Theory:Timeline - Bessie

This page lists appearances of Bessie in the order in which she experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed, much like its TV story counterparts that for each novel or audio series their published/numbered order is the order they occur in. This does not apply to short stories which are often ambiguous about their placement. There are also many gaps between stories.

Before the Doctor

 * Bessie was completed in 1910

With the Third Doctor

 * ( FLASHBACK )
 * The Brigadier unveils the promised car to the Doctor, who names her Bessie and begins work on refurbishment. (AUDIO: Bessie Come Home)


 * ( FLASHBACK )
 * Shortly before the events of Doctor Who and the Silurians, the Doctor hooks Bessie up to the TARDIS during his repairs, unintentionally bestowing consciousness and reasoning to her in the process. (AUDIO: Bessie Come Home)


 * TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians
 * The Doctor finishes tinkering with Bessie and takes the car for its first test drive. He then encounters the Silurians for the first time, but, to his dismay, they are killed and their city destroyed on the Brigadier's orders.


 * AUDIO: Vengeance of the Stones


 * AUDIO: Shadow of the Past


 * TV: The Ambassadors of Death


 * COMIC: The Metal Eaters


 * AUDIO: The Christmas Dimension


 * TV: Inferno


 * COMIC: Doctor Who and the Rocks from Venus


 * AUDIO: A Home From Home


 * PROSE: The Scales of Injustice


 * COMIC: Trial of Fire


 * COMIC: The Kingdom Builders


 * PROSE: Reconnaissance


 * TV: Terror of the Autons


 * AUDIO: The Doll of Death


 * TV: The Mind of Evil


 * TV: The Claws of Axos


 * TV: The Dæmons


 * PROSE: Freedom


 * AUDIO: The Magician's Oath


 * COMIC: The Forgotten


 * AUDIO: Find and Replace


 * AUDIO: Prisoners of the Lake


 * AUDIO: Primord


 * COMIC: Change of Mind


 * TV: The Time Monster


 * TV: The Three Doctors


 * AUDIO: The Scorchies


 * AUDIO: The Hidden Realm


 * COMIC: The Heralds of Destruction


 * AUDIO: Time Tunnel


 * TV: The Green Death


 * COMIC: Steelfist


 * COMIC: Deadly Choice


 * COMIC: Invasion of the Scorpion Men


 * TV: The Name of the Doctor
 * Set immediately before The Five Doctors.


 * TV: The Five Doctors


 * TV: Planet of the Spiders

With the Fourth Doctor

 * TV: Robot


 * COMIC: The Sea Devil

After UNIT

 * ( REFERENCE )
 * Eventually Bessie is left alone for a long while, falling into the hands of non-UNIT owners, until a UNIT soldier spots her in a supermarket carpark and she is taken back into UNIT ownership for a while. (AUDIO: Bessie Come Home)


 * TV: Battlefield


 * PROSE: The Dying Days
 * Set in May 1997


 * AUDIO: Call to Arms
 * According to one account, Benton keeps and restores Bessie.


 * AUDIO: Bessie Come Home
 * According to another account, Bessie was sold off by UNIT and after many yeasrs, fell into the hands of Mr Foreman at a junkyard in Kent. Set in 2021.

Unplaced

 * AUDIO: The Monkey House


 * COMIC: The Dalek Revenge


 * COMIC: Changes
 * Bessie is stored in the Sixth Doctor's TARDIS.


 * COMIC: What He Wants...
 * The Eleventh Doctor has turned Bessie into a monster truck by plugging her into the TARDIS matrix.


 * COMIC: Remembrance