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|image = TOTT The Three Doctors TARDIS exterior.png | |image = TOTT The Three Doctors TARDIS exterior.png | ||
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|type = [[TARDIS]] | |type = [[Memory TARDIS (TARDIS variant)|Memory TARDIS]] / [[memory construct]] | ||
|origin = | |origin = [[Time Window]], [[UNIT HQ, City of London]] | ||
|used by = [[The Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Ace]] | |used by = [[The Doctor]], [[Ruby Sunday|Ruby]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Clyde Langer|Clyde]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]], [[Ace]] | ||
|first cs = Earthshock (TotT TV story) | |first cs = Earthshock (TotT TV story) | ||
|appearances = {{Il|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}}} | |appearances = {{Il|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TotT TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}}} | ||
}} | |clip = Inside the Remembered TARDIS! - Empire of Death - Doctor Who | ||
|bts = Bonnie Langford's Remembered TARDIS Tour - Behind the Scenes - Empire of Death - Doctor Who | |||
}}{{The Doctor's TARDIS counterparts}} | |||
A [[TARDIS]], called a "'''Remembered TARDIS'''" by the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death}}) and the [[Fifth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) and called a "'''[[Memory]] TARDIS'''" by the [[Seventh Doctor]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) was [[memory construct|a physical memory]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] created inside [[UNIT]]'s [[Time Window]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) It featured a [[TARDIS control room|console room]] composed entirely of pieces from various versions of the Doctor's TARDIS console across their adventures through [[time]] and [[space]]. The console room, rather than having a traditional central console, was a compact space where controls were dispersed across the walls and ceiling. The ship had [[TARDIS exterior (The Ghost Monument)|the same TARDIS exterior used by the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Doctors]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
The | == Nature == | ||
The Remembered TARDIS was created when [[UNIT]]'s [[Time Window]] was used to revisit the abandonment of [[Ruby Sunday]] at the [[Church, Ruby Road|church]] on [[Ruby Road]] on [[Christmas Eve]] in [[2004]]. The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] observed that the projection of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] looked "almost solid" and wondered aloud that if "[[time]] is [[memory]], and memory is time, then what is the memory of a time machine". Due to the moment in time being "raw", with the [[Snow (The Church on Ruby Road)|snow]] and [[Carol of the Bells|song]] from that night following the Doctor and Ruby throughout their adventures, as well as the Doctor's memory of what happened that night changing, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) the remembered TARDIS was able to fully manifest, becoming its own separate vessel - a memory of the Doctor's own TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
In order to continue sustaining its own existence, the remembered TARDIS needed to "feed" on [[Story|stories]]. This was deduced by the [[Fifth Doctor]] after he and [[Tegan Jovanka]] found themselves transported there long after Tegan had [[Duplicate Incident|parted ways]] with him. The Doctor quickly figured out the purpose of the remembered TARDIS, explaining that it was a memory which had reached out and remembered the two of them. Tegan called it a "'''gimcrack TARDIS'''", and was initially reluctant to participate in the storytelling process after the Doctor suggested that they should share "the strongest of all the stories" out of all their adventures - that being their [[Cyber-invasion (Earthshock)|confrontation]] with the [[Cybermen]] which resulted in the [[death]] of [[Adric]]. Ultimately, however, Tegan conceded and was willing to do it in Adric's memory. ([[TV]] {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) Other Doctors came to similar conclusions as to the nature of the memory TARDIS; the [[Sixth Doctor]] described the remembered TARDIS as housing the stories he and his companions shared, like "ripples on an eternal [[pond]] [that were] forever moving [and] forever repeating", ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}) while the [[Seventh Doctor]] added that the memory TARDIS was "a special place where old friends [could] come together to share stories, to remember, and to confront difficult truths". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
While its nature was understood, the purpose of the TARDIS, however, was uncertain. Tegan hypothesised that the TARDIS was a chance for TARDIS travellers to sit down and think about the ramifications of their adventures, with the Fifth Doctor agreeing that it provided [[therapy]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) [[Zoe Heriot]] believed that the TARDIS was responsible for undoing the [[Time Lord]]s' erasure of her and [[Jamie McCrimmon]]'s memories. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) How the TARDIS operated was also a mystery, such as how the visitors managed to arrive; while Tegan and the Fifth Doctor implied that they appeared in the TARDIS after falling asleep, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) [[Ace]] remarked that she had been taken from a business meeting when she appeared in the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) When [[Peri Brown]] appeared before the Sixth Doctor, who had been relaxing with a book in the TARDIS, a distinct sound was heard, indicating she had been teleported in, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}) with the same sound being heard when [[Clyde Langer]] left. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
While some Doctors and companions remained on board to use the remembered TARDIS as a standard ship, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}, {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) Zoe believed staying in the TARDIS to be a temporary affair, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) with [[Jo Jones]] implying that the occupants had a measure of control on when they could leave. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
The incarnations of the Doctor preceding the Fifteenth Doctor that arrived in the TARDIS were also older-looking, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}, {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}, {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}, {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) with the Seventh Doctor cryptically saying was due to the [[time stream]]s being "all a matter of perspective." ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
By one account, this TARDIS was one of several existant [[Memory TARDIS (TARDIS variant)|Memory TARDIS]]es. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I, TARDIS (novel)}}) | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== | === Escaping the Empire of Death === | ||
While visiting [[UNIT HQ, City of London|UNIT HQ]], the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] requested use of a [[Time Window]] developed by [[UNIT]] that allowed them to observe historical events in a [[hologram]] projector room. Using the window to revisit the abandonment of his [[companion]], [[Ruby Sunday]], at the [[Church, Ruby Road|church]] on [[Ruby Road]] on [[Christmas Eve]] in [[2004]], the Doctor observed that the projection of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] looked "almost solid" and wondered aloud that if "[[time]] is [[memory]], and memory is time, then what is the memory of a time machine". | |||
