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Post by Escher on Apr 16, 2016 13:17:10 GMT
The Doctors TARDIS 1.3.pdf (183.81 KB)All TARDIS write-ups updated to be compatible with the latest Rule Book and Time Traveller's Companion, errata applied and discrepancies addressed. 15 variants (a few surprises). Updated: Version 1.3 (7th January 2017)Example entry:
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Post by cigarman on Apr 17, 2016 1:05:42 GMT
This is amazing. Any chance we will see similar write ups for other TARDIS, such as The Master, The Rani, The War Chief, The Meddling Monk, etc.?
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Post by Escher on Apr 17, 2016 10:52:46 GMT
This is amazing. Any chance we will see similar write ups for other TARDIS, such as The Master, The Rani, The War Chief, The Meddling Monk, etc.? Why not. Some research from my complete DVD collection of the classic series, and some hair-splitting benchmarking might yield results in time. Much of it may be pure speculation though (based on supportive research and logical assumption). I often find support material, particularly BBC books and the classic Target novels contain very useful info. EDIT: According to The Time Traveller's Companion, any TARDIS prior to the Time War must be either Ancient (p.113), Decommissioned (p.114), or Modern (p.115). The Master/Mistress will always have the latest model he/she can get (also confirmed in a post by Nathaniel Torson, author of the TTC). It's fair to say absconding with a current model from the TARDIS bays on Gallifrey is reasonably within his/her abilities. This puts his pre-time war TARDIS as a Modern version, and post-war as an Advanced one. The Master has a confirmed Gadget Trait for his TARDIS: Entrap [Major] (p.115, new Capaldi version Game Book). This was seen in 'Colony in Space', where Jo Grant broke into his TARDIS disguised as an Earth Rocket Ship, tripped a silent alarm and was subdued with sleep gas then incarcerated in an inescapable holding tube. The Master also tells the Doctor the gas 'could just have easily been a lethal one'. The Rani is likely to have a Modern TARDIS. It's implied on page 115, showing her model in the 'Modern' section. As for The Meddling Monk, it's likely his was a fully-working Decommissioned or Modern version, albeit, an early modern number. It was internally identical to a type 40, but arguably, this might be the default desktop scheme for many models. It's likely no one would miss a decommissioned model on Gallifrey, so if stealth was his approach to reneging from The Time Lords, it's likely he would have chosen this model, which is the most inconspicuous. The same would have held true with the War Chief. I doubt any renegade in their right mind would have chosen an Ancient model, but then again, this option is ripe with future plot potential.
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Post by cigarman on Apr 17, 2016 14:20:09 GMT
Looking forward to the write ups for these.
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Post by Catsmate on Apr 18, 2016 9:46:17 GMT
The War Chief's TARDIS doesn't appear much in the TV series (a pity he didn't reappear) but it's mentioned in the EU novel Timewyrn: Exodus and is described in detail in the old FASA scenario The Legions of Death. I'll dig that out and see what's there. IIRR that scenario also introduced the infamous Type 65 TARDIS for the use of the of the pregen PC Time Lords.
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Post by Catsmate on Apr 18, 2016 10:29:40 GMT
This is amazing. Any chance we will see similar write ups for other TARDIS, such as The Master, The Rani, The War Chief, The Meddling Monk, etc.? Why not. Some research from my complete DVD collection of the classic series, and some hair-splitting benchmarking might yield results in time. Much of it may be pure speculation though (based on supportive research and logical assumption). I often find support material, particularly BBC books and the classic Target novels contain very useful info. EDIT: According to The Time Traveller's Companion, any TARDIS prior to the Time War must be either Ancient (p.113), Decommissioned (p.114), or Modern (p.115). The Master/Mistress will always have the latest model he/she can get (also confirmed in a post by Nathaniel Torson, author of the TTC). It's fair to say absconding with a current model from the TARDIS bays on Gallifrey is reasonably within his/her abilities. This puts his pre-time war TARDIS as a Modern version, and post-war as an Advanced one. The Master has a confirmed Gadget Trait for his TARDIS: Entrap [Major] (p.115, new Capaldi version Game Book). This was seen in 'Colony in Space', where Jo Grant broke into his TARDIS disguised as an Earth Rocket Ship, tripped a silent alarm and was subdued with sleep gas then incarcerated in an inescapable holding tube. The Master also tells the Doctor the gas 'could just have easily been a lethal one'. The Rani is likely to have a Modern TARDIS. It's implied on page 115, showing her model in the 'Modern' section. As for The Meddling Monk, it's likely his was a fully-working Decommissioned or Modern version, albeit, an early modern number. It was internally identical to a type 40, but arguably, this might be the default desktop scheme for many models. It's likely no one would miss a decommissioned model on Gallifrey, so if stealth was his approach to reneging from The Time Lords, it's likely he would have chosen this model, which is the most inconspicuous. The same would have held true with the War Chief. I doubt any renegade in their right mind would have chosen an Ancient model, but then again, this option is ripe with future plot potential. Certainly the Master seems to have had access to a few TARDIS's. His Melkur TARDIS (assuming that was a TARDIS) was armed and could walk and had a second TARDIS inside. In fact he seems to often configure his TARDIS as a vehicle, the Adjudicator's spaceship and a black Rolls-Royce.
