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'''From TARDIS Information System, the free Doctor Who reference.'''
'''From the TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.'''


Welcome aboard! This is the '''TARDIS Information System''' website, - or will be if this [[regeneration]] works out. The [[TARDIS]] Information System is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference database for everything related to '''[[Doctor Who]]'''. The database is formatted in a Wiki structure which visitors can edit. If you're new to the TARDIS Information System, please join us! Visit the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page and  
Welcome aboard! This is the '''TARDIS Index File''' website, - or will be if this [[regeneration]] works out. The [[TARDIS]] Information System is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference database for everything related to '''[[Doctor Who]]'''. The database is formatted in a Wiki structure which visitors can edit. If you're new to the TARDIS Information System, please join us! Visit the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page and  
experiment with the [[Sandbox]] to learn how you can contribute to any article right now!
experiment with the [[Sandbox]] to learn how you can contribute to any article right now!


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== Featured Article ==
== Featured Article ==


'''From TARDIS Information System, the free ''Doctor Who'' reference database.'''
'''From TARDIS Index File, the free ''Doctor Who'' reference database.'''
[[Image:St--5z14.jpg|none|right|Screen capture from the Doctor Who serial "Castrovalva"]]
[[Image:St--5z14.jpg|none|right|Screen capture from the Doctor Who serial "Castrovalva"]]
'''The TARDIS Information System''' was a searchable database discovered by the [[Doctor]]'s companions [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka |Tegan]] in Episode 1 of the [[1982]] 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]]."  


Tegan noticed the home page on a monitor on the [[TARDIS]]' control console as she and Nyssa were trying to pilot the TARDIS whilst the Doctor was incapacitated by the physical and psychic shock of his latest [[regeneration]]. Articles within the database could be accessed by typing in a two letter acronym for the subject.  Entering "IF,"  for example, would bring up the database's Index File.  Nyssa noted that using the Index File to search for the Index File was an example of [[recursion]].
Articles within the database could be accessed by typing in a two letter acronym for the subject.  Entering "IF,"  for example, would bring up the database's Index File.  Nyssa noted that using the Index File to search for the Index File was an example of [[recursion]].


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.  Since it was never mentioned before, and has not been mentioned since, at least on the television series, very likely the TARDIS  Information System was part of the Master's modifications, and not an actual part of the TARDIS' standard equipment.  
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.  


The [[Main Page|TARDIS Information System]] 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.
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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From the TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Welcome aboard! This is the TARDIS Index File website, - or will be if this regeneration works out. The TARDIS Information System is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference database for everything related to Doctor Who. The database is formatted in a Wiki structure which visitors can edit. If you're new to the TARDIS Information System, please join us! Visit the Help page and experiment with the Sandbox to learn how you can contribute to any article right now!

You may also wish to visit the two wikis which helped inspire the creation and format of this site, Wikipedia, a free, open source encyclopedia, and Memory Alpha, a wiki reference site devoted to the Star Trek universe.

Featured Article

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference database.

The TARDIS Index File, was a searchable database discovered by the Doctor's companions Nyssa and 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 subject. Entering "IF," for example, would bring up the database's Index File. Nyssa noted that using the Index File to search for the Index File was an example of recursion.

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.

The 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 WikiWiki structure which visitors can edit, takes its name from this temporary feature of the Doctor's TARDIS.