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[[File:Tardis_2010_console.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Time Rotor with blown glass core as currently appears in the TARDIS of the 2010 series]]The '''Time Rotor''' is a component in the central column of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[TARDIS console|console]]. When the TARDIS is traveling the rotor rises up and down until it has reached a destination. It is associated with the 'whooshing' noise heard when the TARDIS is in flight. The aesthetic design, along with the rest of the TARDIS, has periodically changed throughout [[The Doctor|the Doctor's]] travels. | [[File:Tardis_2010_console.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Time Rotor with blown glass core as currently appears in the TARDIS of the 2010 series]]The '''Time Rotor''' is a component in the central column of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[TARDIS console|console]]. When the TARDIS is traveling the rotor rises up and down until it has reached a destination. It is associated with the 'whooshing' noise heard when the TARDIS is in flight. The aesthetic design, along with the rest of the TARDIS, has periodically changed throughout [[The Doctor|the Doctor's]] travels. The Time Rotor is considered to be connected to the lower engines; hence as the TARDIS moves the rotor moves accordingly. Its up-down motion may be significant of the way the engines work. As well as signifying the TARDIS' movement, the rotor has also been known to malfunction or stop working when something goes wrong e.g. in ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|DW: Doctor Who]] ''the rotor stopped moving as the TARDIS engines stalled. This was rectified by the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] bumping the console. | ||
The rotor, as it has varied through designs, has alternated between being a single column or a series of components that move into each other from above and below. An example would be in the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s TARDIS and the Eighth Doctors also. Currently it is a single component, much like in the older series. | |||
The console in the TARDIS' secondary control room was strangely lacking in a Time Rotor for some reason. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'')[[File:8docconsole.png|thumb|left|The Eighth Doctor gazing at the Time Rotor as it appeared in the 1996 TV film.]] | The console in the TARDIS' secondary control room was strangely lacking in a Time Rotor for some reason. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'')[[File:8docconsole.png|thumb|left|The Eighth Doctor gazing at the Time Rotor as it appeared in the 1996 TV film.]] | ||
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The Time Rotor is a component in the central column of the TARDIS console. When the TARDIS is traveling the rotor rises up and down until it has reached a destination. It is associated with the 'whooshing' noise heard when the TARDIS is in flight. The aesthetic design, along with the rest of the TARDIS, has periodically changed throughout the Doctor's travels. The Time Rotor is considered to be connected to the lower engines; hence as the TARDIS moves the rotor moves accordingly. Its up-down motion may be significant of the way the engines work. As well as signifying the TARDIS' movement, the rotor has also been known to malfunction or stop working when something goes wrong e.g. in DW: Doctor Who the rotor stopped moving as the TARDIS engines stalled. This was rectified by the Doctor bumping the console.
The rotor, as it has varied through designs, has alternated between being a single column or a series of components that move into each other from above and below. An example would be in the Ninth Doctor's TARDIS and the Eighth Doctors also. Currently it is a single component, much like in the older series.
The console in the TARDIS' secondary control room was strangely lacking in a Time Rotor for some reason. (DW: The Masque of Mandragora)
Behind the Scenes
- It is interesting to note that in the non-canon Dalek movie spin-offs, Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, the Tardis lacked the time rotor or even a central console.
