Services, Refits, and Upgrades
TARDISes should receive service every 500 years. In addition they should receive a checkup every 3000 years. Time Lords that skip this maintenance are likely to experience total system breakdowns and possibly even the destruction of their TARDIS. When making modifications, it is important to shutdown everything, except that which is not necessary to shut down. Most of a TARDIS's exitonic circuitry is accessible behind the roundels in the walls.
It is possible to upgrade a TARDIS Console and associated systems to match newer designs. For example it is possible to install Mark III hardware in a Type 40 TARDIS. The Mark number of a TARDIS denotes the current sophistication of the Master Control Console (and by extension many of the other peripheral systems). Thus a TARDIS could be a Type 35 Mark I or a Type 35 Mark III. Both TARDISes were originally Type 35s but a majority of their systems have been upgraded to the level of later Types. A Time Lord would find that all Mark III TARDIS (regardless of Type) have most of the same systems and extras. TARDISes should be refitted every 200 years. Such refits usually involve significant changes to the Master Control Console. It takes about a month to overhaul a TARDIS.
Operators are warned that some TARDISes gets quite upset when their parts are removed and used in other devices. They tend to hold a grudge about this and operate unpredictably for quite some time after being used as a technology donor. It should also be noted that an older TARDIS can only be upgraded so far before implementing such modifications becomes dangerous to the TARDIS and sometimes even the operator himself.
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- Red: For information from unofficial sources -The Faction Paradox series, behind the scenes interviews, author's speculation, and popular fan belief.
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