TARDIS

The TARDIS is the name of a time machine in the British science fiction television programme 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 and working TARDIS is capable of transporting 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.

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Time machine - British - Science fiction television - Doctor Who - Acronym - 1 - Time Lord

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In the series, a Type 40 TARDIS is piloted by the Doctor. 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. Externally, the TARDIS resembles the shape of a 1950s British police box (a phone booth designed for police communications), and the programme has become so much a part of British popular culture that the shape of the police box is now more immediately associated with the TARDIS than its original real-world function.

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Doctor - Serials - British - Police box - Popular culture

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As an acronym, TARDIS is correctly written in upper case, but there are many examples of the form Tardis in media and licensed publications. The word has entered popular usage and is used to describe anything that seems bigger on the inside than on the outside. The name TARDIS is a registered trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Trademark - British Broadcasting Corporation

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