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'''Land Rovers''' were a particular type of [[Car|motor vehicle]] used by many [[human]]s. [[UNIT]] used them in many operations as one of their main means of travel.
'''Land Rovers''' were a particular type of [[Car|motor vehicle]] used by many [[human]]s. [[UNIT]] used them in many operations as one of their main means of travel.


The [[Second Doctor]] was the first seen to drive a Land Rover.  He left the rest of the [[UNIT - list of appearances|UNIT]] team for a separate task on information retrieval against the cybermen. ([[The Invasion (TV story)|TV:'' The Invasion'']])
The [[Second Doctor]] was the first seen{{By whom}} to drive a Land Rover.  He left the rest of the [[UNIT - list of appearances|UNIT]] team for a separate task on information retrieval against the Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')


[[File:UNIT Land Rover Downtime.jpg|thumb|A UNIT Land Rover arrives at [[New World University]] in [[1995]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]'')]]
[[File:UNIT Land Rover Downtime.jpg|thumb|A UNIT Land Rover arrives at [[New World University]] in [[1995]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]'')]]

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Land Rovers were a particular type of motor vehicle used by many humans. UNIT used them in many operations as one of their main means of travel.

The Second Doctor was the first seen[by whom?] to drive a Land Rover. He left the rest of the UNIT team for a separate task on information retrieval against the Cybermen. (TV: The Invasion)

A UNIT Land Rover arrives at New World University in 1995. (HOMEVID: Downtime)

The Third Doctor overtook a Land Rover driven by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart using Bessie's Super Drive after he had discounted how reliable the Doctor's roadster could be. (TV: The Time Monster)

The Fourth Doctor used a Land Rover from UNIT to track a Skarasen in Scotland, but the vehicle ran out of fuel on Tulloch Moor. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)

The Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, Professor Watson and a few security guards got aboard a Land Rover to get away from the Nunton Experimental Complex before the RAF bombing raid to destroy the hand of Eldrad and the complex. They all crouched behind the vehicle — except the Doctor, who remained standing in the back — to protect themselves from blinding flashes, but there was no explosion. (TV: The Hand of Fear)

Warrant Officer John Benton and his driver, Private Willis of the Regular Army, used a Land Rover to transport a shipment of radioactive material to UNIT H.Q. through the wooded countryside of Bolton. (HOMEVID: Wartime)

Sarah Jane Smith had a Land Rover in 1996. (PROSE: Interference - Book One)

On Earth in 2009 the Tenth Doctor, whilst assisting UNIT into their investigations into ATMOS, was driven around in a Land Rover. This vehicle, like all government vehicles at the time, had ATMOS installed. (TV: The Poison Sky)

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