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[[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]]'') | [[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 | [[UNIT]] had two black [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]]s that followed the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] after they emerged from [[International Electromatics]] following their meeting with [[Tobias Vaughn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | ||
A black Jaguar with dark-tinted windows was used by a [[C19]] operative at one point to spy on [[James Stevens]] during his investigations into UNIT. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | |||
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 on Earth in UNIT's care 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]]'') | |||
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was occasionally seen to travel in a chauffeur-driven Ford Zodiac staff car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'' '''''(intermittently)''''') He drove the car himself on one occasion, when he used it as a getaway vehicle to escape from the Space Centre following its takeover by General [[Carrington]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'') His own personal cars were a blue Austin Maxi ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]''), and an unidentified white convertible ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'') | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was occasionally seen to travel in a chauffeur-driven Ford Zodiac staff car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'' '''''(intermittently)''''') He drove the car himself on one occasion, when he used it as a getaway vehicle to escape from the Space Centre following its takeover by General [[Carrington]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'') His own personal cars were a blue Austin Maxi ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]''), and an unidentified white convertible ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'') | ||
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[[Sarah Jane Smith]] drove many small cars over time, while a companion of the Doctor ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[School Reunion]]'') and afterwards. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'') | [[Sarah Jane Smith]] drove many small cars over time, while a companion of the Doctor ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[School Reunion]]'') and afterwards. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'') | ||
In [[1987]], [[Peter Tyler]] was killed in a hit-and-run incident. [[Rose Tyler]] saved his life, causing a massive [[paradox]] that made [[Reaper]]s appear. The car that had killed him disappeared and reappeared across the same stretch of road. To heal the rip in time, Pete | In [[1987]], [[Peter Tyler]] was killed in a hit-and-run incident. [[Rose Tyler]] saved his life, causing a massive [[paradox]] that made [[Reaper]]s appear. The car that had killed him disappeared and reappeared across the same stretch of road. To heal the rip in time, Pete ran in front of the looping car, killing himself and returning the timeline to normal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day]]'') | ||
[[Shou Yuing]] drove a light blue Citroën 2CV, which was commandeered by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to get to Vortigern's Lake, and later borrowed by Brigadier [[Winifred Bambera]] and [[Ancelyn]] to return to the [[Gore Crow Hotel]] — during which Bambera used the car to run through a road-block made up of [[Morgaine]]'s knights. It was prior to this particular incident that Ancelyn confirmed to Bambera that cars did not exist at all on [[Arthur's World]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | [[Shou Yuing]] drove a light blue Citroën 2CV, which was commandeered by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to get to Vortigern's Lake, and later borrowed by Brigadier [[Winifred Bambera]] and [[Ancelyn]] to return to the [[Gore Crow Hotel]] — during which Bambera used the car to run through a road-block made up of [[Morgaine]]'s knights. It was prior to this particular incident that Ancelyn confirmed to Bambera that cars did not exist at all on [[Arthur's World]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | ||
