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From: 5863mp11@sjuvax.UUCP (mccann)
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Subject: Re: TARDIS isomorphism
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Date: Wed, 4-Jul-84 15:20:16 EDT
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Apparently, this error can be attributed to the fact that each
show is written by a different author. In the Pyramids of Mars,
the doctor told Sutec(sp.) that only he could pilot the tardis,
but, as was pointed out, later in the series, other people have 
piloted the tardis. The idea of the isomorphism would also create
a bit of a problem concerning how the doctor appropriated the
tardis in the first place. On several occasions, the tardis has
been shown to possess artificial intelligence, and has acted on
its own (in The Time Monster, the tardis rescued the Doctor when
the Master trapped him in the space-time vortex, it also helped
in the second regeneration of the docotor, when he was too
weak to get help) and perhaps this is what the doctor meant (i.e.
it would have recognized sutekh as an enemy and shut itself down).
In any event, it seems that this most likely occured because the
authors didn't remember the actions of past shows.