A TARDIS of your very own

[Ahriman238]

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.

You may visit any time or place in any fictional world, from books, comic books, film, tv, anything. You may take however many people from RL as you like with you, as well as any companions you can convince to join you from your travels. You aren ot however bullet-proof, or immune to magic or any of that. You do not gain any advanced knowledge save TARDIS-piloting. You can use any device that is not to complicated for you, or that you can convince someone to teach you to use.

Where you will go? What will you do? Will you grab a blaster and a phaser so you can do actual side-by-side comparisons? Will you use this power to conquer the multiverse or will you share future/advanced knowledge with "good guys" all over? Or aid them from behind the scenes? Or just wander space and time randomly, helping out when you feel moved to do so (like the Doctor)? or will you turn down the call to adventure and just keep this odd blue box in your yard?

You choose.

[FaxModem1]

First off, storage is never again a problem.

After mastering how to fly the thing(hopefully the lessons aren't from the Doctor, he's rubbish at it), I, and my buddies from college. We explore the RL cosmos and history for a little bit, seeing what all is out there, and once we're comfy at this, we start going wacky and just explore the multidimensional cosmos. Once we're good at that, I'll see if I can help people now that I have an almost invincible vehicle that can carry a skyscraper's size worth of cargo.

[ChosenOne54]

This is what I would do: let the TARDIS die. Just let the old box gather dust. No one can open it, no one will even notice it. Let it become a strange little thing standing on a street corner. And over the years, the world will move on, and the box will be buried. And to remember the Doctor, I'd have a fantastic life.

No, fuck that, I'd take over the goddamn multiverse!

[Drooling Iguana]

The first thing I'd do, of course, is go back to the 1960s with an antenna and a DVR and record the lost Doctor Who episodes.

[Crossroads Inc.]

The first thing I'd do, of course, is go back to the 1960s with an antenna and a DVR and record the lost Doctor Who episodes.

You man are a winner! I salute you for picking what is an oft overlooked avenue. As for me. Well damn I think I would first travel my local planet, picking up all the great works lost to history.

The lost books and scrolls of the Library of Alexander, The lost works of Rome and greece. Lost books from the great masters through out time.
One think I wish to know form the OP...

Do we get a "Reset" button?
As in, if I wish to screw around with the timeline of Earth, can I get a "reset" to see how things go?

[Rossum]

1st thing would probably be what Drooling Iguana just said (along with any other sci-fi series out there). If possible, I'd also work out some safe and efficient way to make lots of money (go to past, get rare item that will be worth alot in the future thats cheap and common then, put it somewhere where it can age safely, pick it up and then sell it to collectors, etc).

Then, I'd go find a universe with the technology to make me immortal. The closest I can think of right now would be the Wellstone series where there are common place nanotech fax machines that can scan a person on the atomic level, record that information, and then print out numerous copies while removing any problems as a result of age, disease or injury. Granted this would require the "original" me to be dismantled painlessly by the scanning machine... but I figure I could use the millions of dollars I made from the previous step to have one hell of a "pre-immortality suicide party" and sleep with hot chicks and stuff before going through with the process.

Once I have a Wellstone universe Fax machine with my data recorded in it and it spits out some copies of me... well then say goodbye to Rossum the wussy nerd and say hello to the Rossum Empire! From this point on my dupes can print out new copies of themselves, explore other universes to gather tech and resources, engage in whatever entertainment they feel like, and study the aformentioned technology within a semi-structured environment that they could create. Best part is that the Wellstone Fax machines can edit a persons data to change their gender, race, or species or it can merge two copies of a person together to create one person with the memories and skills of both. Even if one copy of me is stuck with a job they dislike then they can be reemerged with another copy that did something fun.

Again, I'm fully aware that the Fax process destroys the people being scanned, but I'm pretty sure I'd be able to put that aside (letting each copy do something fun before they are sent into the fax help ease the ethical problems inherent with this sort of stuff) particularly if I and my various instances create a system and culture based off of this process and maximize the benefits of it. Once my copies get their system set up and form the weird immortal hive mind thing then I can get some people to help me with my empire building and help out the various people on Earth and elsewhere.

[WesFox13]

Hmmm, if I got a TARDIS I probably would do many things, like go back in time to explore the past as well as the universe. I maybe would take a few trips to the DC or Marvel universes as well as a few different universes. I'd also make a bit of money on the side as well, by finding rare historical artifacts then selling them in the present.

[Ariphaos]

You have a Tardis. If you want money, just hop over to some planet of gold in some fictional Universe, or win any and every lottery you want to - you're only prevented from altering the past.

[The Romulan Republic]

I'd be tempted to go on some adventures, but I don't trust the TARDIS. "The Doctor's Wife" made it canon that the TARDIS takes the Doctor to trouble spots deliberately. If she's going to do that to me, I want no part of it. Also, does every enemy of the Doctor know he's dead, or is having his TARDIS going to point a big target on my back wherever I go? Lastly, how many folks out their would like to steal a TARDIS? I don't have regenerations, and I expect my life span will probably be very short if I take this offer.

