TARDIS Meets Fortress: Dimensional Humor
A Meeting of Dimensional Anomalies
This comic panel presents a humorous and surreal crossover between the universes of Doctor Who and Doom/Warhammer 40k. On the left is the iconic blue police box known as the TARDIS, a time-traveling spacecraft famously “bigger on the inside.” Opposite it floats the Fortress of Doom, now part of the Warhammer 40k setting, depicted with an oddly similar quality. Both structures are rendered in a simplified, comic-style art with clean lines and bold shadows. The characters—though not physically shown—are implied to be reacting in stunned silence, each represented by an empty speech bubble. The absurdity lies in the unspoken recognition between the two constructs that they share an impossible, non-Euclidean trait.
The Joke That Spans Universes
The caption drives home the gag: “The Fortress of Doom became bigger on the inside than the outside. Like a Police Public Call Box.” It’s a clever nod to the sci-fi trope popularized by Doctor Who, now humorously mirrored in the Doom Slayer’s heavily armed stronghold. The comparison is unexpected, especially within the grimdark universe of Warhammer, where mysticism and technological paradoxes are often deadly serious. Here, it’s played for a deadpan laugh, suggesting that even horrors of the Warp might find common ground with British science fiction. This moment of mutual, silent confusion adds levity to the comic, while poking fun at the shared weirdness of their respective realities. It’s a brief but effective collision of two iconic sci-fi staples, made even funnier by how seriously both settings usually take themselves.
