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:::But why did they not ask for it back? | :::But why did they not ask for it back? | ||
::::The Doctors matches were in it, thus it would make their fire-making much easier. Not to mention leaving it in the tribe's possession could prove disastrous to history. | ::::The Doctors matches were in it, thus it would make their fire-making much easier. Not to mention leaving it in the tribe's possession could prove disastrous to history. | ||
:::::As mentioned above, the other three travellers initially find it, then they too are taken by the tribe. At this point, they've lost track of it. Although some of the implements within it could potentially have changed history, the odds of them ever being used by the tribe or found after that are remote. | |||
* Susan's claim to have made up the name TARDIS is not supported by later stories that indicate that it's a term in widespread use on [[Gallifrey]]. | * Susan's claim to have made up the name TARDIS is not supported by later stories that indicate that it's a term in widespread use on [[Gallifrey]]. | ||
:Some names catch on quite quickly. Presumably she thought of it on their planet and others heard it and liked it. The true origins of the term TARDIS and how the Doctor came by this one are still very unclear. | :Some names catch on quite quickly. Presumably she thought of it on their planet and others heard it and liked it. The true origins of the term TARDIS and how the Doctor came by this one are still very unclear. | ||
:Time Lords speak in Gallifreyan, Susan was therefore the first to invent an English name for the TARDIS and the TARDIS later translated its name whenever it was mentioned by Time Lords to that specfic name. | :Time Lords speak in Gallifreyan, Susan was therefore the first to invent an English name for the TARDIS and the TARDIS later translated its name whenever it was mentioned by Time Lords to that specfic name. | ||
::As pointed out above, the true origins of the term and how it spread are not yet explained. There's not necessarily any inconsistency, as the possible explanations (such as the ones given here) are numerous. If there were a discontinuity, it would be more properly attributed to later stories. | |||
* Susan states that 5 dimensions have to be used to solve a simple math equation, with the fourth, [[Time]], and the fifth, [[Space]], in addition to the length, width, and height that she was given. However, space is not the fifth dimension according to physics, but is made up of the first three. | * Susan states that 5 dimensions have to be used to solve a simple math equation, with the fourth, [[Time]], and the fifth, [[Space]], in addition to the length, width, and height that she was given. However, space is not the fifth dimension according to physics, but is made up of the first three. | ||
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*It is scientifically impossible for an object to be bigger on the inside. | *It is scientifically impossible for an object to be bigger on the inside. | ||
::Dimensional transcendentalism is a scientifically plausible hypothetical construct which contends that the "inside" of the TARDIS is actually in a different dimension | ::Dimensional transcendentalism is a scientifically plausible hypothetical construct, which contends that the "inside" of the TARDIS is actually in a different dimension than the "outside" - i.e., when you pass through the opening of the police box exterior, you cross a dimensional threshold to a completely different dimension, which could certainly be much larger. | ||
*When Ian and Barbara enter the TARDIS for the first time Susan uses the door switch but later, when the Doctor electrocutes Ian, he uses the same switch. | *When Ian and Barbara enter the TARDIS for the first time Susan uses the door switch but later, when the Doctor electrocutes Ian, he uses the same switch. | ||
::This is likely a result of the [[Rassilon Imprimatur]], which gives a Time Lord, and only a Time Lord, control over a TARDIS. | ::This is likely a result of the [[Rassilon Imprimatur]], which gives a Time Lord, and only a Time Lord, control over a TARDIS. | ||
::Different controls on the TARDIS can do different things at different times - much like hitting any given key on your keyboard can have different results depending upon what program you are running on the computer at that moment. | |||
*Ian claims that the Doctor shut the TARDIS doors although it was Susan. | *Ian claims that the Doctor shut the TARDIS doors although it was Susan. | ||
::Ian was in a very bizarre situation at that moment, and could certainly be forgiven a simple mistake like that. | |||
