What exactly is Dimension X?

[CyberCubed]

Some episodes make it seem like Dimension X is another dimension, others just make it seem like Dimension X is just a huge galaxy in space consisting of millions of worlds.

I actually think Dimension X is really just an entire galaxy as we've seen the turtles travel there and to planets that are comprised of it.

[gobo]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

we've seen the turtles travel there and to planets that are comprised of it.

via a dimensional portal every time. It was a galaxy only in the Archie books.

[oldmanwinters]

Now that's a familiar sounding question!

See here:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=18135

Reposted from my earlier take:

Sophism Take 1
In "Plan 6 from Outer Space", Bebop and Rocksteady want to use the Channel 6 building as a rocket to dimension X, right? So I think Dimension X is broadly spacial, yet can be accessed most conveniently through dimensionally "warping".

Or in the case of "the Ninja Sword of Nowhere", perhaps Dimension X is a dimension with easy access to other spatial points of the universe if you know where to look.

Did that make any sense?
Frankly, I'm not convinced of my own logic.

Sophism Take 2
Krang uses a portal to warp from Earth to Dimension X and vice versa. Thus, perhaps it's wholly separate from Earth's universe. Maybe the rocket ship bit was only to get the building to a convenient height from which to access a dimensional portal. Dim. X certainly shouldn't be confused with the "Nowhere" dimension since Dim. X has population, technology, and waring factions. Yet, even in Ninja Sword of Nowhere, the alien ship ascends before it opens the dimensional portal, from which we assume it opens a second portal in order to warp to the alien homeworld.

I think I'm gonna be sick.

[Toby Barrett]

... There can be galaxies and planets in other dimensions.

[gobo]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

In "Plan 6 from Outer Space", Bebop and Rocksteady want to use the Channel 6 building as a rocket to dimension X, right?

using transwarp thrusters.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by gobo

using transwarp thrusters.

Ah, I didn't catch that point...

Spoiler:

What are "transwapr thrusters", anyway?

[gobo]

I know that "trans-" means "across". I have to assume that they're using the SMB definition of "warp" though (a portal to a later part of the game).

So, my point was that the show never definitively suggested anything other than it being an alternate universe as it couldn't be traveled to w/o a transdimensional somethingorother. With the handful of times "dimensional barriers" were referenced, I'm entirely confident that this was how it was intended to be perceived.

[Cryomancer]

It's always possible that the warps are just to save travel distance too. But yes since they call it Dimension X, and there are definitely other dimensions in the show, it most likely is not part of the Earth's universe.

[Deathknight]

Oh man, how awesome is Wikipedia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensi...nja_Turtles%29

[ABrown]

Originally Posted by gobo

So, my point was that the show never definitively suggested anything other than it being an alternate universe as it couldn't be traveled to w/o a transdimensional somethingorother. With the handful of times "dimensional barriers" were referenced, I'm entirely confident that this was how it was intended to be perceived.

This is exactly what I think. I don't recall there ever being a single time that anyone ever traveled to or from Dimension X without the use of some sort of dimensional portal.