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From: pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP)
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Subject: Re: Safety Violations and the TARDIS  :-)
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Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 14:25:59 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 24 14:25:59 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Sep-85 06:28:51 EDT
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I've gotten a few comments on my safety article and would
like to go over the list of violations again.

First, the TARDIS (and other time capsules) has characteristics
of both a vehicle and an edifice.

That is why I listed things like windows, etc.

People have pointed out that the cloister bell is indeed
an emergency alarm, that emergency lighting has been used
in some stories (names?) and that there is indeed an alternate
exit from the TARDIS.

On the last point, the book "Doctor Who - A Celebration: TDTTAS"
states on the bottom of page 116:

> Two other interesting features about the machine [the TARDIS]
> is that it has an emergency escape door (which exists [sic]
> through the back of the police box) and ...

What story(ies) is this feature demonstrated?

Also, the TARDIS does have an automatic "emergency stop"
as demonstrated in the story "The Edge of Destruction."

Space helmets (as in "Four to Doomsday") could be
considered "life jackets."

The other safety violations still stand.

Trivia Question:  What were the first (I don't know)
and the last (easy) stories that the Sonic Screwdriver
appeared in?
--
			Paul Kemp
			ihnp4!hou2a!pjk

                      President of SPUNT
    (the Society for the Proper Usage of the Name "TARDIS")

[Anyone else want to join?  :-)]

"Are you sure this planet is supposed to be here?"

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