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Citations:Tardis-like

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English citations of Tardis-like, Tardislike, and TARDIS-like

Adjective: "resembling the TARDIS in character or manner"

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  • 2000, Stephen R. Wilk, Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon, Oxford University Press (2000), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    (Claims that it is a magical bag which can expand to hold anything within, Tardislike, don't seem to be supported by any ancient sources.)
  • 2001, Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West, page 84:
    His accommodation above the business was Tardislike in its surprising space.
  • 2004, Paul Gogarty, The Coast Road: A 3,000 Mile Journey Round the Edge of England, Portico Books (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Then I notice Clacton's crown jewels, the Victorian Theatre, still crumbling inside its Tardislike casing (it closed in 1964) at the end of the jetty.
  • 2007, Jonathan Trigell, Cham, Corsair (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    There was a row of blue Tardis-like Portaloos out behind the strip of trestle bars.
  • 2008, Louise Bagshawe, Glitz, Headline (2008), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    A nondescript frontage on Wardour Street opened to a TARDIS-like lobby, with sleek, low-slung Eames furniture, []
  • 2008, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Munich, Bavaria & the Black Forest, page 221:
    The Kaiserburg Museum chronicles the history of the castle and provides a survey of medieval defence techniques. Other Tardislike sections open to visitors include the royal living quarters, the Imperial and Knights' Halls, and the Romanesque Doppelkapelle (Twin Chapel).
  • 2012, Time Out London 2012, Time Out (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Built as a cinema after World War I, the TARDIS-like, multi-floored Scala stages an agreeably broad range of indie, electronica, hip hop and folk, and is a frequent destination for one-off superparties.
  • 2013, Richard Hayes, Adversarial - Private Security and Whistle-Blowing Within the NHS, Authors OnLine (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    A pre-campaign meal was retrieved from the depths of Mary's Tardis-like handbag.
  • 2014, Tim Butcher, The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War, Grove Press (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Although small on the map, Bosnia felt at times as if it had a Tardis-like quality, a secret inner scale.
  • 2014, Louisa George, Her Client from Hell, Harlequin (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Cassie sighed as she shoved everything back into the Tardis-like bag.
  • 2014, Zoe Marriott, Darkness Hidden, Candlewick Press (2015), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    The first thing that struck me was how big the place was. Not exactly TARDIS-like, but a lot larger than I'd been expecting from the exterior.
  • 2015, Abby Clements, The Winter Wedding, Simon & Schuster (2015), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    But the moment we stepped into the room, Tardis-like in its dimensions, the atmosphere changed.
  • 2015, Becky Ohlsen, Anna Kaminski, & Josephine Quintero, Lonely Planet Sweden, Lonely Planet (2015), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    At the Tardis-like Kanalmuséet [] you can be initiated into the history and mystery of the canal, designed by engineer Nils Ericson and inaugurated in 1868; or hop on a vessel yourself.
  • 2015, The Rough Guide to Greece, Rough Guides (2015), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Situated in a small side street, the hotel's exterior belies its Tardis-like interior expanse.