TARDIS — Time and Relative Dimensions in Space

Is it possible to manipulate dimensions?

Doctor Who is a British TV show of great imagination that redefined various aspects of Sci-Fi writing. The main character, ‘The Doctor,’ is a superintelligent humanoid alien from the planet ‘Gallifrey’ who can cheat death by ‘regeneration.'(Turning into someone else entirely). It is because of this process of renewal in the cast that Doctor Who, with some gaps along the way, is running for sixty years. Beyond ‘The Doctor’s prowess in sciences and regenerative abilities, he has a spacetime machine called the ‘TARDIS’ (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) that can take him anywhere/time in the cosmos. In the TV show, TARDIS can somehow manipulate dimensions to create space inside a smaller region. In other words, as it is famously requoted nearly every season by ‘The Doctor,’ it is bigger on the inside! There are numerous authentic elements in the Doctor Who universe but nothing is as iconic as the ‘TARDIS.’ However, according to the known laws of mathematical physics, is it possible to manipulate the dimensions of reality itself to create a more extensive region inside a smaller one?

2D Edges of the Tardis / Drawing by Eren Erberk Erkul with the assistance of DALL·E 2

Dimensions and their manipulations -String Theory , General Theory of Relativity

Humans have become the dominant life on Earth by learning to model the universe and create accurate engineering marvels aligning with these models. So, if one wants to model the cosmos, is there a better way to start than the dimensions of reality itself? As we know, our universe consists of three spatial and one-time dimensions. But what is a dimension anyway? Can you interact with a dimension? Can you touch, taste or directly see a dimension? You might say I conceive and understand the universe by referencing dimensions. But do you? Let’s approach the question biologically. If you are sane, you will probably tell me you see things via referencing three coordinates. Nevertheless, it is known that biological vision is a byproduct of the interaction of photons with the photodetectors on the retina. Only a 2D image of the world is accumulated by our biological detectors, and our brain creates the makeover for 3D perception. So, can we claim that we are living in a 3D world? Maybe there are infinitely other possible ‘dimensions’ beyond our comprehension. Like many animals being colorblind, we might be forever oblivious to the cosmos’ actual reality. If we were to ask a fish to create a model of the universe, I bet it would be a lot different than our description. Well, of course, the questioning of the existence of dimensions is much more subtle than simply being colorblind, and the argument will, therefore, doesn’t contain any possible potholes. So let’s return to our original question: Are the concept of dimensions intrinsic to our universe, or are they a mathematical trick humans have created to model the universe? The answer to this question can not be concluded. However, modern theories of quantum gravity, such as String Theory, are attempting to define some fundamental properties for the dimensions to find the theory of everything. Although, there is neither conclusive evidence for the existence of the extra dimensions proposed by the String Theory nor its attempts to define the topology of these dimensions. So it seems our modern understanding of the universe fails to explain the most integral part of it. Think about it, elementary physics, or even our first steps on this blue planet, starts with a concise understanding of dimensions, and nobody knows much about it. It seems in physics and life; it is more challenging to explain what is trivial than what is hidden. Inspired by Mach, Einstein heavily challenged the Newtonian absoluteness of space and time but failed to explain the true nature of it. Nonetheless, with relativity, humanity has learned that an observant could view space-time dimensions as malleable externally. This means dimensions can actively participate in ordering the universe when necessary. However, there is a tricky situation here. This ‘manipulation’ of space-time can only be viewed by the observant. Thus, relativity equations like in Newtonian mechanics adapt the nature of space-time ‘dimension’ to be absolute external to everything else. Creating extra space inside a smaller area seems to require manipulating dimensions, an unexisting concept in physics. So, it seems we humans are still far away from the Galifrean technologies possessed by ‘The Doctor’.

Allons-Y!!!!