A TARDIS of your very own

[Crossroads Inc.]

Lets not overly complicate things... Isn't it enough that we can unlock the Secrets of not justHuman history but fictional universes across time and space? I mean this RAR is virtually a no limits falacy when it comes to personally exploring fictional worlds as well as real ones. Keep in mind, it isn't just well estabished words, ANY fictional universe is at out beck and call.

That means if I ever want a break I can visit my OWN Fictional universe for a vacation. Now THERE is a thought

[Eternal_Freedom]

Fair point. I was just wondering if that were possible.

As for messing with fictional history....hmmmm.

Maybe I'll drop a bunch of hints to the Time War era Daleks about a new and dangerous human factions, as well as powerful metallic beings with technology that might rival their own.

Then lead them to the Siege of the Emperor's Palace in M31...

[Serafina]

You know, i'd really use it mostly for mundane purposes.
First of all, no more worries about rent. At worst i'd rent a very small room somewhere if i need a fixed home address and just put the TARDIS in there.
It would also be incredibly convenient for traveling. Not timetravel, just "hey i'd like to visit my friend at the other end of the country" or "how about a nice visit to a tropic beach".

Yes, i'd be utterly underusing this amazing piece of technology. But then again, that's what humans do - use amazingly advanced technology for very mundane purposes

[PhilosopherOfSorts]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I have no real interest in altering fictional history or visiting other universes, (especially 40K, I don't know why anybody sane would want to go there) but I love music, and my broke ass ends up missing most of the shows I want to go to, not to mention that a lot of my favorite musicians are dead. So a TARDIS basicly turns me from a dirty hippy into a dirty, time travelling hippy.

[Crossroads Inc.]

Hey this can go into the future can't it?
If so I wait until the PowerBall gets around 300mil again, then go a few days into the future to get the winning ticket numbers.

Fast, easy, and with minimum chance of mucking around with time. That sets my partner and my Family up for life as it where so I can have the luxury to explore the world at my leisure. I hope the language circuts still work, as there are several places in the past I wish to visit, chief among them Rome at it's height.

I still don't know what fictional worlds I would visit, the sheer amount is mind blowing. I think I would like to visit the Discworld and see Anhk Morpork as well as some of the other nations. There are one or two Anime's I may wish to visit as well, just to experiance the society and take a quite trip of the worlds. Escaflowne for instance at the end of the series would be a nice spot to visit.

I also think I would stop by the Culture-verse, since for those wanting 'extended life' and other such modifacations, the Culture had very VERY advaced medicale science. Would give my body a make over and my Partner as well if he wishes.

As for the present. Well, no changing the past I can understad, but with something as Powerful as a, no THE Tardis, I would liek to think there is a way to make things a bit better. I don't know if I would want to import tech from other worlds sicne, lets be hounest, much of it wouldn't work in "real life' and I don't want to taunt the laws of physics.

Still so much potential to do.

[Ahriman238]

You know, i'd really use it mostly for mundane purposes.
First of all, no more worries about rent. At worst i'd rent a very small room somewhere if i need a fixed home address and just put the TARDIS in there.
It would also be incredibly convenient for traveling. Not timetravel, just "hey i'd like to visit my friend at the other end of the country" or "how about a nice visit to a tropic beach".

Yes, i'd be utterly underusing this amazing piece of technology. But then again, that's what humans do - use amazingly advanced technology for very mundane purposes

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I have no real interest in altering fictional history or visiting other universes, (especially 40K, I don't know why anybody sane would want to go there) but I love music, and my broke ass ends up missing most of the shows I want to go to, not to mention that a lot of my favorite musicians are dead. So a TARDIS basicly turns me from a dirty hippy into a dirty, time travelling hippy.

...

You two are no fun.

For myself, I hold with Helen Keller, "Life is either a grand adventure or it is nothing at all."

As for the present. Well, no changing the past I can understad, but with something as Powerful as a, no THE Tardis, I would liek to think there is a way to make things a bit better. I don't know if I would want to import tech from other worlds sicne, lets be hounest, much of it wouldn't work in "real life' and I don't want to taunt the laws of physics.

Still so much potential to do.

There is a reason for this being so open-ended, and yes you can change the present, you always had that power. I may have to nix creating fiction to visit though. Assume that all technology or magic will work in any universe including the real one (as we would in a vs. debate) unless otherwise specified.

The Infinity Gauntlet, for instance is stated to only work in the Marvel Universe, and only in that specific marvel universe, so if you got the main-comics Infinity Gems they would not function in the Ultimate, Marvel Adventures, Movie, or Marvel Zombies universes. Likewise Superman cannot be harmed by Kryptonite from Earth-2, or any reality besides his native one.

For myself, after the testing run, attending one of Socrate's lectures so I can tell how much is Socrates and how much Plato and visiting a few other sites and times of personal interest, I'll head to Orion's Arm: THE home of genetic-engineered transhumanism and nano-wank and trade in my frail human body for a Superior one, with airdust/nano-lung and probably a number of other tweaks. Plus a good old-fashioned Encyclopedia Galactica.

After that, it's off to the Culture. For lessons in Marain and their science and technology I'll trade some of the more exotic nanowank and a list of all the human and provolve clades and how to make them from OA. I'm sure there are plenty of Culture citizens who always wanted to be Mermen, or Lilliputians or even Sailors of the Ebon Sea.

Then to Dahakverse, because one of the few ways to improve on a Superior Humanoid is with the 'biotechnic enhancement' of these books, and I'm somewhat intrigued by their tech as well. Not much I can do about the events of the first or third books without serious risk of doing more harm than good, but the second... I can shave a couple of months of Colin's trip by telling him what he'll find, and feed Earth all sorts of valuable tactical intel that was hard-brought with lives the first time, plus tell them exactly who they're fighting and why. I think that'd be worth a few minor considerations.

Perhaps a Marvel world next, just really quick, to catch an irradiated/drug-enhanced/genetically-engineered spider. Wall-crawling would make a good party trick, and it'd be really cool if I remembered to hit one with organic webbing, but what I'm really after is the ability to sense danger and the fastest reflexes I've heard of outside of speedsters.

Voyage of self-improvement done, it's time to start making a difference. There's interesting things to study, people to save, wars to avert, and running. Seriously there's alot of running involved. First I think I'll go to SW, steal a trick from the fanfic author I got this idea from, and present myself to the Kamioans as an agent of Sifo-Diyas here to make a minor adjustment. Order 66 will henceforth be code for "tell the Jedi the Republic has fallen and help them get to safety. Fake their deaths if need be. Then report succsessful termination to Coruscant and wait for the signal to turn on the Empire."

Orders 67-74 or so, however, will contain various scenarios for overthrowing the Senate, from palace coup to organizing and leading a popular revolt. Don't look at me like that, you know how corrupt the Republic was, it pays to have a backdoor even if you're planning to never need it.

I'll also study their tech (oh, the debates to be resolved) and purchase several dozen LIN Demolitiomechs, burrowing bomb-planting droids. Then pop in on old Middle-Earth and set the little guys to work laying hundreds of remote-detonated explosives all over the Pelennor Fields and the valley of Helm's Deep. Here's a magic trick Gandalf can't do.

[PhilosopherOfSorts]

You know, i'd really use it mostly for mundane purposes.
First of all, no more worries about rent. At worst i'd rent a very small room somewhere if i need a fixed home address and just put the TARDIS in there.
It would also be incredibly convenient for traveling. Not timetravel, just "hey i'd like to visit my friend at the other end of the country" or "how about a nice visit to a tropic beach".

Yes, i'd be utterly underusing this amazing piece of technology. But then again, that's what humans do - use amazingly advanced technology for very mundane purposes

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I have no real interest in altering fictional history or visiting other universes, (especially 40K, I don't know why anybody sane would want to go there) but I love music, and my broke ass ends up missing most of the shows I want to go to, not to mention that a lot of my favorite musicians are dead. So a TARDIS basicly turns me from a dirty hippy into a dirty, time travelling hippy.

