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{{Infobox Object||image = [[ | {{Infobox Object||image = [[File:Bessie (doctor who).jpg|250px]] | ||
|object name = Bessie | |object name = Bessie | ||
|type = Car | |type = Car | ||
|origin = | |origin = | ||
|appearances = [[Bessie - List of Appearances|List of Appearances]] | |appearances = [[Bessie - List of Appearances|List of Appearances]] | ||
|mentions = [[BFA]]: ''[[The Hollows of Time]]''<br>[[PDA]]: ''[[Atom Bomb Blues]]''<br>[[NA]]: ''[[White Darkness]]''<br>[[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''<br>[[WEB]]: ''[[Who is Doctor Who?]]''}} | |mentions = [[BFA]]: ''[[The Hollows of Time]]''<br />[[PDA]]: ''[[Atom Bomb Blues]]''<br />[[NA]]: ''[[White Darkness]]''<br />[[BFA]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''<br />[[WEB]]: ''[[Who is Doctor Who?]]''}} | ||
'''Bessie''' was the [[Third Doctor]]'s main mode of transport during his [[exile on Earth]]. | '''Bessie''' was the [[Third Doctor]]'s main mode of transport during his [[exile on Earth]]. | ||
==Modifications== | == Modifications == | ||
Bessie was a canary-yellow roadster. It was acquired by [[the Brigadier]] for the [[Third Doctor]]'s use as part of the exiled [[Time Lord]]'s agreement to assist [[UNIT]] in its efforts to protect [[Earth]]. The Doctor had requested a car of this nature after taking a liking to a similar vehicle during his first fight against the [[Auton]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]''). | Bessie was a canary-yellow roadster. It was acquired by [[the Brigadier]] for the [[Third Doctor]]'s use as part of the exiled [[Time Lord]]'s agreement to assist [[UNIT]] in its efforts to protect [[Earth]]. The Doctor had requested a car of this nature after taking a liking to a similar vehicle during his first fight against the [[Auton]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]''). | ||
The Doctor made several modifications to Bessie during his time at UNIT. These included an [[anti-theft device|anti-theft]] [[force field]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]''), which magnetically trapped anyone attempting to steal Bessie; a remote control ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]''), with which the Doctor could steer the car from a distance; and a [[minimum inertia hyperdrive]], which allowed him to drive at breakneck speed and still come to a sudden stop without him or his passengers being sent through the windscreen by inertia, which the brakes absorbed. The Doctor made use of this inertia absorption to overtake the Brigadier's Land Rover after Lethbridge-Stewart had declined to travel in Bessie due to fear about the car's reliability. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'') | The Doctor made several modifications to Bessie during his time at UNIT. These included an [[anti-theft device|anti-theft]] [[force field]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]''), which magnetically trapped anyone attempting to steal Bessie; a remote control ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]''), with which the Doctor could steer the car from a distance; and a [[minimum inertia hyperdrive]], which allowed him to drive at breakneck speed and still come to a sudden stop without him or his passengers being sent through the windscreen by inertia, which the brakes absorbed. The Doctor made use of this inertia absorption to overtake the Brigadier's Land Rover after Lethbridge-Stewart had declined to travel in Bessie due to fear about the car's reliability. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'') | ||
==History== | == History == | ||
===Early use=== | === Early use === | ||
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]] so that he could get around. He liked it and, while seeing to it that the car returned to its rightful owner, the Brigadier said he thought he could get something like it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | 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]] so that he could get around. He liked it and, while seeing to it that the car returned to its rightful owner, the Brigadier said he thought he could get something like it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
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"I don't know if he's the same bloke but he's the spitting image of a bloke I saw broken down at the side of the road the other day. He was driving some old yellow vintage thing and the man was looking well confused." | "I don't know if he's the same bloke but he's the spitting image of a bloke I saw broken down at the side of the road the other day. He was driving some old yellow vintage thing and the man was looking well confused." | ||
==Other information== | == Other information == | ||
===Registration=== | === Registration === | ||
Initially, Bessie carried the registration license plate "WHO 1". Whether this is 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. ([[DW]]: ''[[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'''"''; "WHO 8". ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') | Initially, Bessie carried the registration license plate "WHO 1". Whether this is 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. ([[DW]]: ''[[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'''"''; "WHO 8". ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | == Behind the scenes == | ||
*The actual registration "WHO 1" was already in use by another motorist, so the car was actually registered under a different plate number (MTR5) | * The actual registration "WHO 1" was already in use by another motorist, so the car was actually registered under a different plate number (MTR5) | ||
* A photograph of [[Jon Pertwee]] driving Bessie appears in the frame of a mirror owned by Pertwee's character in the 1971 film ''The House That Dripped Blood.'' At the time of filming, Pertwee was still playing the Doctor. | * A photograph of [[Jon Pertwee]] driving Bessie appears in the frame of a mirror owned by Pertwee's character in the 1971 film ''The House That Dripped Blood.'' At the time of filming, Pertwee was still playing the Doctor. | ||
*[[Phil Collinson]] said he paid 50p for a ride on Bessie round a shopping centre when he was a child. | * [[Phil Collinson]] said he paid 50p 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''. | * Model car manufacturer Corgi made a Bessie in a series of models built to commemorate an anniversary of ''Doctor Who''. | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/dr.dean/who1/bessieinformation.htm Who1 - The Bessie Homepage | * [http://freespace.virgin.net/dr.dean/who1/bessieinformation.htm Who1 - The Bessie Homepage] | ||
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[[Category:Cars and trucks]] | [[Category:Cars and trucks]] | ||
[[Category:The Doctor's items]] | [[Category:The Doctor's items]] | ||
[[Category:Vehicles]] | [[Category:Vehicles]] | ||