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Post by misterharry on Apr 18, 2016 10:42:06 GMT
[In fact he seems to often configure his TARDIS as a vehicle, the Adjudicator's spaceship and a black Rolls-Royce Don't forget the horse box from Terror of the Autons! In the expanded universe, one of the Master's TARDISes became the first (and only) Type 101, a walking talking TARDIS called Lolita which features in several Faction Paradox stories. Marnal's TARDIS Technical Index is a goldmine of info about the various models of TARDISes culled from TV, books, audios and any other sources.
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Post by Catsmate on Apr 18, 2016 10:45:24 GMT
OK here's a first draft of the War Chief's TARDIS based mainly on FASA's The Legions of Death.
Awareness 3
| Coordination 3 | Ingenuity 4
| Presence 3
| Resolve 4
| Strength 3
| Athletics 0 | Convince 0 | Craft 0 | Fight0ing
| Knowledge 8 | Marksman 0 | Medicine 3
| Science 4 [Temporal Physics] | Subterfuge 0 | Survival 3 | Technology 4
| Transport 4 |
Traits: ([Good] Bigger on the Inside, Clairvoyance (Major), Face in the Crowd, Feel the Turn of the Universe, Psychic, Resourceful Pockets, Sense of Direction, Telepathy, Tough, Vortex. [Bad] Restriction (Tricky Controls) [Gadget] Entrap [Major], Forcefield [Minor], Scan [x4], Transmit
TL-10 Story Points: 15 Speed: 12 (materialised) Armour: 30
Notes. Attributes are based on a basic decommissioned model. Entrap represents the field that it can generate in 30m radius that paralyses humans, but not Gallifreyans or most non-humans. - When we played LoD he had a human minion with a gadget that nullified this field.
A serviceable but elderly Type 43, obsolete but fully functional and without the oddities of the Doctor’s Type 40. The interior included a large wardrobe/armoury, a room dedicated to his improved version of the mental processing system used by the War Lords, an office, an interrogation/torture room, detection cells, a large supply of odd equipment (scores of laser weapons, about fifty heavily armed Sontaran Recon Drones and multitudes of other equipment) and several workshops (one dedicated to maintaining and modifying the drones and another to assembling laser weapons for his minions). There was also accommodation for his mind controlled drones (up to sixty could be present, so it'd be a fairly large barracks arrangement) There were also four SIDRATS.
The interior has a couple of trick doors that would discriminate between Gallifreyans and other races; these controlled access to sensitive areas such as the SIDRAT bay.
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Post by Catsmate on Apr 18, 2016 10:51:55 GMT
[In fact he seems to often configure his TARDIS as a vehicle, the Adjudicator's spaceship and a black Rolls-Royce Don't forget the horse box from Terror of the Autons! In the expanded universe, one of the Master's TARDISes became the first (and only) Type 101, a walking talking TARDIS called Lolita which features in several Faction Paradox stories. Marnal's TARDIS Technical Index is a goldmine of info about the various models of TARDISes culled from TV, books, audios and any other sources. Thanks! Curious how his TARDIS seems to have been the only mobile one. Perhaps that's a feature of more modern models? I'm going to borrow from the TTI for details of The Colonel's Type 65 (also from Legions of Death). Ah, SID...
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Post by Catsmate on Apr 18, 2016 12:13:49 GMT
The Type 65 TARDIS (as used by ‘The Colonel’)
Based on the write-up in The Legions of Death and Marnal's TTI plus some notes from our old game where the Type 65 featured.
The infamous “secure recon TARDIS” was ostensibly designed for off-world research and investigation teams (though persistent rumours on Gallifrey have the CIA or another interventionist faction heavily involved). It’s main departure from standard TARDIS design paradigms is the elaborate internal security systems, intended to prevent the stowaways, hijackings and theft that seemed to happen so often to Time Lords operating off Gallifrey.
