List of Doctor Who vehicles
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The science fiction
television series Doctor Who
has presented various vehicles belonging to multiple races/societies.
In The Tenth Planet
a shuttle was used by a Cyberman landing party in 1985 to negotiate with Earth authorities at Snowcap base.
In Silver Nemesis
a different shuttle was used by a task-force of Cybermen led by the Cyber-Leader, charged with the task of retrieving the Nemesis statue in 1988 to use in taking control of Earth.
Cyber-saucer
In The Moonbase
a large saucer-shaped ship was used by the Cybermen in their take-over of the Moonbase, hidden behind some mountains quite a distance from the base. The ship and the Cybermen invasion-force were both thrown off into space by the Gravitron device they wished to capture.
Cyber-Warship
The Invasion
Silver Nemesis
A Good Man Goes To War
A battle fleet of Cybermen were seen in an unknown part of space in an unspecified point in time. Rory Williams
arrived on the Cyber Leader's ship and said he had two messages one from the Doctor and one from him. He asked where his wife was (Amy Pond
). The Cyber Leader asked what the Doctor's message was at which point Cyber ships began to be destroyed by the Doctor.
Strictly speaking, the visible, outer form of the Daleks is itself a vehicle. It is explained several times in the series that the metallic shell is a life support system and transport for the mutant descendents of the Kaled people, which was created by Davros in Genesis Of The Daleks
. The living being within the shell is likewise revealed to the viewer at several points.
Time machines
The Daleks use time machines in The Chase
and The Daleks' Master Plan
; both are revealed to be dimensionally-transcendental ("bigger on the inside") like the TARDIS, capable of transporting many Daleks to any point in time and space. In the first story, the vehicle is referred to as the "DARDIS" in scripts, though the term is not used on screen.
Battle cruiser
In Resurrection of the Daleks
the Daleks used a battle cruiser to attack the prison space station containing Davros
. The cruiser was heavily armed, allowing the Daleks to overwhelm the station's defenses and rescue Davros. The cruiser was destroyed when the station's self-destruct mechanism was activated.
Motherships
In The Dalek Invasion of Earth
the Daleks use flying saucers for transport and to scout for human resistance. "Bad Wolf
" and "The Parting of the Ways
" also feature saucer-shaped Dalek motherships. These variants possess enough firepower to crumple the continents of Earth in little time. The Dalek Emperor's "flagship" is several times the size of a regular ship and carries missiles. A different design of Dalek mothership seen in the Seventh Doctor
serial Remembrance of the Daleks
is described as being able to crack the Earth open like an egg.
"The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End", "The End of Time Part II", "Victory of the Daleks" and on The Pandorica Opens .
Shuttlecraft
The Dalek shuttlecraft is capable of atmospheric landing and has been seen to be able to carry at least four Daleks. The Seventh Doctor in Remembrance described the Dalek shuttle as having massive ground defences but an un-guarded service hatch on the top. Dalek shuttles possess a control position with an "engaged" Dalek. In The Power of the Daleks
, a damaged shuttlecraft was discovered buried in a mercury swamp on the Earth colony planet Vulcan, where the dormant Daleks were revived by the colonists, ignorant of what the Daleks were. Exactly how the shuttlecraft came to crash on the planet, and how long it had been buried before discovery, are never explained in the episode. Like the Dalek time machines it is dimensionally-transcendental, with an inner chamber containing Dalek embryos and machinery used to construct Dalek casings.
Void ship
In the "Army of Ghosts
"/"Doomsday
" a void ship is a spherical ship that is capable of travelling through the nothingness between parallel universes, existing outside the whole of time and space — though visible to the human eye, it emits no energy of any kind and has no mass to speak of, thus causing an uneasy feeling in those who look upon it. Torchwood
instruments, being more advanced than any human technology, originally could not detect anything from the sphere, but began reading mass and energy emissions when the Daleks emerged; the devices might simply have been reading the Daleks themselves.
The Crucible
This is the flagship of Davros' New Dalek Empire, based within the centre of the "Medusa Cascade". It is a giant spherical space station, with a ring running around the centre of it with five or six docking arms spreading out from it. The station uses a Magnatron to steal planets from space and time and place them within the Medusa Cascade. It is the centerpoint for Davros' Reality Bomb, a weapon created using 27 stolen planets, that could cancel out the electrical energy binding atoms together.
