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The TARDIS control room first used by the First Doctor had a TARDIS control console, (TV: An Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"], et al.) the design known as the default console unit. (REF: TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual [+]Loading...["TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)"]) The Monk's TARDIS (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TV story)"]) Clara's TARDIS, (TV: Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"]) and the Fugitive Doctor's TARDIS also used this type of console unit, with the Fugitive Doctor's TARDIS using it in a different design of TARDIS control room. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"])
During early parts of the Third Doctor's exile on Earth, this console was removed from the TARDIS, during which time it had a different time rotor than it had in earlier periods, but the same main console body. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death [+]Loading...["The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)"])
After more of the Doctor's tinkering to restore his TARDIS, he ended up using a different console as he began to get the ship working again. (TV: The Claws of Axos [+]Loading...["The Claws of Axos (TV story)"], Colony in Space [+]Loading...["Colony in Space (TV story)"], et al.) However, some accounts showed the Doctor continuing to use a console with these controls as he began travelling in his TARDIS again. (COMIC: Gemini Plan [+]Loading...["Gemini Plan (TV Action comic story)"], The Vogan Slaves [+]Loading...["The Vogan Slaves (comic story)"])
Every button on the controls had their own purpose. (PROSE: TARDIS Console [+]Loading...["TARDIS Console (DWM 79 feature)"])
The Sixth Doctor once went back in time and installed a button on this console for the Fourth Doctor to use to stop a pandimensional entity. (WC: Doctors Assemble!)