TARDIS
TARDIS is an acronym from the British science fiction series *Doctor Who*, standing for Time And Relative Dimension In Space.
It refers to the Doctor's time-traveling spacecraft, which resembles a blue British police box on the outside but contains vast interior spaces.
The word has become shorthand for anything deceptively spacious: Their apartment is a TARDIS—looks tiny from outside but has four bedrooms.
Curbside law enforcement station
- dematerializationLoss of physical substance
- vortexRotating fluid column
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
Gallifrey · exterior · dimensional · transcendental · materialization · whooshing · landing · flight
Time-traveling alien series
- BBCBritish public broadcaster
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
iconic · prop · merchandise · replica · collectible · fandom · Whovian · canon
police box
Curbside law enforcement station
- dematerializationLoss of physical substance
- vortexRotating fluid column
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
Gallifrey · rotor · exterior · dimensional · transcendental · materialization · whooshing · landing · flight · navigation
Doctor Who
Time-traveling alien series
- BBCBritish public broadcaster
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
television · iconic · prop · merchandise · replica · collectible · fandom · Whovian · canon · spinoff
transdimensional
Crossing between realities
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- sentientAble to perceive, experience
- aliveHaving current existence
matrix · heart · telepathy · translation · shields · cloaking · infinite · rooms · corridors · reconfiguration
blue
Primary color; also sad
rectangular · paneled · signage · lamp · windows · handles · phone · Metropolitan Police · weathered · paintwork
- Sci-Fi IconsDeLorean, Enterprise, Millennium Falcon, Death Star, lightsaber
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- Sci-Fi/Fantasywand, spell, potion, rune, incantation
- Fictional ObjectsExcalibur, magic carpet, invisibility cloak, Mjolnir, One Ring
- British Sci-FiDoctor Who, Daleks, Dalek, Cyberman, Torchwood
- Teleporterstransporter, portal gun, Stargate, Bifrost
TARDIScramped space
Area too small for comfort
phone booth · porta-potty · closet · coffin · sardine can
TARDISanchor
Secures ships to seabed
prison · fixed point · stationary · immobile · rooted
TARDIShorse-drawn carriage
Animal-powered wheeled vehicle