The Crucible is powered by a core of Z-Neutrino energy, which manifests itself as a massive, star-like fireball. The station has many levels, including the bridge manned by the Supreme Dalek and a prison ("The Vault") where both Davros and the insane Dalek Caan are kept.
in a race organised by the Eternals
.
-shaped vehicle coloured mauve
, the intergalactic symbol for distress. To facilitate its function, the ambulance is filled with enough nanogenes to heal an entire planet's worth of people. It landed by Albion Hospital in London
during the Blitz
, planted there by Captain Jack Harkness
to attract Time Agents.
, before joining the Doctor, possesses a time ship of Chula design. Aside from the aforementioned time-travelling capacity, the ship possesses a tractor beam and a camouflage device. The ship is destroyed (though this is not seen onscreen) when Jack takes a World War-II era bomb on board to rescue the Ninth Doctor
and Rose Tyler
. Jack is rescued by the TARDIS before the ship explodes.
. It was created by the Time Lord
s to house millions of Dalek
s captured during the Time War
. It has a forcefield, and can also fly. The Ark can only be opened by the touch of a person who has travelled through time. The Ark needs an area of thirty square miles for proper use.
It is the main feature of the episodes "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday", along with the invasion of Earth
by the Cybermen
. The Genesis Ark is sucked in to the void, along with all the Daleks it released.
The Sontaran
s travel in spherical spaceships. The spheres are covered by tessellating squares and have a single curved door which opens outwards to reveal the ship's only room, a control room.
In The Time Warrior
, a Sontaran warrior named Linx crashed his spaceship on Middle Age
Earth where he is forced to make repairs. Kidnapping scientists from the 20th century using an osmic projector and hypnotising them, Linx has his ship repaired. However, he is shot dead as he prepares to take off and falls on his controls triggering the launch mechanism prematurely. The ship explodes destroying the castle in which it had been sheltered along with it.
In The Sontaran Experiment
, a Sontaran named Styre landed on Earth to experiment on human astronauts ahead of a Sontaran invasion. Under the Doctor
's instruction, Harry Sullivan
removed a component from the ship's energizer as the Doctor fought Styre. When Styre returned to his ship to recharge his energy, the sabotaged energizer drained Styre as opposed to feeding him, causing Styre to shrivel, and the ship to explode soon afterwards.
Sontaran battlecraft are seen again in The Two Doctors
.
The Sontaran ships in "The Sontaran Stratagem
", an episode in series 4
remain very true to the original design, but the spherical pod now sports extra armaments a slightly different cris-cross pattern, and a viewing port at the front. Unlike earlier designs, these pods seem to be completely spherical.
A Sontaran battlecraft pod also appeared in the Sarah Jane Adventures episode "The Last Sontaran".
battlecraft mothership
First seen in The Sontaran Stratagem
orbiting above earth, the mothership is a large spherical shape with an external 'claw-like' structure added on. Around the middle it contains numerous docking ports for sontaran battle pods. The Doctor states that it has the power to 'destroy the earth with one blow'.
is a ship found drifting through space around two and a half galaxies away from Earth in "The Girl in the Fireplace
". It is a 51st century energy trawler that collects dark matter in its rotor-like arms, which double as the ship's main source of propulsion. It is severely damaged in an ion storm and features a number of time portals into 18th century France
, created by its backup engines.
", the ship is so massive that the shockwave created by it entering the Earth's atmosphere shattered all of the glass in London and it eclipsed the Sun. This ship is destroyed by Torchwood One under orders from Prime Minister
Harriet Jones
.
".
Webstars are shaped like eight-pointed stars, though the design of the two ships is inconsistent. Both are covered in a substance that resembles spider webbing. The Empress' ship can discharge energy bolts from its points. The Empress' ship is destroyed over London by Challenger 2 tanks per orders from cabinet minister Harold Saxon.
. The rockets themselves fly vertically with engines at the bottom of the rockets. When landing, three prongs come out to ensure a secure landing. During the events of Smith and Jones
, three rockets landed on the Moon, to where they had previously used an H2O scoop to transport the Royal Hope Hospital. The Moon is regarded as neutral grounds by Galactic Law. The Plasmavore Florence Finnegan planned to escape in one, while simultaneously killing all the life forms currently on the Moon and on the side of the Earth which was facing it.