However, I wouldn't want to leave it lying around, or keep it in my home. So, I'll do some research, then pay a visit to one of the more powerful yet benevolent aliens out their, and tell them: "this is a TARDIS. take good care of it. Keep it out of the wrong hands. Oh, and would you mind giving me a lift home?" Maybe trade for something awesome but less dangerous.

[PhilosopherOfSorts]

Go see Bob Marley in concert, then Sublime, Led Zeplin, Nirvana, in fact, go see all my favorite bands live, and never miss another concert again, even it they happened before I was born.

[Purple]

Woodstock 1969. Enough said.

[Broomstick]

First off, storage is never again a problem.

Storage hell - rent/mortgage is never a problem again.

First thing, I'd tell Sexy that we'd get back to exploring but first I have to move in, then get familiar with this new mode of travel. Off I'd go visiting relatives, travel a bit of the world. I like the idea of capturing the lost Doctor Who episodes, and might be able to get some other lost artworks as well. I'd observe a few points of history I'm interested in, explore the solar system a bit.

Then it's time to round up a couple friends and do some exploring. I also like the idea of visiting worlds where we can get any medical issues resolved and/or some eternal youth/practical immortality. "Doing good" sounds appealing, but we're not allowed to alter history and frankly I don't want too much attention. I'm sure there are some things we can do within those limits.

[TOSDOC]

I'd go back 2 months and get a blood sample from my dog. Then I'd go forward to pick up a cloning kit from CVS and make some more of him, one at a time. Yes, I know it won't be exactly the same dog each time, but neither was K9 and look how well they got along in each reincarnation. He was still the best friend this man ever had.

[Eternal_Freedom]

I think I'll go with the rescuing lost sci-fi episodes and seeing some famous concerts first.

And then, I think I would go to the Vatican and offer to take the Pope back to the Crucifiction, and see if it really happenned like the Bible said. It would be nice to be able to resolve all these theological debates once and for all.

Then...pick up my girlfriend and explore the cosmos. Stop off in the Whoverse 51st century and stock up on those Nanogene thingies to keep myself and my GF alive and immortal (if they dont do that, find soemthing else.)

OR

Go to the Whoverse world of Minos (I think, the one from "Underworld") and get given the Minyan regeneration drugs. Could come in handy! And maybe some of those fission grenades, just in case.

Once fully kitted out, take my GF to the future and get married on the Moon or somewhere equally awesome. Fly around the cosmos snapping pictures along the way to amaze my Astronomy lecturers. Want to see a supernova Paul? Here's one up close. Heck, you want to fly inside that black hole? No problem!

Oh the possibilities....

[Ahriman238]

Do we get a "Reset" button?
As in, if I wish to screw around with the timeline of Earth, can I get a "reset" to see how things go?

I'm not sure precisely what you mean, but I'll try and answer anyway. You can go back and get your Chateau Lafitte or your lost scrolls of Alexandria, However, anytime you might signifigantly disrupt history by doing something you shouldn't, taking something you shouldn't, or even being spotted by someone 'important' (or pictured or filmed) you and the TARDIS will be rendered invisible and intangible and otherwise incapable of interacting with the world. So if you want to enter a bunker in Berlin and watch Hitler commit suicide with a box of popcorn, you can! If you want to shoot him, you can't.

This will also apply to messing with Whoniverse. You cannot topple any evil empire that the Doctor has already dealt with two hundred years into the future, because the Doctor and the TARDIS were there and had that adventure and if you prevented it from happening that would count as a paradox, at least enough to kick in the protective system I just mentioned. On the other hand, you could follow any or all of the Doctor's adventures unseen by him or anyone else with a camcorder in hand. Lost episodes in living, breathing color?

Also, does every enemy of the Doctor know he's dead, or is having his TARDIS going to point a big target on my back wherever I go?

Some will have heard of the Doctor's death, many will not have, it's hard to construct a coherent timeline of Who. Even those who know the Doctor died might be sceptical if a TARDIS materializies in front of them and a strange man comes out saying "Hello! I'm not the Doctor! Definitely not the Doctor. No Doctor here." And of course, you can't do anything to affect the progression of events in the show.

Oh, and since it would be a shame to turn all of you loose on the multiverse armed only with your wits and knowledge of sci-fi fantasy, assume you also get a Sonic Screwdriver and downloaded instructions for using it.

[Hawkwings]

Go to the universe from the Aria manga and anime. And stay there. Maybe take vacations to other universes once in a while.

[Ahriman238]

Go to the universe from the Aria manga and anime. And stay there. Maybe take vacations to other universes once in a while.

Sorry, not familiar with that one. Care to elaborate?

[HMS Sophia]

I want to go see the villa of the mysteries and see what actually went on there, if anything. I'd like to see various events first hand. Sail on HMS hood, See red-coats marching. That sort of thing. History is more likely to be my playground... well, until I remembered spaceships


link for villa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_of_the_Mysteries

[Hawkwings]

Sorry, not familiar with that one. Care to elaborate?

