10 Best Spaceships In The Doctor Who Universe

4. Battle TARDIS

Doctor Who Battle TARDIS fleet
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While the Doctor's TARDIS is barred from appearing on our list due to the fact that it would easily claim the number one spot and make this whole thing frustratingly predictable, we have to give a shoutout to its more violent cousin: the Battle TARDIS.

As the name implies, these awesome machines are not too dissimilar to the Doctor's own - but the one major difference is that they're equipped with an arsenal of powerful weapons.

The ship's outer shell can actually morph into a shield, a gun, or any other useful bit of kit you can think of, but the main bit of firepower that Battle TARDISes use are time torpedoes. Time torpedoes essentially freeze their targets in place, leaving them unable to retaliate - so you can imagine how useful this would be when squaring off against a Dalek fleet, as happened many times during the Time War.

While we've never seen a Battle TARDIS in action onscreen, a few years ago, we did come close: during the Peter Capaldi era, one of these ships was going to be used as the foundation of an episode, but unfortunately, that idea didn't get very far.

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