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Bessie had a built in [[gravity stabiliser]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Vortex (comic story)|The Vortex]]'') | Bessie had a built in [[gravity stabiliser]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Vortex (comic story)|The Vortex]]'') | ||
=== Registration === | === Registration === | ||
Initially, Bessie carried the registration license plate ''WHO 1''. Whether this was intentional — possibly chosen by the Doctor as a reference to the question often asked of his name — or a coincidence is not known. By seeming coincidence, at the time of the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s encounter with [[Morgaine]], the plate had been changed to ''WHO 7''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'') When the [[Eighth Doctor]] utilised Bessie during the [[1997]] invasion of Britain, a UNIT soldier reported the number plate as "'''W'''hiskey, '''H'''otel, '''O'''scar '''8'''," that is, ''WHO 8''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') | Initially, Bessie carried the registration license plate ''WHO 1''. Whether this was intentional — possibly chosen by the Doctor as a reference to the question often asked of his name — or a coincidence is not known. By seeming coincidence, at the time of the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s encounter with [[Morgaine]], the plate had been changed to ''WHO 7''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'') When the [[Eighth Doctor]] utilised Bessie during the [[1997]] invasion of Britain, a UNIT soldier reported the number plate as "'''W'''hiskey, '''H'''otel, '''O'''scar '''8'''," that is, ''WHO 8''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') After the [[Eleventh Doctor]] transformed Bessie into a monster truck, the license plate once again read ''WHO 1''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[What He Wants... (comic story)|What He Wants...]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The actual registration ''WHO 1'' was already in use in real life by another motorist, so Bessie was actually registered under a different number plate, ''MTR 5''. Special ''WHO 1'' number plates were made, which were used on the car when filming on private ground or on the public highway with permission from the police. | * The actual registration ''WHO 1'' was already in use in real life by another motorist, so Bessie was actually registered under a different number plate, ''MTR 5''. Special ''WHO 1'' number plates were made, which were used on the car when filming on private ground or on the public highway with permission from the police. | ||
