Phone booth doctor who. History of the Tardis

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the British series Doctor Who, the UK's Ordnance Survey has mapped out 73 existing police boxes in their original locations.

Police boxes were set up all over the UK in the early 20th century for the purpose of allowing police officers, or members of the public, to contact police headquarters. In addition to the phone, the booth contained: a first aid kit, first aid supplies, various equipment and tools for the police (it was possible to take fingerprints right on the spot), as well as various reference books.

A time machine and spaceship from the British television series Doctor Who that, as a living being, grew up on the Time Lords' home planet of Gallifrey until it was destroyed in the Time War. The TARDIS can take its passengers anywhere in time and space. It looks like a 1963 police box from the outside, but it's much bigger inside than it is on the outside. Wikipedia

TARDIS on the map

You can find the booths on the map or walk around the cities using Google Maps.

Doctor Who has become such a big 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 anything that is more on the inside than on the outside.

For fans of the series, there is one "Easter egg" - on Google maps you can find "Earl's Court police box" - a booth in which the insides of the TARDIS were recreated. We invite you to try to look inside the TARDIS:

The 50th anniversary of the cult television series Doctor Who is being celebrated with a special anniversary episode premiered simultaneously on BBC One and in cinemas around the world from Britain to Brazil and Australia to Russia. The authors of the series expect that the premiere of "The Day of the Doctor" will set a record for simultaneous broadcasting worldwide among television series.

When taking off and landing, it makes a characteristic, unlike anything sound (Wroomp Wroomp), however, 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 simply called "ship", "capsule", or even "police box", "blue box", "blue box".

Doctor Who has become such a big 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 anything that is more on the inside than on the outside. The 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 Extraterrestrial Child, which aired in 1963. The Doctor claims to have borrowed an outdated machine when he left his home planet. As revealed in The Name of the Doctor, the First Doctor was going to take another TARDIS, but under the influence of one of Clara's versions, Oswald changed his mind. Fourth, the Doctor did not agree to replace his car with a newer one, citing the "lack of soul" in the new model as the reason for the refusal. A working TARDIS is capable of disguising itself as a variety of objects (for example, the Master's car looked like a grandfather clock, a horse van, an iron maiden, a pillar, part of a computer, etc.), but the Doctor's car is stuck in the guise of a public police telephone booth, since she has a malfunctioning disguise system - literally a "chameleon device" (although in the very first episode, Susan Foreman mentions that she took the form of a tree and a sedan seat). The Sixth Doctor once tried to fix the cloaking system, and as a result, the TARDIS turned first into a painted column, and then into an organ, both times completely out of place. What exactly is the malfunction, has never been specified. The TARDIS was already old when the Doctor took it, but exactly how old it is is unclear. Ninth The Doctor claims to have "900 years of telephone booth travel" behind him, implying that his TARDIS is at least that old (and presumably 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 power source of the TARDIS (the "heart of the TARDIS") is under the console, under the central column, the rise and fall of which indicates that the machine is functioning. Other elements required for the operation of the TARDIS are the rare ore "Zeyton-7" and "artron energy". The latter is a form of temporal energy, the discovery of the Lords. Before the TARDIS is fully functional, it must be connected to the Time Lord's biology through a Rassilon device, giving it a symbiotic connection to the TARDIS and the ability to withstand the physical stress of time travel. Without this adaptation, molecular disintegration will follow. This serves as a guarantee that time travel will not be abused, even if the TARDIS technology is copied. In the Journey's End series, the Doctor says that the controls are designed for six pilots, and he has to cope alone. The Doctor's TARDIS shakes violently when moving, but in the Time of Angels series, River Song controls it smoothly, using stabilizers (the Doctor calls them "dullers", eng. boringers). In addition, River lands completely silently, explaining that the Doctor forgets to apply the parking brake. In response, the Doctor states that he just likes the sound. This does not explain the fact that the Master's TARDIS makes exactly the same sounds, although he controls it much more skillfully than the Doctor. River also reveals that she was taught by the best teacher. We see in Let's Kill Hitler as she is taught by the TARDIS interface, which also communicated with the dying Doctor before.

Exterior

The appearance of the police box has not changed much, except for some cosmetic changes. For example, the sign on the door that hides the telephone was changed - instead of black letters on a white background, white on black and white on blue appeared. The spelling of the 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 did not last long.

