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[[TARDIS control room (The Snowmen)|The TARDIS control room used by the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors]] had a sleek, technologically-unified '''[[TARDIS control console]]'''. Unlike other consoles, this one notably had two more additional control panels surrounding it. | [[TARDIS control room (The Snowmen)|The TARDIS control room used by the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors]] had a sleek, technologically-unified '''[[TARDIS control console]]'''. Unlike other consoles, this one notably had two more additional control panels surrounding it. | ||
[[Missy]] used the same console with a different [[time rotor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)}}) | == Associated control rooms == | ||
This console was part of [[TARDIS control room (The Snowmen)|the TARDIS control room used by the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Deep Breath (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}, et al.) | |||
Panel 4 of this console was part of the [[Remembered TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
[[Missy's TARDIS control room (TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual)|Missy's TARDIS control room]] used the same console with a different [[time rotor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)}}) | |||
The same console panels and controls appeared in [[TARDIS (Playing House)|a dying TARDIS encountered by the Twelfth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Playing House (comic story)}}) | |||
== Central console layout == | == Central console layout == | ||
{{ | {{oou box|The console's panels are listed here in clockwise order, starting with the panel facing the [[TARDIS door]]s in the placement first seen in the episode {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}.}} | ||
[[File:Console cross-section (The Snowmen) Type 40 Manual.jpg|thumb|left|Cross-section of the console's interior technology. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)}})]] | [[File:Console cross-section (The Snowmen) Type 40 Manual.jpg|thumb|left|Cross-section of the console's interior technology. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)}})]] | ||
The console in this room was at the centre of the main deck and had a very sophisticated and technological appearance. The base of the console was a supported glass cylinder which was lit in a very bright green light. The six control panels formed a hexagonal console, with each panel containing different types of controls.([[TV]]: ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'') | The console in this room was at the centre of the main deck and had a very sophisticated and technological appearance. The base of the console was a supported glass cylinder which was lit in a very bright green light. The six control panels formed a hexagonal console, with each panel containing different types of controls.([[TV]]: ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'') | ||
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== Additional control panels == | == Additional control panels == | ||
The console had two "additional control panels" ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)}}) which curved on the other side of the platform on which a pilot would use this console. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}) | The console had two "additional control panels" ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)}}) which curved on the other side of the platform on which a pilot would use this console. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}) | ||
Several of the controls on these panels ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hide (TV story)}}, et al.) also appeared on the [[TARDIS console (The Star Beast)|the TARDIS console used by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* In the real world, this console is commonly known as the "[[Toyota]] console". ([[TEDW 2]]) | |||
* [[Richard Hardy]] designed this console's panels. His intention with the gear-heavy panel was that it was where the Doctor "turns handles to decide on his timeline". ([[REF]]: ''[[Impossible Worlds]]'') | * [[Richard Hardy]] designed this console's panels. His intention with the gear-heavy panel was that it was where the Doctor "turns handles to decide on his timeline". ([[REF]]: ''[[Impossible Worlds]]'') | ||
* Despite having seemingly sci-fi buttons such as "retro time fwd", "retro time bwd", and "show earth pos", Panel 5's keyboard is composed of keys taken from a 1992 {{w|National Grid (United Kingdom)|National Grid}} control panel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=post on "Capaldi Keypad" |author="[https://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=fb3dfa87aadf0b8e72c63d7b0f95af8f&action=profile;u=4518 propfix]"| website name = Tardis Builders | date of source = 8 August 2014|accessdate=4 April 2024 |url= https://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=6895.msg87085#msg87085 }}</ref> | |||
* A [[Minecraft (video game)|Minecraft]] version of this console appears in [[Doctor Who Minecraft (webcast)|an episode of ''The Fan Show'']] in a Minecraft-based [[desktop theme]] uploaded to the databanks of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] by the YouTuber Ben as a surprise for [[Christel Dee]]. This console had the same telepathic circuits on panel 3, as well as an [[etheric beam locator]] on panel 2, the [[shield oscillator]] on panel 1, the [[food machine]] on one of the additional control panels, [[temporal Glowstone stabilisers]] on panel 6, and the [[Netherrack Thermocouplings]] as the red buttons at the end of one of the additional control panels. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Doctor Who Minecraft (webcast)}}) | |||
== References == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{The Doctor's TARDIS designs}} | |||
[[Category:TARDIS consoles]] | [[Category:TARDIS consoles]] | ||
[[Category:Eleventh Doctor|TARDIS console 2]] | |||
[[Category:Twelfth Doctor]] | |||