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.