Contents

• Contents
• 1 INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TARDIS
• 1.2 USES FOR THE TARDIS
• 1.3 THE HISTORY OF THE TARDIS
• 1.4 PRIMARY FEATURES OF THE TARDIS
• 1.5 OPERATING THEORY
• 1.6 TARDIS CONSTRUCTION

• 2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TIME TRAVEL
• 2.1 AN INTRODUCTION TO TIME
• 2.2 THE ILLUSION OF TIME
• 2.3 TEMPORAL PHENOMENA
• 2.3.1 Time-Loops
• 2.3.2 Blinovitch Limitation Effect
• 2.3.3 Crossing Time Streams
• 2.3.4 Time Tracks
• Cross-jumping Time Tracks
• Time Friction
• 2.3.5 Common Paradoxes
• 2.4 TRAVEL TO THE PAST
• 2.5 TRAVEL TO THE FUTURE
• 2.6 RETURNING TO THE PRESENT
• 2.7 THE SPACE-TIME VORTEX
• 2.8 THE LAWS OF TIME
• 3 TIMESHIP STRUCTURE
• 3.1 THE OUTER-HULL
• 3.2 WAVE-ENERGY TRANSDUCTION
• 3.3 SHOCK ABSORPTION
• 3.4 THE DIMENSIONAL BRIDGE & EXTERNAL INSTRUMENTATION
• 3.5 ENTRY AND EXIT
• 3.5.1 The Door
• 3.5.2 Door Shielding
• 3.5.3 Exit From The Interior
• 3.6 THE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM
• 3.6.1 The Normal Lock
• 3.6.2 The Removable Lock
• 3.6.3 The Secondary Lock
• 3.6.4 The Metabolism Detecting Lock
• 3.6.5 The Lockjammer Effect
• 3.7 INTERIOR LAYOUT
• 3.8 THE INTERIOR DIMENSION
• 4 OPERATING PROCEDURES
• 4.1 CONFIGURATION
• 4.2 SECURITY & DEFENSE ISSUES
• 4.2.1 General Security Precautions
• 4.2.2 The Defense Mechanism
• 4.2.3 The Chameleon Circuitry System
• 4.3 INSTRUMENTATION
• 4.3.1 The Scanner
• 4.3.2 Exterior Monitoring
• 4.3.3 Miscellaneous Read-Outs & Meters
• 4.4 SPATIAL COORDINATES
• 4.4.1 Navigating With Coordinates
• 4.4.2 The Nature of TARDIS Coordinates
• 4.4.3 Coordinate Systems
• Null Coordinate
• Spherical Coordinates (1D, 2D, 3D)
• Rectangular Coordinates (1D, 2D, 3D)
• Catalogue Entries
• Orbital Elements
• Orbital Radius
• Flight Recorder
• 4.4.4 Coordinate Origin
• 4.4.5 Coordinate Axes
• 4.4.6 Defining The Point
• 4.4.7 Time-stamping
• 4.4.8 Automatic Coordinate Mapping
• 4.4.9 Error Correction & Locking
• 4.4.10 Coordinate Accuracy
• 4.5 TEMPORAL COORDINATES
• 4.5.1 The Nature Of Temporal Coordinates
• 4.5.2 Measuring Time
• 4.5.3 Digital Time Orientation
• 4.5.4 Error Correction
• 4.5.5 Coordinate Accuracy
• 4.6 ENTERING COORDINATES
• 4.6.1 The Entire Space-Time Coordinate
• 4.6.2 Omitting Temporal Coordinates
• 4.6.3 Omitting Spatial Coordinates
• 4.6.4 Invalid Coordinates
• 4.6.5 Coordinate Entry
• 4.6.6 Examples
• 4.7 UTILITIES
• 4.7.1 Night Phase Mode
• 4.8 COMMUNICATIONS
• 4.9 SYSTEM & PAAD CONTROL
• 4.10 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
• 4.10.1 General Advice
• 4.10.2 Flight Problems
• 4.10.3 Life Support Problems
• 4.10.4 Power Problems
• 4.10.5 Regeneration
• 5 FLIGHT PROCEDURES
• 5.1 BASIC FLIGHT PROCEDURE
• 5.2 FLIGHT ISSUES
• 5.3 FLIGHT TERMINATION PROTOCOLS
• 5.4 STANDARD TRAVEL
• 5.5 IN-FLIGHT PROCEDURES
• 5.6 AUTOMATED FLIGHT
• 5.7 OUTERSPACE TRAVEL
• 5.8 HOVER MODE
• 5.9 ADVANCED FLIGHT
• Quick Transference Jump
• Fast Return
• 6 HARDWARE SYSTEMS
• 6.1 NAVIGATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS
• 6.2 GUIDANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS
• 6.3 ASTRAL MAP
• 6.3.1 System Overview
• 6.3.2 Stellar Cartography
• 6.3.3 E/M Scanner
• 6.4 CENTRAL COMPUTER
• 6.5 ANCILLIARY COMPUTER TRUNKS
• 6.6 ENVIRONMENT CONTROL
• 6.6.1 Systems Overview
• 6.6.2 Atomspheric System
• 6.6.3 Gravity Generation
• 6.6.4 Critical Life Support (CLS)
• 6.6.5 Crew Support
• Water Creation
• Food Creation
• 6.7 POWER
• 6.7.1 Systems Overview
• 6.7.2 Operating Modes
• Zero Power Mode (ZPM)
• Emergency Power Mode (EPM)
• Minimal Power Mode (MPM)
• Auxiliary Power Mode (APM)
• Reduced Power Mode (RPM)
• Normal Power Mode (NPM)
• Full Power Mode (FPM)
• Total Systems Failure (TSF)
• 6.7.3 Power Usage
• 6.7.4 Power Boosting
• 6.7.5 Other Power Controls
• 6.8 DRIVE & ENGINES
• 6.9 CIRCUITRY
• 6.9.1 Systems Overview
• 6.9.2 Circuit & Component Listing
• 7 FLIGHT PROTOCOLS
• 7.1 DEMATERIALISATION
• 7.2 NAGCS FLIGHT SEQUENCE
• 7.3 REMATERIALISATION
• 7.4 REORIENTATION
• A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
• B MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS
• B.1 Utility Devices
• B.2 Tool Kit
• B.3 Sonic Screwdriver
• B.4 Making Repairs
• C CONTROL SYNTAX
• D CONTROL LISTING
• E GLOSSARY
• F ARTICLE 214