From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!purdue!pur-phy!crl
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Re: The Doctor"s name is...
Article-I.D.: pur-phy.331
Posted: Wed Jun  9 11:08:06 1982
Received: Thu Jun 10 02:42:42 1982
References: efs.h 2.6 4/18/82

If memory serves me right, the Doctor did get his TARDIS by less than
honorable means.  The Time Lords, at the beginning of the series, had
decided that they would no longer meddle in the affairs of the universe,
and made it illegal for anyone to do so.  The Doctor was disgusted by
this, and stole a TARDIS that was in a repair shop.  I'm pretty sure
that this is right since I have heard that a working TARDIS should be 
able to alter its outside appearance to suit the exterior landscape
(remember the Master's TARDIS?).  Obviously, the Doctor's is frozen in
appearance, and also, not always in 100% tip-top operating condition.
The first two Doctors galavanted about the universe, but then the Time 
Lords caught up with him, regenerated him, and imprisoned him on Earth.
This is where the third Doctor (John Pertwee) spent most of the series.

Charles LaBrec
Purdue Univ.