The security apparatus was based around the Scanner IDentification or SID device. SID featured a scanner (originally a booth but this was replaced by a less intrusive device in some of the later, upgraded, models) that would scan an authorised passenger using a combination of biometrics (bone structure, retinal and pore patterns), genetics and brainwaves. SID ran parallel to the main TARDIS computer but was independent of it. Additionally the internal weapon suppression systems were enhanced and a better locking mechanism was standard for the Real World Interface.
- With a few Time Lords merely mentioning the phrase ‘sid’ can trigger anything from nervous twitching to disabling flashbacks.
- The general medical scan would detect mind control implants, nanotechnology and alien parasites. Mostly.
- The brain scan feature was designed to detect persons under the influence of more subtle forms of mind control. Unfortunately it was a little susceptible to interpreting natural variations in brain activity amongst non-Gallifreyans as ‘mind control’ with occasionally unpleasant results. The upgraded models are almost free of this problem.
The more elaborate security functions, for example those that would monitor those classed as temporarily authorised by dint of accompanying an authorised used with no visible signs of duress or influence, were especially prone to problems.
Most of the Type 65’s defenses were non-lethal, lots of trick doors for example that would route intruders into a holding area or cause those trying to enter the TARDIS to be directed back outside like a slightly demented revolving door. The next level included non-lethal weapons such as various gases and stunners, control of the environmental systems (gravity, temperature, lighting), force fields and paralysis grids.
- One occasional problem with the system was using an inappropriate (ineffective, lethal or simply odd effects) chemical agent. Kythene gas, for example, was a highly effective incapacitant against many reptilian races but would send humans into a berserk rage. Sokkal D disables Gallifreyans harmlessly but kills Silurians and causes dreamy euphoria in humans.
For use against serious threats lethal weapons (struptors) were included. These almost never fired randomly at the wrong person...
- These weren't described in the book; probably something in the 10/20/30 damage line with the ability to ignore force fields and ignore maybe 10 points of Armour as they were intended to be used against Cybermen, Dakeks and Sontarans.
- Allowing these weapons to be removed for PC use is
inadvisable, or at least require a lot of jiggery-pokery and be prone to overheating from the improvised portable mounting, running out of power and similar problems. Or exploding...
The model was deeply unpopular (and probably therefore easily acquired by a renegade1) and most were removed from service quickly. Problems included:
- Acute paranoia in the security management system triggering attacks on the supposedly authorised crew. These could be random or triggered by the system misreading a situation.
ier security systems; the trick doors operating randomly, chemical agent releases at inopportune moments, local gravity inverting, loss of internal lighting or activation of the paralysis grids. [li]Random firing of the mounted struptors. Sometimes the system would take this as evidence of an attack and the weapons would fire on each other.[/li][li] The SID system was also vulnerable to external influences such as Rho waves which can trigger a full TARDIS lockdown.
[/li][/ul] [/font]Those that remained in service had various upgrades installed to mitigate the problems.[/font][/font][/font] The security systems would probably be a mix of the Gadget Traits, Stun , Entrap and Weapon. Possibly with a few of the base Traits form Defending the Earth; Lockdown, Internal Sensors and Defense Systems for example.Crew. [For completeness]The Colonel was a renegade Time Lord, former Prydonian Cardinal and CIA operative with a particular detestation for The Master, whose rebellion causes the death of the Colonel’s son 2. He was accompanied by:- his daughter Lady Leoradrusendalular (Leora). A female Time Lord who, despite her youth (<170 years), had blown through two regenerations. Seemingly “a flake” she was actually a capable CIA operative.
- Roderick Mitchell: a rather gung-ho 28 year old male UNIT Officer
- Lisa Drake: a 22 year old female history student
- David Worth: a headstrong early thirties male firefighter/paramedic
- Mikhyl Nevenskoi: a 22nd century Soviet Martian revolutionary exile with a tendency to preach and meddle
- Sven Langbard: an enormous tenth century Viking warrior with a large collection of blades and an interest in wrestling Sontarans
- Lady Sandra Cathcart: an early Victorian English gentlewoman
1 Hopefully one with good DIY TARDIS repair skills... 2 A chunk of FASA background that's no longer canon.[/font]
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Post by Marnal on Apr 19, 2016 14:37:56 GMT
Glad to see my stuff is proving useful! But there is a MUCH more up-to-date version of my TARDIS Technical Index at docs.google.com/file/d/0B6zjenFzzQn1MF9xeHNNS1M1akU/edit?pli=1OR bit.ly/tardistechIIRC it adds a lot new info to the Type 65 [as well as covering the Monk's Type 43]. I regret that the last update was done BEFORE the Time Travel Companion RPG sourcebook was released so both books are needed to have a complete understanding of TARDIS technology.
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Post by Marnal on Apr 19, 2016 15:11:41 GMT
Catsmate said: 2 A chunk of FASA background that's no longer canon.
