Here’s a new one. I was in the Tardis before I ever watched the show!
I was on a field trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum (I think) with the American school in High Wycombe. I wandered off from our 4th grade group through these blue doors and into a bright white room with salad bowls mounted in the walls. Yes, the later Pertwee control room, with animatronic Daleks, a Cyberman, and a 5′ green Pekinese/Frog that turned out to be a Sea Devil. Needless to say, I’ve been watching for over forty years now, and I kind of miss being the only one who knew what the Classic Tardis key hanging on my necklace was ready to get me away from this planet at the first opportunity .