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{{Infobox Object | {{Infobox Object | ||
|image= TardisInformationSystem.jpg | |image = TardisInformationSystem.jpg | ||
|type = Database | |type = Database | ||
|origin = [[Gallifrey]] | |origin = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|first = Castrovalva (TV story) | |first cs = Castrovalva (TV story) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nightmare Country (audio story)|Nightmare Country]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Precious Annihilation (audio story)|Precious Annihilation]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nightmare Country (audio story)|Nightmare Country]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Precious Annihilation (audio story)|Precious Annihilation]]''}} | ||
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The '''TARDIS | The '''TARDIS Information system''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') also known as the '''TARDIS Relational Information System''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Castrovalva]]'') was a searchable [[database]] discovered by the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s companions [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] from a readout in the [[control room]]. The Fifth and [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth]] Doctors called it the '''TARDIS databank'''. | ||
Articles in the databank were accessed by typing in an initialism for the subject. Entering ''IF'', for example, brought up the database's [[index file]]. | Articles in the databank were accessed by typing in an initialism for the subject. Entering ''IF'', for example, brought up the database's [[index file]]. | ||
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[[Handles]] used the TARDIS databanks to identify the origin of [[the Question]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | [[Handles]] used the TARDIS databanks to identify the origin of [[the Question]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] compiled [[TARDIS data extract]]s about the various foes she encountered. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Know Your Enemy (DWAN 2021 feature)|Know Your Enemy]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* For some reason, the "system" in the name of the component is not capitalised. | |||
[[Category:TARDIS components]] | [[Category:TARDIS components]] | ||
[[Category:Information retrieval]] | [[Category:Information retrieval]] |