" & "Love and Monsters", the Slitheen craft was owned by the Slitheen
. This was the very spaceship that crashed into Big Ben and destroyed two faces. The tower was seen to have a scaffold around it in subsequent episodes, but the unbroken faces were apparently still working. The Slitheen used this event as a diversion for their larger plans, mainly destroying the Earth for money.
", Platform One is the luxuriously appointed space station orbiting Earth carrying the rich and affluent of the universe, staying to view the sun expansion and the destruction of the Earth in the year 5 billion.
" Space Station Nerva is the space station in orbit around the Earth in the 30th century. Its function is to keep members of the human race preserved in cryogenic
stasis following a cataclysm on the surface until the Earth is safe for rehabitation.
In the "Revenge of the Cybermen
" it is shown in its original use as Nerva Beacon.
", the colony spaceship containing the remaining population of the United Kingdom is Starship UK
and it made its final regular appearance in the Fourth Doctor story Robot
. Upon the Fourth Doctor's departure from Earth, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
had it "put into mothballs
". It has reappeared in the Fifth Doctor story The Five Doctors
- driven by the Third Doctor as he was 'collected' by the story's villain-, the Seventh Doctor serial Battlefield
(wearing the registration number "WHO 7" for this story only) and the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time
. Bessie was actually one of about 100 cars made by an inventor based in England that used Ford 103E Populars as a base, with a fibre-glass body. These kit cars were sold as 'Siva Edwardian' cars, available as both two and four seaters.http://sivaedwardian.co.uk/bessie_2.html The current chairman of the Ford Sidevalve Owners Club has a four seater Siva based on an early 8 hp Ford Model Y.
The Doctor made several modifications to Bessie during his time at UNIT. These were an anti-theft force field (The Ambassadors of Death
), a remote control
(The Dæmons
) and a minimum inertia hyperdrive (Allowing it to go along roads at extremely high speeds without risking the passenger being thrown from their seats if sudden stops are required). (The Time Monster
).
and Planet of the Spiders
. The vehicle was also known as Alien, but was only ever referred to as "my car" by the Doctor in the television series. However, it is popularly referred to as the Whomobile. The vehicle was specially commissioned by and was the property of Jon Pertwee
, and was not seen in the programme again after he left it. It bore the license plate WV0 2M, and was registered as an invalid tricycle
.
", New Earth's underground motorways are filled with large, box-shaped, flying cars, similar to camper-vans complete with beds, communication devices, as well as recreation, kitchen and toilet facilities. People like Brannigan (a humanoid cat, like the Sisters of Plenitude in "New Earth
") and his wife Valerie had been traveling for years on the motorway in never ending gridlock, sometimes only travelling between a few yards to a few miles per year, trying to get off and even ended up having children while they waited. The cars are built for such trips, completely recycling waste into water and food, as well as having air filtration systems. Strangely enough, most of the passengers had become resigned to their fate and had become somewhat comfortable living their lives in a perpetual holding pattern, as well as having given up trying to communicate with the outside world to find out what the problem was. When they needed to communicate with other cars, they would use a high-tech version of a "CB Radio
"
controlled airborne aircraft carrier
similar to Cloudbase
in Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
series. As the craft operates in international airspace under the control of the United Nations
, it is neutral territory
. It was designed in part by the Master
in the guise of Harold Saxon then the British Minister of Defence. Elements of the design make reference to Time Lord architecture, such as roundels and an insignia based on a Gallifreyan design. It is also equipped with a scaled down version of the Torchwood weapon that destroyed the Sycorax ship in "The Christmas Invasion
"; however, since it is mounted on the ship's underbelly, it can only fire at surface targets, as opposed to the surface-to-air
or surface-to-space
aim of the ground-based Torchwood version.
It was first featured in "The Sound of Drums
"/"Last of the Time Lords
". As the United Nations requires that the British Government move first contact
operations from British soil to neutral territory, the US Government forces Harold Saxon to make contact with the Toclafane on board. It is then used by the Master as a mobile headquarters during his rule of Earth. In "The Poison Sky
", the Valiant aids UNIT in their counterattack on the Sontaran
forces occupying the ATMOS factory. By hovering over the factory, the carrier is able to clear the poisonous gas surrounding the area with the powerful downdraft of the vehicle's engines. It also fires upon the factory to commence the attack on the Sontaran forces, using the Jathaa sunglider technology recovered by the Torchwood Institute
.
