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|name= Secrets of the Tardis
|image         = The Doctor goes inside.jpg
|image= The Doctor Goes Inside.png
|doctor       = First Doctor
|doctor= First Doctor
|companions   = [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
|companions= [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
|setting       = [[The Doctor's TARDIS]], [[Earth]]
|setting= [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]
|series        = ''[[Give-a-Show Projector|GASPS]]'' comics
|publication= [[Give-a-Show Projector]]
|release date = 1965
|publisher= Kenner
|publication   = [[Give-a-Show Projector]]
|format= Cut-out, 7 slides
|publisher     = Kenner
|prev= none
|format       = Cut-out, 7 slides
|next= Doctor Who in "Lilliput"
|prev         = The Defeat of the Daleks (comic story)
}}'''''Secrets of the Tardis''''' was the first comic story in Kenner's [[Give-a-Show Projector]] series of comic cut-outs. It was based off of the first Doctor Who serial, ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''
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'''''The Secrets of the Tardis''''' was a comic story in Kenner's [[Give-a-Show Projector]] series of comic stories. The story is notable for being the first in the franchise's history to attempt to directly explain how the TARDIS is [[Dimensional transcendentalism|bigger on the inside]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Doctor explains how the TARDIS works to Ian and Barbara.
[[The Doctor]] explains how the [[TARDIS]] works to [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]].
 
== Plot ==
Outside [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], Barbara asks the Doctor how such a large [[console room|control room]] can fit inside a small [[telephone box|call box]]. Taking his [[companion]]s inside, the Doctor explains that the [[TARDIS]] [[Outer plasmic shell|box]] is just an [[entrance chamber]] to a [[time|fourth dimension]]. A reversal of [[time acceleration]] occurs at the inner [[door]]. Therefore, all but the box is invisible to the outside world. By careful control the crew can then [[time travel|travel]] through [[space time]] and meet up with countless [[adventure]]s.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]


== Notes ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* This is the very first Doctor Who comic, although not the first comic strip, as that was [[The Klepton Parasites (comic story)|The Klepton Parasites]].
* In the middle of the control room is the [[time rotor|time control core]].
 
== Story notes ==
* The TARDIS control console is depicted as being shaped like a pentagon, rather than being hexagonal as it is on [[television]].
 
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
 
== External links ==
''to be added''


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The Secrets of the Tardis was a comic story in Kenner's Give-a-Show Projector series of comic stories. The story is notable for being the first in the franchise's history to attempt to directly explain how the TARDIS is bigger on the inside.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor explains how the TARDIS works to Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Outside the Doctor's TARDIS, Barbara asks the Doctor how such a large control room can fit inside a small call box. Taking his companions inside, the Doctor explains that the TARDIS box is just an entrance chamber to a fourth dimension. A reversal of time acceleration occurs at the inner door. Therefore, all but the box is invisible to the outside world. By careful control the crew can then travel through space time and meet up with countless adventures.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The TARDIS control console is depicted as being shaped like a pentagon, rather than being hexagonal as it is on television.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added