Доктор Кто. ТАРДИС. Энциклопедия

by Steve Tribe, Анна Блейз (Translator)

Взгляд изнутри на 900 лет путешествий на знаменитой машине времени Доктора.

В этой книге вы найдете все, что вам нужно знать о ТАРДИС: откуда она возникла, где побывала, как работает и как изменилась со времен первого появления на той свалке в Восточном Лондоне в 1963 году.

Фотографии, дизайнерские рисунки и концепт-арты разных сезонов сериала, включенные в эту мини-энциклопедию, помогут исследовать бесконечный интерьер корабля, заглянуть в его гардероб и спальни, генераторные и лазарет, коридоры и галереи, а также покажут, как съемочные группы создавали полицейскую будку, внутри и снаружи.

Оригинальная версия книги вышла в 2010-м году, поэтому приведенная в ней информация актуальна до пятого сезона сериала.

Genres: Doctor Who, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Media Tie In, Fiction, Fantasy, Reference

128 pages, Hardcover

First published April 22, 2010

Reviews

[Valerie Book Valkyrie-on Holiday Semi-Hiatus · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Space-Time Stars
Published in 2010 this sweet little handbook covers TARDIS design, development, and materialization/dematerialization through the first eleven incarnations of The Doctor, which was fine for me because I'm really a fan of the series only through those eleven incarnations, stopped watching after that. Published by BBC Books, this omnibus boasts a very high quality: heavy weight, glossy pages in a sewn-and-glued binding, enclosed in the sturdiest of hardback covers.

A brief history of Gallifrey depicts The Doctor's progenitors, "The humanoid Galifreyans had telepathic and telekinetic capabilities and made scientific advances and discoveries at a ferocious pace. They developed and transcended technologies of space travel, matter transmission, dematerialization theory, and transdimentional engineering during the Old Time."
The story proceeds from the Old Time through a series of Time wars: The Skaro Degradations, the Horde of Travesties, and the Daleks to name a few, culminating in The Doctor's relegation to that of "A MADMAN WITH A BOX".

Chock full of fun (and educational 🤔) facts such as the TARDIS:
🌀 was first encountered by modern humans in a London junkyard in 1963
🌀 doors contain a sophisticated locking mechanism: a double-curtain trimonic barrier requiring a cipher-indent key (looking suspiciosly like an ordinary Yale key)
🌀 frequently malfunctioned because when The Doctor decided to abscond from Galifrey the only way he could gain access to a TARDIS was to take one that was awaiting repairs
🌀interior is furnished with a bedroom, laboratory, powder room, wardrobe room, sickbay, workshop, library, and the Zero Room where Time Lords could recuperate in the aftermath of bodily regeneration
🌀 is an acronym that stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space

High quality color and B&W photos bring each successive TARDIS to life; snippets of episode scripts and screenplays pay tribute to the TV series; and accurate, to-scale, drawings and schematics are abundant for guiding the DIYer along.

If you come across a functioning gravidic anomalizer please send it my way so I can get this DIY crate of a TARDIS out of my present time/space living-room 🧚‍♀️🙋🏼. Thanks!

[osoi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Я возлагала неимоверно большие надежды на наш BBC – British Book Centre, полки которого, по моим скромным убеждениям, должны быть заставлены докторшточевокаво франшизой, ведь это самое ядро британской упоротости. Стивен Фрай не может соперничать с таймлордом из синей полицейской будки, хотя первого там неприлично много (что радует).

Я взяла единственные три книги, которые имеют отношение к whoniverse, и первая прочитанная оказалась путеводителем по великой и многоликой ТАРДИС. Должна сказать, моя индифферентность по отношению к ней расползлась по швам после геймановской Идрис. Ни много ни мало, это боевая подруга Доктора, которая с ним с начала начал. Я вообще люблю препятствия, они зачастую интереснее самого результата, так что при размышлении о том, какую бы такую эпичную любовь выбрать Доктору, я бы выбрала ТАРДИС. У меня в подкорке заложено мечтать о невозможной любви корабля к своему пилоту. Сириосли, пейринг Доктор/ТАРДИС еще никогда не был так привлекателен, особенно на фоне карликовой девочки с суфле.