It appeared again in "The Stolen Earth
", in which it was shown being attacked by Dalek forces. The last transmission from the carrier was the order for its crew to abandon ship. It is then stated in the next scene that it had been lost.
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Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
has presented various vehicles belonging to multiple races/societies.
Cyberman craft
shuttleIn The Tenth Planet
The Tenth Planet
The Tenth Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 8 October to 29 October 1966. It was William Hartnell's last regular appearance as the First Doctor, and the first story to feature the Cybermen...
a shuttle was used by a Cyberman landing party in 1985 to negotiate with Earth authorities at Snowcap base.
In Silver Nemesis
Silver Nemesis
Silver Nemesis was the 25th anniversary serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast in the UK in three weekly parts from 23 November 1988, to 7 December 1988....
a different shuttle was used by a task-force of Cybermen led by the Cyber-Leader, charged with the task of retrieving the Nemesis statue in 1988 to use in taking control of Earth.
Cyber-saucer
In The Moonbase
The Moonbase
The Moonbase is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 11 February to 4 March 1967...
a large saucer-shaped ship was used by the Cybermen in their take-over of the Moonbase, hidden behind some mountains quite a distance from the base. The ship and the Cybermen invasion-force were both thrown off into space by the Gravitron device they wished to capture.
Cyber-Warship
The Invasion
The Invasion (Doctor Who)
The Invasion is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in eight weekly parts from 2 November to 21 December 1968...
- Thousands of Cyber-Warships made up the Cyber fleet. The first attempted invasion of the Cyber-Fleet was some time before 1970, when the Cybermen spear-headed an invasion of Earth with help from Tobias Vaughn and his company, International Electromatics. The fleet was destroyed by a barrage of RAF missiles and a Russian rocket fitted with a nuclear warhead.
Silver Nemesis
Silver Nemesis
Silver Nemesis was the 25th anniversary serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast in the UK in three weekly parts from 23 November 1988, to 7 December 1988....
- The second invasion was in 1988, where they were intent on making the planet the new Mondas. It was destroyed by the Nemesis statue.
A Good Man Goes To War
A Good Man Goes to War
"A Good Man Goes to War" is the seventh episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 4 June 2011...
A battle fleet of Cybermen were seen in an unknown part of space in an unspecified point in time. Rory Williams
Rory Williams
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arrived on the Cyber Leader's ship and said he had two messages one from the Doctor and one from him. He asked where his wife was (Amy Pond
Amy Pond
Amelia Jessica 'Amy' Pond is a fictional character portrayed by Karen Gillan in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
). The Cyber Leader asked what the Doctor's message was at which point Cyber ships began to be destroyed by the Doctor.
Dalek craft
Dalek shellStrictly speaking, the visible, outer form of the Daleks is itself a vehicle. It is explained several times in the series that the metallic shell is a life support system and transport for the mutant descendents of the Kaled people, which was created by Davros in Genesis Of The Daleks
Genesis of the Daleks
Genesis of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was originally broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 March to 12 April 1975. It marks the first appearance of Davros, the creator of the Daleks.-Plot:...
. The living being within the shell is likewise revealed to the viewer at several points.
Time machines
The Daleks use time machines in The Chase
The Chase (Doctor Who)
The Chase is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 22 May to 26 June 1965. The story is set on multiple locations including the Mary Celeste, the Empire State Building, and the planet Aridius...
and The Daleks' Master Plan
The Daleks' Master Plan
The Daleks' Master Plan is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The twelve episodes were aired from 13 November 1965 to 29 January 1966...
; both are revealed to be dimensionally-transcendental ("bigger on the inside") like the TARDIS, capable of transporting many Daleks to any point in time and space. In the first story, the vehicle is referred to as the "DARDIS" in scripts, though the term is not used on screen.
Battle cruiser
In Resurrection of the Daleks
Resurrection of the Daleks
Resurrection of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts between 8 February and 15 February 1984...
the Daleks used a battle cruiser to attack the prison space station containing Davros
Davros
Davros is a character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Davros is an archenemy of the Doctor and is the creator of the Doctor's deadliest enemies, the Daleks...