In most series, the exterior doors of the booth operate separately from the major interior doors, although sometimes both sets can be opened the same way, 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 in his possession, occasionally giving copies to 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 doors of the booth, you can see that the TARDIS is huge. The capacity has not been specified numerically in any way (however, the doctor mentioned that it is infinite), but the ship accommodates, in addition to residential parts, an art gallery, a library, a swimming pool, a medical compartment, a cricket court (before the Doctor's Wife series), 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, with the Doctor's own bedroom not mentioned or shown. There is also a Zero Room, protected from the rest of the universe and providing a peaceful environment. Parts of the TARDIS can be isolated from each other or changed. Some round objects hide the devices and mechanisms of the TARDIS, their designs varying from bases carved on a black background to photographic images printed on the walls and transparent luminous 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 this by saying that if the TARDIS is broken, "The ship returns to its true size."

From the premises of the ship, the console room is most often shown, where the control panel is located. In the original series, the TARDIS has at least two control rooms - a white-walled, futuristic-looking main room used throughout the show's history, and a second, used during season 14, that looks older, with wood paneling.

Functions

• Movement in space and time.
• telepathic functions.
• computer functions.
• The ability to translate all existing languages ​​except ancient Gallifrean (TARDIS passengers can not only understand all languages, but also speak them; this ability can remain for life: in the series “Angels take over Manhattan”, Rory Williams was able to read the hieroglyphic inscription on the vase, being very away from the TARDIS) but there are exceptions: in the Impossible Planet series, the TARDIS failed to translate the inscription on the fragments of the 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 - the "forgotten language of the Time Lords".
• Protection from external enemies when the doors are closed.
• State of temporary non-aggression (eng. 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 materializing in a vacuum, the TARDIS creates a field around itself that holds the atmosphere. This function is not automatic - in some series, when the doors are opened in a vacuum, air is blown out of the TARDIS.

Live TARDIS

In the episode "Doctor's Wife" (The Doctor's Wife), the Eleventh Doctor meets his TARDIS in the form of a woman. The Doctor receives a message from a planet called "Home". Only the Time Lords could send such a message, and the Doctor goes looking for them, but finds only two strange creatures, an oud and a crazy woman named Idris, who calls the Doctor her kidnapper. The Doctor realizes that the TARDIS matrix has moved to Idris. He likes that he can talk to his favorite machine, but the woman's body is not able to withstand the flow of energies inherent in the TARDIS for a long time, and the matrix returns to the body of the machine. The Doctor calls the TARDIS "old lady" and "sexy", she will forever remain his faithful girlfriend, but those days when they could talk, apparently, will not happen again. Subsequently, the Doctor tried in vain to establish voice contact with the TARDIS, and they always had telepathic contact. In some episodes, the TARDIS voice interface was shown, 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 live-action TARDIS is Suranna Jones, who is known in the UK for her roles in television and theatre.

Notes

1. By tradition, the TARDIS is written in capital letters, but in the World War III series, the word was written as a name, only the first letter was capitalized (Tardis).
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5. In October 2006, British Prime Minister Tony Blair compared his office at 10 Downing Street to the TARDIS, saying it was bigger than it looked from the street: “Yes. I mean a lot bigger, we call it like the TARDIS.”
6. Case details for Trade Mark 1068700 (indefinite) . UK Patent Office . Retrieved January 28, 2007. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012.
7. Paul Jones. Doctor Who: New Zealand Mint aims to cash in on 50th anniversary with commemorative Tardis coin (indefinite) . RadioTimes (January 24, 2013). Date of treatment February 1, 2013. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013.
8. Fraser McAlpine. You "ve Seen The Stamps, Now Spend The Money! (indefinite) . Anglophenia. BBC America (25 January 2013). Retrieved February 3, 2013. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013.
9. Dan Satherley. Tardis coin to mark Doctor Who"s 50th anniversary (indefinite) . 3 News (MediaWorks) (January 30, 2013). Retrieved February 1, 2013. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013.
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TARDIS(eng. The TARDIS [ˈtɑː(r)dɪs] (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) is a time machine and spacecraft from the British television series Doctor Who.

A product of Time Lord technology, the 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 (the “chameleon” system). In the series, the Doctor poorly manages the ship - he stole a disused Type 40 TARDIS (once called a TT pod, whose "chameleon" system was damaged, and the TARDIS itself was "stuck" in the form of a 1963 London police box). It was stolen from Gallifrey, where it was obsolete.

