Car Cars , or automobiles , were a common means of transport for human s on Earth in the 20th and 21st centuries . By the end of the first decade of the 21st century , there were eight hundred million cars . ( TV : " The Sontaran Stratagem " ) History . 20th century . In London in 1924 , while on their way to the British Empire Exhibition , the Ninth Doctor explained to Rose that black was the old silver for that time . ( PROSE : " The Clockwise Man " ) In 1926 , Agatha Christie ' s car was left abandoned by a lake on the night her memory lapsed in the struggle against the Vespiform . ( TV : " The Unicorn and the Wasp " ) In 1951 , Eddie and Barbara Smith died in a car crash . ( TV : " The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith " ) In 1963 , Ian Chesterton drove himself and Barbara Wright in his car to 76 Totter ' s Lane to solve the mystery of Susan Foreman . ( TV : " An Unearthly Child " ) Forester drove a big American car , which caused P . C . Bert Rowse to swerve his bicycle straight into a muddy ditch . ( PROSE : " Planet of Giants " ) UNIT had two black Jaguars that followed the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon after they emerged from International Electromatics following their meeting with Tobias Vaughn . ( TV : " The Invasion " ) A black Jaguar with dark - tinted windows was used by a C19 operative at one point to spy on James Stevens during his investigations into UNIT . ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) During his exile on Earth , the Third Doctor drove a yellow roadster called " Bessie " . ( TV : " Doctor Who and the Silurians " ) The Brigadier procured Bessie to persuade the Doctor to work with UNIT after the Doctor had expressed fondness for a similar vehicle he had " borrowed " shortly after arriving on Earth . ( TV : " Spearhead from Space " ) A time eddy snatched the Third Doctor , along with Bessie , out of 20th century Earth into the Death Zone on Gallifrey . ( TV : " The Five Doctors " ) Bessie remained on Earth in UNIT ' s care when the Doctor regained his time travel knowledge . It was used by his fourth , seventh and eighth incarnations on subsequent visits to Earth . ( TV : " Robot " , " Battlefield " , PROSE : " The Dying Days " ) Brigadier Lethbridge - Stewart occasionally travelled in a chauffeur - driven Ford Zodiac staff car . ( TV : " Spearhead from Space " to TV : " The Dæmons " intermittently ) He drove the car himself on one occasion , when he used it as a getaway vehicle to escape from the Space Centre following its takeover by General Carrington . ( TV : " The Ambassadors of Death " ) His own personal cars were a blue Austin Maxi ( TV : " Terror of the Autons " ) , a blue 1929 Humber 16 / 50 open tourer , Imperial model , ( TV : " Mawdryn Undead " ) and a white Mercedes convertible . ( TV : " The Green Death " ) Two white Citroën 2CVs were used as transport by Colonel Trenchard and his prison officers on Fortress Island , the location of the high - security prison where the Master was confined . ( TV : " The Sea Devils " ) After the Master abandoned the hovercraft he had used to escape from the Third Doctor and the Royal Navy ( TV : " The Sea Devils " ) , he hitched a lift in a Ford Cortina belonging to Jack Harris , a travelling salesman . The Master killed Harris , who had proved immune to his hypnotic powers , with his Tissue Compression Eliminator and , after hanging Harris ' s shrunken corpse on the driving mirror , used the car to travel to Devil ' s End . ( PROSE : " The Eight Doctors " ) While still affiliated with UNIT " post - exile " , the Third Doctor also briefly used a different car with a " space - age " look and hovering / flying capabilities . ( TV : " Invasion of the Dinosaurs " , " Planet of the Spiders " ) Sarah Jane Smith drove many small cars over time , while a companion of the Doctor ( TV : " Robot " , " School Reunion " ) and afterwards . ( TV : " A Girl ' s Best Friend " , " Invasion of the Bane " ) In 1987 , Peter Tyler was killed in a hit - and - run incident . Rose Tyler saved his life , causing a massive paradox that made Reaper s appear . The car that had killed him disappeared and reappeared across the same stretch of road . To heal the rip in time , Pete ran in front of the looping car , killing himself and returning the timeline to normal . ( TV : " Father ' s Day " ) Shou Yuing drove a light blue Citroën 2CV , which was commandeered by Brigadier Lethbridge - Stewart to get to Vortigern ' s Lake , and later borrowed by Brigadier Winifred Bambera and Ancelyn to return to the Gore Crow Hotel — during which Bambera used the car to run through a road - block made up of Morgaine ' s knights . It was prior to this particular incident that Ancelyn confirmed to Bambera that cars did not exist at all on Arthur ' s World . ( TV : " Battlefield " ) 21st century . During his eighth incarnation , the