A precarious landing for the Tardis
The TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) is a time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its associated spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and more.
A TARDIS is a product of the advanced technology of the Time Lords, an extraterrestrial civilisation to which the programme's central character, the Doctor, belongs. A properly maintained and piloted TARDIS can transport its occupants to any point in time and any place in the universe. The interior of a TARDIS is much larger than its exterior, which can blend in with its surroundings using the ship's "chameleon circuit". TARDISes also possess a degree of sentience (which has been expressed in a variety of ways ranging from implied machine personality and free will through to the use of a conversant avatar) and provide their users with additional tools and abilities including a telepathically based universal translation system.
In the series, the Doctor pilots an apparently unreliable, obsolete Type 40, Mark 1 TARDIS. Its chameleon circuit is broken, leaving it stuck in the shape of a 1960s-style London police box after a visit to London in 1963. The Doctor's TARDIS was for most of the series' history said to have been stolen from the Time Lords' home planet, Gallifrey, where it was old, decommissioned and derelict. However, during the events of "The Doctor's Wife" (2011), the ship's consciousness briefly inhabits a human body named Idris, and she reveals that far from being stolen, she left of her own free will. During this episode, she flirtatiously implies that she "stole" the Doctor rather than the other way around, although she does also refer to him as her "thief" in the same episode.
The unpredictability of the TARDIS's short-range guidance (relative to the size of the Universe) has often been a plot point in the Doctor's travels. Also in "The Doctor's Wife", the TARDIS reveals that much of this "unpredictability" was actually intentional on its part in order to get the Doctor "where he needed to go" as opposed to where he "wanted to go".
Although "TARDIS" is a type of craft rather than a specific one, the Doctor's TARDIS is usually referred to as "the" TARDIS or, in some of the earlier serials, just as "the ship", "the blue box", "the capsule" or "the police box".
Doctor Who has become so much a part of British popular culture that not only has the shape of the police box become more immediately associated with the TARDIS than with its real-world inspiration, the term "TARDIS-like" has been used to describe anything that seems to be bigger on the inside than on the outside. The name TARDIS is a registered trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
This is just outside of the Doctor Who Experience which is housed in a specially constructed facility in Cardiff's Porth Teigr - a stone's throw from the BBC studios where Doctor Who is filmed - the Doctor Who Experience offers a unique, exciting and sometimes scary journey into fifty years of adventures in space and time.
After your action-packed journey with the Doctor, visitors can view the world's most extensive collection of original Doctor Who props and artefacts. Highlights include a complete collection of the Doctor's iconic costumes from 1963 to the present day, three full TARDIS sets (including the Ninth and Tenth Doctor's console room), and a whole host of costumes from evil monsters to loyal companions including those from Series 8 featuring Peter Capaldi. Specially created sets, images and interactive experiences allow vistors to discover first-hand what happens behind the scenes of the iconic television series, how the special effects are created and even how to walk like a Doctor Who monster.
Porth Teigr (English: Tiger Gate) is an area under development in Cardiff Bay, in the south of Cardiff, Wales.
The multi-use area will host the BBC drama village, with plans to link this to a new digital centre. The work will cover the last piece of brownfield area, thus completing the inner harbour jigsaw of Cardiff Bay. The development was granted permission in 2008 to become the centre point for creative industries in Wales.
Cardiff Bay (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd) is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the United Kingdom. The Bay is supplied by two rivers (Taff and Ely) to form a 500-acre (2.0 km2) freshwater lake round the former dockland area south of the city centre. The Bay was formerly tidal, with access to the sea limited to a couple of hours each side of high water but now provides 24-hour access through three locks.
The building on the other side of the water is St. David's Hotel & Spa Cardiff which is a five-star hotel situated just off the A4232 road, and close to Cardiff Bay railway station. The first five-star hotel in Wales, the building features a sweeping sail-topped roof and a lofty atrium lobby. The 132-room hotel was owned by the Rocco Forte Hotels group, until purchased by Principal Hayley Group group in 2007. Situated on Cardiff Bay, the hotel overlooks Mermaid Quay and the Cardiff Bay Barrage. There are 142 guestrooms available including doubles, twins and suites. Guests can dine at the Tides Bar and Grill, at which Welsh cuisine is served. The hotel has eight meeting rooms for up to 40 people. The Dylan Thomas room can a seat a maximum 270 people, and the Roald Dahl room up to 200.
The St. David's Marine Spa offers thalassotherapy as well as holistic and aromatherapy treatments. Facilities include a swimming pool, marine hydrotherapy pools and a gymnasium.
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A precarious landing for the Tardis
The TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) is a time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its associated spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and more.
