Bessie Come Home was the second story in the Beyond the Doctor series released by BBC Audio. It was written by Paul Magrs and was read by Stephanie Cole.
Publisher's summary[]
It's been many years since a certain yellow Edwardian roadster was a key member of personnel at UNIT. As the Doctor's personal transport, Bessie was on the spot for many of his Earthbound adventures. Those were the glory days, when Bessie stood side by side with the Doctor, the Brigadier, Captain Yates, and a parade of plucky young assistants.
Yet Bessie's remarkable life began decades earlier, at the dawn of a new century, and it has continued beyond the UNIT years. Indomitably she lives to tell the tale, and is only too keen to do so. Thankfully her new owner, kind Mr Foreman, has time enough to listen to her story.
But a serpent lurks in the shadows of the scrapyard. Someone else would like to acquire Bessie - seemingly at any price. After all, she holds a great deal of information about the Doctor...
Plot[]
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Characters[]
- Bessie
- Mr Foreman
- Mr Harmer
Flashbacks[]
Worldbuilding[]
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- Bessie was made in 1910 and she is now 111 years old.
- Bessie remarks that she did not like the Whomobile and was jealous of it.
- Mr Foreman is the grandson of the man who owned the Foreman scrap business, when it was based in 76 Totter's Lane.
- Mr Harmer works for someone called Ms Leamann.
- After her adventure with the Seventh Doctor, Bessie faced her "wilderness years".
Notes[]
- Author Paul Magrs credited "an off-the-cuff comment" from his friend Philip Purser-Hallard with the idea of giving Bessie an inner life.[1]
Continuity[]
- I.M. Foreman's Junkyard is no longer located in London in 2021. (AUDIO: The Harvest)
- UNIT HQ is located just outside of London. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice, The Face of the Enemy)
- Bessie remembers being left behind in the Death Zone, only being sent back to Earth quite a while later when the Time Lords noticed she was still there. (TV: The Five Doctors)
- Bessie can't find UNIT in operation in 2021. (TV: Resolution, Survivors of the Flux)
External links[]
- Official Bessie Come Home page at Penguin Books
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