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[[File:Tardis_2010_console.jpg|thumb|250px|Time Rotor with blown glass core as currently appears in the TARDIS of the Eleventh Doctor]] | [[File:Tardis_2010_console.jpg|thumb|250px|Time Rotor with blown glass core as currently appears in the TARDIS of the Eleventh Doctor]] | ||
The '''Time Rotor''' was a component in the central column of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[TARDIS console|console]]. | The '''Time Rotor''' was a component in the central column of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[TARDIS console|console]]. While the TARDIS is in flight, the rotor rises and falls, stopping when it has reached a destination. It was associated with the 'whooshing' noise heard when the TARDIS was in flight. | ||
The aesthetic design, along with the rest of the TARDIS, had periodically changed throughout [[The Doctor|the Doctor's]] travels. The Time Rotor was considered to be connected to the lower engines; hence as the TARDIS moved the rotor moved accordingly. Its up-down motion may have been significant to the way the engines worked. As well as signifying the TARDIS' movement, the rotor was also known to malfunction or stop working when something goes wrong e.g. the rotor stops moving as the TARDIS engines are stalled, rectified by the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] bumping the console ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''). | The aesthetic design, along with the rest of the TARDIS, had periodically changed throughout [[The Doctor|the Doctor's]] travels. The Time Rotor was considered to be connected to the lower engines; hence as the TARDIS moved the rotor moved accordingly. Its up-down motion may have been significant to the way the engines worked. As well as signifying the TARDIS' movement, the rotor was also known to malfunction or stop working when something goes wrong e.g. the rotor stops moving as the TARDIS engines are stalled, rectified by the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] bumping the console ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''). | ||
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The rotor, as it had varied through designs, had alternated between being a single column or a series of components that moved into each other from above and below. An example of the multiple columns would be in the [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]]'s TARDIS and the eighth incarnation's also. In the renovated TARDIS of the [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] it was a single component, much like in the earlier versions. | The rotor, as it had varied through designs, had alternated between being a single column or a series of components that moved into each other from above and below. An example of the multiple columns would be in the [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]]'s TARDIS and the eighth incarnation's also. In the renovated TARDIS of the [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] it was a single component, much like in the earlier versions. | ||
The console in the TARDIS' secondary control room | The console in the TARDIS' secondary control room lacked a visible time rotor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'') [[File:8docconsole.png|thumb|left|The Eighth Doctor gazing at the Time Rotor.]] | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 31 December 2010
The Time Rotor was a component in the central column of the TARDIS console. While the TARDIS is in flight, the rotor rises and falls, stopping when it has reached a destination. It was associated with the 'whooshing' noise heard when the TARDIS was in flight.
The aesthetic design, along with the rest of the TARDIS, had periodically changed throughout the Doctor's travels. The Time Rotor was considered to be connected to the lower engines; hence as the TARDIS moved the rotor moved accordingly. Its up-down motion may have been significant to the way the engines worked. As well as signifying the TARDIS' movement, the rotor was also known to malfunction or stop working when something goes wrong e.g. the rotor stops moving as the TARDIS engines are stalled, rectified by the Doctor bumping the console (DW: Doctor Who).
The rotor, as it had varied through designs, had alternated between being a single column or a series of components that moved into each other from above and below. An example of the multiple columns would be in the ninth incarnation's TARDIS and the eighth incarnation's also. In the renovated TARDIS of the eleventh incarnation it was a single component, much like in the earlier versions.
The console in the TARDIS' secondary control room lacked a visible time rotor. (DW: The Masque of Mandragora)
Behind the scenes
- It is interesting to note that in the non-canon Dalek movie spin-offs, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, the TARDIS lacked the time rotor or even a central console.