Doctor used a Volkswagen Beetle that he could drive into his TARDIS . He garage d it in its own alcove . The Doctor traded it for information from the Faction Paradox concerning Samantha Jones whilst in San Francisco in 2002 . ( PROSE : " Vampire Science " , " Unnatural History " ) Mickey Smith used a car belonging to Sarah Jane Smith to break into Deffry Vale High School by driving straight through the building ' s glass doors . ( TV : " School Reunion " ) Mickey Smith also drove a tow truck that Jackie Tyler borrowed from Rodrigo in order to open the Heart of the TARDIS . ( TV : " The Parting of the Ways " ) John Ellis used a car to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning . ( TV : " Out of Time " ) Donna Noble owned a dark blue Peugeot 307 , though she and her mother took turns driving it . She had a pivotal moment while driving her car , where turning left brought about her first meeting with the Tenth Doctor . When elements of the Trickster ' s Brigade caused her to instead turn right , an alternate world was created in which she never met the Doctor , causing his death and dramatic changes to the history of Earth . She travelled in time to correct the error , once again turning left and restoring events to their original course . ( TV : " Turn Left " ) The car was among 400 million cars fitted with the ATMOS devices which eliminated carbon dioxide emissions ; when the Sontarans activated the devices , Wilfred Mott was nearly choked to death by gas that was inside the car but Sylvia saved him by breaking the windscreen with an axe . ( TV : " The Sontaran Stratagem " / " The Poison Sky " ) After having her memory wiped by the Doctor , she went Christmas shopping with her fiancé Shaun Temple and angrily warned a nearby traffic warden " Don ' t you " touch " this car ! " . Somewhat intimidated , the traffic warden quickly left . ( TV : " The End of Time " ) Brian Hopley , Maggie Hopley ' s husband , died in a car crash . ( TV : " A Day in the Death " ) Luke Rattigan created ATMOS , a device which stopped cars from producing CO2 . In actuality , ATMOS would also release a gas that would suffocate humans , but allow Sontaran s to grow clones . ATMOS was also used to control cars and drown those that opposed Rattigan . The Tenth Doctor narrowly escaped from one of these attempts on his life , but journalist Jo Nakashima was not so lucky . ( TV : " The Sontaran Stratagem " / " The Poison Sky " ) When the population of Earth was warp shunt ed away by the Automatons , the planet ' s cars were left in place , rather than being allowed to crash . ( TV : " The Empty Planet " ) In 2008 , when Prisoner Zero escaped , Rory Williams and Amy Pond used Rory ' s red Mini to get to the Royal Leadworth Hospital , in order to meet the Eleventh Doctor there . ( TV : " The Eleventh Hour " ) Also in 2008 , a Blowfish driving a red Chrysler Crossfire sports car led the Torchwood team in a high speed chase in Cardiff . In 2011 , Jack Harkness , Gwen Cooper , Esther Drummond and Rex Matheson , who would eventually form a revived Torchwood team , escaped the CIA in Esther ' s Mini Cooper . ( TV : " Rendition " ) Gwen was later forced to kidnap Jack by car , to take him to Olivia Colasanto ' s people . ( TV : " Immortal Sins " ) In 2011 , the Eleventh Doctor drove a ' 59 Edsel wagon whilst in Utah . ( TV : " The Impossible Astronaut " ) Amy Pond and Rory Williams later wrote a message in a field using their Mini to attract the Eleventh Doctor ' s attention . Shortly after the TARDIS materialised in the field , Mels drove into the field with a Chevrolet Corvette , being chased by the police . ( TV : " Let ' s Kill Hitler " ) When the Doctor dropped Amy and Rory off at home , he gave Rory the keys to his favourite car , a red Jaguar E - Type convertible ; Rory had once casually showed him a picture of such a car and mentioned it was his favourite . ( TV : " The God Complex " ) Far future . In the far future , cars such as the New Earth car could hover . ( TV : " New Earth " ) During the time that New New York was under quarantine , the survivors trapped below lived for many years travelling in such cars . ( TV : " Gridlock " ) On Xirrinda , human tourists used auto - piloted cars . Gellen Jenkins used one to escape from the Rain of Terror . ( PROSE : " Rain of Terror " ) On Red Rocket Rising , cars were solar power ed . ( AUDIO : " Blood of the Daleks " ) Alternative timelines . River Song ' s world . In the alternate timeline created by River Song ' s refusal to kill the Eleventh Doctor , some cars were transported by large balloons . London had a large number of these cars . ( TV : " The Wedding of River Song " ) Parallel world . In a parallel world , the poverty of Great Britain following the destruction of London by the starship " Titanic " meant that the country had far fewer ATMOS installed cars . ( TV : " Turn Left " )