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From: pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP)
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Subject: Re: TARDIS Mass, SIDRATs
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Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 09:33:03 EDT
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Looked up "TARDIS" and "SIDRATs" in my copy of
"The Doctor Who Program Guide" Vol. 2 by Jean-
Marc Lofficier.

On "TARDIS", it states:

>  ... The Doctor's TARDIS - under more or less normal
>  gravity conditions - is reported as having a weight
>  of 10 X 10 power 5 kilos.

It also states that the TARDIS "... can, however, be
moved or transported by outside forces."

It further states that "SIDRATs are second-rate
TARDISes [sic] built *by* the War Chief *for* the War
Lords." [*the emphasis is mine*]

On "SIDRATs" the guide says:

>  Sort of second-rate TARDISes [sic] given by the
>  War Chief to the War Lords.

It doesn't say what the acronym stands for!

In the novelization of "The War Games," the
acronym is explained:

"Space and Inter-time Directional Robot All-purpose
Transporter"


By the way, the funniest acronym in the Doctor Who
series must be (I believe) "TOM-TIT" which stands for:

"Transmission Of Matter Through Interstitial Time"

which actually describes the device's operation quite
nicely (in "The Time Monster").


Trivia question: How many times (stories) has The Doctor
		 visited the USA?

-- 
			Paul Kemp
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       The above statements are those of the author only,
          and are not those of AT&T Bell Laboratories.