Doctor Who: 10 Best TARDIS Interior Designs

This change was a surprising yet welcome one when it first appeared alongside Eleven in 2012’s ‘The Snowmen’, and it suited the colder, moodier version of the Doctor we got in that story. Afterwards however, it just didn’t mesh well with Eleven's colourful persona, and while he still had stairs to run about on, he just never looked at home in it.

Enter Capaldi, and a fine example of why lighting is so important. The change of colour from icy blue to a warm orange really set this interior off. Suddenly the room was warmer and more inviting, yet still retained that colder, metallic, scientific feel, which suited the Twelfth Doctor’s ever-changing and unpredictable personality. The addition of the book-cases brought back a glimmer of that Edwardian gentleman’s study, matching The Twelfth Doctor’s new found obsession with knowledge and philosophy. And then, of course, there was the reintroduction of the roundels in Series 9 which gave it the final 'TARDIS-y' touch it needed.

Huge props must go to the production designer, the late Michael Pickwoad, who finally give us a fully three-dimensional TARDIS set, which meant directors could get even more creative with their cinematography, and really make the time machine come alive on screen.

The only reason this isn’t higher on the list is due to it often being just a little too dramatic for its own good, with lights flashing everywhere and steam venting from the floor, which would just be distracting for the pilot(s). Also, the time rotor is far too static.