Editing TARDIS (section)

===Merchandising===
As one of the most recognisable images connected with ''Doctor Who'', the TARDIS has appeared on numerous items of merchandise associated with the programme. TARDIS scale models of various sizes have been manufactured to accompany other ''Doctor Who'' dolls and action figures, some with sound effects included. Fan-built full-size models of the police box are also common. There have been TARDIS-shaped video games, play tents for children, toy boxes, cookie jars, book ends, key chains, and even a police-box-shaped bottle for a TARDIS bubble bath. The 1993 VHS release of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' was contained in a special-edition tin shaped like the TARDIS.

With the 2005 series revival, a variety of TARDIS-shaped merchandise has been produced, including a TARDIS coin box, TARDIS figure toy set, a TARDIS that detects the ring signal from a mobile phone and flashes when an incoming call is detected, TARDIS-shaped wardrobes and DVD cabinets, and a [[USB hub]] in the shape of the TARDIS.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who Tardis 4-Way USB Hub |publisher=Firebox.com |url=http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1713 |access-date=31 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205132824/http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1713 |archive-date=5 February 2007}}</ref> The complete 2005 season DVD box set, released in November 2005, was issued in packaging that resembled the TARDIS.

One of the original-model TARDISes used in the television series' production in the 1970s was sold at auction in December 2005 for [[Pound sterling|£]]10,800.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4529332.stm| title=Miniature Tardis sells at auction |work=BBC News  | date=15 December 2005 |access-date=19 April 2006}}</ref>