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During his exile on [[Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]] drove a yellow roadster called "[[Bessie]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|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 (TV story)|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 (TV story)|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 (TV story)|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 (TV story)|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 (TV story)|Battlefield]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') | ||
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart occasionally travelled in a [[chauffeur]]-driven Ford Zodiac staff car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|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 (The Ambassadors of Death)|Carrington]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') His own personal cars were a light blue Austin Maxi ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''). a white [[Mercedes]] convertible ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''); and a 1929 Humber 16/50 open tourer, Imperial model. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'') | [[File:Yates car.jpg|left|thumb|[[Mike Yates]]'s MG convertible. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')]] | ||
While [[Mike Yates]] was recuperating at a rural Buddhist meditation centre following the events of [[Operation Golden Age]], his own personal car was a red MG convertible. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') | |||
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart occasionally travelled in a [[chauffeur]]-driven Ford Zodiac staff car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' ''(intermittently)'') He drove the car himself on one occasion, when he used it as a getaway vehicle to escape from the British Space Centre following its takeover by General [[Carrington (The Ambassadors of Death)|Carrington]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') His own personal cars were a light blue Austin Maxi ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''). a white [[Mercedes]] convertible ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''); and a 1929 Humber 16/50 open tourer, Imperial model. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'') | |||
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]]'') | ||
