15 Reasons why the TARDIS is Frankly Magnificent
The Doctor Who Team
In no particular order, here are 15 things we love about the famous blue box…
Size matters…
It’s bigger on the inside. Or smaller on the outside. Take your pick.
Wardrobe Room
It’s got the ultimate built-in wardrobe that’s chocka with awesome clothes. And, no. We don’t talk about the Sixth Doctor’s jacket.
That wheezing/groaning noise it makes.
That sound brings hope wherever it goes. Well, we like to think so.
It’s TARDIS blue.
It’s got a gorgeous paint job. If it ever changed colour we’d feel, err, blue.
It can go anywhere in the universe…
You thought your bus local bus route was pretty extensive? Pah!
It was in Doctor Who from day one.
Humans come and go but the Doctor and the TARDIS are joined at the (s)hip.
It’s not got a flight deck.
Pretty much every other spaceship ever has a flight deck. They are so last century. No, the TARDIS has a console room and it’s beautiful.
It can change the weather…
So the Doctor wants to show off and make somewhere look more Christmassy? Snow problem!
The cloister bell.
The bell that tolls to denote imminent doom. Every other ship has an annoying, blarey alarm that makes you want to punch whoever designed it (not really) but the TARDIS has a classy warning… If you’re heading into unspeakable danger, at least do it in style.
It’s a bit of a diva…
Sure, it gave Clara a hard time and was pretty petulant in The Doctor’s Wife but we love a bit of sass. A ship with no attitude? Where’s the fun in that?
Roundels
Not got a clue what they’re for, but we love ’em.
It has these hologrammy things that can talk to you.
And when you least expect it they look you in the eye, give a killer line and send shivers shivering down your spine. ‘Have a fantastic life…’
It has a swimming pool
Insert your own joke here about TARDIS intruders being out of their depth.
It doesn't always take the Doctor where he wants to go…
But it always takes him where he needs to go.