As [[Sutekh]] prepared to give his "gift of death" to [[N-Space|the universe]], wreaking destruction at every point in time and [[space]] simultaneously to create his [[Empire of Death]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) the Fifteenth Doctor ordered Ruby to return to the Time Window. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) There, she would be joined by the Doctor and [[Melanie Bush]], who used the Remembered TARDIS to escape the oncoming apocalypse after the Doctor asked Ruby to remember the TARDIS as much as she could to stabilise its manifestation. | |||
With the Doctor's own TARDIS having been taken by Sutekh, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) the Doctor went on to reflect on his first battle with Sutekh with Ruby inside the remembered TARDIS. There, the Doctor told Ruby about [[Sarah Jane Smith]], who he fondly remembered as being "amazing", and how she and the [[Fourth Doctor]] fought and defeated Sutekh deep in the [[English]] [[countryside]] in the [[summer]] of [[1911]] - a story he started with [[Marcus Scarman]]'s [[looting]] of the [[Egypt]]ian [[tomb]]s. Concluding his telling, the Doctor confessed his uncertainty as to whether or not he could again defeat Sutekh, who had since [[evolution|evolved]] into a "Titan". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
The Remembered TARDIS would go on to play a vital role in saving the universe, before the Doctor ultimately reclaimed his own original TARDIS back from Sutekh. After leaving it in [[2046]], the Doctor kissed its doors goodbye. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
=== | === Further guests === | ||
{{section stub|Info from ''[[The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'', ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'', ''[[The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'' and ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' needs to be added}} | {{section stub|Info from ''[[The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'', ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'', ''[[The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'' and ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' needs to be added}} | ||
After sharing the story of their encounter with the Cybermen and the loss of Adric with Tegan, the Fifth Doctor found that [[Adric's badge]], which had been destroyed in the incident, was intact in his [[hand]] as he and Tegan reflected on their continued travels following his death. The Doctor admitted that he never looked back. At the Doctor's request, Tegan then told him about the life she had led after leaving the Doctor's company. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
When Jo Jones and Clyde Langer found themselves in the remembered TARDIS, reuniting with each other as they looked through what Langer called "cool [[junk]]", the two recognised their surroundings as resembling the Doctor's TARDIS, but "not so much". After Jo played with the [[Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], Clyde noted that the Doctor was not present, but Jo voiced her belief that all the Doctors and their [[companion]]s, including the late [[Sarah Jane Smith]], were with them as the TARDIS "never really [let] go". Having heard of the death of [[Clifford Jones]], Clyde offered his condolences and, at Jo's request, told her about what he, [[Luke Smith]] and [[Rani Chandra]] were doing, with both of them admitting that they missed the "old days". When Clyde asked Jo how many Doctors she knew, Jo told him of [[First Omega Crisis|the time]] she was with three or "two and a bit" Doctors at once. | |||
Jo admitted that she missed [[Third Doctor|her Doctor]] just as Clyde missed Sarah Jane. She urged Clyde to tell Rani that he loved her, telling him that people were made of stories and that the two of them would make the most important story just as she had with Cliff. Clyde went off to find Rani whilst Jo remained behind to see what other memories would come to call, assuring Clyde that the TARDIS would show him the way. Following Clyde's departure, Jo found the [[Metebelis crystal]] and reflected on how the Doctor brought her and Cliff together when, to her amazement, Cliff appeared before her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | Jo admitted that she missed [[Third Doctor|her Doctor]] just as Clyde missed Sarah Jane. She urged Clyde to tell Rani that he loved her, telling him that people were made of stories and that the two of them would make the most important story just as she had with Cliff. Clyde went off to find Rani whilst Jo remained behind to see what other memories would come to call, assuring Clyde that the TARDIS would show him the way. Following Clyde's departure, Jo found the [[Metebelis crystal]] and reflected on how the Doctor brought her and Cliff together when, to her amazement, Cliff appeared before her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
== Layout == | == Layout == | ||
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The first row of the column to the right of the doors had [[ | The first row of the column to the right of the doors had [[Dorium Maldovar's box]] on the floor in front of it. Early on, the [[Seventh Doctor's jumper]], [[Sixth Doctor's coat]], and [[Sixth Doctor's pants]] were resting on the box. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) At a later point, two pieces of cloth were still seen resting on it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The shelf space behind Maldovar's box had strings of large orange beads. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
The second row had several rods with orange and red tips. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | The second row had several rods with orange and red tips. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
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The [[TARDIS scanner]] from the [[TARDIS console (The Eleventh Hour)|Eleventh Doctor's first console]] partially rested over the first row on the floor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | The [[TARDIS scanner]] from the [[TARDIS console (The Eleventh Hour)|Eleventh Doctor's first console]] partially rested over the first row on the floor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The third row had a brown | The second row had an [[Albion Party]] poster and [[the Toymaker's cards]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
The third row had several glass spheres, a brown box, and a toy elephant. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
The fourth row had | The fourth row had a projector-like object, a silvery object with a red tip resembling a ray gun, two yellow and black boxes, and a [[reel]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}, {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
[[File:Vengeance on Varos Clockwork Droid shelf.jpg|thumb|right|[[Peri Brown]] looks at the shelf with the [[Clockwork Droid]] mask. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}})]] | [[File:Vengeance on Varos Clockwork Droid shelf.jpg|thumb|right|[[Peri Brown]] looks at the shelf with the [[Clockwork Droid]] mask. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}})]] | ||
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==== Column 4 ==== | ==== Column 4 ==== | ||
[[File:Mind Robber boat shelf.jpg|thumb|right|The 5th row of the 4th clockwise vertical section (middle) had the [[analogue telephone]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}})]] | [[File:Mind Robber boat shelf.jpg|thumb|right|The 5th row of the 4th clockwise vertical section (middle) had the [[analogue telephone]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}})]] | ||
