TARDIS
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![The Mark II fibreglass TARDIS prop used during the 1980s](/Images/godic/202502/15/TARDIS25213.jpg")
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![The console room as seen in the first-ever Doctor Who serial, An Unearthly Child (1963)](/Images/godic/202502/15/Original_TARDIS_control_room5213.jpg")
The TARDIS (UK /ˈtɑːdɪs/; US /ˈtɑːrdɪs/; Time And Relative Dimension In Space) is a fictional time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its associated spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood.