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Bessie had a built in [[increased gravity stabiliser]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Vortex (comic story)|The Vortex]]'') | Bessie had a built in [[increased 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]]'') 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...]]'') | 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 == | ||
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* [[Phil Collinson]] said he paid 50 pence for a ride on Bessie round a shopping centre when he was a child. | * [[Phil Collinson]] said he paid 50 pence for a ride on Bessie round a shopping centre when he was a child. | ||
* Model car manufacturer [[Corgi]] made a Bessie in a series of models built to commemorate an anniversary of ''Doctor Who''. {{Fact}} | * Model car manufacturer [[Corgi]] made a Bessie in a series of models built to commemorate an anniversary of ''Doctor Who''. {{Fact}} | ||
* The appearance of the Third Doctor on Bessie in ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'' was archive footage taken from ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. | * The appearance of the Third Doctor on [[Bessie]] in ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'' was archive footage taken from ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. | ||
* According to the [[T:SOURCES|invalid source]] ''[[Who is Doctor Who?]]'', the [[Ninth Doctor]] was seen trying to fix the broken down Bessie on the side of the road. | * According to the [[T:SOURCES|invalid source]] ''[[Who is Doctor Who?]]'', the [[Ninth Doctor]] was seen trying to fix the broken down Bessie on the side of the road. | ||
