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From: jeff@mit-eddie.UUCP (Jeff Mattson)
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Subject: Re: Why is a TARDIS so big?
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 21:53:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 21:53:48 1985
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>  Someone mentioned that the TARDIS was infinite, however, I remember a
>where part of the TARDIS was destroyed, and part if it was taken out to
>form a "null chamber" that was used to transport the Doctor to get aid.
>There was a ruckus about what would happen if all of the TARDIS were to
>have been destroyed, but only part of it was.  If the TARDIS is in fact
>infinite, there should be no problem if some of it were chopped off.

I believe you're talking about the Castrovalva story, Peter Davison's first.
The Master had set the TARDIS's controls for "Event One", the big bang that
created the universe.  A quarter of the TARDIS was to be scacrificed to give
it enough energy to escape the huge gravity well that the big bang created.
However, the TARDIS had been set to manual control, and no one could be
certain that the console room and null room (more on that later) would not
be in the quarter sacrificed. 

This is the story that took place right after Tom Baker's Doctor regenerated
into Peter Davison's Doctor.  The Doctor was exceptionally weak after this
and needed to stay in the null room, a specially controlled environment that
would give his newly regenerated brain time to heal.  This room, however,
was in the quarter of the TARDIS that was sacrificed. The null chamber was
created to transport the Doctor to Castrovalva, a very relaxing civilization
where the Doctor could also relax.-- 
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