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TARDIS Bus Shelter

Narrogin, Australia

On a rural farm road in Western Australia, a full-size, electrified police call box with a big surprise inside. 

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It's bigger on the inside .. .. stevej2 (Atlas Obscura User)
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On a rural road in Western Australia, tucked back next to a driveway, there is a traditional London police call box. If you watched the television series Doctor Who, you might suspect that it’s bigger on the inside. This a full-size replica of the TARDIS, the time and space travel machine hidden inside a call box. This one is electrified, with lights and a working control panel. Be careful of the button labeled, “Don’t press this.”

The replica TARDIS is the work of Narrogin local Rob Shepherd, who originally built it as a bus shelter for his daughter. But the distinctive blue call box took on a life of its own and has become something of a pilgrimage site for fans of the show.

Shepherd used plans for a 1947 London police box to design the bus shelter, which went up in 2018. In the years that it has been up on the roadside, the TARDIS has drawn visitors not just from Australia, but all over the world. Shepherd and his family check the guest book inside every time they catch the bus to see where their ever-growing list of visitors have come from.

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There's a visitor book inside, so you can leave a message for the generous folks who built this marvel.


Fully functional as of October 2024, although the reset button for "space-time continuum" was not tested.


The box is on Wandering-Narrogin Road, 1/2 km south of Springhill Road.

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