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{{first pic|TARDIS Handbook.jpg|The [[Fourth Doctor]] reads his TARDIS Handbook. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'')}} | {{first pic|TARDIS Handbook.jpg|The [[Fourth Doctor]] reads his TARDIS Handbook. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'')}} | ||
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A '''TARDIS Instruction Manual''', also known as a '''TARDIS Manual''', '''TARDIS Handbook''' or '''''TARDIS - Service''''', was a book that instructed in the piloting and workings of a [[TARDIS]]. It contained 726 pages. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)|Vengeance on Varos]]'') [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] had an instruction manual, but [[the Doctor]] rarely looked at it. His failure to heed the instructions led to numerous backfiring attempts to work the TARDIS controls properly. | A '''TARDIS Instruction Manual''', also known as a '''TARDIS Manual''', '''TARDIS Handbook''' or '''''TARDIS - Service''''', was a book that instructed in the piloting and workings of a [[TARDIS]]. It contained 726 pages. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)|Vengeance on Varos]]'') [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] had an instruction manual, but [[the Doctor]] rarely looked at it. His failure to heed the instructions led to numerous backfiring attempts to work the TARDIS controls properly. The [[Fourth Doctor]] nonetheless hoped to keep it out of the hands of the [[Zygon]]s, the [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]], and the [[Dalek Empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (novelisation)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== The Doctor's manual === | === The Doctor's manual === | ||
The TARDIS Instruction Manual that belonged to the [[First Doctor]] was one of the segments of the [[Key to Time]] scattered throughout the Doctor's timeline. Before handing the book over to the [[White Guardian]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] expressed regret over having to lose it. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time & Time Again (comic story)|Time & Time Again]]'') | |||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] owned a handbook specific to the [[Type 40]] model. While making modifications to the TARDIS, he read aloud the passage "when making modifications, it's extremely important to shut everything down, except that which is not necessary to shut down", and commented that he found it quite sensible. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'') On other occasions, the Doctor disagreed strongly with the manual, at one point even tearing out one of its pages. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') On one occasion, he told Romana that having the TARDIS manual quoted to him was bad for his concentration. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sands of Life (audio story)|The Sands of Life]]'') | |||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] owned a handbook specific to the [[Type 40]] model. While making modifications to the TARDIS, he read aloud the passage "when making modifications, it's extremely important to shut everything down, except that which is not necessary to shut down", and commented that he found it quite sensible. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'') On other occasions, the Doctor disagreed strongly with the manual, at one point even tearing out one of its pages. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'') On one occasion, he told Romana that having the TARDIS manual quoted to him was bad for his concentration. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sands of Life (audio story)|The Sands of Life]]'') | |||
[[Tegan Jovanka]] tried to understand the manual when she accidentally set the TARDIS in flight while trying to get herself off of the [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]]'s ship. She called it gibberish, finally throwing it to the floor and stamping on it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | [[Tegan Jovanka]] tried to understand the manual when she accidentally set the TARDIS in flight while trying to get herself off of the [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]]'s ship. She called it gibberish, finally throwing it to the floor and stamping on it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | ||
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=== Clara and Ashildr's Manual === | === Clara and Ashildr's Manual === | ||
Ashildr | [[Ashildr]] referred to a TARDIS Manual when trying to learn to fly [[Clara's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] she and [[Clara Oswald]] stole. Ashildr couldn't figure out how to get the [[chameleon circuit]] to work right from the manual, leaving their TARDIS stuck in the shape of a 1960s American diner. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The [[Type 40 | * [[File:Type40OperationalHandbook.jpg|thumb|The [[Type 40 Operational Handbook]], as [[Imagination|imagined]] by [[Christel Dee]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Doctor Who Minecraft (webcast)|Doctor Who Minecraft]]'')]]The [[Type 40 Operational Handbook]] owned by [[Christel Dee]] in ''[[Doctor Who Minecraft (webcast)|Doctor Who Minecraft]]'' seems inspired by the Type-40-specific TARDIS Instruction Manual used by the [[Fourth Doctor]] in ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]''. | ||
* A manual for the TARDIS does exist in real life; it is used by the production team to teach cast members (usually those who've just taken on the role of the Doctor) how to operate the console during taping. | * A manual for the TARDIS does exist in real life; it is used by the production team to teach cast members (usually those who've just taken on the role of the Doctor) how to operate the console during taping.{{fact}} | ||
* Multiple "TARDIS Manual" books have been released in the real world: | |||
** ''[[TARDIS Manual (activity book)]]'', a 2005 activity book based on [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' | |||
** ''[[TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual]]'', a 2018 reference work describing the workings of TARDISes as portrayed on-screen. | |||
[[Category:Gallifreyan texts]] | [[Category:Gallifreyan texts]] | ||
[[Category:The Doctor's books]] | [[Category:The Doctor's books]] | ||
[[Category:TARDIS]] | [[Category:TARDIS]] | ||
[[Category:Segments of the Key to Time]] |