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== 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]] | 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, the Brigadier said he thought he could get something like it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
Bessie proved instrumental in capturing [[the Master (UNIT years)|the Master]]. 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. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') Bessie was briefly pulled into [[Omega]]'s [[Anti-matter universe|universe]] during his attempt to capture the Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'') | Bessie proved instrumental in capturing [[the Master (UNIT years)|the Master]]. 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. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') Bessie was briefly pulled into [[Omega]]'s [[Anti-matter universe|universe]] during his attempt to capture the Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'') | ||
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Shortly after his [[companion]] [[Jo Grant]] left him and the [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] of the Doctor had temporarily left Earth, [[Fifth Doctor|his fifth incarnation]] arrived on Earth and borrowed Bessie while helping UNIT defeat the [[Xaranthi]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Deep Blue]]'') | Shortly after his [[companion]] [[Jo Grant]] left him and the [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] of the Doctor had temporarily left Earth, [[Fifth Doctor|his fifth incarnation]] arrived on Earth and borrowed Bessie while helping UNIT defeat the [[Xaranthi]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Deep Blue]]'') | ||
The car was also abducted | The car was also abducted with the Doctor into the [[Death Zone]], where it was heavily damaged by one of the thunderbolts that periodically rained down upon the landscape. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'') | ||
:''Presumably it was [[Rassilon]] who returned the car to Earth at the conclusion of this adventure.'' | :''Presumably it was [[Rassilon]] who returned the car to Earth at the conclusion of this adventure.'' | ||
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With his waning lack of interest in affairs at UNIT and Earth, the [[Fourth Doctor|newly-regenerated Doctor]] only drove Bessie during his first adventure ([[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''). At some point after this, [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] had it "put into mothballs", having realised that the Doctor's visits to Earth were becoming more and more infrequent. | With his waning lack of interest in affairs at UNIT and Earth, the [[Fourth Doctor|newly-regenerated Doctor]] only drove Bessie during his first adventure ([[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''). At some point after this, [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] had it "put into mothballs", having realised that the Doctor's visits to Earth were becoming more and more infrequent. | ||
It was brought out briefly in [[1997]] as the Brigadier and UNIT worked | It was brought out briefly in [[1997]] as the Brigadier and UNIT worked with the Doctor's [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]] to battle [[Morgaine]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]''). | ||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] may have used Bessie at some point, as '''R Spendsmith '''posted in the [http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/ "Who is Doctor Who?"]guest booklet: | The [[Ninth Doctor]] may have used Bessie at some point, as '''R Spendsmith '''posted in the [http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/ "Who is Doctor Who?"]guest booklet: | ||