It's a terraformed Mars which has giant world-spanning oceans (more water than they planned for). I guess I should have been specific and said that I'd like to live in Neo-Venezia, which is a recreation of Venice and the setting for the books/TV show, which focus on three girls and their training/apprenticeships to become gondolier tour guides. It's a utopian sort of setting, very serene and gorgeous.

Wiki, or for a better description, TvTropes.

To be fair, that's where I would go if i had any sort of universe-hopping abilities at all, not just what I'd do with a super-TARDIS.

[Crossroads Inc.]

Do we get a "Reset" button?
As in, if I wish to screw around with the timeline of Earth, can I get a "reset" to see how things go?

I'm not sure precisely what you mean, but I'll try and answer anyway. You can go back and get your Chateau Lafitte or your lost scrolls of Alexandria, However, anytime you might signifigantly disrupt history by doing something you shouldn't, taking something you shouldn't, or even being spotted by someone 'important' (or pictured or filmed) you and the TARDIS will be rendered invisible and intangible and otherwise incapable of interacting with the world. So if you want to enter a bunker in Berlin and watch Hitler commit suicide with a box of popcorn, you can! If you want to shoot him, you can't.

This will also apply to messing with Whoniverse. You cannot topple any evil empire that the Doctor has already dealt with two hundred years into the future, because the Doctor and the TARDIS were there and had that adventure and if you prevented it from happening that would count as a paradox, at least enough to kick in the protective system I just mentioned. On the other hand, you could follow any or all of the Doctor's adventures unseen by him or anyone else with a camcorder in hand. Lost episodes in living, breathing color?

Hmm so no changing history?
Well that is a bit of a bummer, no remaking history in my own imagine.. Still... I think for me, as someone who follows history, I could spend a hundred or so years uncovering Soooo many History Mysteries. The list is almost endless.

Not just saving lost items, but finding out true mysteries. Going back to the Summaries and the very early civilizations and copying their great works. Taking pictures of lost wonders of the World. Finding out what happened to the Mary Cellist . Why I could easily spend a century just uncovering lost treasures in Greece and Rome alone. Quite a lot to do before even thinking of exploring the Multiverse.

[FaxModem1]

Could I rescue the humans at the end of the universe? Drop them off on some nice planet somewhere with a sun and such, so they don't turn into Toclafane?

[Ahriman238]

Could I rescue the humans at the end of the universe? Drop them off on some nice planet somewhere with a sun and such, so they don't turn into Toclafane?

No. You cannot prevent any events that occured on the show, including the creation of the Toclafane. You may be able to help them after the Paradox Engine is destroyed and they are sent back to the future, assuming you can acquire enough skill in medicine/cybernetics and psychology to restore their humanity. Your ability to do things in Whoniverse will be exceptionally restricted by the need to tread around the events of the show, to the point you may wish to avoid it entirely. Similarly, you cannot change Real Life history so this doesn't become a history debate that no one can win.

The Doctor has let people die before in the name of "fixed points in time" consider RL and Whoniverse that.

Feel free to mess with the history of SW, ST, B5, BSG, Honorverse, Stargate, Macross, Robotech, 40k, LotR or any other series/story you can think of to your heart's content. If all you really want to do is stand on the bridge of the Enterprise-D and bitchslap Wesley, that's cool. Wanna snipe Palpatine while he makes his New Order speech? Knock yourself out. Pinch the One Ring, fly it to the Crack of Doom and see if you have the mental fortitude to throw it away? I'd advise against it, but help yourself.

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?

[tortieconspiracy]

I'd be tempted to go on some adventures, but I don't trust the TARDIS. "The Doctor's Wife" made it canon that the TARDIS takes the Doctor to trouble spots deliberately.

I haven't seen that story yet, but I've long suspected that the TARDIS does that. My hypothesis is based on the fact that the Doctor is most of his incarnations is easily bored. Once you get the idea that the TARDIS may be sentient, it's easy enough to conclude that she/it would find times/places where he won't be bored.

I like the idea of recording the lost episodes. After that? Exploring history sounds like it could be really interesting. I think I'd be inclined to stay far away from the Whoniverse though, just because I really don't want to run into the Doctor's enemies. Finding some other timeline where I could obtain effective immortality though, would be a necessity. If you have all of the multiverse to investigate, a single human lifetime just isn't going to be enough.

[HMS Sophia]

I'd head for the traveller verse. Pick up a big supply of anagathics, go meet Duke Norris, possibly borrow a type S for a bit. (yeah i'm adding more stuff that I would do. I forget about alt. universe's.)

Anagathics: Anti-aging drugs. As long as you keep taking them, you age very slowly. If you start taking them at 30, you'll hit 100 before you start feeling old.

[Eternal_Freedom]

Question:

If we can't change history in RL, does that only apply to known history? For instnace, Crossroads mentioned finding out what happenned to the Mary Celeste, what if we (the time travellers) ARE the reason everyone fled?

Amusingly enough, that is exactly the premise that trns up in William Hartnell's episode The Chase, except in that one it's the Daleks that scare everbody...

Anyway, to sum up, can we affect history if no one in the present actually knows what really happenned?