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It was possible for a TARDIS to be "revoked" by a Time Lord's spoken authority, rendering it unusable.
History
In one version of history, the Seventh Doctor revoked the Minister of Chance's TARDIS to force its owner to stay on Santiny and "face [him]self", after the Minister unleashed his full power and massacred the entire Canisian army in retaliation for the Canisian General Tannis ordering the death of his companion Sala. (WC: "Death Comes to Time" [+]Part of Death Comes to Time, Loading...{"namedep":"Death Comes to Time","1":"Death Comes to Time (webcast)"}) Although the Minister had left his TARDIS quite a distance away from the confrontation, in the form of a tree, (WC: "Planet of Blood" [+]Part of Death Comes to Time, Loading...{"namedep":"Planet of Blood","1":"Death Comes to Time (webcast)"}) the revocation was heralded by a crack of lightning, a white flash, and a clearly audible sound similar to that of a TARDIS materialising, but louder and briefer. Unable to reactivate his ship, (WC: "Death Comes to Time" [+]Part of Death Comes to Time, Loading...{"namedep":"Death Comes to Time","1":"Death Comes to Time (webcast)"}) the Minister's next incarnation would ultimately fall into the habit of travelling on foot through the Frost Bridge. (AUDIO: The Broken World [+]Loading...["The Broken World (audio story)"], etc.)