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!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!hou2a!pjk From: pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: TARDIS Mass, SIDRATs Message-ID: <594@hou2a.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 09:33:03 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2a.594 Posted: Thu Aug 22 09:33:03 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:23:26 EDT References: <593@hou2a.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 51 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 ihnp4!hou2a!pjk The above statements are those of the author only, and are not those of AT&T Bell Laboratories.