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In [[1951]], [[Eddie Smith|Eddie]] and [[Barbara Smith]] died in a car crash. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | In [[1951]], [[Eddie Smith|Eddie]] and [[Barbara Smith]] died in a car crash. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | ||
[[Forester]] drove a big American car, which caused P.C. [[Bert Rowse]] to swerve his bicycle straight into a muddy ditch. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Planet of Giants]]'') | |||
During his exile on [[Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]] drove a yellow roadster called "[[Bessie]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''). [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] procured Bessie to persuade the Doctor to work with [[UNIT]] after the Doctor had expressed fondness for a similar vehicle he had "borrowed" shortly after arriving on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') A time eddy snatched the Third Doctor, along with Bessie, out of 20th century Earth into the [[Death Zone]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') Bessie remained (in UNIT's care) on Earth when the Doctor regained his [[time travel]] knowledge. It was used by his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], [[Seventh Doctor|seventh]] and [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnations]] on subsequent visits to Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[Battlefield]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') | During his exile on [[Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]] drove a yellow roadster called "[[Bessie]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''). [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] procured Bessie to persuade the Doctor to work with [[UNIT]] after the Doctor had expressed fondness for a similar vehicle he had "borrowed" shortly after arriving on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') A time eddy snatched the Third Doctor, along with Bessie, out of 20th century Earth into the [[Death Zone]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') Bessie remained (in UNIT's care) on Earth when the Doctor regained his [[time travel]] knowledge. It was used by his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], [[Seventh Doctor|seventh]] and [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnations]] on subsequent visits to Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[Battlefield]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') | ||
