The design of the outer shell of the TARDIS has been evolving since 1963. This trend continued in the 2017 series. “I wanted to make the TARDIS feel slightly more ‘classic’, but only through small, gradual tweaks,” says Matthew. “We didn’t want to suggest it was a new TARDIS. The police box has changed gradually over the years so we thought we’d do it in small increments. For the ‘Pull to Open’ plaque on the front, we retained the three-font layout that had been used since 2005, but I changed all the fonts to be slightly more period.
