i always thought that it was an unfortunate thing that the TARDIS wasn't explored in full in the new series or that the TARDIS itself wasn't used as a plot device in the new series overall. Part of that i know is economy; they only had the one set to deal with and to create a temporary set that would have functioned as a plot for one episode and make it convincing that it's a part of the TARDIS in this day and age (i'm thinking of Invasion of Time here) would be difficult. The other part of it i think is that it just didn't enter into rusty's mode of thinking to create a crisis in the TARDIS. The TARDIS in the new series is very much just a fancy car; it serves to transport from one place to another or create cool effect to chase brides in runaway taxis, but it's not a Place of Crisis.
and it's a nice parallel to compare that to Moya or Talyn, where there were multiple episodes that either dealt with the ship being the ship or all took place inside the ship because oddly enough it was probably more complicated and expensive to do an on location deal with farscape rather than just deal with the sets of Moya that they had, whereas with Doctor Who it's the opposite.
Honestly, i don't think that it's going to change for Doctor Who; regardless of the fact that the set is bigger and the TARDIS is more eclectic and whatever, i feel like Moffat, like rusty, will not find it practical to try to write extended scenes in the TARDIS beyond the console room. Maybe in the future series if they're able to save budget to build a few other sets and they can come up with some reason why there would be a crisis in the TARDIS that they'd have to solve in 45 minutes that would resonate with the audience they're trying to reach, but i'm not holding my breath.
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and it's a nice parallel to compare that to Moya or Talyn, where there were multiple episodes that either dealt with the ship being the ship or all took place inside the ship because oddly enough it was probably more complicated and expensive to do an on location deal with farscape rather than just deal with the sets of Moya that they had, whereas with Doctor Who it's the opposite.
Honestly, i don't think that it's going to change for Doctor Who; regardless of the fact that the set is bigger and the TARDIS is more eclectic and whatever, i feel like Moffat, like rusty, will not find it practical to try to write extended scenes in the TARDIS beyond the console room. Maybe in the future series if they're able to save budget to build a few other sets and they can come up with some reason why there would be a crisis in the TARDIS that they'd have to solve in 45 minutes that would resonate with the audience they're trying to reach, but i'm not holding my breath.