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On [[18 August]] 1951, [[Eddie Smith|Eddie]] and [[Barbara Smith]], [[companion]] [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s parents, having abandoned their toddler in a [[pram]], were killed when their car collided with a [[tractor]] after having attended the [[Foxgrove Village Fête]]. Though she didn't find out until much later on life, they did this, in fact, to protect the world from [[the Trickster]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') Sarah Jane was subsequently sent to live with her aunt, [[Lavinia Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'')
On [[18 August]] 1951, [[Eddie Smith|Eddie]] and [[Barbara Smith]], [[companion]] [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s parents, having abandoned their toddler in a [[pram]], were killed when their car collided with a [[tractor]] after having attended the [[Foxgrove Village Fête]]. Though she didn't find out until much later on life, they did this, in fact, to protect the world from [[the Trickster]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') Sarah Jane was subsequently sent to live with her aunt, [[Lavinia Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'')
According to one account, [[Barbara Wright]] met [[Ian Chesterton]] at a car crash site on [[Barnes Common]] shortly before they both met the [[First Doctor]] and were transported to [[Skaro]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'')


Sometime in the [[1970s]], [[Bernard Forbes]] was killed in a car accident. While there was a [[funeral]], [[Krashen]] later changed history, for [[money]], so that Bernard hadn't died in the accident. When the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] visited the Forbes home, they found him alive, but slowly losing his mental facilities. After Krashen and his time machine were destroyed, Bernard just vanished. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Honest Living (short story)|Honest Living]]'')
Sometime in the [[1970s]], [[Bernard Forbes]] was killed in a car accident. While there was a [[funeral]], [[Krashen]] later changed history, for [[money]], so that Bernard hadn't died in the accident. When the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] visited the Forbes home, they found him alive, but slowly losing his mental facilities. After Krashen and his time machine were destroyed, Bernard just vanished. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Honest Living (short story)|Honest Living]]'')
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=== Post-21st century ===
=== Post-21st century ===
On the [[human]] colony [[Red Rocket Rising]], [[Morgan (Blood of the Daleks)|Morgan]] crashed his [[solar power|solar-powered]] car into the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[the TARDIS|TARDIS]] while being pressured by "[[Martez|Asha Gryvern]]" to speed, causing his death. Another passenger within the vehicle at the time of the crash was [[Eileen Klint]]; the three were leaving the mob behind, and on the run from them. While the TARDIS was not so much as scratched from the impact, but the car, as described by [[Lucie Miller]], "bounced right the way over the other side of the [[road]]". Smoke protruded from the [[solar cell]] engine. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'')
On the [[human]] colony [[Red Rocket Rising]], [[Morgan (Blood of the Daleks)|Morgan]] crashed his [[solar power|solar-powered]] car into the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] while being pressured by "[[Martez|Asha Gryvern]]" to speed, causing his death. Another passenger within the vehicle at the time of the crash was [[Eileen Klint]]; the three were leaving a mob behind, and were on the run from them. While the TARDIS was not so much as scratched from the impact, the car, as described by [[Lucie Miller]], "bounced right the way over the other side of the [[road]]". Smoke protruded from the [[solar cell]] engine. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'')


[[Professor]] [[Emile Moorhouse]] suffered from regular [[panic attack]]s after surviving a car crash the year before his ultimate murder by the [[Foretold]]. He was selected by the Foretold because of his weakened state. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'')
[[Professor]] [[Emile Moorhouse]] suffered from regular [[panic attack]]s after surviving a car crash the year before his ultimate murder by the [[Foretold]]. He was selected by the Foretold because of his weakened state. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Actor [[Roger Delgado]], who played the original {{delgado|n=Master}}, to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s [[Third Doctor]], died in a car accident on [[18 June (people)|18 June]] [[1973 (people)|1973]]. In later interviews, [[Jon Pertwee]] cited Delgado's death as a contributing factor, along with the departure of [[Barry Letts]] as [[producer]], in his decision to [[1974 (production)|leave the series in 1974]].
* Actor [[Roger Delgado]], who played the original {{delgado|n=Master}}, died in a car accident on [[18 June (people)|18 June]] [[1973 (people)|1973]]. In later interviews, [[Jon Pertwee]] cited Delgado's death as a contributing factor, along with the departure of [[Barry Letts]] as [[producer]], in his decision to leave the series in [[1974 (production)|1974]].
* ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', the [[1964 (releases)|1964]] novelisation, changed the meeting of the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] in [[Totter's Yard|a junkyard]] in [[TV]]: "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]" to a car crash on [[Barnes Common]].


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