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== Procurement ==
== Procurement ==
Both the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Third Doctor]]s implied he had built his TARDIS himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Backtime (comic story)|Backtime]]'') Indeed, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] had the ability to build a TARDIS console from scratch. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') However, the Doctor and others also stated that he had actually stolen it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]],'' ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (graphic novel)|The World Shapers]], ''[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'', ''[[Trial of the Valeyard (audio story)|Trial of the Valeyard]], [[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'') The TARDIS was previously owned by "several irresponsible owners", ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Collision Course (audio story)|Collision Course]]'') though accounts differed as to whether the last [[Time Lord]] it belonged to before the Doctor wa [[Marnal]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') or [[Marianna]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Abandoned (audio story)|The Abandoned]]'') After [[Ulysses]] and [[Penelope Gate]] wiped Marnal's mind and deposited him in [[1883]] [[England]], they took his TARDIS with them; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') [[the Doctor (The Infinity Doctors)|the Doctor]] once identified it as a "family heirloom". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') Other accounts differ to this, and imply it came from the general, [[High Council|government]]-controlled "stockpile" of TARDISes after the model had been officially decommissioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Exiles (short story)|The Exiles]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Time & Time Again (comic story)|Time & Time Again]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] told [[Adric]] that "it was in for repairs on Gallifrey when [he] borrowed it." When the [[Alzarian]] countered that he thought the Doctor outright owned the vehicle, the Doctor said, "Well, on a sort of 'finders, keepers' basis, yes." ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
Both the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Third Doctor]]s implied he had built his TARDIS himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Backtime (comic story)|Backtime]]'') Indeed, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] had the ability to build a TARDIS console from scratch. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') However, the Doctor and others also stated that he had actually stolen it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]],'' ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (graphic novel)|The World Shapers]], ''[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'', ''[[Trial of the Valeyard (audio story)|Trial of the Valeyard]], [[The Great War (audio story)|The Great War]]'')
 
The TARDIS was previously owned by "several irresponsible owners", ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Collision Course (audio story)|Collision Course]]'') though accounts differed as to whether the last [[Time Lord]] it belonged to before the Doctor wa [[Marnal]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') or [[Marianna]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Abandoned (audio story)|The Abandoned]]'') After [[Ulysses]] and [[Penelope Gate]] wiped Marnal's mind and deposited him in [[1883]] [[England]], they took his TARDIS with them; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') [[the Doctor (The Infinity Doctors)|the Doctor]] once identified it as a "family heirloom". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'')
 
Other accounts differ to this, and imply it came from the general, [[High Council|government]]-controlled "stockpile" of TARDISes after the model had been officially decommissioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Exiles (short story)|The Exiles]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Time & Time Again (comic story)|Time & Time Again]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] told [[Adric]] that "it was in for repairs on Gallifrey when [he] borrowed it." When the [[Alzarian]] countered that he thought the Doctor outright owned the vehicle, the Doctor said, "Well, on a sort of 'finders, keepers' basis, yes." ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')


When the Doctor first decided to leave Gallifrey, he had the chance to take a [[Type 53]] but dismissed it as "soulless" in favour of the Type 40. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') Although he already possessed a [[Type 50]] TARDIS the Doctor needed to leave Gallifrey in a "hurry," according to the [[Fifth Doctor]], and he stole a different TARDIS instead of [[TARDIS (Prisoners of Fate)|his first TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prisoners of Fate (audio story)|Prisoners of Fate]])''
When the Doctor first decided to leave Gallifrey, he had the chance to take a [[Type 53]] but dismissed it as "soulless" in favour of the Type 40. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') Although he already possessed a [[Type 50]] TARDIS the Doctor needed to leave Gallifrey in a "hurry," according to the [[Fifth Doctor]], and he stole a different TARDIS instead of [[TARDIS (Prisoners of Fate)|his first TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prisoners of Fate (audio story)|Prisoners of Fate]])''
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