The Untempered Schism – A controlled opening in the very fabric of time and space. Gallifreyan children wanting to enter the Time Lord Academy stared into the Schism as a test of their strength and sanity. Billions of year’s exposure to the vortex through the Schism gave the Time Lords the ability to regenerate. (The Sound of Drums, A Good Man Goes to War)
GALLIFREYAN BEDTIME CLASSICS THE DOCTOR ENJOYED AS A TIME TOT
Blind Fury
The Three Little Sontarans
The Emperor Dalek’s New Clothes
Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday
THE TIME LORD PRESIDENTIAL CODE
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THE INAUGURATION PLEDGE OF THE TIME LORD PRESIDENT
Gold Usher: Do you swear to uphold the laws of Gallifrey?
President: I swear.
Gold Usher: Do you swear to follow in the wisdom of Rassilon?
President: I swear.
Gold Usher: Do you swear to protect the law and the wisdom?
President: I swear.
Gold Usher: I invest you Lord President of the Supreme Council. I wish you good fortune and strength. I give you the Matrix.
PLANETS ATTACKED BY THE DALEKS
Invading planets is in the Daleks’ DNA – literally. Here are the notable worlds that they’ve tried to get their plungers on, on TV and beyond…
SHOCKEYE’S KITCHEN
A feast of food from around the galaxy
STARTERS
The Broth of Oblivion (The Talons of Weng-Chiang) – a warming Chinese soup, may cause drowsiness
Chimeron Jelly (Delta and the Bannermen) – cleanses the palate and makes you grow nice and strong
MAIN COURSES
Kronkburgers* (The Long Game) – on a lightly-toasted bun
Gaffabeque (Bad Wolf) – nice and hot from the planet Lucifer
Gumblejack (The Two Doctors) – cleaned, skinned and pan-fried in its own juices
Protein One (The Impossible Planet) – available with or without a dash of Protein Three
* Optional Staff of Life sauce available, made from the finest Herbabaculum vitae weed plants
All dishes come with chips cooked in Krillitane oil, the ultimate in brain food (not suitable for vegetarians)
DESSERTS
Marsh Minnows (The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp) – green and slimy, like mother used to make
Fresh Plaup Salad (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy) – a Vulpana delicacy, not for those with weak stomachs
DRINKS
Zaphic shake (The Long Game) – available in many flavours, including beef. Yum!
Herbabaculum vitae Protein Shake (Revelation of the Daleks) – sup the staff of life
Fizzade (Paradise Towers) – ice hot!
Vitex Lite (Rise of the Cybermen) – new cherry flavour – Trust us on this!
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Hypervodka (The Doctor Dances) – make your last requests
Voxnic (Slipback) – available by the glass or per bottle
NOTE: Unfortunately, Alzarian Riverfruit has been taken off the menu, due to an unexpected spider infestation. The management apologises for any disappointment.
Krynoid Salad is also off due to staff shortage/mutation.
SIX
A KETTLE AND A PIECE OF STRING
TECHNOLOGY IN DOCTOR WHO
‘This doesn’t roll along on wheels, you know.’
The Doctor, An Unearthly Child
TARDISes, sonic screwdrivers, psychic papers, Whomobiles and spritely yellow roadsters – the Doctor has piloted, zapped, flashed and driven them all in 50 years of travel.
THE SIX TARDISES
The Doctor’s TARDIS may be as unique as he is, but there have actually been six different versions of the iconic police box exterior over the last 50 years. Each underwent tweaks and new paint jobs over time, but TARDIS spotters should look out for them in the following stories.
Designed by Peter Brachacki, the original wooden TARDIS had many nips and tucks and tweaks in its lifespan, most notably in The Smugglers, when it received a new lower roof stack. The original prop also featured a St John Ambulance logo on the door for a time. During Season 6, the police telephone plaque even switched from the left to the right door.
After the roof of the original prop collapsed – reportedly on Elisabeth Sladen’s head – designer Barry Newbery created a new TARDIS. It was eventually retired in 1980, its last regular use being in the unfinished story Shada, after which it made three guest appearances, in Logopolis, Castrovalva and Black Orchid.
The 1980s TARDIS was designed by Tom Yardley-Jones and constructed from fibreglass. A second prop was constructed during Season 23 and appeared in Time and the Rani, Paradise Towers, Dragonfire, The Happiness Patrol and The Curse of Fenric, also coming out of retirement for Dimensions in Time and The Curse of Fatal Death.
Richard Hundolin designed the police box for the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie. This TARDIS featured a special lock that swung aside to let the ankh-shaped TARDIS key unlock the door.
Constructed from timber and plywood, a number of TARDISes were built for the 2005 revival. Designed by Edward Thomas, the TARDIS panels were scorched and wire-brushed to distress them before painting.
The arrival of the Eleventh Doctor heralded a new TARDIS prop. Again designed by Edward Thomas, the current prop is built along the same lines as the Ninth and Tenth Doctor’s but boasts a new darker paint job to resemble the police box from the 1960s Peter Cushing movies, plus white window frames and the return of the St John Ambulance badge which had vanished from the original prop 45 years before. A traditional Fresnel lamp also replaces the fifth design’s garden lantern on top.
TARDIS COMPONENTS AND EQUIPMENT
‘That does very, very complicated. That does sophisticated. That does whoa, amazing. And that does whizz, bang, far too technical to explain!’