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An '''outer plasmic shell''', often simply called a '''plasmic shell''', was a [[TARDIS]] exterior. In a perfectly functioning TARDIS, the [[chameleon circuit]] picked a plasmic shell suitable to the time and place in which the ship landed. A TARDIS' shells were stored in the [[shell room]]; if the room had no suitable shells, more were created and stored as well. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Little Things]]'') [[Lord]] [[Roche (The Suns of Caresh)|Roche]] was forced to use a non-[[Earth|terrestrial]] [[aeroplane]] as his shell when he didn't have any terrestrial designs in his shell room and didn't feel like designing any. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Suns of Caresh]]'') The theory in the [[TARDIS Handbook]] was that the plasmic shell was ''driven'' by the chameleon circuit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') When a TARDIS died or was dying, its final plasmic shell might grow to enormous size due to leakage of its [[dimensionally transcendental]] interior. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | An '''outer plasmic shell''', often simply called a '''plasmic shell''', was a [[TARDIS]] exterior. In a perfectly functioning TARDIS, the [[chameleon circuit]] picked a plasmic shell suitable to the time and place in which the ship landed. A TARDIS' shells were stored in the [[shell room]]; if the room had no suitable shells, more were created and stored as well. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Little Things]]'') [[Lord]] [[Roche (The Suns of Caresh)|Roche]] was forced to use a non-[[Earth|terrestrial]] [[aeroplane]] as his shell when he didn't have any terrestrial designs in his shell room and didn't feel like designing any. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Suns of Caresh]]'') The theory in the [[TARDIS Handbook]] was that the plasmic shell was ''driven'' by the chameleon circuit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') When a TARDIS died or was dying, its final plasmic shell might grow to enormous size due to leakage of its [[dimensionally transcendental]] interior. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | ||
The [[Second Doctor]] boasted that the TARDIS was made from the "hardest materials in existence", making it near impervious to harm. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Monsters from the Past (comic story)|The Monsters from the Past]]'') | The [[Second Doctor]] boasted that the TARDIS was made from the "hardest materials in existence", making it near impervious to harm. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Monsters from the Past (comic story)|The Monsters from the Past]]'') Indeed, firepower from [[Dalek]] [[gunstick]]s were unable to penetrate the plasmic shell. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)|Beneath the Viscoid]]'') | ||
Due to a malfunction in the chameleon circuit, [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's Type 40 TARDIS]] was stuck with a [[police box]] plasmic shell after leaving [[1963]] [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'') Apart from the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s brief and somewhat limited success in repairing it ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''), it retained that shape up through its final resting place as the Doctor's tomb on [[Trenzalore]] in an alternate timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | Due to a malfunction in the chameleon circuit, [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's Type 40 TARDIS]] was stuck with a [[police box]] plasmic shell after leaving [[1963]] [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'') Apart from the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s brief and somewhat limited success in repairing it ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''), it retained that shape up through its final resting place as the Doctor's tomb on [[Trenzalore]] in an alternate timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 17 January 2018
An outer plasmic shell, often simply called a plasmic shell, was a TARDIS exterior. In a perfectly functioning TARDIS, the chameleon circuit picked a plasmic shell suitable to the time and place in which the ship landed. A TARDIS' shells were stored in the shell room; if the room had no suitable shells, more were created and stored as well. (PROSE: The Little Things) Lord Roche was forced to use a non-terrestrial aeroplane as his shell when he didn't have any terrestrial designs in his shell room and didn't feel like designing any. (PROSE: The Suns of Caresh) The theory in the TARDIS Handbook was that the plasmic shell was driven by the chameleon circuit. (TV: Logopolis) When a TARDIS died or was dying, its final plasmic shell might grow to enormous size due to leakage of its dimensionally transcendental interior. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
The Second Doctor boasted that the TARDIS was made from the "hardest materials in existence", making it near impervious to harm. (COMIC: The Monsters from the Past) Indeed, firepower from Dalek gunsticks were unable to penetrate the plasmic shell. (AUDIO: Beneath the Viscoid)
Due to a malfunction in the chameleon circuit, the Doctor's Type 40 TARDIS was stuck with a police box plasmic shell after leaving 1963 London. (TV: An Unearthly Child, COMIC: Hunters of the Burning Stone) Apart from the Sixth Doctor's brief and somewhat limited success in repairing it (TV: Attack of the Cybermen), it retained that shape up through its final resting place as the Doctor's tomb on Trenzalore in an alternate timeline. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
Among plasmic shells used by the Doctor's TARDIS before the malfunction were: an Ionic column and a sedan chair, (TV: An Unearthly Child) a wooden kiosk, (AUDIO: Quinnis) a boulder, (PROSE: Frayed) a shed (PROSE: The Price of Conviction) and a post box. (PROSE: The Little Things)
The Tremas Master used his chameleon circuit to bond his TARDIS' plasmic shell with the Third Doctor's. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
Later, more sentient TARDISes could decide what to change into all by themselves. (PROSE: Alien Bodies)
When the Doctor's TARDIS entered siege mode, its exterior took the shape of a cube etched with Gallifreyan writing. (TV: Flatline)