A TARDIS is a product of the advanced technology of the Time Lords, an extraterrestrial civilisation to which the programme's central character, the Doctor, belongs. A properly maintained and piloted TARDIS can transport its occupants to any point in time and any place in the universe. The interior of a TARDIS is much larger than its exterior, which can blend in with its surroundings using the ship's "chameleon circuit". TARDISes also possess a degree of sentience (which has been expressed in a variety of ways ranging from implied machine personality and free will through to the use of a conversant avatar) and provide their users with additional tools and abilities including a telepathically based universal translation system.
In the series, the Doctor pilots an apparently unreliable, obsolete Type 40, Mark 1 TARDIS. Its chameleon circuit is broken, leaving it stuck in the shape of a 1960s-style London police box after a visit to London in 1963. The Doctor's TARDIS was for most of the series' history said to have been stolen from the Time Lords' home planet, Gallifrey, where it was old, decommissioned and derelict. However, during the events of "The Doctor's Wife" (2011), the ship's consciousness briefly inhabits a human body named Idris, and she reveals that far from being stolen, she left of her own free will. During this episode, she flirtatiously implies that she "stole" the Doctor rather than the other way around, although she does also refer to him as her "thief" in the same episode.
The unpredictability of the TARDIS's short-range guidance (relative to the size of the Universe) has often been a plot point in the Doctor's travels. Also in "The Doctor's Wife", the TARDIS reveals that much of this "unpredictability" was actually intentional on its part in order to get the Doctor "where he needed to go" as opposed to where he "wanted to go".
Although "TARDIS" is a type of craft rather than a specific one, the Doctor's TARDIS is usually referred to as "the" TARDIS or, in some of the earlier serials, just as "the ship", "the blue box", "the capsule" or "the police box".
Doctor Who has become so much a part of British popular culture that not only has the shape of the police box become more immediately associated with the TARDIS than with its real-world inspiration, the term "TARDIS-like" has been used to describe anything that seems to be bigger on the inside than on the outside. The name TARDIS is a registered trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
This is just outside of the Doctor Who Experience which is housed in a specially constructed facility in Cardiff's Porth Teigr - a stone's throw from the BBC studios where Doctor Who is filmed - the Doctor Who Experience offers a unique, exciting and sometimes scary journey into fifty years of adventures in space and time.
After your action-packed journey with the Doctor, visitors can view the world's most extensive collection of original Doctor Who props and artefacts. Highlights include a complete collection of the Doctor's iconic costumes from 1963 to the present day, three full TARDIS sets (including the Ninth and Tenth Doctor's console room), and a whole host of costumes from evil monsters to loyal companions including those from Series 8 featuring Peter Capaldi. Specially created sets, images and interactive experiences allow vistors to discover first-hand what happens behind the scenes of the iconic television series, how the special effects are created and even how to walk like a Doctor Who monster.
Porth Teigr (English: Tiger Gate) is an area under development in Cardiff Bay, in the south of Cardiff, Wales.
The multi-use area will host the BBC drama village, with plans to link this to a new digital centre. The work will cover the last piece of brownfield area, thus completing the inner harbour jigsaw of Cardiff Bay. The development was granted permission in 2008 to become the centre point for creative industries in Wales.
Cardiff Bay (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd) is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the United Kingdom. The Bay is supplied by two rivers (Taff and Ely) to form a 500-acre (2.0 km2) freshwater lake round the former dockland area south of the city centre. The Bay was formerly tidal, with access to the sea limited to a couple of hours each side of high water but now provides 24-hour access through three locks.
The building on the other side of the water is St. David's Hotel & Spa Cardiff which is a five-star hotel situated just off the A4232 road, and close to Cardiff Bay railway station. The first five-star hotel in Wales, the building features a sweeping sail-topped roof and a lofty atrium lobby. The 132-room hotel was owned by the Rocco Forte Hotels group, until purchased by Principal Hayley Group group in 2007. Situated on Cardiff Bay, the hotel overlooks Mermaid Quay and the Cardiff Bay Barrage. There are 142 guestrooms available including doubles, twins and suites. Guests can dine at the Tides Bar and Grill, at which Welsh cuisine is served. The hotel has eight meeting rooms for up to 40 people. The Dylan Thomas room can a seat a maximum 270 people, and the Roald Dahl room up to 200.
The St. David's Marine Spa offers thalassotherapy as well as holistic and aromatherapy treatments. Facilities include a swimming pool, marine hydrotherapy pools and a gymnasium.
www.doctorwho.tv/events/doctor-who-experience/about/
www.doctorwho.tv/events/doctor-who-experience/about/the-e...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porth_Teigr
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Bay