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From: jgd@ih1ap.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: RE: The TARDIS
Message-ID: <242@ih1ap.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Oct-83 11:48:53 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 12 11:48:53 1983
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To jfg, and to other misinformed folks,


There have been some questions on the net about the Doctors TARDIS having
the ability to change apearance.  

According to the novel versions of Dr. Who episodes the introductions state
that the TARDIS was ripped off by the Dr. while it was in for repairs.
At which time it was in the form of the blue british police box.  Aparantly
it was in the shop to repaired because the "camelion circuit" which 
accomplishes the appearance change was not functioning.  

In the episode "Logopolis", the last episode staring Tom Baker, he pushes
a button on the console which extrudes a tipical looking micro processor
keyboard that is the control for the camelion circuit.  "You have to input
the instructions in machine code" the Dr. says to Adrick.  Then an image
appears on his viewscrean in back on the console and as a demonstration
he calls up an image of a piramid.  "Of course youll need a real world 
interface" he says to Acrick, (he means a door).  He then explains that it
hasen't worked for some time and that he was going to ask Romana to fix it
some day.  

Feeling that this matter of the camelion circuit not working has now
aquired a very high priority he gos to eEarth to precisley measure an
authentic police box, take the measurments to the planet Logopolis and
through "block transfer computation" have the circuit fixed.  The Master
all the while has been waiting in the background to foil the Dr. as best
he can and ...... well for those of you who havent seen it, I'll stop 
here.  If there are anymore questions I'll view my video tape and come
up with more accurate info on bolth TARDIS control rooms 1 & 2, the masters
TARDIS, or block transfer computation.


					Jerry Donovan
					ih1ap!jgd
					AT&T/Western Electric
					Naperville Il.