Ian Chesterton's car

By November 1963, Ian Chesterton owned a car. (TV: "An Unearthly Child" ^[+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"}, PROSE: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"], etc.) It was either a Wolseley 4/50, (TV: "An Unearthly Child" ^[+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"}) or a Volkswagen. (PROSE: The Edge of Destruction ^[+]Loading...["The Edge of Destruction (novelisation)"])

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Due to their curiosity about Susan Foreman's incredible knowledge of history and science, and her unique gaps in knowledge regarding present-day culture, such as forgetting that the United Kingdom had yet to adopt a decimal currency, along with her home address being recorded as "76 Totter's Lane", a junkyard, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright decided to drive to the address and wait for either Susan or her grandfather to arrive. (TV: "An Unearthly Child" ^[+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})

According to one account, Ian and Barbara had first met when the former had gotten into a car crash at Barnes Common, shortly before they both met the First Doctor and were transported to Skaro. (PROSE: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"]) During the Last Great Time War, the Barber-Surgeon claimed to have once encountered a version of the Doctor who had recounted these events to him. The War Doctor claimed that that was not how he'd met Ian and Barbara. (AUDIO: The Horror ^[+]Loading...["The Horror (audio story)"])

Ian and Barbara trail Susan home. (COMIC: Prologue: The First Doctor ^[+]Loading...["Prologue: The First Doctor (comic story)"])

The same course of events naturally took place (COMIC: Prologue: The First Doctor ^[+]Loading...["Prologue: The First Doctor (comic story)"]) in an alternate timeline created when an exiled Rassilon allied with the Cyberiad to conquer all of history, (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)"]) which resulted in the Cybermen capturing the First Doctor before (COMIC: Prologue: The First Doctor ^[+]Loading...["Prologue: The First Doctor (comic story)"]) what would be Ian and Barbara's first trip in the TARDIS. (TV: "An Unearthly Child" ^[+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"}, etc.) This timeline was ultimately aborted. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)"])

According to one account, Ian's car was an Austin 16. (HOMEVID: "The Pilot Episode")