. The cruiser was heavily armed, allowing the Daleks to overwhelm the station's defenses and rescue Davros. The cruiser was destroyed when the station's self-destruct mechanism was activated.
Motherships
In The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Dalek Invasion of Earth is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from November 21 to December 26, 1964....
the Daleks use flying saucers for transport and to scout for human resistance. "Bad Wolf
Bad Wolf
"Bad Wolf" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 11, 2005. The TARDIS crew find themselves trapped in the Gamestation, also known as Satellite 5, where they must battle to survive the cruel games...
" and "The Parting of the Ways
The Parting of the Ways
"The Parting of the Ways" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 18 June 2005. It was the second episode of the two-part story that featured Christopher Eccleston making his last appearance as the Ninth Doctor...
" also feature saucer-shaped Dalek motherships. These variants possess enough firepower to crumple the continents of Earth in little time. The Dalek Emperor's "flagship" is several times the size of a regular ship and carries missiles. A different design of Dalek mothership seen in the Seventh Doctor
Seventh Doctor
The Seventh Doctor is the seventh incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy....
serial Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 October to 26 October 1988....
is described as being able to crack the Earth open like an egg.
"The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End", "The End of Time Part II", "Victory of the Daleks" and on The Pandorica Opens .
Shuttlecraft
The Dalek shuttlecraft is capable of atmospheric landing and has been seen to be able to carry at least four Daleks. The Seventh Doctor in Remembrance described the Dalek shuttle as having massive ground defences but an un-guarded service hatch on the top. Dalek shuttles possess a control position with an "engaged" Dalek. In The Power of the Daleks
The Power of the Daleks
The Power of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 5 November to 10 December 1966. It is Patrick Troughton's first full story as the Doctor.-Plot:...
, a damaged shuttlecraft was discovered buried in a mercury swamp on the Earth colony planet Vulcan, where the dormant Daleks were revived by the colonists, ignorant of what the Daleks were. Exactly how the shuttlecraft came to crash on the planet, and how long it had been buried before discovery, are never explained in the episode. Like the Dalek time machines it is dimensionally-transcendental, with an inner chamber containing Dalek embryos and machinery used to construct Dalek casings.
Void ship
In the "Army of Ghosts
Army of Ghosts
"Army of Ghosts" is the twelfth and penultimate episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who which was first broadcast on 1 July 2006...
"/"Doomsday
Doomsday (Doctor Who)
"Doomsday" is the thirteenth and final episode in the second series of the revival of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 8 July 2006 and is the conclusion of a two-part story; the first part, "Army of Ghosts", was broadcast on 1 July 2006...
" a void ship is a spherical ship that is capable of travelling through the nothingness between parallel universes, existing outside the whole of time and space — though visible to the human eye, it emits no energy of any kind and has no mass to speak of, thus causing an uneasy feeling in those who look upon it. Torchwood
Torchwood Institute
The Torchwood Institute is a fictional secret organization from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood. It was established in 1879 by Queen Victoria after the events of "Tooth and Claw". Its prime directive, is to defend the earth against...
instruments, being more advanced than any human technology, originally could not detect anything from the sphere, but began reading mass and energy emissions when the Daleks emerged; the devices might simply have been reading the Daleks themselves.
The Crucible
This is the flagship of Davros' New Dalek Empire, based within the centre of the "Medusa Cascade". It is a giant spherical space station, with a ring running around the centre of it with five or six docking arms spreading out from it. The station uses a Magnatron to steal planets from space and time and place them within the Medusa Cascade. It is the centerpoint for Davros' Reality Bomb, a weapon created using 27 stolen planets, that could cancel out the electrical energy binding atoms together.
The Crucible is powered by a core of Z-Neutrino energy, which manifests itself as a massive, star-like fireball. The station has many levels, including the bridge manned by the Supreme Dalek and a prison ("The Vault") where both Davros and the insane Dalek Caan are kept.
- Appears in: "The Stolen EarthThe Stolen Earth"The Stolen Earth" is the twelfth episode of the fourth series and the 750th overall episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was written by show runner and head writer Russell T Davies and is the first of a two-part crossover story; the concluding episode is...
" and "Journey's EndJourney's End (Doctor Who)"Journey's End" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who first broadcast on BBC One on 5 July 2008. It is the second episode of a two-part crossover story featuring the characters of spin-off shows Torchwood and The Sarah Jane...
