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<p>'''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]]."</p> 
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The '''TARDIS Information system''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') also known as the '''TARDIS Relational Information System''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Castrovalva]]'') was a searchable [[database]] discovered by the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s companions [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] from a readout in the [[control room]]. The Fifth and [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth]] Doctors called it the '''TARDIS databank'''.


<p>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]].</p>
Articles in the databank were accessed by typing in an initialism for the subject. Entering ''IF'', for example, brought up the database's [[index file]].


<p>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.</p>
{{Ainley|c}} had modified the Doctor's TARDIS using [[Block Transfer Computation]] as part of his plan to ensnare the Doctor in [[Castrovalva]]. At least some of the databank's contents, such as the entry on Castrovalva, would not otherwise have existed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
[[File:TARDIS IF Arc of Infinity QStar.jpg|left|thumb|Information from the information system about the Arc of Infinity. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'')]]


<p>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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWiki WikiWiki] structure which visitors can edit, takes its name from this temporary feature of the Doctor's TARDIS.</p>
[[Nyssa]] later consulted the databank to give a definition of [[Rondel (Arc of Infinity)|Rondel]], and discovered that it was anciently known as the [[Arc of Infinity]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') [[Turlough]] read aloud a historical account from the information system, telling of [[Earth]]'s collision with [[Sol|its sun]] to Tegan in order to purposefully upset her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]'')
 
[[Kamelion]] connected to the databank by cable, resulting in a damage for its systems. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'')
 
The TARDIS databank could not be accessed when the TARDIS was "exhausted". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gift (audio story)|The Gift]]'')
 
Following the destruction of [[Syra]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] consulted the TARDIS databanks and found that it was supposed to survive for millennia. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sonomancer (audio story)|The Sonomancer]]'')
 
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] asked [[Amy Pond]] to use the databank to search for information on the house containing [[79A Aickman Road|79A]] and [[79B Aickman Road]], including plans of the building, its history and its layout. She found that 79B in fact did not exist. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
 
[[Handles]] used the TARDIS databanks to identify the origin of [[the Question]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
 
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] compiled [[TARDIS data extract]]s about the various foes she encountered. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Know Your Enemy (DWAN 2021 feature)|Know Your Enemy]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* For some reason, the "system" in the name of the component is not capitalised.
 
[[Category:TARDIS components]]
[[Category:Information retrieval]]

Latest revision as of 16:10, 8 September 2024

The TARDIS Information system, (TV: Castrovalva) also known as the TARDIS Relational Information System, (PROSE: Castrovalva) was a searchable database discovered by the Fifth Doctor's companions Nyssa and Tegan from a readout in the control room. The Fifth and Twelfth Doctors called it the TARDIS databank.

Articles in the databank were accessed by typing in an initialism for the subject. Entering IF, for example, brought up the database's index file.

The Tremas Master had modified the Doctor's TARDIS using Block Transfer Computation as part of his plan to ensnare the Doctor in Castrovalva. At least some of the databank's contents, such as the entry on Castrovalva, would not otherwise have existed. (TV: Castrovalva)

Information from the information system about the Arc of Infinity. (TV: Arc of Infinity)

Nyssa later consulted the databank to give a definition of Rondel, and discovered that it was anciently known as the Arc of Infinity. (TV: Arc of Infinity) Turlough read aloud a historical account from the information system, telling of Earth's collision with its sun to Tegan in order to purposefully upset her. (TV: Frontios)

Kamelion connected to the databank by cable, resulting in a damage for its systems. (TV: Planet of Fire)

The TARDIS databank could not be accessed when the TARDIS was "exhausted". (AUDIO: The Gift)

Following the destruction of Syra, the Eighth Doctor consulted the TARDIS databanks and found that it was supposed to survive for millennia. (AUDIO: The Sonomancer)

The Eleventh Doctor asked Amy Pond to use the databank to search for information on the house containing 79A and 79B Aickman Road, including plans of the building, its history and its layout. She found that 79B in fact did not exist. (TV: The Lodger)

Handles used the TARDIS databanks to identify the origin of the Question. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)

The Thirteenth Doctor's TARDIS compiled TARDIS data extracts about the various foes she encountered. (PROSE: Know Your Enemy)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • For some reason, the "system" in the name of the component is not capitalised.
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