The fifth row had two hardcover books, one with a yellow spine and | The fifth row had two hardcover books, one with a yellow spine and ''[[A Journal of Impossible Things (The End of Time)|A Journal of Impossible Things]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) There was also a small wooden boat with two orange discs in it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) The right side of the shelf had a beaded string with small elephants on it and a bell at its end, as well as the [[analogue telephone]] from the [[TARDIS console (The Eleventh Hour)|Eleventh Doctor's first console]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The sixth row had an item which may have been a Baseball catching mitt. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | The sixth row had an item which may have been a Baseball catching mitt. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
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The lower panel was a segment of [[TARDIS console (The Five Doctors)|the console first used by the Fifth Doctor]]. | The lower panel was a segment of [[TARDIS console (The Five Doctors)|the console first used by the Fifth Doctor]]. | ||
The higher panel was the Helm Panel segment of [[TARDIS console (The Eleventh Hour)|the Eleventh Doctor's first console]], which rested a wider shelf resembling [[TARDIS control room (The Eleventh Hour)|the associated control room]]'s flooring. This panel had a drawer that housed the [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the [[Second Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the [[Twelfth Doctor's second sonic screwdriver]], the [[Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] and the [[Seventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver]]. It also once gave [[Jo Grant]] a [[Metebelis crystal]]. On the left side of this console was the [[force field generator (The Three Doctors)|force field generator]], complete with [[the Doctor's recorder]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | The higher panel was the Helm Panel segment of [[TARDIS console (The Eleventh Hour)|the Eleventh Doctor's first console]], which rested a wider shelf resembling [[TARDIS control room (The Eleventh Hour)|the associated control room]]'s flooring, with a space on the shelf fitted for the screen from the [[Time Window]] to rest. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) This panel had a drawer that housed the [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the [[Second Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the [[Twelfth Doctor's second sonic screwdriver]], the [[Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] and the [[Seventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver]]. It also once gave [[Jo Grant]] a [[Metebelis crystal]]. On the left side of this console was the [[force field generator (The Three Doctors)|force field generator]], complete with [[the Doctor's recorder]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') [[River Song's sonic screwdriver]] once rested against the left edge of the console. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
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The fifth row had a [[Toclafane]] with a [[fez]] resting on it, as well as a [[spotlight]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | The fifth row had a [[Toclafane]] with a [[fez]] resting on it, as well as a [[spotlight]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The sixth row had a television set | The sixth row had a television set and a blue can of [[custard]]. This screen showed [[Venus]] during the [[Empire of Death]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) and was associated with the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]]'s memories of [[Varos]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
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The third row had a large gas lamp, a reel, a solid white snow globe, and a metal cylinder. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | The third row had a large gas lamp, a reel, a solid white snow globe, and a metal cylinder. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The fourth row had two small blocky statues of people as well as a fuzzy version of the interlocking circles seen on another shelf. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | The fourth row had two small blocky statues of people as well as a fuzzy version of the interlocking circles seen on another shelf. Obscured behind one of the statues and a bottle of [[glue]] was a [[photograph]] of the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]] in [[Paris]], distinguishable by the [[Eiffel Tower]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The fifth row had a brown circular clock, a white plastic bottle, and a grey plastic box. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) [[Yasmin Khan's police badge]] was hanging from this shelf. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
The | The sixth row initially had one of [[Rose Noble's gonks]], the [[2Dis]], and a round [[clock]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) The gonk later disappeared and the 2Dis later appeared on a different shelf. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}, et al.) | ||
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[[File:Mind Robber lower TV.jpg|thumb|left|The lower television of the ninth clockwise vertical section. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}})]] | [[File:Mind Robber lower TV.jpg|thumb|left|The lower television of the ninth clockwise vertical section. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}})]] | ||
The second row had a TV. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | The second row had a TV. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) This screen once showed [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
The third row had some large books, a black [[queen (chess)|queen]] and [[rook (chess)|rook]], a blue and white circle, the [[Twelfth Doctor's yo-yo]], the [[Twelfth Doctor's spoon]]s, an [[atom accelerator]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) and the [[Tenth Doctor's 3D glasses]] resting on a grey sphere. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}) | The third row had some large books, [[Inston-Vee Vinder's call device]], a black [[queen (chess)|queen]] and [[rook (chess)|rook]], a blue and white circle, the [[Twelfth Doctor's yo-yo]], the [[Twelfth Doctor's spoon]]s, an [[atom accelerator]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) and the [[Tenth Doctor's 3D glasses]] resting on a grey sphere. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The fourth row had a TV, the [[2Dis]], some papers, and some bright green and orange plastic shapes. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | The fourth row had a TV, the [[2Dis]], some papers, and some bright green and orange plastic shapes. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) This screen once showed an image of a planet which was identified as both [[Telos]] and the [[Ood Sphere]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
The fifth row had several glassy white objects, including what looked like a vacuum-sealed [[mushroom]] with a red cap. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | The fifth row had several glassy white objects, including what looked like a vacuum-sealed [[mushroom]] with a red cap. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
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The roundel layer continued over this column. | The roundel layer continued over this column. | ||
