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The TARDIS is a fictional time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television program Doctor Who. The name is an acronym of Time And Relative Dimension (or Dimensions) In Space.[1] A product of Time Lord technology, a properly...
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The TARDIS is a fictional time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television program Doctor Who. The name is an acronym of Time And Relative Dimension (or Dimensions) In Space.[1] A product of Time Lord technology, a properly piloted TARDIS can transport its occupants to any point in space and time. Its interior exists in multidimensional space, leading to it being significantly larger on the inside than it appears from outside. In the series, the Doctor pilots a Type 40 TARDIS. Although TARDIS is the name of a class of vessel, rather than a specific craft, the Doctor's TARDIS is usually referred to as "the" TARDIS or, in some of the earlier serials, just as "the Ship." (In the two 1960s Dalek films, the craft was referred to as Tardis, without the definite article.) Externally, the Doctor's TARDIS resembles a 1950s-era British police box (a special phone booth for police communications), and the programme has become so much a part of British popular culture that the... See less
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A model TARDIS, used in the television series' production in the 1970s, sold at auction in December 2005 for £10,800.[6]