Let's talk about the Remembered TARDIS. In the (2024) finale “Empire of Death,” the 15th Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) travel the universe in the TARDIS, along with one-time-companion of the 6th and 7th Doctors, Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford). For longtime fans, having people travel through all of time and space with the Doctor in the TARDIS shouldn’t sound too weird.
And yet, in “Empire of Death” the version of the TARDIS that Mel, Ruby, and the Doctor are rocking will seem super unfamiliar to nearly all fans of the show in the U.S. But, strangely, this version of the TARDIS was introduced into the Whoniverse earlier this year.
And now, thanks to its appearance in “Empire of Death,” this splinter-version of the immortal time machine now appears to be canon. What is the Remembered TARDIS? The Seventh Doctor and Ace in the Remembered TARDIS. After starts turning everyone to sand, the Doctor and Mel return to the UNIT and find that a second version of the TARDIS is partially materializing.
The Doctor says “It’s a TARDIS remembered...
time is a memory and memory is a time machine.” While Ruby’s memories of the TARDIS seem to help it fully materialize, this mash-up TARDIS contains elements from every single era of , seemingly thrown together in a cramped closet version of the interior. There are pieces of the 1st Doctor’s control panel, part of the 3rd Doctor’s console on the ceiling, and drawers with all sorts of Easter eggs, incl.