"
Buccaneer
The Buccaneer is a 17th century pirate ship commanded by Captain Wrack that sailed through space propelled by solar windsSolar Winds
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in a race organised by the Eternals
Eternal (Doctor Who)
The Eternals are a race of cosmic beings first introduced in the Doctor Who TV adventure "Enlightenment." One Eternal who called himself Striker explained to the Doctor that he and his people lived outside of time, in the realm of eternity. They considered the mortal inhabitants of the universe to...
.
- Appear in: EnlightenmentEnlightenment (Doctor Who)Enlightenment is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 1 to March 9, 1983...
Chula Ambulance
Chula ambulances are tubeCylinder (geometry)
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-shaped vehicle coloured mauve
Mauve
Mauve is a pale lavender-lilac color, one of many in the range of purples. The color mauve is named after the mallow flower....
, the intergalactic symbol for distress. To facilitate its function, the ambulance is filled with enough nanogenes to heal an entire planet's worth of people. It landed by Albion Hospital in London
London
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during the Blitz
The Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained strategic bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941, during the Second World War. The city of London was bombed by the Luftwaffe for 76 consecutive nights and many towns and cities across the country followed...
, planted there by Captain Jack Harkness
Jack Harkness
Captain Jack Harkness is a fictional character played by John Barrowman in Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood. He first appeared in the 2005 Doctor Who episode "The Empty Child" and reappeared in the remaining episodes of the 2005 series as a companion of the ninth incarnation of the...
to attract Time Agents.
- Appears in: "The Empty ChildThe Empty Child"The Empty Child" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 21 May 2005. It is the first of a two-part story. The concluding episode, "The Doctor Dances", was broadcast on 28 May...
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"
Chula Spacecraft
Captain Jack HarknessJack Harkness
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, before joining the Doctor, possesses a time ship of Chula design. Aside from the aforementioned time-travelling capacity, the ship possesses a tractor beam and a camouflage device. The ship is destroyed (though this is not seen onscreen) when Jack takes a World War-II era bomb on board to rescue the Ninth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
The Ninth Doctor is the ninth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by Christopher Eccleston....
and Rose Tyler
Rose Tyler
Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character portrayed by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was created by series producer Russell T Davies...
. Jack is rescued by the TARDIS before the ship explodes.
- Appears in: "The Empty ChildThe Empty Child"The Empty Child" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 21 May 2005. It is the first of a two-part story. The concluding episode, "The Doctor Dances", was broadcast on 28 May...
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"
Family of Blood's spaceship
The Family of Blood owned a green spaceship with a cloaking device and a vortex manipulator for time travel. It was also shown to have significant firepower. It was destroyed by the Doctor.- Appears in: "The Family of BloodThe Family of Blood"The Family of Blood" is the ninth episode of Series 3 of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Preceded by "Human Nature", it is the second episode of a two-part story written by Paul Cornell adapted from his 1995 Doctor Who novel Human Nature...
"
Genesis Ark
A prison ship using the same dimensionally transcendental technology as was used in the TARDISTARDIS
The TARDISGenerally, TARDIS is written in all upper case letters—this convention was popularised by the Target novelisations of the 1970s...
. It was created by the Time Lord
Time Lord
The Time Lords are an ancient extraterrestrial race and civilization of humanoids in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' eponymous protagonist, the Doctor, is a member...
s to house millions of Dalek
Dalek
The Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Within the series, Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals...
s captured during the Time War
Time War (Doctor Who)
The Time War, more specifically called The Last Great Time War, is a conflict within the fictional universe of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
. It has a forcefield, and can also fly. The Ark can only be opened by the touch of a person who has travelled through time. The Ark needs an area of thirty square miles for proper use.
It is the main feature of the episodes "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday", along with the invasion of Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
by the Cybermen
Cyberman
The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. Cybermen were originally a wholly organic species of humanoids originating on Earth's twin planet Mondas that began to implant more...
. The Genesis Ark is sucked in to the void, along with all the Daleks it released.
Sontaran ships
battlecraft podThe Sontaran
Sontaran
The Sontarans are a fictional extraterrestrial race of humanoids from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and also seen in spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures. They were created by writer Robert Holmes.-Culture:...
s travel in spherical spaceships. The spheres are covered by tessellating squares and have a single curved door which opens outwards to reveal the ship's only room, a control room.