...

You two are no fun.

For myself, I hold with Helen Keller, "Life is either a grand adventure or it is nothing at all."

I'm loads of fun, I just want to stay out of war zones and prison. The thing is, if I use the TARDIS to travel to say, the Star Wars universe, once I'm there its my only asset, it might translate the language for me, but I don't have any local money, so I'm buying any droids or whatever. The only universe where my money is any good is this one, so that's where I'll be staying. I beleive someone mentioned Woodstock? Sounds good to me, just watch out for the bad acid.

[avatarxprime]

Inspired at least partially by a fanfic. Stargate:Galactic Imperium, by Vexmaster, for the curious.

One day you hear a strange noise and a familliar blue box appears behind your home. When you grasp the door handle a key materializes in you hand and a psychically recorded "voice" informs that you the Doctor has used up his Thirteenth and final body, and is leaving the TARDIS to you, along with flying lessons downloaded into your brain. The only catch is that the TARDIS protects it's own timeline and that of it's pilots so you may observe but not interfere in Real World or Whoniverse history. To make up for this, the final Doctor retrofitted the Tardis to be more capable of travel between realities.

Are there any other modifications that have been made? Like, is the chameleon circuit function again or any of the other systems that are less than factory new after all those years of adventuring? If the Sexy is still just a little than a spring chicken, one of my chief priorities would be getting her all patched up.

The thing is, if I use the TARDIS to travel to say, the Star Wars universe, once I'm there its my only asset, it might translate the language for me, but I don't have any local money, so I'm buying any droids or whatever. The only universe where my money is any good is this one, so that's where I'll be staying.

Not true, you also have the Sonic Screwdriver, which you can use to hack the local equivalent of an ATM in whatever universe you decide to visit and give yourself infinite credits. The Doctor has shown that capability a couple times whenever someone goes on about needing money and it's likely to hold through multiple universes given the level of tech that Time Lords play around with. Also, any "modern day" type universe would still work for you. You can go to Back to the Future and grab a DeLorean, you can go to any Marvel, DC, Image, etc comics verse. You have a ton of possibilities even if you want to stick with "my 2011 Earth money must function as currency there," as a limitation.

Anyway, I would probably follow a similar initial path like Ahriman238 with setting myself up to be very hard to kill before venturing out in the great beyond. To make things as quick and easy as possible I'd probably just hit up the Disney's Aladdin verse, grab Genie's lamp and have him enhance my body with any and all powers I deem necessary. If there is anything he can't do then I would hit up other universes as needed to till I feel safe. After that I do as I please, satisfy every intellectual curiosity I've ever had, and never worry again. Perhaps after I get bored (if that's even possible in this scenario) I might even have a go at taking over the multiverse.

[doom3607]

Given the ability to go anywhere, even to worlds that don't exist, and do anything (except alter events specifically in Who and the Real World) what would you do?

Infinite multiverse, you say? I go to a universe that is the same as ours except one atom zigged rather than zagging producing no real changes. Never the less, it is no longer the real world. I can now change the past all I want.

[Eternal_Freedom]

One of the places I would want to go is the oBSG universe. Damnit, I want to find out what happenned to the old girl! PLus, that way I could film all the cheesy aweseomness and bring it back to our Earth and market it as a "fancy new technology makes possible ultimate re-mastering" version. And make a ton of cash.

Then I think I would take avatar's idea and tweak it a bit. I would go to the universe from "Ducktales: The Legend of the Lost Lamp" and steal the lamp AND that nifty gem that, when combined, grants unlimited wishes.

I would become a walking-talking no limits fallacy! Immortaliity, invulnerability, psychokinesis, psychogensis, control over the Four Ancient Elements....

Yeah, the magic lamp and infinite-wish gemstone are high on my list of priorities. Especially as the gemstone also lets your transform into any animal at will, which could be helpful if being chased by Daleks or somesuch.

[someone_else]

As any time-machine, the answer is obvious.
Gamble and get money, invest the money in sure investments, gather Profit$$$$. All done in different universes to avoid attracting too much attention.
Steal anything looking like useful high-tech that isn't firmly bolted down. ALso buy ludicrous amounts of magitech materials to sell.

