Editing TARDIS (section)

===In science and computing===
An asteroid discovered in 1984 by astronomer [[Brian A. Skiff]] was named [[3325 TARDIS]] on account of its [[cuboid]] appearance.<ref name="jpldata">{{cite web  |type= 4 June 2017 last obs.  |title= JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3325 TARDIS (1984 JZ)  |url= https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2003325 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200109120746/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2003325  |url-status = dead |archive-date = 9 January 2020 |publisher=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] |access-date = 2 July 2022}}</ref> A number of geological features on [[Charon (moon)|Charon]], the largest moon of the dwarf planet [[Pluto]], have been named after mythological or fictional vessels, and one is named the [[List of geological features on Charon#Chasmata|Tardis Chasma]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ferry |first1=Ilan |title=La Mythologie selon Le Seigneur des Anneaux |date=10 May 2022 |publisher=Les Éditions de l'Opportun |isbn=978-2-38015-258-6 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKZgEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT23 |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>

A data storage manufacturer called tarDISK markets a [[flash memory]] drive for [[Apple Computer, Inc.|Apple]] [[MacBook]] which it claims is "bigger on the inside". They also claim native integration with Apple's [[Time Machine (macOS)|Time Machine backup software]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.TarDisk.com|title=Company Website, January 1, 2015 |access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.co/tardisk-macbook-storage-expansion-thats-bigger-inside-2015-02 |title=TarDisk: MacBook Storage Expansion That's Bigger on the Inside |publisher=tech.co |date=18 February 2015 |access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref>

The [[European Space Agency]] has sent 3,000 [[tardigrade]]s ("water bears") into orbit on the ''outside'' of a rocket; 32% survived. The experiment was named Tardigrades in Space, or Tardis.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/09/first-cat-space-felicette-orbit-humans-earth-atmosphere|title=First cat in space: how a Parisian stray called Félicette was blasted far from Earth |first=Robin |last=McKie |newspaper=The Observer |date=9 September 2023|via=The Guardian}}</ref>