title: Doctor Who: The TARDIS Handbook
author:  Steve Tribe 
description: an entertaining jaunt through TARDIS history, and pretty much a must for anyone with a fixation on the iconography of the trusty blue box.,a wonderful celebration of the history of the show and clearly aimed to delight both younger fans and their older counterparts.
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  DOCTOR WHO  
  
  
  THE AZTECS
  
  
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  JOHN LUCAROTTI
  
  
  
  
  
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  Based on the BBC television serial by John Lucarotti by arrangement with the
  British Broadcasting Corporation
  
  
  
  
  
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  Number 88 in the  
  
  
  Doctor Who Library  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  A TARGET BOOK  
  
  
  published by  
  
  
  the Paperback Division of W. H. ALLEN & CO. PLC
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## 1 Coiled Serpent
  
  
  The TARDIS has materialised,’ the Doctor announced authoritatively.
  
  
  ‘Where?’ asked Susan, the Doctor’s fifteen-year-old granddaughter.
  
  
  The Doctor moved around the central control deck of the spacecraft to the
  digital time/place orientation print-out and pressed the appropriate button.
  Nothing happened.
  
  
  ‘Well?’ Susan arched her eyebrows.
  
  
  ‘Chesterton, hand me a screwdriver,’ the Doctor said testily.
  
  
  Ian took one from the tool-kit, and gave it to the Doctor, remarking that with
  any luck they were on Earth during the 1980s in an aerospace factory where the
  TARDIS could be thoroughly overhauled. The Doct