Про книжку. Она сделана крайне грамотно и красиво. Глянцевая с цветными картинками. Правда, формат можно было бы сделать побольше, я при чтении в полуосвещенном вечернем метро подносила книжку к носу, чтобы разглядеть, что там конкретно такое нарисовано.
Отсылки к предыдущим Докторам, интересности про эволюцию ТАРДИС, комнатки и модификации капитанского мостика с этой штукой посередке (которая вж-вж туда-сюда), звуки при отбытии/прибытии и самое главное: ТАРДИС не приземляется, а МАТЕРИАЛИЗУЕТСЯ. Отдельное спасибо за краткий экскурс по регенерациям с первыми и последними словами Докторов. Я ощутила, сколько мне предстоит еще увидеть, услышать и познать олдскула, чтобы хотя бы отдаленно считать себя знатоком whoniverse.

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[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a must have for any doctor who fan young or old.
It starts off with the history of the timelords and why the tardis and the doctor leaves his home planet.
it has details of each tardis, differences, similarities, amongst other things. It also has the first and last words of each the doctors so far with character profiles.

In a nutshell this shows a thought out history to one of the worlds beat loved sci-fi show and is a must have for any hardcore fan.

[Kris Russel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad reference book, but I just expected more of it. The writer is also clearly an Eleven fan as there is a lot of unnecessary Eleven episode/character overview. That's not what I'm looking for in a book about the T.A.R.D.I.S.

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A stunning combination of non-fictional analysis, fictional historiography, and visual delight on an epic scale. If I had discovered this when I was 10 years old, I would have NEVER put it down! I would have eaten with it, slept with it, and held on to it like a diamond. As a 36 year old...going on 10...I might just have similar feelings about it today. :)

[Kirill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great and entertaining read for someone who is either a fan of Doctor Who or who is just getting into the series and wants to know better about this iconic object, the TARDIS.

[Rachael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good and very informative. It could do with being updated because there's more we've found out about the TARDIS since this was first published.

[Erik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don’t be put-off by this slender, near pocket-sized hardback’s price-tag, which comes in at $20. (You can get it cheaper through Amazon, or for free from your local library if they happen to have purchased it for their collection.) The TARDIS Handbook is yet another well-researched guide into coolest vehicle since Back to the Future’s tricked-up DeLoren, Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon, or (dare I say it) any incarnation of either the Batmobile or the U.S.S. Enterprise. Tribe’s one hundred and some odd pages of text, photos, conceptual art, and episode excerpts and references from the near 40-year television history of Doctor Who makes for a delightfully whimsical read. And by the time you put it down, you’ll be aching to get yourself a TARDIS or – failing that – pop in any random episode for an escape through time and space like no other.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up as a birthday present for a friend whose birthday is some time away (sorry, no, Julia, not you--but you might want to pick one up or put it on your wish list if you haven't already) and thought I'd read it before passing it along. But I've been a Doctor Who fan for less than a year, and only of the 9th and 10th Doctors (Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant); so it turns out I'm not a big enough fan to really enjoy this. You'd have to be a much more detail-oriented Doctor Who fanatic than I am to read each and every page. I did pick up a few interesting facts, though.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great additon to the Dr Who universe.

Lots of great behind-the-scenes pictures, illustrations and information, as well as up-to-date looks at David Tennant, Matt Smith, Amy Pond and River Song.

Especially interesting was all the stuff from the early years, most of which I remembered.

Well worth the money, for all us geeks :)

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have given it a five except some of the chapters were a mish mash. It's fun to read a mish mash, but if I need to go back and look up something, it's going to be difficult. I really hope they update this book, as there's so much more we have learned about the TARDIS since the book's publication date of 2010.

[Nicholas Whyte · Rating 4 out of 5]

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I'm not always enthused by the various Who spinoff publications, BBC or otherwise, but this one is a real winner (and I should say that in general I've been more than satisfied with Steve Tribe's work). Here we have the TARDIS examined from all angles, its non-fictional inspiration in the drafts of C.E. "Bunny" Webber, the designs of Peter Brachacki and his successors, and the various ways it has been used in the show, from both in-universe and external perspectives. It was published in 2010, just nicely in time for The Doctor's Wife the following year. It's fully but not obsessively detailed and gorgeously illustrated.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A handy little volume! I absolutely loved this overview of the TARDIS and her adventures with her beautiful idiot Time Lord. Though it's an older book, only coming up on the beginning of the Eleventh Doctor's era, it does a fantastic job covering the Classic era, as well as the New era up until that point. Very nicely organized and a delightful read!

[Leigh Kimmel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A slender but fascinating tome that looks at both the in-'verse story of the TARDIS and the production history of the scripts, sets, and finished TV shows over the years, both the original series that ran from the 60's to the 80's and the revived series that began in the twenty-first century.

