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[[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] used them in many operations as one of their main means of travel. The [[Second Doctor]] drove a Land Rover during a [[Cyberman]] invasion. He left the rest of the UNIT team for a separate task on information retrieval against the Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] used them in many operations as one of their main means of travel. The [[Second Doctor]] drove a Land Rover during a [[Cyberman]] invasion. He left the rest of the UNIT team for a separate task on information retrieval against the Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | ||
While bringing a [[Nestene]] [[ | While bringing a [[Nestene]] [[meteorite]] to [[UNIT HQ]], Corporal [[Forbes]], attempting to avoid an [[Auton]] in the road, was killed when his Land Rover crashed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
On [[Inferno Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]] hid from the patrolling [[Republican Security Forces|RSF]] soldiers in the back of a Land Rover containing protective suits for the technicians and soldiers at the main control room of that world's [[Inferno Project]]. The Doctor disguised himself in a protective suit as the Land Rover started to move and, when the vehicle arrived at its destination, diverted suspicion from himself by handing out the suits to the waiting soldiers and scientists. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') | On [[Inferno Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]] hid from the patrolling [[Republican Security Forces|RSF]] soldiers in the back of a Land Rover containing protective suits for the technicians and soldiers at the main control room of that world's [[Inferno Project]]. The Doctor disguised himself in a protective suit as the Land Rover started to move and, when the vehicle arrived at its destination, diverted suspicion from himself by handing out the suits to the waiting soldiers and scientists. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') | ||
Revision as of 17:33, 12 August 2021
Land Rovers were a particular type of motor vehicle used by many humans.
History
Land Rovers were commonly used by the military. (PROSE: Wishing Well)
Vijay Degun drove a big green Land Rover. (PROSE: Nightshade)
HAVOC used Land Rovers. In 1970, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart used one to drive to Strathclaide. (PROSE: The Daughters of Earth) William Bishop later used one to investigate the alien eggs with Anne Travers. (PROSE: The New Unusual)
UNIT used them in many operations as one of their main means of travel. The Second Doctor drove a Land Rover during a Cyberman invasion. He left the rest of the UNIT team for a separate task on information retrieval against the Cybermen. (TV: The Invasion)
While bringing a Nestene meteorite to UNIT HQ, Corporal Forbes, attempting to avoid an Auton in the road, was killed when his Land Rover crashed. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
On Inferno Earth, the Third Doctor hid from the patrolling RSF soldiers in the back of a Land Rover containing protective suits for the technicians and soldiers at the main control room of that world's Inferno Project. The Doctor disguised himself in a protective suit as the Land Rover started to move and, when the vehicle arrived at its destination, diverted suspicion from himself by handing out the suits to the waiting soldiers and scientists. (TV: Inferno)
The Royal Navy used Land Rovers. Captain John Hart lent the Third Doctor and Jo Grant a Land Rover to go to the Master's prison at Fortress Island. (TV: The Sea Devils)
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, as he had outfitted it to perform beyond ordinary automotive mechanisms. (TV: The Time Monster)
Dr. Tyler drove a Land Rover to the Minsbridge Wild Life Sanctuary to collect his cosmic ray monitoring device. (TV: The Three Doctors)
The Third Doctor gave Mike Yates a lift after his Land Rover broke down. (PROSE: Dr. Third)
The Fourth Doctor used a UNIT Land Rover 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 HQ through the wooded countryside of Bolton. (HOMEVID: Wartime)
Sarah Jane Smith had a Land Rover in 1996. (PROSE: Interference - Book One)
The garage at Caregan Barracks had a number of khaki-coloured Land Rovers, including an amphibious Land Rover Wolf. (PROSE: Another Life)
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)
Ibrahim Hadmani drove a Land Rover in 2015. (PROSE: The Last Pharaoh)
