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Time rotor

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The time rotor was a component in the central column of the TARDIS console. While the TARDIS was in flight, the rotor rose and fell, stopping when the TARDIS reached a destination. It was associated with the 'whooshing' noise heard when the TARDIS was in flight.

The time rotor on the Fifth Doctor's TARDIS. (DW: Planet of Fire)

The aesthetic design of the Time Rotor, along with the rest of the TARDIS, occasionally 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 went wrong, e.g. the rotor stopped moving as the TARDIS engines stalled. This could be rectified by the Doctor bumping the console (DW: Doctor Who).

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The Eighth Doctor gazing at the Time Rotor. (DW: Doctor Who)

The rotor, as it varied through designs, alternated between being a single column and a series of components that moved into each other from above and below.

The console in the TARDIS' secondary control room lacked a visible time rotor. (DW: The Masque of Mandragora)

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