Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7503158-20151003110949/@comment-24152851-20151004061109

The Omnitriforcer wrote:

Wait the tardis is a living being? does that mean ben can scan and become one since its setient?

Not exactly a living organism. It's still artificial in a sense, but it still has a conscience and can think for itself. Though usually it doesn't actively communicate with others.

It's very complicated and isn't often explored. They explained a lot of it an episode called "The Doctor's Wife" where the TARDIS's conscience gets separated from the machine and gets put into a human woman. In this form the TARDIS is able to finally speak to the Doctor and say things she couldn't before.

How can the doctor get to the forge of creation if you need a map to get there?

Essentially, it's very difficult to keep the Doctor outside of any place in the universe. The only two known ways that I remember to keep the TARDIS out is using a timelock (where nothing can get in or out), or TARDIS proofing a place that only the Weeping Angels are capable of doing. Anywhere else the Doctor can get to.

Given that the Doctor has met Paradox before, he should be able to track him back and follow him. The TARDIS has what's called telepathic circuits that can lock onto a signature anywhere along someone's timeline.