Then establish Someone Else's Solutions Incorporated and invest this money in all-round research and possibly some way to uplift the shitholes of Earth.

Use a tiny amount of such money to have tons of fun.

[avatarxprime]

As any time-machine, the answer is obvious.
Gamble and get money, invest the money in sure investments, gather Profit$$$$. All done in different universes to avoid attracting too much attention.

Forgetting the fact that it's a TARDIS and no ordinary time travel machine so you have no need of money, the investing in other universes bit is is kinda silly. You'd need to stick to universes that have essentially identical notes to those used in our universe and even then you run the risk of having your foreign universe bank notes being thought of as counterfeit and getting federal investigators looking into you for the single largest case of mass counterfeiting ever. I'd be easier to use your sonic screwdriver to give yourself infinite money whenever you need it or pull a John Doe and run the stock market to make a ton of money legally. He did it by magic brains and you'd be doing it by being able to know the future, but details details . Being a billionaire hedge fund manager would get you all kinds of contacts you could use to further any take-over/improve the world plans to boot.

[doom3607]

Not that you'd need them to take over the world. The TARDIS demonstrably has enough power to destroy the planet, since it's shown that it can destroy the universe. Just threaten to, and then proceed to, blow things up until people surrender- it's not like they can hurt the TARDIS.

[Crossroads Inc.]

Not that you'd need them to take over the world. The TARDIS demonstrably has enough power to destroy the planet, since it's shown that it can destroy the universe. Just threaten to, and then proceed to, blow things up until people surrender- it's not like they can hurt the TARDIS.

Why,.... Why would you say something like that? Who in their right mind would want to use a Tardis in such a way? The doctors Tardis destroyed the universe because it BLEW UP. It has no weapons no death rays, it can only do destructive things in dire situations.

Again isn't it enough we have access to the multiverse? Why bother taking over the world, or Any world?

[doom3607]

I suggested how, I didn't suggest it in the first place. Conquest was suggested in the OP. I just mentioned you don't need anything complicated or sneaky to do it.

[Enigma]

One of the places I would want to go is the oBSG universe. Damnit, I want to find out what happenned to the old girl! PLus, that way I could film all the cheesy aweseomness and bring it back to our Earth and market it as a "fancy new technology makes possible ultimate re-mastering" version. And make a ton of cash.

Then I think I would take avatar's idea and tweak it a bit. I would go to the universe from "Ducktales: The Legend of the Lost Lamp" and steal the lamp AND that nifty gem that, when combined, grants unlimited wishes.

I would become a walking-talking no limits fallacy! Immortaliity, invulnerability, psychokinesis, psychogensis, control over the Four Ancient Elements....

Yeah, the magic lamp and infinite-wish gemstone are high on my list of priorities. Especially as the gemstone also lets your transform into any animal at will, which could be helpful if being chased by Daleks or somesuch.

Why would you be chased by them if you've got all those fancy shmancy powers? ?

As for me, like what others have said, I'd invest in the stock market knowing the results ahead of time and reap in billions. Of course, doing so in short order will garner the attention of the SEC so I'd spread it out over several decades using a shell company. Once I have enough money, I'd just cruise the multiversal timelines for shits and giggles.

[Broomstick]

Not that you'd need them to take over the world. The TARDIS demonstrably has enough power to destroy the planet, since it's shown that it can destroy the universe. Just threaten to, and then proceed to, blow things up until people surrender- it's not like they can hurt the TARDIS.

Why,.... Why would you say something like that? Who in their right mind would want to use a Tardis in such a way? The doctors Tardis destroyed the universe because it BLEW UP. It has no weapons no death rays, it can only do destructive things in dire situations.

Again isn't it enough we have access to the multiverse? Why bother taking over the world, or Any world?

Some people are the Doctor... and some are the Master.

What more needs to be said?

[Eternal_Freedom]

Why would you be chased by them if you've got all those fancy shmancy powers? ?

