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{{quote|'''Eleventh Doctor:''' I'm being extremely clever up here, and there's no one to stand around looking impressed. What's the point in having you all?|''The Impossible Astronaut''}}
 
* [[Doctor Who (TV)/Classic Series Companions/Characters|Classic series companions]]
* [[Doctor Who (TV)/New Series Companions/Characters|New series companions]]
* [[Doctor Who (TV)/Other Supporting Cast/Characters|Other supporting cast]]
 
=== All Companions ===
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{{quote| Played by: Several props (1963-present), [[Nicholas Courtney]] (2003), {{spoiler|Suranne Jones (2011) ->[[media:scharlachidristardis_3265.jpeg|Spoiler-y icon link]] [http://www.redscharlach.co.uk/ from here.]}}}}
 
One of the centrepieces of ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', the TARDIS has been there since day one - and remained ever since, stuck in the form of a British police telephone box. Sure, she's a temperamental Type-40 TARDIS and has almost been through more face-lifts than the Doctor himself (the interior set has changed a lot, while the outer prop has had [http://www.themindrobber.co.uk/tardis-police-box.html minor changes to its police box form]), but the TARDIS is a constant of the franchise. [[Trope Namer]] for [[Time and Relative Dimensions In Space]].
 
* [[Adorkable]]: Especially {{spoiler|when she's in Idris' body.}}
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: As the House Entity learnt, you do ''not'' want to make her angry.
* [[Bigger On the Inside]]: [[Trope Namer]]
* [[Bond Creatures|Bond Creature]]: It has a strong mental connection with the Doctor. The translation field stops working when he's comatose in "[[Doctor Who (TV)/2005 CS the Christmas Invasion/Recap|The Christmas Invasion]]", and he can feel how close it comes to being destroyed in "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S4 E13 Journeys End|Journey's End]]".
* [[The Bridge]]: The console room.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Even if one takes the whole "multidimensional [[Starfish Alien]]" thing into account, she still comes across as this.
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* [[Ghost in The Machine]]: In [[Big Finish Doctor Who|the audios]], this is portrayed by [[The Brigadier]] himself. The [[Doctor Who Magazine (Magazine)|Doctor Who Magazine]] strip opts for a veiled grey lady instead.
* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: The Master jimmies the TARDIS into a "Paradox Machine," giving it an infernal red glow.
* [[Happily Married]]: To the Doctor, [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S32 E4 The Doctors Wife|obviously.]]
* [[I Call It Vera]]: {{spoiler|The TARDIS likes to be called "Sexy Thing", or "Old Girl".}} {{spoiler|[[Inverted Trope|On the other hand,]] she calls the Doctor "her Thief" or "Beautiful Idiot".}}
* [[Iconic Item]]: Of the series as a whole. Thanks to the show (and, admittedly, increases in technology which saw the need for phone boxes decline), the police box outer shell is immediately associated with ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''.
** [[The BBC]] has acquired the legal rights to the image of a British police box, taking them ''away'' from the British police. It's ''that'' iconic.
* {{spoiler|[[Like Mother Like Daughter]]}}: Both the TARDIS and {{spoiler|her daughter River Song}} consider themselves to be {{spoiler|married}} to the Doctor.
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* [[Sapient Ship]]: Wanted to see the universe, so stole a Time Lord and ran away.
* [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]]: A rare case where the viewers ''only'' see it in the "locked" form. The Doctor has long since grown too attached to the police box look to change it. Also, it's harder to misplace the damn thing when it's a big blue box as opposed to something cleverly camouflaged or invisible.
** He tries to fix the chameleon circuit in [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S18 E7 Logopolis|"Logopolis"]], and actually does in [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S22 E1 Attack of the Cybermen|"Attack of the Cybermen"]] (but quickly becomes annoyed with it, and leaves it alone after it breaks again).
* [[Ship Tease]]: While she's quite [[Happily Married]] to the Doctor, the TARDIS seems to fancy {{spoiler|Rory}}, calling him "the pretty one".
* [[Spaceship Girl]]: In "The Doctor's Wife", and elsewhere in the EU.
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* [[This Is My Human|This Is My Time Lord]]
* [[Time Abyss]]: The TARDIS matrix exists in all points of time and space. Simultaneously.
* [[True -Blue Femininity]]: An inanimate example.
 
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