The TARDIS has also been referred to simply as "ship", "pod", or even "Police Box" in the classic series.

Doctor Who has become such a big part of British popular culture that not only has the telephone booth shape become associated with the TARDIS, but the very word "TARDIS" is used to describe anything that is more on the inside than on the outside. The TARDIS is a registered trademark of the BBC.

Main characteristics

TARDIS Grow, Don't Make (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 power source of the TARDIS (a.k.a. "the heart of the TARDIS") is located under the console, namely under the central column, the rise and fall of which indicates that it is functioning.

Other elements required for the TARDIS to perform well and required from time to time include mercury (used in its 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 aids the work of the TARDIS (The Deadly Assassin, 1976; Four to Doomsday, 1982, etc.).

Before the TARDIS is fully functional, it must first be paired with the biology of the Overlord, which is usually accomplished by simply guiding the TARDIS with 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 as a guarantee that time travel will not be misused, even if the TARDIS technology is copied. Once upon a time, the time machine completely took over, but nevertheless, with a margin in a device called the "brio 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. Aside from the ability to travel through space and time (and occasionally other dimensions), the most surprising characteristic of the TARDIS is that it is much larger inside than outside. This is because the TARDIS is "spatially transcendent" - 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 this example as an analogy: a larger cube can appear in a smaller one if it is far away, but is directly accessible at some time. According to the Doctor, interdimensional engineering was the key to the Masters' discoveries. Because of this unfamiliar aspect of the TARDIS, entering a ship for the first time is usually shocked and in disbelief as a result. Susan, the Doctor's "granddaughter", stated that she gave the name to the TARDIS: "I made (it) from the initials." However, the word "TARDIS" (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) is similarly used to describe other Overlord transport pods.

Also in the 2005 series on Rosa Tyler's mobile phone, "Tardis is calling", which implies that this abbreviation can be written this way (like NATO instead of NATO). As shown in The Trial of a Time Lord (1986), experiences collected by the TARDIS and its crew can be recorded and reviewed in the Matrix, the Overlords' computer system that stores all of their knowledge. The Doctor implied in this episode by protesting that it was not normal for the TARDIS to communicate with the Matrix.

Doctor's TARDIS

The Doctor's TARDIS is an obsolete type 40 TT capsule (probably "TT" should be interpreted as "time travel") that he unofficially "borrowed" when leaving his home planet, Gallifrey. In "Planet of the Dead" he claims to have stolen her.

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) is "Ah! I see you changed the TARDIS a little. I don't like it" - suggests that the Doctor upgraded the TARDIS systems on a case-by-case basis, believing this to imply that the ship's ability to reconfigure the internal architecture affects the console room as well.

The TARDIS was already old when the Doctor first took it, but how old it is is unclear. In The Empty Child, the Ninth Doctor claims to have "900 years of telephone booth travel" behind him, implying that his TARDIS is at least that old (and presumably even older) at the time.

Appearance

As already noted, although the TARDIS is capable of transforming into something from the environment, the Doctor had it stuck in the form of a public police telephone booth (when it landed in 1963 and began to materialize around the real booth), because its cloaking system broke - literally " chameleon device. What exactly is the breakdown, has never been 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 successful transformation of the TARDIS into organ form and intricate gates 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, getting used to the booth - "I like it anyway."

Cosmetically, the appearance of the police box has not changed much, although small changes have appeared over the years. For example, the sign hiding the phone on the door changed - instead of black letters on a white background, white on black and white on blue appeared at different times. Other updates include constant word shifts 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 its appearance, does not work as a phone 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 the Seventh Doctor's similar point in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) that people have "an amazing capacity for self-deception". In most series, the exterior doors of the TARDIS booth operate separately from the major interior doors, although sometimes both sets can be opened the same way, allowing passengers to look directly out and vice versa. The entrance to the TARDIS is opened and locked from the outside with a key, which the Doctor keeps personally with him, only occasionally giving copies to 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 varied in design from a regular "Yale" key to an Egyptian-like key of life with an alien twist during the Third Doctor. He reappeared as the "Yale" key in the 2005 series.

The security level of the TARDIS has varied from history to history. It originally had 21 different holes, and the key melted when 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 repair it using the light of an alien sun by directing it through the diamond in the bell (The Dalek's Master Plan).

