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yeah, it's really not that the fourth doctor had one adventure in bessie. he had about ten, but only one of them was televised.
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Bessie was also abducted with the Doctor into the [[Death Zone]], where it was heavily damaged by one of the thunderbolts that periodically rained down upon the landscape. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | Bessie was also abducted with the Doctor into the [[Death Zone]], where it was heavily damaged by one of the thunderbolts that periodically rained down upon the landscape. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | ||
With his waning | With his waning interest in affairs at UNIT and Earth, the [[Fourth Doctor]] soon lost interest in Bessie, though he did have use for her on several Earthbound adventures with [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Death Flower (comic story)|Death Flower]]'', ''[[Counter-Rotation (comic story)|Counter-Rotation]]'', ''[[Mind Snatch (comic story)|Mind Snatch]]'', and others). He also used Bessie after Sarah was no longer travelling with him, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]]'') and even when [[Leela]] had joined him ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Devil's Mouth (comic story)|The Devil's Mouth]]'') | ||
[[File:Seven brig bessie.jpg|thumb|[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] is delighted to be reunited with Bessie. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')]] | [[File:Seven brig bessie.jpg|thumb|[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] is delighted to be reunited with Bessie. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')]] | ||
It was brought out briefly in [[1997]] as the Brigadier and UNIT worked with the Doctor's [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]] to battle [[Morgaine]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]''). | It was unclear what happened to Bessie after this early period of the Fourth Doctor's life. According to one account, it was simply in storage aboard [[the TARDIS]], seen there as late as the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s travels with [[Frobisher]] and [[Peri]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Changes]]'') Another account had it that [[the Brig]] had it "put into mothballs" at some point, having realised that the Doctor's visits to Earth were becoming more and more infrequent. It was brought out briefly in [[1997]] as the Brigadier and UNIT worked with the Doctor's [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]] to battle [[Morgaine]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]''). | ||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] may have used Bessie at some point, as '''R Spendsmith '''posted in the [http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/ "Who is Doctor Who?"]guest booklet: | The [[Ninth Doctor]] may have used Bessie at some point, as '''R Spendsmith '''posted in the [http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/ "Who is Doctor Who?"] guest booklet: | ||
:''"I don't know if he's the same bloke but he's the spitting image of a bloke I saw broken down at the side of the road the other day. He was driving some old yellow vintage thing and the man was looking well confused."'' ([[WEB]]: ''[[Defending the Earth!|Who is Doctor Who?]]'') | :''"I don't know if he's the same bloke but he's the spitting image of a bloke I saw broken down at the side of the road the other day. He was driving some old yellow vintage thing and the man was looking well confused."'' ([[WEB]]: ''[[Defending the Earth!|Who is Doctor Who?]]'') | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://freespace.virgin.net/dr.dean/who1/bessieinformation.htm Who1 - The Bessie Homepage] | * [http://freespace.virgin.net/dr.dean/who1/bessieinformation.htm Who1 - The Bessie Homepage] | ||
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