[Jennifer Szczublewski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recommended for any doctor who fan or just wants to add it to their book collection of doctor who.
I'm glad I have it!

[Susan Ferguson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A look at the Tardis from the beginning. The Tardis as a set and how it changed through the years. Also a look at the changes in the Tardis’ abilities and the Doctor’s understanding of it.

[Sophie Swift · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting read for any fan of the series, especially if you don't know much about Classic Who.

[Will Meeks · Rating 5 out of 5]

For all those Whovians out there, the people that live within the world of Doctor Who, this is the perfect book for you. Ever wwonder what goes into making the Doctor's ultimate means of transportation, and time travel? This book has it all including design specs, pictures, and random tid bits of information involving the TARDIS. Standing for Time And Relative Dimension In Space, the TARDIS takes the Doctor where ever, and when ever he wants to go...although he may not always arrive in the right place or time. While reading each chapter, the information provided will be reference by episodes which held that information. It will display the title of the episode, whether from the classic series or new series, along with the actor that was currently portraying the Doctor.

You'll also get an idea as to why the TARDIS always changes, from Doctor to Doctor, and what those changes are supposed to reflect. There's even a few pages that describe all the buttons and levers inside the TARDIS Control Room. You'll also be treated to behind the scenes of Doctor Who. You'll get to see how the Doctor Who came to be, what the TARDIS looks like inside the filming studio, as well as scripts from certain episodes.

A comical side, to all this, is the fact that there really was a TARDIS handbook in the series. Seeing as how the Doctor stole a TARDIS that wasn't his to begin with, he figured out how to work it as the show progressed, so of course he never really uses it. At one point it was being used as a blocker for vent inside the TARDIS. They add this information as well.

Even though this book is only based on Doctors 1-11, the current Doctor #12 not present, it is still a fantastic book. What are you waiting for? Allons-y. While diving into this book, you will feel the sudden urge to yell, "Geronimo!"

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this for my birthday, and I was pleasantly surprised! As much as I love doctor who, the last "factual" book left me disappointed, as I was hoping for a more detailed approach. So, with some reservations, I began this.
Gone was the fun approach, here was the doctor who text book I had been hoping for all along. Complete with pictures, references to specific episodes (including from the classic era) and, perhaps most importantly, not written from the point of view of a character from the series, this satisfied my thirst for Who knowledge on an intellectual front.

[Katie Brock · Rating 5 out of 5]

From William Hartnell to Smith's Series 5 TARDIS, this little book should be in every Who fans collection just because it answers so many questions about the TARDIS that people usually ask about. I read this book quickly, as it's not very big, and is full of large pictures of the TARDIS interior.

But it is a lovely little book and I would recommend it to my fellow Whovians, even if you just decide to flick through it.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was truly, deeply amazing and I advise it to everyone who loves Doctor Who. This had all sorts of information I'd never seen before. Endless picture.s Lists of the rooms. Lists of everyone's reaction. Lists of everything that had ever been pushed, prodded, or tossed out as broken/fixed. It was this giddy making toil through a truly deeply beautiful span of fifty years (Or maybe 49, since it was missing references to the last season and half).

Everyone who loves Who should do this now!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book is very interesting it puts a lot of detail and I really enjoyed it. If any one likes doctor who get this it shows all the eleven doctors and the Tartis's, from what I've seen this book shows everything regerations little clips of when the companions first met and I loved it!
By JESSICA

[Sarah Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of old Dr Who facts from earlier series. Interesting to learn more of the history of the Time Lords and in particular how the Tardis fits in with it. Extremely geeky though, and I finished it very quickly.

[Elise · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was an excellent adventure! It included many inside details on how things on Doctor Who were created, facts about the show, and most importantly.. how the T.A.R.D.I.S works. Now I might be able to use the T.A.R.D.I.S. if the Doctor shows up.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun recap of the series that focuses on the TARDIS, yet touches on reincarnations and various enemies & companions. I enjoyed the comparisons and changes over the years. Geeky, easy reading.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Viele gute Infos und Hintergründe für alle, die nicht 50 Jahre Doctor Who aufholen wollen.

[Kristin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of background knowledge for people interested in Doctor Who. I found it quite informative but sometimes a bit hard to understand.

[Mary]

interresing background on the TARDIS And some history of the show really interesting

[Sadie Austin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Explain a lot about Timelord Tech.

[T.M. Carper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dr Who fans will enjoy this in-depth look at the beloved TARDIS and tracing it from the early days to the Eleventh Doctor's fixed up version.