Doctor Who: Every TARDIS Interior Ranked From Worst To Best
8. The Fourth Doctor's Secondary Console Room (1976 - 1977)
It took producer Phillip Hinchcliffe two whole seasons to realise his dream of a more "Jules Verne" style TARDIS. In Doctor Who Season 12, there's barely a TARDIS at all (and in fact, the interior was never shown onscreen), as the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Harry use transmats and time rings to get about.
For Season 13, there's a return to a slightly redressed version of the Jon Pertwee set. And then, in Season 14's The Masque of Mandragora, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane go for a wander through the TARDIS corridors. After finding a boot cupboard that looks more like a grand drawing room, they eventually arrive in the secondary console room.
With its mahogany panels, stained glass windows, and wooden console, it was an appropriate TARDIS interior for Hinchcliffe and Robert Holmes' more gothic and literary take on Doctor Who. But unfortunately, it's just a bit less exciting than the main TARDIS interior.
The dark wood and lack of an impressive time rotor give it the impression of a stuffy university office, and it's no surprise that when Graham Williams was brought in to make the show less dark, he jettisoned this interior.