Because, obviously, I would wish myself invulnerable and get the Daleks to chase me for kicks.

And to demonstrate to them just how ineffective they can be at times. But msot of all for the sheer fun of it.

[FaxModem1]

Thinking about it, it would take me a little while to adjust to having Sexy as my home and transport. First off, get off the Coral setting, its ugly, I prefer the cathedral look from the Doctor Who movie, thank you very much.

Next, after some training and practice driving the TARDIS around, I'm going to see what all I can do and how comfortable I am with it. Third, let's repair her. Let's make sure Sexy is comfy. After all, you don't want a time machine with sore joints, now do you?

Fourth, I will always pull the doors open, never push.

Fifth, move all my stuff into her. That could take a week.

Sixth, obtain immortality or very heavy endurance. Whether by the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones, the planet Baku from Trek. Maybe some other method, I would just have to look through my library and look.

Once eternal youth is ensured, start collecting the art of the multiverse. Think about it, what if you could read Jake Sisko's book, even though he's a fictional character. Now, you can. Every single fictional piece of art or literature, I obtain a copy of. This might take a while.

Eighth, become a mercy ship for people in distress. Remember the death of the Markeb from babylon 5? Well, that's not gonna happen now. That cure is going to pop up on Franklin's desk a couple weeks early. Every single disease that has ravaged fictional civilizations is gonna need help. After that's done, maybe drop by the Louvre and see if they're interested in showing off my collection or something.

[Bernkastel]

Right, I would probably start in the same manner as a lot of people here and spend a period getting used to handling the TARDIS. All my stuff will be moved to the TARDIS and things sorted out before I start travelling. That will be started with simple trips to places on modern earth. Since there is plenty I have not seen, this will be an interesting and safe way to practise using the TARDIS. Once I've done that, it's time to move on to serious adventuring.

Naturally, I'll need to prepare for that, as there are lots of things to see and I'd rather not get killed by any of the threats out there. The common strategy of acquiring fictional technology and knowledge will be used by me too. I do not have much intent of actively seeking out deadly situations though, so the priority will be extending my lifespan and finding information and technology that I find cool. Then I'll start adventuring. Beyond telling Sexy that I'd prefer to start with places in my own universe first, my travel plan will amount to pulling the lever and seeing where I end up.

[Purple]

You all have missed one major thing. Mainly, this thing can go to any universe, even fictional ones, even ones that you your self think off. What this means is that you don't need to visit some exotic universe or another to get their tech and magic. All you need is the good old cardboard box. In essence, when ever you want something unique like a cure that makes you trully unkillable or a ray gun or a girlfriend that won't complain when you forget her birthday all you need to do is imagine a universe that consists of nothing but a cardboard box large enough for you to walk into and said item waiting for you inside it.

Knowing this, the first thing I would do is imagine a room like that containing immortality. Immortality would come in the form of an elixir that only works on me and no one else. It would be pink colored and contained within a small glass bottle reminiscent of one of those perfume bottles you see in old movies. It's taste would be that of strawberries, or perhaps brandy. And most importantly it would bestow me with true immortality. And by this I mean the real thing, none of that does not age or get sick but can still die in an atom bomb blast junk. I literally would make my self so unkillable that if you were to rip my atoms apart with a nuclear bomb they would just fly together and reconstitute them self back into me.

That being done, I would spend my time cruising the universe visiting exotic places like the court of Caligula or the Woodstock festival. Also, I would get replica Dalek servants. Everyone needs those.

[Simon_Jester]

...what the hell is this about a cardboard box?

[Purple]

It's a metaphor. The point is that if you can visit any made up universe you can always just make up a pocket one that contains what ever you want it to so that you can acquire things without a fuss.

[doom3607]

Bonus points to Purple for most effective method of exploiting the multiverse for fun and profit! But why go to a series of boxes when you can just imagine a machine that will output whatever you want, on demand, that you can fit in the TARDIS?

[Dave]

...what the hell is this about a cardboard box?

I was thinking it was a Calvin and Hobbes reference.