In The Time Warrior
The Time Warrior
The Time Warrior is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from December 15, 1973 to January 5, 1974. This serial introduced Elisabeth Sladen as new companion Sarah Jane Smith. It also marked the debut of the Sontarans...
, a Sontaran warrior named Linx crashed his spaceship on Middle Age
Middle age
Middle age is the period of age beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age. Various attempts have been made to define this age, which is around the third quarter of the average life span of human beings....
Earth where he is forced to make repairs. Kidnapping scientists from the 20th century using an osmic projector and hypnotising them, Linx has his ship repaired. However, he is shot dead as he prepares to take off and falls on his controls triggering the launch mechanism prematurely. The ship explodes destroying the castle in which it had been sheltered along with it.
In The Sontaran Experiment
The Sontaran Experiment
The Sontaran Experiment is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in two weekly parts on 22 February and 1 March 1975.-Synopsis:...
, a Sontaran named Styre landed on Earth to experiment on human astronauts ahead of a Sontaran invasion. Under the Doctor
Fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC British television science-fiction series Doctor Who....
's instruction, Harry Sullivan
Harry Sullivan
Harry Sullivan is a fictional character from the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who and is a companion of the Fourth Doctor...
removed a component from the ship's energizer as the Doctor fought Styre. When Styre returned to his ship to recharge his energy, the sabotaged energizer drained Styre as opposed to feeding him, causing Styre to shrivel, and the ship to explode soon afterwards.
Sontaran battlecraft are seen again in The Two Doctors
The Two Doctors
The Two Doctors is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from 16 February to 2 March 1985. It starred Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as the Sixth Doctor and his companion Peri, respectively...
.
The Sontaran ships in "The Sontaran Stratagem
The Sontaran Stratagem
"The Sontaran Stratagem" is the fourth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 26 April 2008...
", an episode in series 4
Doctor Who (series 4)
The fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 25 December 2007 with the Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned". Following the special, a regular series of thirteen episodes aired, starting with "Partners in Crime" on 5 April 2008 and ending with "Journey's End"...
remain very true to the original design, but the spherical pod now sports extra armaments a slightly different cris-cross pattern, and a viewing port at the front. Unlike earlier designs, these pods seem to be completely spherical.
A Sontaran battlecraft pod also appeared in the Sarah Jane Adventures episode "The Last Sontaran".
battlecraft mothership
First seen in The Sontaran Stratagem
The Sontaran Stratagem
"The Sontaran Stratagem" is the fourth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 26 April 2008...
orbiting above earth, the mothership is a large spherical shape with an external 'claw-like' structure added on. Around the middle it contains numerous docking ports for sontaran battle pods. The Doctor states that it has the power to 'destroy the earth with one blow'.
SS Madame de Pompadour
The SS Madame de PompadourMadame de Pompadour
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour was a member of the French court, and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death.-Biography:...
is a ship found drifting through space around two and a half galaxies away from Earth in "The Girl in the Fireplace
The Girl in the Fireplace
"The Girl in the Fireplace" is the fourth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 6 May 2006, and is the only episode in the 2006 series written by Steven Moffat...
". It is a 51st century energy trawler that collects dark matter in its rotor-like arms, which double as the ship's main source of propulsion. It is severely damaged in an ion storm and features a number of time portals into 18th century France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, created by its backup engines.
Sycorax ship
The Sycorax travel in a massive city ship apparently built into an asteroid. Appearing in "The Christmas InvasionThe Christmas Invasion
"The Christmas Invasion" is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is Christmas, but there is little cause for celebration as planet Earth is invaded by aliens known as the Sycorax...
", the ship is so massive that the shockwave created by it entering the Earth's atmosphere shattered all of the glass in London and it eclipsed the Sun. This ship is destroyed by Torchwood One under orders from Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
Harriet Jones
Harriet Jones
Harriet Jones MP is a recurring fictional character played by Penelope Wilton in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. With the revival of Doctor Who in 2005, Jones was introduced in the two-part story "Aliens of London" and "World War Three" as an MP who aids the...
.
Webstar
The Webstar is the star-shaped ship of the Empress of the Racnoss. A similar vessel, used to house Racnoss children, is revealed to be the centre of the Earth. Both appear in "The Runaway BrideThe Runaway Bride (Doctor Who)
"The Runaway Bride" is a special episode of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor...
