

( TV: Aliens of London) Adam Mitchell was briefly in possession of Rose's copy of the key, which was nearly stolen by the Editor. The Ninth Doctor kept at least one copy of his key, the one he gave to Rose Tyler, on a long metal chain with a D-shackle at the end. Martha and Jack's keys were briefly modified into perception filters. ( TV: Aliens of London) Jack Harkness's key, ( TV: The Parting of the Ways) Martha Jones' key ( TV: 42) and Donna Noble's key ( TV: The Sontaran Stratagem) were of the same design. ( PROSE: Interference - Book Two)Īnji Kapoor was given a Yale design key, ( PROSE: The Crooked World) as was Rose Tyler, near the start of her travels. Sarah Jane Smith took a double-helix shaped key, apparently made of plastic, with her when she left the TARDIS. Helen Sinclair had a TARDIS key by the time of the TARDIS's restoration. The Eighth Doctor intended to give Lucie Miller a TARDIS key with a Christmas-themed musical ringtone as a Christmas present.

( TV: Doctor Who)Ĭharlotte Pollard had a TARDIS key. It was used by the Eighth Doctor when Chang Lee had stolen the original from his possessions. ( PROSE: House)Ī spare copy of the spade-type key kept by the Seventh and Eighth Doctors was stored in a secret compartment in the TARDIS' outer shell. ( PROSE: Fascination) Peri still had her key when travelling with the Sixth Doctor. ( TV: The War Machines)ĭuring their travels with the Fifth Doctor, both Tegan Jovanka and Nyssa were given their own keys to the TARDIS ( AUDIO: Hexagora) as was Peri Brown. ( AUDIO: Lucie Miller)Ī key that fell from the Doctor's cloak was picked up by Ben Jackson and he was able to get inside the TARDIS with Polly Wright when they tried to return it to the Doctor. ( TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) Susan later recovered her key. ( TV: " Strangers in Space") Later, knowing she would likely never see the TARDIS again, she intentionally abandoned this key in the dirt on the bank of the River Thames, after her grandfather helped her decide to start a new life in the 2160s by locking her out of the TARDIS. ( TV: " The Ordeal") Susan's second key was seen when Susan locked the TARDIS aboard a human spaceship in proximity of the Sense Sphere. Just before he destroyed it, he promised to make her a new one. Susan's first key was destroyed by the Doctor whilst shorting out static electricity production in the Dalek City.

Susan Foreman's abandoned TARDIS key ( TV: Dalek Invasion of Earth) Marco took away the spare as well and later returned both. There were numerous other known copies of that key.Ī spare key was made by the First Doctor to replace one Marco Polo had taken away. The Doctor usually had their TARDIS key on their person at any given time. TARDIS keys The Doctor's TARDIS key Main article: The Doctor's TARDIS key Others The keys changed shape, just as the TARDIS did. ( TV: The Sensorites, Aliens of London, et al.)

( AUDIO: The High Price of Parking, TV: Spearhead from Space) Nevertheless, companions were often able to use the Doctor's key without the Doctor around, ( AUDIO: The Jabari Countdown, Lucie Miller) and many had their own keys to the TARDIS. ( PROSE: Interference - Book Two)īecause of a metabolism detector behind the lock, ( TV: Spearhead from Space) unauthorised people who stole the Doctor's TARDIS key usually found themselves unable to open the TARDIS doors without the Doctor there. Different TARDIS shells had different locks, whether obvious or hidden, and a TARDIS lock would accept its key even if it was physically larger than the lock. Use of a TARDIS key enabled entry to a locked TARDIS in the manner of other types of keys, and was not limited by the reconfigurable shape of either the key itself or the outer plasmic shell of the TARDIS.