I tend to assume that the Colonel's 'son' was a younger cousin of his House, one that the Colonel had taken a personal had in raising during brain-buffing.
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Post by Marnal on Apr 19, 2016 15:21:04 GMT
Any write-up of the Doctor's TARDIS that is going to include continuity from the novel line should including the following trait...
Manual Symbiotic Bypass: This custom modification bypasses the symbiotic circuits allowing anyone [with the right knowledge or instructions] to pilot the TARDIS, even if they lack a symbiotic nuclei. It also keeps the TARDIS from leaving a symbiotic imprint of the pilot at every time zone the capsule visits [making it much harder for the Time Lords to track them]. It also allows the TARDIS to overide the navigational systems and take the crew where ever she wishes. However bypassing this security system interferes with the directional unit [adding +4 to the difficulty of all space-time jumps] and tends to induce lots of malfunctions and system faults.
The revelation of this modification in "The Taking of Planet 5" was designed explain why non-Time Lords can occasionally pilot the Doctor's TARDIS, why the that TARDIS is so hard to navigate, why the TARDIS occasionally takes the Doctor why she wishes to, and why parts of the TARDIS are always breaking down.
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Post by Marnal on Apr 19, 2016 15:36:24 GMT
The novels state that the Master's preferred TARDIS is his original Type 45. Despite its age, the Master keeps it is perfect condition and has installed numerous updates and custom modifications. It is this TARDIS which is eventually upgraded into the first [and only] Type 101 as part of the preparations for the Time War. In this form the TARDIS exterior was a walking talking woman with and obsession for universal domination.
The Master also kept several other newer TARDISes in hiding in case he needed their special features. The Melkur from "Keeper of Traken" appears to be a Type 65 [note the vastly improved security systems - both inside and out].
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Post by Marnal on Apr 19, 2016 16:11:12 GMT
Both the Doctor and the Master were very impressed with the Rani's TARDIS implying that it was state-of-the-art. It could have been anything in the 80s range of TARDIS Types.
The Monk also boasted extensively about how state of the art his ship was. Given that [according to the FASA RPG] Drax had bought a second hand Type 63 around the same time its likely that the Monks TARDIS was in the mid to upper 60s [the Type 70 isn't released till the 5th Dr era].
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Post by Escher on Dec 29, 2016 13:59:45 GMT
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Post by Escher on Dec 30, 2016 19:20:23 GMT
Updated to 1.2.
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Post by senko on Jan 3, 2017 7:12:23 GMT
Just wanted to say I don't think it gains the trick comes with a whistle for the 12th doctors TARDIS after the return of doctor Mysterio. Remember Nardole was inside at the controls and comments that there was a few stops between the signal and its arrival. So I think he was on board to handle the driving in a "press this button" sense rather than the doctor summoning it.
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Post by Escher on Jan 3, 2017 12:46:13 GMT
Just wanted to say I don't think it gains the trick comes with a whistle for the 12th doctors TARDIS after the return of doctor Mysterio. Remember Nardole was inside at the controls and comments that there was a few stops between the signal and its arrival. So I think he was on board to handle the driving in a "press this button" sense rather than the doctor summoning it. How would you suggest this be written ?
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Post by senko on Jan 3, 2017 21:53:25 GMT
I think its the "Press this button doctor" rule of a companion steering the TARDIS under the doctor's direction. Especially since he wound up in Babylon if I remember right before actually managing to materialize over the doctor.
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Post by Escher on Jan 7, 2017 12:32:26 GMT
I must have got up to let the cat out at the moment Nardole was at the helm. I will have to watch this part of the show again, but the question of how a whistle can summon a TARDIS in flight still remains, unless I'm missing something else?
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Post by drwhofanmtl on Jan 7, 2017 13:25:07 GMT
I must have got up to let the cat out at the moment Nardole was at the helm. I will have to watch this part of the show again, but the question of how a whistle can summon a TARDIS in flight still remains, unless I'm missing something else? i guess telepathy . if Time Lords are symbiotically linked to their TARDISes why not .
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Post by misterharry on Jan 7, 2017 15:35:31 GMT
It may be as simple at Nardole keeping an eye on the Doctor using the TARDIS scanner (or a New Series equivalent of the Time-Space Visualiser) and watching for his signal.
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Post by Escher on Jan 7, 2017 19:41:11 GMT
Pretty much what I thought. Shame about the Whistle Trick, I missed part of the episode and messed it up.
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Post by senko on Jan 7, 2017 23:33:20 GMT
No reason such a trick wouldn't work just that in case it was from what I saw a signal to Nardole to come to him rather than the TARDIS.
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