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Hack: TARDIS Lands at MIT

Aug 31, 2010
Nancy DuVergne Smith
slice.mit.edu

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Hackers installed an illuminated Doctor Who-style police call box (also called the TARDIS—for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) on the roof of Building 7 overlooking 77 Mass. Ave. for the start of Rush and Freshman Orientation. The banner reads

"The Doctor: 1 / Hahvahd: 0."

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