On the floor before the first row, there was a television set. On top of this was the helmet of a [[Sanctuary Base 6 space suit]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) When [[Jo Grant]] and [[Clyde Langer]] visited the TARDIS, [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s [[stuffed owl (The Hand of Fear)|stuffed owl]] was on top of the TV. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | On the floor before the first row, there was a television set. On top of this was the helmet of a [[Sanctuary Base 6 space suit]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) When [[Jo Grant]] and [[Clyde Langer]] visited the TARDIS, [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s [[stuffed owl (The Hand of Fear)|stuffed owl]] was on top of the TV. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) This television screen showed [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
An open roundel revealed that the fifth row held [[Handles]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | An open roundel revealed that the fifth row held [[Handles]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
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The second row had a [[Vote Saxon]] poster. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | The second row had a [[Vote Saxon]] poster. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The third row had the [[Twelfth Doctor's jelly baby case]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)}}, {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) | |||
[[File:Time Meddler Out of Order sign.jpg|thumb|[[The Doctor's Out of Order sign]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)}})]] | [[File:Time Meddler Out of Order sign.jpg|thumb|[[The Doctor's Out of Order sign]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)}})]] | ||
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The higher panel was from the [[TARDIS console (An Unearthly Child)|console used by the First to Third Doctors]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) On the left side of this console was a bowl with three [[fluid link]]s in it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)}}) | The higher panel was from the [[TARDIS console (An Unearthly Child)|console used by the First to Third Doctors]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TotT TV story)}}) On the left side of this console was a bowl with three [[fluid link]]s in it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
Initially, the [[Seventh Doctor's calling card]] was centred on the divider above the higher console. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
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The floor in front of the first row had ''[[The History of the Time War]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | The floor in front of the first row had ''[[The History of the Time War]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The fifth row had a large beige plastic radio | The fifth row had a large beige plastic radio ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)}}) from the diner counter of [[Clara's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) The [[Second Doctor's stovepipe hat]] was hanging from wires at the edge of the left side of this shelf. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
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On the floor in front of the first row were a pair of black boots and a miniature version of the [[Twelfth Doctor's chalkboard]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | On the floor in front of the first row were a pair of black boots and a miniature version of the [[Twelfth Doctor's chalkboard]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The second to fourth rows were taken up by a stack of drawers. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | The second to fourth rows were taken up by a stack of drawers. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) The fourth drawer from the top had several [[sonic screwdriver]]s in it, including the [[Twelfth Doctor's second sonic screwdriver]], the [[Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the [[War Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], and the [[Seventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
The sixth row originally had the mounted head of a [[K9]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
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[[File:River Song's stilettos Curse of Fenric.jpg|thumb|left|[[River Song's stilettos (The Time of Angels)|River Song's stilettos]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}})]] | [[File:River Song's stilettos Curse of Fenric.jpg|thumb|left|[[River Song's stilettos (The Time of Angels)|River Song's stilettos]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}})]] | ||
The floor in front of the first row had [[River Song's stilettos (The Time of Angels)|River Song's stilettos]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | The floor in front of the first row had [[River Song's stilettos (The Time of Angels)|River Song's stilettos]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
The fourth row had a portrait of the [[Fugitive Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
The fifth row had a [[globe]] from the [[TARDIS control room (The Snowmen)|Twelfth Doctor's control room]]. The [[Thirteenth Doctor's goggles]] were hanging from the globe. It also had a pair of black gloves. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}) | The fifth row had a [[globe]] from the [[TARDIS control room (The Snowmen)|Twelfth Doctor's control room]]. The [[Thirteenth Doctor's goggles]] were hanging from the globe. It also had a pair of black gloves. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}}) | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* With the dialogue in ''Tales of the TARDIS'' referring to this TARDIS as both a "remembered TARDIS" and a "Memory TARDIS", one might take "Memory TARDIS" to be the more proper name (indeed, the scripts for these episode refer to the setting as "INT MEMORY TARDIS"), but [[Russell T Davies]] has referred to it as the "Remembered TARDIS" in the [[DWM 601]] ''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]''. | * With the dialogue in ''Tales of the TARDIS'' referring to this TARDIS as both a "remembered TARDIS" and a "Memory TARDIS", one might take "Memory TARDIS" to be the more proper name (indeed, the scripts for these episode refer to the setting as "INT MEMORY TARDIS"), but [[Russell T Davies]] has referred to it as the "Remembered TARDIS" in the [[DWM 601]] ''[[Letter from the Showrunner]]''. | ||
* The set was altered slightly for its use in [[Empire of Death (TV story)|''Empire of Death'']] and [[Pyramids of Mars (TotT TV story)|''Pyramids of Mars'']]. A notable change was the chairs; in ''[[Tales of the TARDIS]]'', an armchair was used alongside a tall wooden chair, whereas in the latter stories these were switched for chairs which resembled those from the [[TARDIS control room (Rose)|Ninth and Tenth Doctors' TARDIS]]. In ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'', a chair was missing and the [[Sixth Doctor]] was sat in a different chair which could spin. | |||
* Russell T. Davies created the Remembered TARDIS for ''Empire of Death'' and then re-used it for ''Tales of the TARDIS'' because he felt the set was so well-realized that it would be a waste to use it in only one story. | |||
=== Prop collection === | === Prop collection === | ||
* Many of the props that appear in the Remembered TARDIS were also collected together in other contexts: | * Many of the props that appear in the Remembered TARDIS were also collected together in other contexts: | ||
