TARDIS, hearing behind them, “Uni-what-live!” Uni-what-to-live!” My sister was the first to understand that they couldn’t tear themselves away.

“Run! - she shouted. “I’ll stop them!”
One - against a whole dozen Daleks!
“Emit, I won’t leave you!”
“Run, do what you’re told! Run, you fool!”

And... The doctor ran. Because the entire universe was at stake. There was little time left, just a little more - and the crazy plan would be put into action.

“Emit will come up with something! He'll definitely come up with one! She’s so smart!” - Desperate thoughts rushed through him.
He didn't look back, he ran... The Doctor never found out if Amyth had some kind of plan or if she was simply distracting the Daleks without resisting them.

“Uni-what-to-live!”

A piercing sound cut the air. Running to the TARDIS door, the Doctor turned around. Emit fell into the red grass like a felled tree. The next moment the Doctor opened the TARDIS door. He flew in, pulled the levers and moved into orbit. The whole world has gone crazy. Everyone died. Everyone will die. The Time Trap has slammed shut. Everyone died. The Time Lords ceased to exist, taking the Daleks and other creatures of the Underworld with them into oblivion.

"And so I became the Last Time Lord." At that very moment, the Doctor woke up on the floor of the TARDIS. There were tears in his eyes. He turned the clock over. Now he knew what was written there - “Time is just nothing compared to the person who saw it. Emit." At that moment the light blinked and went out. The doctor found himself in the dark again...

Who is TARDIS? This question interested me after decomposing this abbreviation into individual words and translating them. Why did our translators call the TARDIS “a machine for moving through space and time”? None of the words included in the abbreviation mean “machine”, however, in the series itself there is an episode where the Doctor, after deciphering the abbreviation, adds: “in general, it’s difficult...”

So let's take a closer look at the ship's name. TARDIS – Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space. In this transcript there is not a single word about a machine interacting in any way with space and time, but there is Time itself and some relative measurements in Space. Agree, it’s really easier to say about a ship with that name: “it’s complicated.”

Well, in that case, what do we know about the TARDIS anyway?

Firstly, the most important thing is that it is “alive” - TARDIS grow on Gallifrey, and are not constructed (ep. “The Impossible Planet”).

Secondly, it has its own telepathic field (ep. “The End of the World”), as well as telepathic and energy symbiosis with the pilot. It is mentioned that the TARDIS requires "artron energy" to fly and move, which is a form of temporal energy generated by the minds of the Time Lords (eps "The Deadly Assasin", "Four to Doomsday").

By the way, the question of why “Time Lord” was translated as “Time Lord” is also very interesting, but we will return to it later.

Also, a biological symbiosis is established between the pilot and the TARDIS, which allows one to avoid physical stress when traveling through time. Without this, the flight may end in molecular disintegration (ep. "The Two Doctors"). But then another question arises: how could the Doctor’s companions travel with him without harm to themselves?

Thirdly, the TARDIS can make independent decisions, as clearly shown in the episode "The Edge of Destruction", showing emotions and even caring for its pilot. Since the third episode from the beginning of the show, they have persistently hinted that the ship is “alive”, has intelligence and is connected with those who travel in it. The Eighth Doctor also calls the TARDIS "sentimental".

Now let's talk a little about space and time, because the TARDIS is a “machine” for moving between them. Let's start with time - the first letter of the abbreviation is “Time”. In "Boom Town", when part of the TARDIS console is opened, a blinding white light is visible, which the Doctor calls "the heart of the TARDIS". Later, in the episode “The Parthing of the Ways” we are told that the so-called “heart” is connected to the energy of the Time Vortex. That is, it turns out that the essence of the TARDIS is Time itself. Living, intelligent, able to feel Time.

But essence is not the whole TARDIS. So, having looked at the beginning, let's look at the end. The last letter of the abbreviation is “Space”.

All the Doctor's companions, once in the TARDIS, say the same words: “she's bigger inside.” This is obvious, as soon as you cross the threshold of the police box, you can immediately see that the TARDIS is huge. Its specific capacity, however, is not specified, but in addition to the residential parts, the interior contains an art gallery, which is a non-working station, a bathroom with a swimming pool, a medical department and several warehouses (ep. "The Invasion of Time"). Also in later episodes the kitchen and library are mentioned. During the Fifth Doctor's period, we learn that the TARDIS contains a Zero Room, protected from the rest of the Universe. Parts of the TARDIS can be isolated from each other or modified. And in the episode "Castrovalva" the Doctor says that he only knows 25% of the TARDIS premises. After this, the end of the abbreviation imperceptibly becomes almost endless.

So what have we learned? The essence of the TARDIS is Time, but the TARDIS is also Space. What's in the middle?

Let's now unravel the mosaic completely:

TARDIS
Time - time
and – and
Relative - relative
Dimension(s) – dimension(s)
in – in
Space - space

And in the middle we have “Relative Dimension(s)” - “relative dimension” or “ratio of dimensions”.

In "The Robots of Death", the fact that the TARDIS is much larger on the inside than the outside is explained by the TARDIS being "spatially transcendental". This means that its outer and inner parts are in different dimensions. The Fourth Doctor tries to explain this to his companion, using as an analogy the following example: "a large cube can appear in a smaller one if it is located at a distance, but is immediately accessible for some time."

Based on this, we can say that TARDIS is Time, Space and the dimensions connecting all of them.

Now let's return to the question asked earlier. Why was "Time Lord" translated as "Lord of Time"?

Let's start, perhaps, by trying to understand the meaning of the word “Lord” itself. Translated from English, this word has quite a few meanings. And if the encyclopedia tells us that this is “a collective title of the English highest aristocracy, which was assigned in the 9th century. for services to figures of science and culture,” then in the linguistic aspect it has a much more versatile meaning.

“Lord” translated from English means “Master”, “Lord”, “Lord”, “Overlord”, “Sovereign” and “Spouse”.

Now let’s add “Time” to this word and the picture will sparkle with new colors for us. After all, all these meanings are used in relation to rational, embodied Time.

“Time Lord” is not only a title, a status, not only a statement of power. This is a reflection of the symbiosis with the TARDIS. In this context, it becomes clear why not all residents of Gallifrey were considered Time Lords and why the Time Academy was built, selecting candidates and training them to become Time Lords.

Well, let’s summarize and answer the very first question we asked. Who is TARDIS?

TARDIS is a living embodiment of Time and the Relationship of Dimensions in Space.

When writing this article, materials taken from Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia, were used. Articles used include "TARDIS" and "Gallifrey".
An article from the wikia website was also used - “TARDIS”, Big Encyclopedic Dictionary. And Google translator.