Bessie

[Whofan]

Bessie is of course, the Third Doctor's yellow roadster seen in several serials after the Doctor took a liking to the design in "Spearhead from Space". It was, of course, upgraded to go hyper-fast, as well as other modifications.
Tom Baker only used it briefly, and McCoy used it in battlefield; Davison and Baker used it for publicity stuff but not in the show itself.

There was also the "Whomobile", a more advanced craft the Doctor used in Planet of the Spiders and Invasion of the Dinosaurs. I've heard Pertwee actually owned this. It was released as a toy, I believe, for the late 80s Dapol toy line, and Corgi has a few versions of it and Bessie as well-however Character Options hasn't made anything...yet. (The TARDIS is of course the most iconic transport in the show-although they did make an elevator from Impossible Planet for some bizzare reason).

Bessie has yet to make any appearence in the new WHO or SJA, but something about it seems to fit Matt Smith's kind of Doctor a bit, so maybe....

 

[The]

I think he should retire Bessie for a new car. It would be nice to see the roadster, of course. But, it should be stored somewhere by UNIT. Smith should drive something equally unique for his Doctor...

 

[wamdue]

we have already seen the 11th Doctor in a VW Camper, I can think of no better vehicle for theDotor.

 

[Starkers]

I still wish Ten had made a Bessie reference in The Unicorn and the Wasp when he and Donna drove that old car at the end.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I still wish Ten had made a Bessie reference in The Unicorn and the Wasp when he and Donna drove that old car at the end.

At least something like "it would look better in yellow".

Of course, the same can't necessarily be said about Daleks.

 

[Bones2]

Bessie is of course, the Third Doctor's yellow roadster seen in several serials after the Doctor took a liking to the design in "Spearhead from Space". It was, of course, upgraded to go hyper-fast, as well as other modifications.
Tom Baker only used it briefly, and McCoy used it in battlefield; Davison and Baker used it for publicity stuff but not in the show itself.

There was also the "Whomobile", a more advanced craft the Doctor used in Planet of the Spiders and Invasion of the Dinosaurs. I've heard Pertwee actually owned this. It was released as a toy, I believe, for the late 80s Dapol toy line, and Corgi has a few versions of it and Bessie as well-however Character Options hasn't made anything...yet. (The TARDIS is of course the most iconic transport in the show-although they did make an elevator from Impossible Planet for some bizzare reason).

Bessie has yet to make any appearence in the new WHO or SJA, but something about it seems to fit Matt Smith's kind of Doctor a bit, so maybe....

I was about to say it was the sort of unbearable tweeness that should have been left in the Pertwee era, but now you say it, I think Smudger would be a good match for it.

 

[Kelso]

Yeah, Smith looks goofy enough to drive it. If they were going to bring it back, now's the time.

 

[Cutter John]

How the hell would you work it into a story though?

 

[SeerSGB]

11 finds stored on the Tardis and decides yellow roadsters are "cool" and takes to driving it?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Works for me. We don't know what happened to it after Battlefield and I wouldn't be at all surprised if The Seventh Doctor decided to take Bessie with him.

 

[Bones2]

How would Smith get it out of the doors? It was all very well in the old show where the outer Tardis doors were part of the illusion, but now the reTardis of the new show has the silly Cushing-styles that are genuinely police box doors on the inside.

 

[The Lensman]

How would Smith get it out of the doors? It was all very well in the old show where the outer Tardis doors were part of the illusion, but now the reTardis of the new show has the silly Cushing-styles that are genuinely police box doors on the inside.

How did the doors work on the old show? I've always wondered about that. The interior doors swing in, outer doors swing out...
you say "illusion"...can you give any more info about it?

 

[Psion]

In "An Unearthly Child", when the Doctor opens the doors to the TARDIS after their first journey with Barbara and Ian, the doors are clearly part of the same construction as the rest of the ship. As they swung inwards, from inside the control room interior, the outside face of the doors were covered with the same distinctive roundels as the inside. Yet when everyone went out to have a look and the doors closed, the outside of the doors looked like they belonged on a police box.

From inside the TARDIS, the doors appeared to be Timelord technology, but once you were outside, they appeared different! It was a neat little gag.

 

[bryce]

And in the TVM the kid who finds/steals the TARDIS key is shown pushing on the outer door - pushing it inward - then the shot switches to the interior doors opening inward with his hands still on it - implying that it as the same door just bigger on the backside...

Which as an effect I didn't really like, since I always imagined there was a space between the inner and outer doors that we just never saw...but I guess there isn't. (At least not in *that* version of the TARDIS...er, in that "desktop theme"...)

 

[Bones2]

^
It's getting your head around the idea that while the outside of the doors are that consistent size, the inside of the doors are much bigger. It's the point where it becomes bigger on the inside. I prefer it that way, it cements the notion that the outside really is illusory and bears no relation to what the inside is like. But then RTD did away with that as soon as he took over, as well as having the most ugly Tardis interior yet seen.

 

[WillsBabe]

At least something like "it would look better in yellow".

Of course, the same can't necessarily be said about Daleks.

I've been hoping for the return of Bessie for years. Maybe a one-off appearance would be good, nostalgic fun.

 

[The]

I think Smudger would be a good match for it.

You're speaking a foreign language here. "Smudger"? What's that?

And yes, Smith has enough eccentric to him to drive Bessie. Ten could have, but would have looked pretty silly doing it (probably while maniacally gurning). Nine would have looked at Bessie, mumbled "...maybe not...", and then stole a semi-truck to use. Eight would probably have a motorcycle, and Seven would definitely be back in Bessie...

 

[Bones2]

Ten would have driven it gurning and going "LOOK AT MEEE WOSE, I'M DRIVING!!!1!!1". He'd run out of gas and start to cry while some Muzz Gold plays in his head, but then when he gets to the petrol station and the attendant starts to fill it up, he'd be like "Julia Smith-Jones, you don't realise how special you are. You're the most special person in all of creation." And then when he goes in and pays he'd be all like "Sanjay Patel, you are the most special person in all of creation. You don't..." etc.

Nine would have just nicked the wheels off it.

As for Smudger, it's a nickname in the UK given to people named Smith. Though it's out of popular usage by about 60 years. I'm just that kind of person.

 

[The]

Ten would have driven it gurning and going "LOOK AT MEEE WOSE, I'M DRIVING!!!1!!1". He'd run out of gas and start to cry while some Muzz Gold plays in his head, but then when he gets to the petrol station and the attendant starts to fill it up, he'd be like "Julia Smith-Jones, you don't realise how special you are. You're the most special person in all of creation." And then when he goes in and pays he's be all like "Sanjay Patel, you are the most special person in all of creation. You don't..." etc.

Nine would have just nicked the wheels off it.

As for Smudger, it's a nickname in the UK given to people named Smith. Though it's out of popular usage by about 60 years. I'm just that kind of person.

The kind of person that's over 60?

 

[Bones2]

No, but I'm into my words and phrases and cockneyisms. Guv.