Editing TARDIS (section)

==Name==
TARDIS is an acronym of "Time And Relative Dimension in Space". The word "Dimension" is alternatively rendered in the plural. The first story, ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' (1963), used the singular "Dimension". The 1964 novelisation ''[[The Daleks|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'' used "Dimensions" for the first time and the 1965 serial ''[[The Time Meddler]]'' introduced the plural in the television series – although the script had it as singular, actor [[Maureen O'Brien]] changed it to "Dimensions".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Pixley |first1=Andrew |last2=Morris |first2=Jonathan |author-link2=Jonathan Morris (author) |last3=Atkinson |first3=Richard |last4=McGown |last5=Hadoke |first5=Toby |author-link5=Toby Hadoke |date=27 January 2016 |title=The Time Meddler: Production |magazine=Doctor Who: The Complete History |publisher=[[Panini Comics|Panini Magazines]]/[[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette Partworks Ltd]] |volume=5 |page=134}}</ref> Both continued to be used during the classic series; in "[[Rose (Doctor Who episode)|Rose]]" (2005), the [[Ninth Doctor]] uses the singular (although this was a decision of actor [[Christopher Eccleston]]—<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Pixley |first1=Andrew |last2=Morris |first2=Jonathan |author-link2=Jonathan Morris (author) |last3=Atkinson |first3=Richard |last4=McGown |first4=Alistair |last5=Hadoke |first5=Toby |author-link5=Toby Hadoke |date=10 February 2016 |title=Rose: Production |magazine=Doctor Who: The Complete History |publisher=[[Panini Comics|Panini Magazines]]/[[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette Partworks Ltd]] |volume=48 |pages=57–58}}</ref> the line was plural in the script for the episode).<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Pixley |first1=Andrew |last2=Morris |first2=Jonathan |author-link2=Jonathan Morris (author) |last3=Atkinson |first3=Richard |last4=McGown |first4=Alistair |last5=Hadoke |first5=Toby |author-link5=Toby Hadoke |date=10 February 2016 |title=Rose: Pre-production |magazine=Doctor Who: The Complete History |publisher=[[Panini Comics|Panini Magazines]]/[[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette Partworks Ltd]] |volume=48 |page=37}}</ref> The acronym was explained in the first episode of the show, ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' (1963), in which the Doctor's granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] claims to have made it up herself. Despite this, the term is used commonly by other [[Time Lord]]s to refer to both the Doctor's and their own time ships.{{sfn|Burk|Smith|2012|p=541}}

Generally, "TARDIS" is written in all [[uppercase letters]], but may also be written in [[title case]] as "Tardis". The word "Tardis" first appeared in print in the Christmas 1963 edition of ''[[Radio Times]]'', which refers to "the space-time ship ''Tardis''".<ref>{{cite web|title=Article introducing Episode 1 of 'The Daleks' ("The Mutants"). From the ''Radio Times''. Volume. 161. Issue No. 2093. |url=http://www.cuttingsarchive.org.uk/radiotim/cs-s01-04/season1/dal_a.htm |website=The Doctor Who Cuttings Archive |date=21–27 December 1963 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619142319/http://cuttingsarchive.org.uk/radiotim/cs-s01-04/season1/dal_a.htm |archive-date=19 June 2006 }}</ref>