** The ''[[Doctor Who Experience (London/Cardiff)|Doctor Who Experience]]'' showcased many of the props | ** The ''[[Doctor Who Experience (London/Cardiff)|Doctor Who Experience]]'' showcased many of the props. The components of the [[TARDIS console (The Eleventh Hour)|Eleventh Doctor's first console]] originate from a reproduction of the console made for ''[[The Eleventh Doctor Interactive Story]]''. | ||
** After the closure of the ''Experience'', many of the Remembered TARDIS props appeared as decorations in ''[[Time Fracture (stage play)|Time Fracture]]''. | ** After the closure of the ''Experience'', many of the Remembered TARDIS props appeared as decorations in ''[[Time Fracture (stage play)|Time Fracture]]''. | ||
** Parts of this grouping of props also appeared on the [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 2023)|Season 1]] set of ''[[The Official Doctor Who Podcast]]''. These were | ** Parts of this grouping of props also appeared on the [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 2023)|Season 1]] set of ''[[The Official Doctor Who Podcast]]''. These were two [[TARDIS lamp]]s, the [[Sanctuary Base 6 space suit]] helmet, the black boots, the [[Clockwork Droid]] mask, the [[fez]], and the [[TARDIS fairground hammer]]. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:20, 25 October 2024
A TARDIS, called a "Remembered TARDIS" by the Fifteenth Doctor (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death"]) and the Fifth Doctor, (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) and called a "Memory TARDIS" by the Seventh Doctor, (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) was a physical memory of the Doctor's TARDIS created inside UNIT's Time Window. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"]) It featured a console room composed entirely of pieces from various versions of the Doctor's TARDIS console across their adventures through time and space. The console room, rather than having a traditional central console, was a compact space where controls were dispersed across the walls and ceiling. The ship had the same TARDIS exterior used by the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Doctors. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Nature[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Remembered TARDIS was created when UNIT's Time Window was used to revisit the abandonment of Ruby Sunday at the church on Ruby Road on Christmas Eve in 2004. The Fifteenth Doctor observed that the projection of his TARDIS looked "almost solid" and wondered aloud that if "time is memory, and memory is time, then what is the memory of a time machine". Due to the moment in time being "raw", with the snow and song from that night following the Doctor and Ruby throughout their adventures, as well as the Doctor's memory of what happened that night changing, (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"]) the remembered TARDIS was able to fully manifest, becoming its own separate vessel - a memory of the Doctor's own TARDIS. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
In order to continue sustaining its own existence, the remembered TARDIS needed to "feed" on stories. This was deduced by the Fifth Doctor after he and Tegan Jovanka found themselves transported there long after Tegan had parted ways with him. The Doctor quickly figured out the purpose of the remembered TARDIS, explaining that it was a memory which had reached out and remembered the two of them. Tegan called it a "gimcrack TARDIS", and was initially reluctant to participate in the storytelling process after the Doctor suggested that they should share "the strongest of all the stories" out of all their adventures - that being their confrontation with the Cybermen which resulted in the death of Adric. Ultimately, however, Tegan conceded and was willing to do it in Adric's memory. (TV Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) Other Doctors came to similar conclusions as to the nature of the memory TARDIS; the Sixth Doctor described the remembered TARDIS as housing the stories he and his companions shared, like "ripples on an eternal pond [that were] forever moving [and] forever repeating", (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"]) while the Seventh Doctor added that the memory TARDIS was "a special place where old friends [could] come together to share stories, to remember, and to confront difficult truths". (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
While its nature was understood, the purpose of the TARDIS, however, was uncertain. Tegan hypothesised that the TARDIS was a chance for TARDIS travellers to sit down and think about the ramifications of their adventures, with the Fifth Doctor agreeing that it provided therapy. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) Zoe Heriot believed that the TARDIS was responsible for undoing the Time Lords' erasure of her and Jamie McCrimmon's memories. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"]) How the TARDIS operated was also a mystery, such as how the visitors managed to arrive; while Tegan and the Fifth Doctor implied that they appeared in the TARDIS after falling asleep, (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) Ace remarked that she had been taken from a business meeting when she appeared in the TARDIS. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) When Peri Brown appeared before the Sixth Doctor, who had been relaxing with a book in the TARDIS, a distinct sound was heard, indicating she had been teleported in, (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"]) with the same sound being heard when Clyde Langer left. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
While some Doctors and companions remained on board to use the remembered TARDIS as a standard ship, (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"], The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) Zoe believed staying in the TARDIS to be a temporary affair, (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"]) with Jo Jones implying that the occupants had a measure of control on when they could leave. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The incarnations of the Doctor preceding the Fifteenth Doctor that arrived in the TARDIS were also older-looking, (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"], Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"], Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"], The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) with the Seventh Doctor cryptically saying was due to the time streams being "all a matter of perspective." (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
By one account, this TARDIS was one of several existant Memory TARDISes. (PROSE: I, TARDIS [+]Loading...["I, TARDIS (novel)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Escaping the Empire of Death[[edit] | [edit source]]
While visiting UNIT HQ, the Fifteenth Doctor requested use of a Time Window developed by UNIT that allowed them to observe historical events in a hologram projector room. Using the window to revisit the abandonment of his companion, Ruby Sunday, at the church on Ruby Road on Christmas Eve in 2004, the Doctor observed that the projection of his TARDIS looked "almost solid" and wondered aloud that if "time is memory, and memory is time, then what is the memory of a time machine".
As Sutekh prepared to give his "gift of death" to the universe, wreaking destruction at every point in time and space simultaneously to create his Empire of Death, (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"]) the Fifteenth Doctor ordered Ruby to return to the Time Window. (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"]) There, she would be joined by the Doctor and Melanie Bush, who used the Remembered TARDIS to escape the oncoming apocalypse after the Doctor asked Ruby to remember the TARDIS as much as she could to stabilise its manifestation.
With the Doctor's own TARDIS having been taken by Sutekh, (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"]) the Doctor went on to reflect on his first battle with Sutekh with Ruby inside the remembered TARDIS. There, the Doctor told Ruby about Sarah Jane Smith, who he fondly remembered as being "amazing", and how she and the Fourth Doctor fought and defeated Sutekh deep in the English countryside in the summer of 1911 - a story he started with Marcus Scarman's looting of the Egyptian tombs. Concluding his telling, the Doctor confessed his uncertainty as to whether or not he could again defeat Sutekh, who had since evolved into a "Titan". (TV: Pyramids of Mars [+]Loading...["Pyramids of Mars (TotT TV story)"])
The Remembered TARDIS would go on to play a vital role in saving the universe, before the Doctor ultimately reclaimed his own original TARDIS back from Sutekh. After leaving it in 2046, the Doctor kissed its doors goodbye. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
Further guests[[edit] | [edit source]]
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After sharing the story of their encounter with the Cybermen and the loss of Adric with Tegan, the Fifth Doctor found that Adric's badge, which had been destroyed in the incident, was intact in his hand as he and Tegan reflected on their continued travels following his death. The Doctor admitted that he never looked back. At the Doctor's request, Tegan then told him about the life she had led after leaving the Doctor's company. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
When Jo Jones and Clyde Langer found themselves in the remembered TARDIS, reuniting with each other as they looked through what Langer called "cool junk", the two recognised their surroundings as resembling the Doctor's TARDIS, but "not so much". After Jo played with the Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver, Clyde noted that the Doctor was not present, but Jo voiced her belief that all the Doctors and their companions, including the late Sarah Jane Smith, were with them as the TARDIS "never really [let] go". Having heard of the death of Clifford Jones, Clyde offered his condolences and, at Jo's request, told her about what he, Luke Smith and Rani Chandra were doing, with both of them admitting that they missed the "old days". When Clyde asked Jo how many Doctors she knew, Jo told him of the time she was with three or "two and a bit" Doctors at once.
Jo admitted that she missed her Doctor just as Clyde missed Sarah Jane. She urged Clyde to tell Rani that he loved her, telling him that people were made of stories and that the two of them would make the most important story just as she had with Cliff. Clyde went off to find Rani whilst Jo remained behind to see what other memories would come to call, assuring Clyde that the TARDIS would show him the way. Following Clyde's departure, Jo found the Metebelis crystal and reflected on how the Doctor brought her and Cliff together when, to her amazement, Cliff appeared before her. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
Layout[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Remembered TARDIS had a busy layout which could be viewed as having the following areas: the usable floor where visitors could move; the circular shelving which surrounded the room like a wall and had six panels of TARDIS consoles; and the ceiling, which had a full TARDIS console.
Two girders resembling those from the Eighth Doctor's control room connected the floor to the ceiling. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"], etc.)
Usable floor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Memory TARDIS's flooring had the same general patterns as that of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctor's control room, but with two additional orange circles of lights. One orange circle was slightly raised in the centre of the room, with the floor's patterning revolving around it; this was where the crystal fire appeared during reminiscing, resembling a campfire, and more specifically, part of the Thirteenth Doctor's TARDIS control room. The other orange circle was at the back left of the room.
Chairs also appeared when visitors were remembering the past, (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) with the ship being about to summon chairs from the Eleventh Doctor's first control room and the Tenth Doctor's control room, (TV: Pyramids of Mars [+]Loading...["Pyramids of Mars (TotT TV story)"]) as well as at least four different armchairs. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"], Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"], The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) Clyde Langer found a Verron puzzle box on the armchair that appeared for him. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The edges of the floor were filled with objects which were part of the collection of the shelving, with the shelving's first row using the floor as its base. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"], The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
Ceiling[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Fourth Doctor's TARDIS console hung from the ceiling, and was capable of being used to control the ship.
Behind the console was a section of ceiling resembling the middle ceiling of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctor's control room. Surrounding this section was a strip of lighting roundels from the Ninth and Tenth Doctor's control room, but they could change colours like those of the former room.
A bowtie and the First Doctor's pocket watch were hanging from wires on the right side of the ceiling above the panel from the First Doctor's console. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"], etc.)
Shelves[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Memory TARDIS's wall was a circular shelf which surrounded the room, stretching from one side of the TARDIS doors to the other. The shelf was structured as a grid which was 22 columns long and 6 rows tall, with the lowest row using the floor as its base. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"], etc.)
Column 1[[edit] | [edit source]]
The first row of the column to the right of the doors had Dorium Maldovar's box on the floor in front of it. Early on, the Seventh Doctor's jumper, Sixth Doctor's coat, and Sixth Doctor's pants were resting on the box. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"]) At a later point, two pieces of cloth were still seen resting on it. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
The shelf space behind Maldovar's box had strings of large orange beads. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
The second row had several rods with orange and red tips. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
The third row had many objects, including a long bright blue rectangle and a white rectangular frame. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row had a display box of TARDIS keys. In front of this box was a wooden tank. Also in the row were several beaded necklaces and a rectangular wristwatch. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
The fifth row had a round orange object and a larger brown object (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) which appeared to be a tasseled blanket decorated with shells and a metal decal of a head wearing a turban. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth row had several colourful objects, including a large red square with a white circle. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) A roll of measuring tape hung down from this row to lower parts of the shelf. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"], The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) Its upper right section had rings of white lace, a small yellow box, and a small brown box. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
Column 2[[edit] | [edit source]]
The TARDIS scanner from the Eleventh Doctor's first console partially rested over the first row on the floor. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
The second row had an Albion Party poster and the Toymaker's cards. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
The third row had several glass spheres, a brown box, and a toy elephant. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
The fourth row had a projector-like object, a silvery object with a red tip resembling a ray gun, two yellow and black boxes, and a reel. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"], Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row prominently had a Clockwork Droid mask and a golden clock from the Twelfth Doctor's control room. At either end of the shelf were two green plastic toy soldiers. Also on this shelf was a shape of two combined perpendicular circles, similar to one seen on another shelf, but with a bumpy grey surface. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"], Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth shelf had a variety of objects, including what appeared to be a fan. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Column 3[[edit] | [edit source]]
The first row had the TARDIS scanner from the Eleventh Doctor's first console on the floor in front of it. Behind it was the Twelfth Doctor's red guitar. Behind this, there was a large red box. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The third row had a brown television. (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row had various pieces of metal technology. (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"])
The fifth row had a white television set. On the highest part of this section, there was the WHO 1 license plate. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth row shelf was taken up by a device resembling a memory filter. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
Column 4[[edit] | [edit source]]
The fifth row had two hardcover books, one with a yellow spine and A Journal of Impossible Things. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"]) There was also a small wooden boat with two orange discs in it. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"]) The right side of the shelf had a beaded string with small elephants on it and a bell at its end, as well as the analogue telephone from the Eleventh Doctor's first console. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth row had an item which may have been a Baseball catching mitt. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
Column 5[[edit] | [edit source]]
The third row had a black circle. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row was obscured by the section from the Eleventh Doctor's first console. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The fifth row had a jar with an object like an insect inside it, as well as a pair of black gloves. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth row had a black bandana, the scanner/typewriter from the Eleventh Doctor's first console, and a gramophone cone reminiscent of the one on the Eleventh Doctor's first console. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
Console segments centred between Columns 5 and 6[[edit] | [edit source]]
Centred between the fifth and sixth columns from the door, there were two panels of consoles hanging from the shelf.