The change in the design of the keys suggests that the Doctor also changed the blocking 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 metabolism detector, so even if someone illegally had the key, the doors would still not open. The Ninth Doctor claimed that the hordes of Genghis Khan could not break through the doors of the TARDIS - believe me, they tried very hard (Rose, 2005). In fact, several people have managed to simply wander into the TARDIS without any problems over the years, including those who later became assistants to the Doctor.

The doors are supposed to be closed during the flight; in Planet of Giants, opening doors during dematerialization caused the TARDIS and everyone in it to shrivel to doll size. In The Enemy of the World (1967), taking off while the doors were still open resulted in an immediate decompression - "blowing" the vicious Salamanders out of the TARDIS. The Second Doctor and his companions clung to the console, and the crisis was over only when Jemmy was able to close the doors. In The Warriors' Gate (1981), the doors opened while flying between the two universes, letting in Tharil Beerok.

The Time Lords (as well as their peers) are able to redirect the flight of the TARDIS (The Ribos Operation, 1978), as the Rani, the Master once did (The Mark of Rani, 1985). The Rani used Stattenheim's remote control to call her TARDIS. In The Two Doctors, the Second Doctor also used Stattenheim's portable control. In the final episode of 2005, the Ninth Doctor used a sonic screwdriver to turn on the TARDIS, send Rose home, and simultaneously activate the alarm program on the TARDIS from outside. Outer dimensions can be strengthened through inner ones under extraordinary circumstances. In Frontios (1984), when the TARDIS was destroyed by a Tractor-caused meteor shower, what was inside partially fell out of the booth, but the Doctor ultimately tricked Gravis, the Tractor leader, into recreating the ship. In The Father's Day (2005), a temporal paradox led to a wound in time, ripping out the ship's interior and leaving the TARDIS as an empty phone booth shell (notoriously inoperative, too). However, the Doctor attempted to use the TARDIS key, combined with a small electrical charge, to bring the ship back, although the process was aborted and the TARDIS recovered itself after the paradox was resolved.

Interior view

Even through the doors of the booth, you can see that the TARDIS is huge. The specific capacity of the TARDIS has not been specified, but in addition to living quarters, the interior contains an art gallery (which is actually a non-functioning 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 changed; The doctor at Castrovalva was able to reveal 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 weight of the TARDIS in Alzarius' Earth-like gravity was 5*106 kg. Perhaps the weight of its interior was meant, as several times it was shown that the TARDIS is so light that several people can easily lift it (like an ordinary booth).

The explicit architecture of the future in the TARDIS is "rounded". In the context of the TARDIS, this means that the decor that decorates the walls of rooms (including consoles) and corridors is based on a circle. Some circles 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 design of the circles varied from bases carved on a black background, to photographic images printed on the walls, to transparent, luminous discs in later series. In the second console room, most of the roundels were executed in a wood panel, with some decoration showing up in glass blotches. In the new series, round pieces are also present, built into the walls of the new console room.

The other rooms include living quarters for many of the Doctor's companions, although the Doctor's own bedroom was not mentioned or shown. Also in the TARDIS is a Zero Room, protected from the rest of the universe and providing a peaceful 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 series, the fact that they still exist was reflected in Unquiet Dead, where the Doctor gave Rosa 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 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 - a white-walled, futuristic-looking main room used throughout the program's history, and a second, used during season 14, that is more antique-looking, with wood paneling.

In the Third Doctor's The Time Monster (1972), the TARDIS console room was dramatically altered, even the circles. However, in the next episode, the Doctor put everything in order. In the 2005 series, this room became domed, with supporting columns looking organically. Now the inner doors are missing, but the outer ones - the doors of the booth - are clearly visible from inside the TARDIS. How such a radical change occurred is not explained, although it is believed that the TARDIS self-repaired after serious damage, in a kind of "regenerating".

TARDIS console

The main feature of the control rooms, in any known configuration, is the TARDIS console, containing the instruments that control the ship's functions. The appearances of the main control room varied widely, but were always divided into leading pieces: pedestals controlling the periphery, and a moving column in the center, bouncing up and down as the TARDIS flew like a pump. Although opinions differ, the layout of the panels implies that they are designed to be controlled by more than one person. Therefore, it is believed (although this is not mentioned anywhere) that the TARDIS should be controlled by three to six Time Lords. This may explain why the Doctor tends to maniacally run around the console while piloting the TARDIS. The console can be controlled independently of the TARDIS. During the Third Doctor, he disconnected the console from the TARDIS while repairing it. In Inferno (1970), the Doctor disposed of a detached console in a parallel universe.

