Sooty

Sooty was an orange bear who starred in The Sooty Show with Sweep, Soo, and Matthew Corbett, the former of which he often got into mischief with. He owned a magic wand, which, when used, the children in the audience would sing "IZ-ZY WHI-ZZY, LET'S GET BUSY". (PROSE: ) Sooty also existed in Earth-33⅓. (COMIC: )

Biography
In the 20th century, at least relative to Sooty's native time period on Earth, he and Iris Wildthyme had encountered voice eating wombats and their green crystals on Metebelis Four. The wombats took Sooty's voice and stored it in their Cacophony of Doom. (PROSE: )

During the War in Heaven, (PROSE:, etc.) according to the journal of Fu Manchu's son, after much debate, the Syndicate ordered the assassination of Sooty, "just in case he [ talked]". This description was accompanied by an image of Sooty with a target to his head. (PROSE: )

Other realities
In Earth-33⅓, an image of Sooty was on the wall of John Nathan-Turner's office, as he had been considered for the role of the Seventh Doctor, although the role was ultimately gained by Sylvester McCoy. (COMIC: )

Other references
Melanie Bush named a Juggernaut "Sooty", seemingly after the bear. (AUDIO: )

Behind the scenes

 * Sooty was one of the main characters of the children's puppet television series The Sooty Show, along with Sweep and Soo.
 * Within the show, Sooty is generally mute although he can communicate by whispering in an ear of a person. It's Raining Gin provides an explanation for this, positing that his voice was literally stolen.