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From: pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP)
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Subject: Re: Why is a TARDIS so big?
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 14:56:11 EDT
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The TARDIS is so large inside because it was a mobile
research laboratory for a crew of Time Lord scientists.

"The Doctor Who Technical Manual" by Mark Harris states:

    The Doctor roams the Universe in a vehicle known to
    its inventors, the Time Lords, as a TARDIS [sic *].
    The letters stand for Time And Relative Dimensions
    In Space and, as this title suggests, it is far
    more capable of transporting its operator and
    passengers through time and space to any planet
    in the Universe and to any point in that planet's
    history.
    
    The Doctor's is an old `type 40' TARDIS, also
    known as as a Mark I, built as a mobile research
    laboratory which would carry its crew of
    scientists to survey distant galaxies, explore
    fabulous new worlds and observe astronomical
    events.  The type 40 TARDIS has been superseded
    by more efficient and better equipped models.
    [like The Master's capsule]
    
    [skipping ahead]
    
    Amazingly, the TARDIS is infinitely bigger on
    the inside than the outside.  This is due to
    one of the key discoveries made by the Time
    Lords, that of `temporal physics'.  On entering
    the TARDIS through the outer door, one actually
    crosses a bridge into another dimension.  The
    exterior of the TARDIS `exists' in the real
    world, but the interior is within a different
    but relative dimension [**].
    
    [skipping ahead again]
    
    The TARDIS is completely self-contained.  Its
    labyrinth of halls, passages, dormitories,
    storage areas and laboratories contains a vast
    wardrobe of clothes and costumes from many
    planets and cultures.  This can enable the
    TARDIS crew to visit other worlds and periods
    without drawing attention to themselves.


* - I still say that only The Doctor's capsule
is called the TARDIS, as named by his grand-daughter
Susan in the first story "An Unearthly Child."


** - Also known as `Dimensional Transcendentalism.'


Hope that answered everyone's questions!

-- 
			Paul Kemp
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