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When he began his exile on Earth, the [[Third Doctor]] (who had just [[regenerated]] and not fully recovered) stole an antique roadster parked in front of [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital]] to get around. He liked it and while seeing the car returned to its rightful owner, Doctor [[Beavis]], the Brigadier said he thought he could get something like it. The original car was red, unlike Bessie, which was yellow. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') As per his request, the Doctor was donated an old vehicle that he could spruce up into his working transport. It required some tuning up beneath its chassis and adjustments to get the engine working. The Doctor made these repairs in a UNIT garage where he did not wish to be disturbed. Shortly after getting the final repairs in place and attaching his personal license to Bessie, the Doctor took her out for a test drive to [[Wenley Moor]] to attend a meeting at [[Wenley Moor nuclear research facility|an underground nuclear research centre]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') The Doctor claimed he named Bessie after his assistant, [[Liz Shaw]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Change of Mind (comic story)|Change of Mind]]'') | When he began his exile on Earth, the [[Third Doctor]] (who had just [[regenerated]] and not fully recovered) stole an antique roadster parked in front of [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital]] to get around. He liked it and while seeing the car returned to its rightful owner, Doctor [[Beavis]], the Brigadier said he thought he could get something like it. The original car was red, unlike Bessie, which was yellow. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') As per his request, the Doctor was donated an old vehicle that he could spruce up into his working transport. It required some tuning up beneath its chassis and adjustments to get the engine working. The Doctor made these repairs in a UNIT garage where he did not wish to be disturbed. Shortly after getting the final repairs in place and attaching his personal license to Bessie, the Doctor took her out for a test drive to [[Wenley Moor]] to attend a meeting at [[Wenley Moor nuclear research facility|an underground nuclear research centre]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') The Doctor claimed he named Bessie after his assistant, [[Liz Shaw]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Change of Mind (comic story)|Change of Mind]]'') | ||
When the Doctor's experiment to bypass his exile by turning the [[Time-Space Visualiser]] into a [[time bridge]] resulted in history being changed so that [[Nancy Norton]] and [[Brokk]] conquered the world, UNIT HQ was only protected from the changes in history by the artron energy gathered around the Doctor's equipment. When Liz was captured and taken out of the base, the Doctor, the Brigadier, and Sergeants [[John Benton]] and [[Mike Yates]] travelled out of the base in Bessie, using surplus components from the bridge to provide the car with an artron energy reserve until they could return to the base and restore history ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]''). | |||
Bessie proved instrumental in capturing {{Delgado}}. When he attempted to steal the Doctor's car and make good his escape following the events at [[Devil's End]], the Doctor used his remote control to steer the Master back to the waiting UNIT soldiers, who took him into custody. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') Bessie was briefly pulled into [[Omega]]'s [[Anti-matter universe|universe]] during his attempt to capture the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | Bessie proved instrumental in capturing {{Delgado}}. When he attempted to steal the Doctor's car and make good his escape following the events at [[Devil's End]], the Doctor used his remote control to steer the Master back to the waiting UNIT soldiers, who took him into custody. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') Bessie was briefly pulled into [[Omega]]'s [[Anti-matter universe|universe]] during his attempt to capture the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | ||