The lower panel was a segment of the console first used by the Fifth Doctor.
The higher panel was the Helm Panel segment of the Eleventh Doctor's first console, which rested a wider shelf resembling the associated control room's flooring, with a space on the shelf fitted for the screen from the Time Window to rest. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"]) This panel had a drawer that housed the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Second Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Twelfth Doctor's second sonic screwdriver, the Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver and the Seventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver. It also once gave Jo Grant a Metebelis crystal. On the left side of this console was the force field generator, complete with the Doctor's recorder. (TV: The Three Doctors) River Song's sonic screwdriver once rested against the left edge of the console. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
Column 6[[edit] | [edit source]]
A black and grey television set was on the floor in front of the first row. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The fifth row had a Toclafane with a fez resting on it, as well as a spotlight. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth row had a television set and a blue can of custard. This screen showed Venus during the Empire of Death (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"]) and was associated with the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown's memories of Varos (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"])
Column 7[[edit] | [edit source]]
Resting on the floor in front of this column was the TARDIS fairground hammer. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row had a long horizontal yellow light attached to its ceiling. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth row shelf had another device resembling a memory filter. When the Seventh Doctor and Ace were in the TARDIS, one of Flowerchild's kites was hanging from this shelf. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
Column 8[[edit] | [edit source]]
The eighth column clockwise from the door had a girder from the Eighth Doctor's control room.
On the floor in front of this section, was a blue suitcase full of Amy Pond's childhood raggedy man dolls. Next to it was a hinged black box. Behind it was Jack Harkness's TARDIS coral. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
The third row had a large gas lamp, a reel, a solid white snow globe, and a metal cylinder. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row had two small blocky statues of people as well as a fuzzy version of the interlocking circles seen on another shelf. Obscured behind one of the statues and a bottle of glue was a photograph of the Fourth Doctor and Romana II in Paris, distinguishable by the Eiffel Tower. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
The fifth row had a brown circular clock, a white plastic bottle, and a grey plastic box. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"]) Yasmin Khan's police badge was hanging from this shelf. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
The sixth row initially had one of Rose Noble's gonks, the 2Dis, and a round clock. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"]) The gonk later disappeared and the 2Dis later appeared on a different shelf. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"], et al.)
Column 9[[edit] | [edit source]]
The second row had a TV. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"]) This screen once showed Karn. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
The third row had some large books, Inston-Vee Vinder's call device, a black queen and rook, a blue and white circle, the Twelfth Doctor's yo-yo, the Twelfth Doctor's spoons, an atom accelerator, (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"]) and the Tenth Doctor's 3D glasses resting on a grey sphere. (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row had a TV, the 2Dis, some papers, and some bright green and orange plastic shapes. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"]) This screen once showed an image of a planet which was identified as both Telos and the Ood Sphere. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
The fifth row had several glassy white objects, including what looked like a vacuum-sealed mushroom with a red cap. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
Column 10[[edit] | [edit source]]
The second row had a cricket ball and a plastic right hand with a black mark on its index finger. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])
A blocky rod which could be used to rest hats extended from the top of the third row. When Vicki Pallister and Steven Taylor visited the TARDIS, the Viking helmet which Vicki once found in Medieval Northumbria was resting here. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"])
Centred from the sixth row was a ceiling canopy resembling the one from the First Doctor's control room. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Column 11[[edit] | [edit source]]
The fifth row had a small version of the Fifteenth Doctor's jukebox. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Consoles centred between Columns 11 and 12[[edit] | [edit source]]
Centred between the eleventh and twelfth columns from the door, exactly halfway along the shelf and facing the exterior doors, there were two panels of consoles hanging from the shelf.
The lower panel was segment of the War Doctor's console. Items were sometimes found here by visitors, including the Second Doctor's recorder, (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"]) the Seventh Doctor's panama hat, (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) and the dimensional control of the Monk's TARDIS. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"])
The higher panel was one from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctor's console, specifically the one that faced that console's TARDIS doors. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Column 12[[edit] | [edit source]]
A layer of roundels covering the shelf began at this column, covering the two upper rows.
The fifth row had an open roundel which revealed some devices on the shelf.
The sixth row was semi-visible through a frosted roundel. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Column 13[[edit] | [edit source]]
The roundel layer continued over this column.
The third row shelf was visible through an open roundel.
The fourth row shelf was visible through an open roundel.
The fifth row was covered by a roundel from the Thirteenth Doctor's control room.
The sixth row had an open roundel which revealed objects including a lamp. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Column 14[[edit] | [edit source]]
The roundel layer continued over this column.