The central column is also called the "time rotor", although the name was first used in The Chase (1965) in relation to another instrument on the TARDIS console. However, this term in relation to the column existed for quite a long time. At present, this definition is practically not used. The second room was smaller, with controls hidden under wood paneling and without a central column.

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

In the new series, the console is more conspicuous than previous episodes, and with some junk from various doctoral eras, including a small bell and a "bike pump", later identified in Attack of the Graske (the Tenth Doctor's interactive mini-episode) as the loop controller funnels. Two other controllers, a spatial stabilizer and a vector tracer, were also identified, but somehow vaguely. And as shown in World War Three, a working phone is now attached to the console. How much the Doctor controls the TARDIS has been described inconsistently over the course of the series. At first, the First Doctor could not accurately pilot the TARDIS, but, naturally, gaining experience in practice, he managed the ship better and better.

After the season of The Key to Time (1978-79), the Doctor installed a random game on the console, and this prevented him (and delayed the powerful and evil Black Guardian) from knowing where the TARDIS would be next. This device was eventually removed (Leisure Hive, 1980). In the new series, the Doctor demonstrates a good command of the TARDIS, although he sometimes made mistakes, such as the return of Rose 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 up to reveal something glowing, described by the Doctor as the "heart of the TARDIS" (or its "soul"). In The Parthing of the Ways (2005) it was shown that the "heart" is connected to the powerful energy of the funnel.

TARDIS systems

Because the TARDIS is so old, it tends to break down. The Doctor often dives headfirst under the panels, with or without some courtesy, occasionally giving the console a "perceptual boost" (a good punch on 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 often "plotted" the TARDIS devices throughout the show, creating an amusing irony that greatly promoted the space-time machine, which sometimes became an outdated and unreliable piece of junk.

Control systems

The TARDIS wields a telepathic device, although the Doctor prefers to operate it manually. In Pyramids of Mars (1975), the Fourth Doctor tells Sutek that the control of the TARDIS is isomorphic, implying that only the Doctor can control it. However, this characteristic comes and goes at dramatic times, and the Doctor's various companions have been able to not only fly 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 protective, 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 is the movement of the center column. The TARDIS also has a scanner with which the crew can examine the outside before leaving the ship. In the 2005 series, the scanner's display is mounted on the console and is capable of displaying television signals as well as various computer functions.

In some episodes of the First Doctor, the console room also contained a machine that dispensed food to 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 other features of the TARDIS included a force field and a Hostile Displacement System (HADS) that could teleport the ship if 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. Chloister's bell sounds at "natural catastrophes" (Logopolis).

The interior of the TARDIS fits "interdimensional temporal grace" (The Hand of Fear, 1976). The Fourth Doctor explained what it means to feel things from the comfort of 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, as the weapon fired in both Earthshock (1982) and The Parthing of the Ways. In Arc of Infinity, the Fifth Doctor planned to fix 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 previously described in The Masque of Mandragora (1976) as a "gift from the Time Lord" that the Doctor shared with his companions, but this "gift" was ultimately attributed to the telepathic field of the TARDIS (The End of the World, 2005). It is revealed in The Christmas Invasion that the Doctor himself is a necessary element for this ability. Rose was unable to understand the Sycorax while the Doctor was in a post-regeneration crisis. The Impossible Planet (2006) states that the TARDIS also translates the inscriptions normally; in this episode, the TARDIS was unable to translate the alien inscription, 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 series 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 Rosa, where he, certain he would never return, asked her to "let the TARDIS die". Later in the episode, Rosa says that "this thing is alive", although it is unknown if she was speaking literally or figuratively.

Other TARDIS

Other TARDISes appeared in the series. The 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 has appeared in various forms, including a grandfather clock, a fireplace, and an Ionic column.

Back in 1963 Sidney Newman, S.E. Webber and Donald Wilson launched a new project on the air - an educational science program, the purpose of which was to tell children about significant historical events with the help of the main character - a time traveler. This hero - the Doctor - comes from the planet Gallifrey, a representative of the great race of time lords. He is eccentric and very smart, has his own opinion on everything and is embittered at first, but with the development of the plot his character is revealed, he shows care and compassion. His personality is multifaceted. He has 13 lives, and in case of mortal damage, he is able to regenerate completely while changing his body and character. Over time, it improves, the main character reveals itself, the series become more serious and the series also becomes dramatic.

