Often in science fiction, a time machine or spacecraft looks like something from the future. A sleek silver disk, or a high-tech space plane. The British television show Doctor Who , though, is a bit different. Outside, the blue box is not much bigger than a phone booth or a bathroom stall. They contain everything from a library and guest quarters to closets full of clothes to a swimming pool. But can anything really be bigger on the inside than the outside?
Physics has a few answers. This makes it the perfect ship for a space tourist. Eldridge is an astrophysicist — someone who studies objects in space — at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Dimensions allow scientists to locate something in space and time. The outside is in another dimension, someplace else, and at some other time. Well, it's boring now, isn't it? They're boring-ers! They're blue River Song: Okay, I've mapped the probability vectors, done a foldback on the temporal isometry, charted the ship to its destination and The Doctor: Parked us?
But we haven't landed! River Song: Of course we've landed; I just landed her. The Doctor: But it didn't make the noise. River Song: What noise? Word of the Day have a heart of gold. Blog Outsets and onsets! Read More. November 08, To top. Sign up for free and get access to exclusive content:. Free word lists and quizzes from Cambridge. Tools to create your own word lists and quizzes.
Contact Us. What's a police box? Dimensionally transcendental Of course, the external dimensions don't bear very much resemblance to what's inside. How does it travel? Can you break it? What's inside it?
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