On the floor before the first row, there was a television set. On top of this was the helmet of a Sanctuary Base 6 space suit. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) When Jo Grant and Clyde Langer visited the TARDIS, Sarah Jane Smith's stuffed owl was on top of the TV. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"]) This television screen showed Skaro. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
An open roundel revealed that the fifth row held Handles. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Column 15[[edit] | [edit source]]
This column was covered by a girder from the Eighth Doctor's control room.
The roundel layer ended at the left edge of this column.
The floor in front of this column had the Blitzer Analogue. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
When the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited the TARDIS, the fifth row had Ace's wanted poster from Terra Alpha. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
Column 16[[edit] | [edit source]]
The second row had a Vote Saxon poster. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The third row had the Twelfth Doctor's jelly baby case. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"], The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row had the TARDIS telephone from the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS doors. Off of this phone was hanging an "Out of Order" sign, (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"]) previously used by the Twelfth Doctor. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"])
The fifth row had two vertical metal sheets covered with small cylinders with wires plugged into them.
The sixth row had a white rose, transparent white glasses, and a lamp. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"])
Column 17[[edit] | [edit source]]
The fourth row was obscured behind a panel from the first TARDIS console.
The fifth row had a reel with some tape measure hanging from it. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth row had a yellow circle. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"])
Consoles centred between Columns 17 and 18[[edit] | [edit source]]
Centred between the seventeenth and eighteenth columns from the door, there were two panels of consoles hanging from the shelf.
The lower panel was from the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctor's console.
The higher panel was from the console used by the First to Third Doctors. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) On the left side of this console was a bowl with three fluid links in it. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"])
Initially, the Seventh Doctor's calling card was centred on the divider above the higher console. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
Column 18[[edit] | [edit source]]
The fourth row was obscured by the first console.
The fifth row had a silver sphere with multiple plugs where wires connected to it, with orange and red decals. Next to it was a red square with a large circlular hole that revealed a tangle of wires inside it. There was also a wooden box with white indicators on multiple sides. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"])
Column 19[[edit] | [edit source]]
The floor in front of the first row had The History of the Time War. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
The fifth row had a large beige plastic radio (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)"]) from the diner counter of Clara's TARDIS. (TV: Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"]) The Second Doctor's stovepipe hat was hanging from wires at the edge of the left side of this shelf. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"])
Column 20[[edit] | [edit source]]
On the floor in front of the first row were a pair of black boots and a miniature version of the Twelfth Doctor's chalkboard. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
The second to fourth rows were taken up by a stack of drawers. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) The fourth drawer from the top had several sonic screwdrivers in it, including the Twelfth Doctor's second sonic screwdriver, the Third Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the War Doctor's sonic screwdriver, and the Seventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
The sixth row originally had the mounted head of a K9. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
Column 21[[edit] | [edit source]]
The floor in front of the first row had River Song's stilettos. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
The fourth row had a portrait of the Fugitive Doctor. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])
The fifth row had a globe from the Twelfth Doctor's control room. The Thirteenth Doctor's goggles were hanging from the globe. It also had a pair of black gloves. (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)"])
The sixth row had the TARDIS hatstand sticking out of the shelf and holding clothing. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"]) It held the Sixth Doctor's coat, the Fifth Doctor's panama hat, (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) and the hat from the Eleventh Doctor's Victorian outfit. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TotT TV story)"])
Column 22[[edit] | [edit source]]
The twenty-second and final clockwise column section completed the shelf's loop to the TARDIS doors.
On the floor in front of the front row was an umbrella holder which held Ace's baseball bat, a toy sword and belt, a blue-handled tennis racket, (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"]) and a Mr Emporium hobby horse. (TV: Earthshock [+]Loading...["Earthshock (TotT TV story)"]) A telescope was behind this stand. Under the shelves were a metal nozzle device and a roll of tape. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
The second row had an orange stamp, a goblet, and the issue of Union Jack with Susan Triad on the cover. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
The third row had a turquoise bag, a binder with a sticker of a white triangle on a pink background, a white conch shell with an item resembling a white glove with red slits on its joints, and an orange envelope. (TV: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TotT TV story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- With the dialogue in Tales of the TARDIS referring to this TARDIS as both a "remembered TARDIS" and a "Memory TARDIS", one might take "Memory TARDIS" to be the more proper name (indeed, the scripts for these episode refer to the setting as "INT MEMORY TARDIS"), but Russell T Davies has referred to it as the "Remembered TARDIS" in the DWM 601 Letter from the Showrunner.
- The set was altered slightly for its use in Empire of Death and Pyramids of Mars. A notable change was the chairs; in Tales of the TARDIS, an armchair was used alongside a tall wooden chair, whereas in the latter stories these were switched for chairs which resembled those from the Ninth and Tenth Doctors' TARDIS. In Vengeance on Varos, a chair was missing and the Sixth Doctor was sat in a different chair which could spin.
- Russell T. Davies created the Remembered TARDIS for Empire of Death and then re-used it for Tales of the TARDIS because he felt the set was so well-realized that it would be a waste to use it in only one story.
Prop collection[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Many of the props that appear in the Remembered TARDIS were also collected together in other contexts:
- The Doctor Who Experience showcased many of the props. The components of the Eleventh Doctor's first console originate from a reproduction of the console made for The Eleventh Doctor Interactive Story.
- After the closure of the Experience, many of the Remembered TARDIS props appeared as decorations in Time Fracture.
- Parts of this grouping of props also appeared on the Season 1 set of The Official Doctor Who Podcast. These were two TARDIS lamps, the Sanctuary Base 6 space suit helmet, the black boots, the Clockwork Droid mask, the fez, and the TARDIS fairground hammer.
