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[[Image:Logo2005.jpg|300 px|right|New Doctor Who television series logo]] '''Doctor Who''' is a science-fiction television programme that originally ran on the [[BBC]] from [[1963]] to [[1989]].  A [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie|television movie]] was co-produced with [[Universal Pictures]] in [[1996]], and a new season is being broadcast starting in March of [[2005]].
[[Image:St--5z14.jpg|none|right|Screen capture from the Doctor Who serial "Castrovalva"]]
'''The TARDIS Index File,''' was a searchable database discovered by [[the Doctor]]'s companions [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka |Tegan]] in Episode 1 of the [[1982]] serial, "[[Castrovalva]]."


Articles within the database could be accessed by typing in a two letter acronym for the subjectEntering "IF," for example, would bring up the database's Index FileNyssa noted that using the Index File to search for the Index File was an example of [[recursion]].
''Doctor Who'' is about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as [[the Doctor]].  The Doctor travels through space and time in a craft known as the [[TARDIS]], an acronym for "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space"The Doctor is usually accompanied by one or more [[list of companions|companions]], who are often attractive females. The tone of the programme varies from serious to comic, from gothic horror to showbiz campThe original ''Doctor Who'' series is fondly remembered among the general public both for frightening monsters (such as the [[Dalek]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s) and cheap [[special effects]].


It was later revealed that [[the Master]] had modified the Doctor's TARDIS via [[block transfer computation]] as part of his plan to ensnare and destroy the Doctor.  The TARDIS  Index File was part of the Master's modifications, and not an actual part of the TARDIS' standard equipment.
In [[2000]], in a poll of industry professionals, the [[Wikipedia:British Film Institute|British Film Institute]] voted ''Doctor Who'' #3 in a list of the [[Wikipedia:100 Greatest British Television Programmes|100 Greatest British Television Programmes]].
 
The [[Main Page|TARDIS Index File]] website, a  collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference database for everything related to Doctor Who, using a database formatted in a [[Wikipedia:WikiWiki|WikiWiki]] structure which visitors can edit, takes its name from this temporary feature of the Doctor's TARDIS.

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Doctor Who is a science-fiction television programme that originally ran on the BBC from 1963 to 1989. A television movie was co-produced with Universal Pictures in 1996, and a new season is being broadcast starting in March of 2005.

Doctor Who is about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor. The Doctor travels through space and time in a craft known as the TARDIS, an acronym for "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space". The Doctor is usually accompanied by one or more companions, who are often attractive females. The tone of the programme varies from serious to comic, from gothic horror to showbiz camp. The original Doctor Who series is fondly remembered among the general public both for frightening monsters (such as the Daleks and Sea Devils) and cheap special effects.

In 2000, in a poll of industry professionals, the British Film Institute voted Doctor Who #3 in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes.