Was the TARDIS ever destroyed?

As I'm sure many of you remember, the TARDIS was destroyed in The Pandorica Opens. This was something that had been heavily foreshadowed beforehand, so we knew that it was coming.
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Who destroyed the Tardis?

Doctor Who confirmed the Silence was responsible for blowing up the TARDIS in season 5, but how they managed to accomplish this is still a mystery. The Silence, a religious sect of the space church called the Papal Mainframe, made the TARDIS explode at the end of season 5 of Doctor Who.
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Why did the silence destroy the Tardis?

The most logical answer is this: The Silence planned to kill the Doctor by blowing up the TARDIS (to prevent him from reaching Trenzalore). However when the TARDIS exploded it was in the Time Vortex. Had it exploded just anywhere it would just be an explosion.
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What happened to the Tardis?

What happened to the TARDIS? The TARDIS then jolted, sending the new Doctor to the floor and opening the front doors. The machine then dematerialised, leaving the Doctor falling to the Earth.
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How indestructible is the Tardis?

The TARDIS is almost indestructible. If it was completely indestructible then life wouldn't be very interesting, but it does appear to be resilient to extermination, being plunged into black holes and falling off cliffs.
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Is the Tardis infinite?

While the exterior is of limited size, the TARDIS is famously "bigger on the inside", with the interior being a whole separate dimension containing an infinite number of rooms, corridors and storage spaces, which can all change their appearances.
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How heavy is the Tardis?

This would sink through the planets crust if its full weight was concentrated into a footprint a meter square. In Full Circle (1980), Romana stated that the weight of the TARDIS was 5 × 106 kilograms in Alzarius's Earth-like gravity (about 5 × 107 Newtons, or the weight of 5,000 tonnes).
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Is the Tardis dying Series 13?

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Doctor Who season 13, episode 1. The action-packed Doctor Who: Flux premiere may be hiding a big secret: the TARDIS is dying. Season 13 is taking the show's format in a new direction with just six episodes, all of which form a single story called Flux.
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How many TARDIS are there?

If a TARDIS Type is particularly successful, then over 300 of that Type might be created. There were around 100 different types issued before the end of the Last Great Time War. The Type 89 TARDIS is the most advanced non-military TARDIS ever created.
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What happened to the 13th Doctors TARDIS?

After defeating the Daleks together, Ryan and Graham left the TARDIS to resume their lives on Earth. The Doctor continued travelling with Yaz by her side, as co-pilot, who was now fully immersed into the Doctor's world.
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What is the oldest question in the universe Doctor Who?

Gallifrey and Trenzalore

Gallifrey is trapped in a pocket universe. They found a crack in space and time on the planet Trenzalore. Through this they asked the oldest question in the universe, “Doctor Who?” if the Doctor told them his real name then the Time Lords will know they found the right universe and return.
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Why do the Silence wear suits?

The appearance of the Silents in suits is a mental construct of an authority figure created by them as part of their obedience compulsion. This would likely mean in previous eras, they wore whatever the dominant members of that society wore that would add to a desire to please them.
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How did Dr Who Beat the Silence?

The Silence were defeated when the Doctor ensured the world saw footage of a Silent apparently ordering people to attack them on sight. This 'command' acted like a post-hypnotic suggestion and humans finally turned on the aliens.
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What happens if a TARDIS explodes?

Aside from the Moon, the exploding TARDIS, and Earth and its inhabitants, every star, planet, life form and object was erased from the Universe, past, present and future. Those races present near the initial explosion, namely, the Alliance, were preserved as stone statues.
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Why was there a crack in time Doctor Who?

The cracks were caused by the TARDIS exploding which, it being a space/time machine, took place at all moments in space and time. From what we were shown, as the Doctor/TARDIS' personal timeline got closer to the event, the cracks became more numerous and more dangerous (they were wider each time).
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What is the crack in Amys wall?

These cracks were caused by the explosion of the TARDIS. Thus, the explosion led to several points in time and space touch when they shouldn't have been. These are linked to Amy because the explosion takes place in Amy's timeline as mentioned in this quote from Flesh and Stone.
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What is a Type 40 TARDIS?

The Type 40 — or, formally, the Type 40 time travel capsule — was the class of TARDIS to which the Doctor's TARDIS belonged. (TV: The Deadly Assassin, et al.)
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Will there be a new TARDIS?

Ncuti Gatwa has been handed the keys to the TARDIS for Season 14 of the long-running series. The Doctor has regenerated. After months of speculation and wild rumors, Doctor Who fans finally know who will replace Jodie Whittaker as the new Time Lord.
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What is the Tardis real name?

The TARDIS, also known as a TT Capsule was the main kind of time and space vehicle used by the Time Lords of Gallifrey.
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Will there be a 14th Doctor?

The BBC has announced that Ncuti Gatwa, who plays Eric Effiong on Sex Education, will be playing the 14th Doctor!
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Who is the next Doctor Who 2021?

Actor Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the star of Doctor Who, the BBC has announced. The 29-year-old will become the 14th Time Lord on the popular science fiction show, and the first person of colour to play the lead role.
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Will the Doctor regenerate at the end of flux?

Dr Who: Flux starts on 31 October, so what can we expect from the latest series? It was confirmed in July that series 13 will be the last time Jodie Whittaker will play the Doctor. The character is set to regenerate and a new actor will take over the role in 2022.
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How many rooms are in the Tardis?

This allows the writers to include any room needed, with only a few becoming standard rooms, as seen in Series 7, Episode 10, "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS." This is a bottleneck episode that exists entirely in the endless TARDIS, and it reveals seven rooms within the TARDIS that hold importance to The Doctor ...
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Why is the Tardis bigger on the inside?

Because someone is looking through the picture frame and the box is a long way away, the large box might seem small enough to fit through the picture frame. But that's just because it's far away. In reality, it's much bigger.
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Where did the Tardis sound come from?

So we put that in." The sound was generated using a broken down piano frame. "It was standing up in the corner of the workshop with its strings exposed and I scraped a front-door key down the bass string. We recorded that and added loads of feedback." Brian created many other special sounds and atmospheres.
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