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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 (novel)|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 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 (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') | ||
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart occasionally travelled 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 a white [[Mercedes]] convertible. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'') | ||
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Two white Citroën 2CVs were used as transport by Colonel [[Trenchard]] and his prison officers on [[Fortress Island]], the location of the high-security prison where [[the Master]] was confined. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') | Two white Citroën 2CVs were used as transport by Colonel [[Trenchard]] and his prison officers on [[Fortress Island]], the location of the high-security prison where [[the Master]] was confined. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') | ||
After | After the Master abandoned the [[hovercraft]] he had used to escape from the [[Third Doctor]] and the [[Royal Navy]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]''), he hitched a lift in a Ford Cortina belonging to [[Jack Harris]], a travelling salesman. The Master killed Harris, who had proved immune to his [[hypnosis|hypnotic powers]], with his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] and, after hanging Harris's shrunken corpse on the driving mirror, used the car to travel to [[Devil's End]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') | ||
While still affiliated with UNIT "post-exile", the Third Doctor also briefly used a [[Whomobile|different car]] with a "space-age" look and hovering/flying capabilities. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'') | While still affiliated with UNIT "post-exile", the Third Doctor also briefly used a [[Whomobile|different car]] with a "space-age" look and hovering/flying capabilities. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'') | ||
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During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor used a [[Volkswagen Beetle]] that he could drive into [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. He [[garage]]d it in its own alcove. The Doctor traded it for information from the [[Faction Paradox]] concerning [[Samantha Jones]] whilst in [[San Francisco]] in [[2002]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'', ''[[Unnatural History]]'') | During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor used a [[Volkswagen Beetle]] that he could drive into [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. He [[garage]]d it in its own alcove. The Doctor traded it for information from the [[Faction Paradox]] concerning [[Samantha Jones]] whilst in [[San Francisco]] in [[2002]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'', ''[[Unnatural History]]'') | ||
[[Mickey Smith]] used a car belonging to Sarah Jane Smith to break into [[Deffry Vale High School]] by driving straight through the building's glass doors. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'') [[Mickey Smith]] also drove a tow truck that [[Jackie Tyler]] borrowed from [[Rodrigo]] in order to open the [[Heart of the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: [[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]) | [[Mickey Smith]] used a car belonging to Sarah Jane Smith to break into [[Deffry Vale High School]] by driving straight through the building's glass doors. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'') [[Mickey Smith]] also drove a tow truck that [[Jackie Tyler]] borrowed from [[Rodrigo]] in order to open the [[Heart of the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | ||
[[John Ellis]] used a car to commit [[suicide]] by [[carbon monoxide]] poisoning. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') | [[John Ellis]] used a car to commit [[suicide]] by [[carbon monoxide]] poisoning. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') | ||
