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Depending on how the [[chameleon circuit]] configured the TARDIS, the real world interface might actually resemble a [[door]] or doorway. On other occasions, the real world interface might not be visible at all, making the TARDIS appear to have no obvious entrance or exit.{{Fact}} | Depending on how the [[chameleon circuit]] configured the TARDIS, the real world interface might actually resemble a [[door]] or doorway. On other occasions, the real world interface might not be visible at all, making the TARDIS appear to have no obvious entrance or exit.{{Fact}} | ||
Opening the doors while [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]] [[Type 40]] was in transit usually had grave consequences, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants]]'', ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'') but once materialised, the [[TARDIS force field]] usually protected the interior even if the doors were opened to a hostile environment. For example, if the doors were opened in a vacuum, the interior of the ship would not undergo explosive decompression. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') | Opening the doors while [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the Doctor's]] [[Type 40]] was in transit usually had grave consequences, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'', ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'') but once materialised, the [[TARDIS force field]] usually protected the interior even if the doors were opened to a hostile environment. For example, if the doors were opened in a vacuum, the interior of the ship would not undergo explosive decompression. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') | ||
On the other hand, the outside environment could affect the opening mechanism. On the [[ice planet]] [[Calufrax Major]], it was so cold that the doors did not open without a de-icer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)|The Secret in Vault 13]]'') | On the other hand, the outside environment could affect the opening mechanism. On the [[ice planet]] [[Calufrax Major]], it was so cold that the doors did not open without a de-icer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)|The Secret in Vault 13]]'') | ||
== Real world interface of the Doctor's TARDIS == | == Real world interface of the Doctor's TARDIS == | ||
The Doctor's TARDIS originally had what appeared to be two sets of doors, the [[police box]] doors of the outer shell, which were manually operated from within and without, and a pair of more substantial doors covered on both sides in the usual roundel motif. The inner doors were usually power-operated — operating a switch on the console or opening the outer doors manually caused the inner doors to open automatically. A dark void linked the two sets of doors. The pressure exerted by the door servos was not especially great; a [[Cyberman]] was able to force the doors open against the mechanism. In the event of a total power failure, the doors could be cranked open and shut manually. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'', ''[[Death to the Daleks]]'', [[Snakedance (TV story)|''Snakedance'']], ''[[Earthshock]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Full Circle (novelisation)|Full Circle]]'') | The Doctor's TARDIS originally had what appeared to be two sets of doors, the [[police box]] doors of the outer shell, which were manually operated from within and without, and a pair of more substantial doors covered on both sides in the usual roundel motif. The inner doors were usually power-operated — operating a switch on the console or opening the outer doors manually caused the inner doors to open automatically. A dark void linked the two sets of doors. The pressure exerted by the door servos was not especially great; a [[Cyberman]] was able to force the doors open against the mechanism. In the event of a total power failure, the doors could be cranked open and shut manually. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'', ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'', [[Snakedance (TV story)|''Snakedance'']], ''[[Earthshock]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Full Circle (novelisation)|Full Circle]]'') | ||
By the time he met [[Rose Tyler]] in his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], the Doctor's TARDIS had a simpler arrangement, with the police box doors of the ship opening directly onto the [[console room]]. The doors were usually manually operated during that era. Despite the appearance of simplicity, the Doctor believed the protection provided by the doors when closed to be exceptionally strong, telling Rose that "the assembled hordes of [[Genghis Khan]] couldn't get through that door — and believe me, they've tried." ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth I]] once pointed out that while the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s TARDIS was bigger on the inside, the door wasn't, and her head was nearly taken off when the Doctor rode out of the TARDIS with Elizabeth on a [[Zygon]] which took on the [[body-print]] of a [[horse]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') On one occasion, when the TARDIS' exterior shell shrank, so did the door on the interior. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | By the time he met [[Rose Tyler]] in his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], the Doctor's TARDIS had a simpler arrangement, with the police box doors of the ship opening directly onto the [[console room]]. The doors were usually manually operated during that era. Despite the appearance of simplicity, the Doctor believed the protection provided by the doors when closed to be exceptionally strong, telling Rose that "the assembled hordes of [[Genghis Khan]] couldn't get through that door — and believe me, they've tried." ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth I]] once pointed out that while the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s TARDIS was bigger on the inside, the door wasn't, and her head was nearly taken off when the Doctor rode out of the TARDIS with Elizabeth on a [[Zygon]] which took on the [[body-print]] of a [[horse]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') On one occasion, when the TARDIS' exterior shell shrank, so did the door on the interior. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | ||
[[River Song]] revealed that the future Doctor she knew habitually opened the TARDIS doors by clicking his fingers, something the Tenth Doctor said was impossible. However, shortly after her death, he tried this and found it worked. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'') He did not routinely use this ability in the rest of this incarnation, although his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] did later demonstrate it to [[Amelia Pond|Amy Pond]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') | [[River Song]] revealed that the future Doctor she knew habitually opened the TARDIS doors by clicking his fingers, something the Tenth Doctor said was impossible. However, shortly after her death, he tried this and found it worked. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'') He did not routinely use this ability in the rest of this incarnation, although his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] did later demonstrate it to [[Amelia Pond|Amy Pond]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'') | ||
The real world interface could vanish entirely with no way into or out of the TARDIS once the TARDIS entered [[siege mode]]. This could not be circumvented manually, and required additional power to "turn it off". ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | The real world interface could vanish entirely with no way into or out of the TARDIS once the TARDIS entered [[siege mode]]. This could not be circumvented manually, and required additional power to "turn it off". ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'') | ||
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