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TARDIS
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The TARDIS (; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space") is a fictional hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft that has, since 1963, appeared in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs. While a TARDIS is capable of disguising itself, the exterior appearance of the Doctor's TARDIS typically mimics a police box, an obsolete type of telephone kiosk that was once commonly seen on streets in Britain in the 1940s and 50s. Its interior is shown as being much larger than its exterior, commonly described as being "bigger on the inside".
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- Fictional artifact.name
- TARDIS
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- Tardis in Snow.jpg
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- The Doctor's TARDIS as it has appeared since 2018
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- Doctor Who
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- TV
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- BBC
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- An Unearthly Child
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- Science fiction
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- Time machine/spacecraft
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- Travels through time and space
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- Can change its outer dimensions and inner layout, impregnable, telepathic
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19 sectionsContents
- Name
- Description
- Conceptual history
- Exterior design
- Interior design
- Depiction of time travel
- Other appearances
- Television spin-offs
- Theatrical films
- Cultural impact
- Merchandising
- BBC trademark
- Legacy police boxes
- In science and computing
- In popular culture
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
The TARDIS (; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space") is a fictional hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft that has, since 1963, appeared in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs. While a TARDIS is capable of disguising itself, the exterior appearance of the Doctor's TARDIS typically mimics a police box, an obsolete type of telephone kiosk that was once commonly seen on streets in Britain in the 1940s and 50s. Its interior is shown as being much larger than its exterior, commonly described as being "bigger on the inside".
Due to the significance of Doctor Who in popular British culture, the shape of the police box is now more strongly associated with the TARDIS than its real-world inspiration. The name and design of the TARDIS is a registered trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), although the design was originally created by the Metropolitan Police Service.