Hi! I was linked here via kaffy_r and must say that this essay is lyrical, interesting and intelligent. I love reading things like this put together by people who are able to draw so many references together (and hope you don't mind if I friend you as a result).
I've always seen the TARDIS as the Doctor's OTP, but not in a romantic sense; really, I think she's more like a mother to him. It's implied that the TARDIS is older than the Doctor, that he stole her, and also that she's been looking out for him. There's a Hartnell episode, The Edge of Destruction where the Doctor accidentally flicks the fast return switch and sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a star or a black hole or something - the TARDIS, sensing danger, starts possessing crew members and making varios strange things happen. I've only seen it the once, but I remember at the end of it the Doctor coming to the conclusion that his ship was A. alive B. sentient and C. trying to warn him of intending doom.
I'm not sure the Time Lords in general knew how alive their ships were, or if the TARDIS is just special, or if the Doctor is special enough that she'll reveal a bit of her true nature to him, in any case, I agree completely and absolutely that another TARDIS-centric storyline would not go amiss.
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Date: 2010-04-14 11:41 pm (UTC)I've always seen the TARDIS as the Doctor's OTP, but not in a romantic sense; really, I think she's more like a mother to him. It's implied that the TARDIS is older than the Doctor, that he stole her, and also that she's been looking out for him. There's a Hartnell episode, The Edge of Destruction where the Doctor accidentally flicks the fast return switch and sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a star or a black hole or something - the TARDIS, sensing danger, starts possessing crew members and making varios strange things happen. I've only seen it the once, but I remember at the end of it the Doctor coming to the conclusion that his ship was A. alive B. sentient and C. trying to warn him of intending doom.
I'm not sure the Time Lords in general knew how alive their ships were, or if the TARDIS is just special, or if the Doctor is special enough that she'll reveal a bit of her true nature to him, in any case, I agree completely and absolutely that another TARDIS-centric storyline would not go amiss.