So, Doctor Who's very first companion, his granddaughter, Susan (pictured), was said to have named the TARDIS.
At the time it the show first went on the air in 1963, it was thought the Doctor invented the TARDIS, and so it made sense why his granddaughter might have named it.
Later it was established the TARDISes were much older than that, and had not been invented by the Doctor (unless he is also "the Other" who worked with Rassilon and Omega).
Thus whether Susan came up with the name was thrown into question.
But why?
Hello! This is a *time travel* show!
I can think of *multiple* ways Susan could have been responsible for naming a machine invented long before she was born.
That kind of time paradox is nothing!
I mean . . . we've just seen that River Song was responsible for naming *herself*–TWICE–without even trying!
It should be Relative Times and Dimensions in Spaces or, RTADIS, but Tardis is a nice anagram. Presumably, the person who built the first Tardis named it, *something*. Susan may have given it the alternate name of Tardis.
Does each Tardis have its own personality? How about a Tardis Union to demand better working conditions, vacations?
The Chicken
If I ever get to ask a question at a presidential debate, I’m going to ask if they are for or against the unionization of TARDISes
Her name is Sexy…
I thought it was Susan?
Don’t forget about the SIDRAT’s!!
This is the same kind of paradox which makes it so that River Song knows the Doctor more with each encounter, but he knows her less with each encounter.
That’s not a paradox, just a quirk of a relationship between time travelers.