Tucked away in a single streetview image of what appears to be a mere police box, a newly discovered Google Maps easter egg lets you go inside the TARDIS.
How to do it:
- Click this link
- Move your mouse around a bit. The standard Google Maps directional arrows should pop up, with one little addition: a pair of double arrows. Click those. (Note: If you’re enrolled in the new Google Maps UI beta, the arrows might not appear. Instead, hit the up arrow on your keyboard. If it’s still not working for you, see the note at the bottom of this post.)
- Bam! You should now be in the TARDIS’ bigger-on-the-inside (smaller-on-the-outside) interior.
I figured it’d just be a single, static shot, but no: you can click
all around the control room, complete with StreetView’s signature
panoramas, navigating all the way down below the main platform for a
glimpse at the heart of the TARDIS itself. You don’t seem to be able to
click into any of the hallways — that’s probably for the better,
really, as we don’t want any of you getting lost.
Can’t find your way in? Look for these arrows:
(Note: Word is that this easter egg doesn’t always work in the
new Google Maps interface, which many of you have likely opted into by
now. No problem — just open the link in Chrome’s incognito mode [or
whatever your browser's private browsing mode might be called] and you
should be back at the old Google Maps interface without requiring you to
tweak any settings or log out of Google.)
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