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The time machine and spacecraft used by the Doctor in the British sci-fi television series Doctor Who, which is larger on the inside than its exterior (that of a British police box) suggests, or any of the conceptually similar time machines used by other members of the Doctor's race, the Time Lords.
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Alternative form of TARDIS (time machine from the series Doctor Who which is larger on the inside than the outside).
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noun
Alternative form of Tardis.
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noun
Alternative form of Tardis (something which resembles the bigger-on-the-inside time machine from the series Doctor Who).
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noun
Something which resembles such a machine, either in that it travels through time or in that its interior is or appears to be larger (or more full of information or things) than its exterior suggested.
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History
Coined in 1963 for the British science-fiction programme Doctor Who; said to stand for "Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space".
From TARDIS, the designation of the bigger-on-the-inside time machine used in the British science-fiction TV series Doctor Who, said in the 1963 story "An Unearthly Child" to be an abbreviation for "Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space"..
