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Subject: Re: Is the TARDIS alive?

Glenn Holliday wrote:

> On 1/2/2011 12:05 AM, T987654321 wrote:
> >  When did the Doctor first indicate that the TARDIS is alive?
>
> Here is the earliest example I remember.  I don't have a DVD
> of the relevant scene.  This may inspire others to cite more correctly -
>
> At the end of "Planet of the Spiders", the 3rd doctor returns
> to UNIT to regenerate.  He says to Sarah Jane "The TARDIS
> brought me home."  She says something along the lines of
> "You say that as if it's alive," and the Doctor replies
> "Yes."
>
> Anybody have a better rendering?

The dialogue actually comes earlier in the story, in part 3, when the
Doctor is about to leave for Metabelis III to search for the kidnapped
Sarah-Jane.

MIKE YATES: Yes, but, but, Doctor - a planet's a big place.
DOCTOR: Yes, well, I always leave the actual landing to the TARDIS
herself. She's no fool, you know?
MIKE YATES: You speak as if she were alive?
DOCTOR: (Smiles.) Yes...yes, I do, don't I? Bye, Mike.

>  And is this the best first example?

IIRC there may be something about it in The Time Monster, but I've no
desire to watch that again to find out.

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