Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles hp 2.0 03/25/85; site hpislb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!hplabs!hpisla!lipinski From: lipinski@hpisla.UUCP (Greg Lipinski) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: Why is a TARDIS so big? Message-ID: <55500005@hpislb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 23:45:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpislb.55500005 Posted: Thu Aug 8 23:45:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 08:14:54 EDT References: <456@moncol.UUCP> Organization: HP Instrument Systems Lab - Loveland, CO Lines: 17 The TARDIS really can't be infinite inside (it'd make some interior decorator awfully rich filling it :-) ). Remember in Castrovalva, the required thrust to escape event one was achieved by jetisonning part of the ship. This implies that it has "real" mass. An infinite volume would have infinite mass, and require infinite power to transport it. Since the inside of the TARDIS exists in another dimension and is mapped inside the outer shell (which exists in the real world), the timelords could choose an appropriate volume. This could even be changed from trip to trip. Consider that if the architectural configuration controls can delete rooms, they can probably add and reconfigure rooms as needed also. "Reality is a crutch for people that can't handle science fiction" Greg Lipinski ihnp4!hpfcla!hpisla!lipinski