Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2a.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!hou2a!pjk From: pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: Why is a TARDIS so big? Message-ID: <569@hou2a.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 14:56:11 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2a.569 Posted: Tue Aug 6 14:56:11 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 03:24:25 EDT References: <456@moncol.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 62 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 The type 40 TARDIS has been superseded by more efficient and better equipped models.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 ihnp4!hou2a!pjk