An important role in the series is played by the Doctor's companions, of which there were currently more than 35. The first companions - school teachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, as well as Dr. Susan were introduced to develop the plot. They ask the Doctor about the places and times they are in, as well as getting into trouble, from which the Doctor helps them get out. The Doctor's companions change quite often. Some leave of their own accord, others are forced to do so. Almost every goodbye to the main character is hard. In one of the episodes, the Doctor himself notes that in the end, each of his companions has a heart.

Well, his most important and permanent companion is the TARDIS - a machine for traveling in space and time, looking like a telephone booth of the fifties. She is not just a machine, but a sentient being that was raised on the Doctor's home planet. Although he claims to have borrowed his Tardis, in one episode she states that she stole it herself because she wanted adventure.

As the Doctor travels the universe, he often encounters members of other races. Aliens appear in many of the series and are mostly invaders trying to enslave or destroy humans. His main enemies, also from another planet, are the Daleks. Due to the fact that the series began at a time when special effects were difficult, now the Daleks, like many, look a little comical, but very popular.

Now Doctor Who is not just a series - it's a whole universe. It publishes books, radio shows, computer games, cartoons. The series also has four spin-offs: The Sarah Jane Adventures, K9 and Team, K9 and Torchwood. The series itself received a huge number of awards and great love from millions of viewers.

Who is TARDIS? This question interested me after decomposing this abbreviation into separate 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 means "machine", however, in the series itself there is an episode where the Doctor, after deciphering the abbreviation, adds: "in general, it's complicated ..."

So let's take a closer look at the name of the ship. TARDIS - Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space. In this decoding there is not a single word about the machine in any way interacting 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 difficult.”

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

First, the most important thing is that it is "alive" - ​​on Gallifrey, TARDIS are grown, 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 "arthrone energy" to fly and move, which is a form of temporal energy generated by the minds of Time Lords (eps "The Deadly Assasin", "Four to Doomsday").

By the way, the question 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 avoiding physical stress when moving through time. Without it, 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, which is vividly shown in the episode "The Edge of Destruction", show emotions and even care for its pilot. From the third episode from 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 also refers to the TARDIS as "sentimental".

Now let's talk a little about space and time, because the TARDIS is a "machine" for moving between them. Let's start, perhaps, with time - the first letter of the abbreviation is "Time". In the episode "Boom Town", when part of the TARDIS console is opened, a blinding white light is seen, which the Doctor refers to as "the heart of the TARDIS". Later, in 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 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" - "space".

All of 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 a police box, you can immediately see that the TARDIS is huge. Its specific capacity, however, is not specified, but in addition to 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"). The kitchen and the library are also mentioned in later episodes. During the Fifth Doctor period, we learn that the TARDIS has 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 knows only 25% of the TARDIS rooms. After that, 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. And what is in the middle?

Let's now expand the mosaic completely:

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

And in the middle we have "Relative Dimension (s)" - "relative dimension" or "relationship of measurements".

In the episode "The Robots of Death", the fact that the TARDIS is much larger on the inside than on the outside is explained by the fact that the TARDIS is "spatially transcendent". It means that its outer and inner parts are in different dimensions. The Fourth Doctor tries to explain this to his companion, using this example as an analogy: "a large cube may appear in a smaller one if it is far away, but directly accessible at some time."

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

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

Let's start, perhaps, with the fact that we will try to understand the meaning of the word "Lord" itself. In translation from English, this word has quite a few meanings. And if the encyclopedia tells us that this is “a collective title of the English high aristocracy, which was assigned in the 9th century. for merits to figures of science and culture”, then in the linguistic aspect it has a much more versatile meaning.

"Lord" in translation from English means - "Master", "Lord", "Lord", "Lord", "Ruler" and "Spouse".

And now let's add "Time" to this word and the picture will sparkle for us with new colors. After all, all these meanings are used in relation to reasonable, embodied Time.

"Time Lord" is not only a title, as 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 the inhabitants of Gallifrey were considered Time Lords and why the Time Academy was built, selecting candidates and training them for Time Lords.

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

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

When writing the article, materials taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, were used. Articles such as "TARDIS" and "Gallifrey" were used.
Also used an article from the site "wikia" - "TARDIS", Big Encyclopedic Dictionary. And Google translator.