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'''Architectural Configuration''' is the ability a [[TARDIS]] has to move rooms around and delete rooms as if it were a [[computer]]. If a TARDIS is sluggish, a room can be jettisoned (or "deleted").
'''Architectural Configuration''' was the ability a [[TARDIS]] had to move rooms around and delete rooms as if it were a [[computer]]. If a TARDIS was sluggish, a room could be jettisoned (or "deleted").


It also can be used to provide momentum should a TARDIS need to escape a threat. The number of rooms that are required to be deleted varies depending on the situation. The danger in Architectural Configuration is that there is a chance the [[console room]] could be deleted.
Deletion also could be used to provide momentum should a TARDIS need to escape a threat. The number of rooms that were required to be deleted varied depending on the situation. The danger in Architectural Configuration was that there was a chance the [[console room]] could be deleted.


During his [[exile on Earth]], the [[Third Doctor|Third Doctor]] altered the TARDIS's Architectural Configuration software to relocate the console outside the ship (as it was too big to go through the doors), allowing him to work on it in his lab. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[Inferno]]'', ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')
During his [[exile on Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]] altered the TARDIS' Architectural Configuration software to relocate the console outside the ship (as it was too big to go through the doors), allowing him to work on it in his lab. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[Inferno]]'', ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')


The [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth Doctor]] jettisoned [[Romana]]'s room after she left when the TARDIS wouldn't dematerialise. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') In another [[Fifth Doctor|incarnation]], 25% of the TARDIS was jettisoned to allow the TARDIS to escape from [[Event One]]. In the process, the [[Zero Room]] was jettisoned. ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
The [[Fourth Doctor]] jettisoned [[Romana]]'s room after she left when the TARDIS wouldn't dematerialise. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') In another [[Fifth Doctor|incarnation]], 25% of the TARDIS was jettisoned to allow the TARDIS to escape from [[Event One]]. In the process, the [[Zero Room]] was jettisoned. ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
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Revision as of 11:53, 20 March 2011

Architectural Configuration was the ability a TARDIS had to move rooms around and delete rooms as if it were a computer. If a TARDIS was sluggish, a room could be jettisoned (or "deleted").

Deletion also could be used to provide momentum should a TARDIS need to escape a threat. The number of rooms that were required to be deleted varied depending on the situation. The danger in Architectural Configuration was that there was a chance the console room could be deleted.

During his exile on Earth, the Third Doctor altered the TARDIS' Architectural Configuration software to relocate the console outside the ship (as it was too big to go through the doors), allowing him to work on it in his lab. (PDA: The Face of the Enemy, DW: The Ambassadors of Death, Inferno, Day of the Daleks)

The Fourth Doctor jettisoned Romana's room after she left when the TARDIS wouldn't dematerialise. (DW: Logopolis) In another incarnation, 25% of the TARDIS was jettisoned to allow the TARDIS to escape from Event One. In the process, the Zero Room was jettisoned. (DW: Castrovalva)