".
Webstars are shaped like eight-pointed stars, though the design of the two ships is inconsistent. Both are covered in a substance that resembles spider webbing. The Empress' ship can discharge energy bolts from its points. The Empress' ship is destroyed over London by Challenger 2 tanks per orders from cabinet minister Harold Saxon.
- Appears in: "The Runaway BrideThe Runaway Bride (Doctor Who)"The Runaway Bride" is a special episode of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor...
", "Turn LeftTurn Left (Doctor Who)"Turn Left" is the eleventh episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was written by showrunner Russell T Davies and broadcast on BBC One on 21 June 2008....
"
Judoon rocket
Judoon rockets are transport used by the JudoonJudoon
The Judoon are a fictional extraterrestrial species of mercenary police from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs. They first appeared in the episode Smith and Jones in 2007....
. The rockets themselves fly vertically with engines at the bottom of the rockets. When landing, three prongs come out to ensure a secure landing. During the events of Smith and Jones
Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)
"Smith and Jones" is the first episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 March 2007. It sees the debut of Freema Agyeman as new companion Martha Jones...
, three rockets landed on the Moon, to where they had previously used an H2O scoop to transport the Royal Hope Hospital. The Moon is regarded as neutral grounds by Galactic Law. The Plasmavore Florence Finnegan planned to escape in one, while simultaneously killing all the life forms currently on the Moon and on the side of the Earth which was facing it.
- Appears in: "Smith and JonesSmith and Jones (Doctor Who)"Smith and Jones" is the first episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 March 2007. It sees the debut of Freema Agyeman as new companion Martha Jones...
"
Slitheen Craft
Appearing in "Aliens of LondonAliens of London
"Aliens of London" is the fourth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television show Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 16 April 2005. The Doctor takes Rose back to 21st century London, just in time to witness a spaceship crashing into the River Thames, triggering a...
" & "Love and Monsters", the Slitheen craft was owned by the Slitheen
Slitheen
The Slitheen are a family of massive, bipedal extraterrestrials from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and they are adversaries of the Doctor. They first appeared in the 2005 series episodes "Aliens of London" and "World War Three", and subsequently recur in later episodes of...
. This was the very spaceship that crashed into Big Ben and destroyed two faces. The tower was seen to have a scaffold around it in subsequent episodes, but the unbroken faces were apparently still working. The Slitheen used this event as a diversion for their larger plans, mainly destroying the Earth for money.
Platform One
In "The End of the WorldThe End of the World (Doctor Who)
"The End of the World" is the second episode of Series One of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by show runner Russell T Davies and directed by Euros Lyn, the episode was first broadcast on 2 April 2005....
", Platform One is the luxuriously appointed space station orbiting Earth carrying the rich and affluent of the universe, staying to view the sun expansion and the destruction of the Earth in the year 5 billion.
Satellite 5
- Appears in: "The Long GameThe Long Game"The Long Game" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on May 7, 2005. Along with new companion Adam, the TARDIS deposits the Doctor and Rose on Satellite 5, a space station that broadcasts across the entire human empire...
" and "Bad WolfBad Wolf"Bad Wolf" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 11, 2005. The TARDIS crew find themselves trapped in the Gamestation, also known as Satellite 5, where they must battle to survive the cruel games...
" / "The Parting of the WaysThe Parting of the Ways"The Parting of the Ways" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 18 June 2005. It was the second episode of the two-part story that featured Christopher Eccleston making his last appearance as the Ninth Doctor...
"
Space Station Nerva
In "The Ark in SpaceThe Ark in Space
The Ark in Space is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 25 January to 15 February 1975.-Plot:The TARDIS materialises in a darkened room on board the station...
" Space Station Nerva is the space station in orbit around the Earth in the 30th century. Its function is to keep members of the human race preserved in cryogenic
Cryogenics
In physics, cryogenics is the study of the production of very low temperature and the behavior of materials at those temperatures. A person who studies elements under extremely cold temperature is called a cryogenicist. Rather than the relative temperature scales of Celsius and Fahrenheit,...
stasis following a cataclysm on the surface until the Earth is safe for rehabitation.
In the "Revenge of the Cybermen
Revenge of the Cybermen
Revenge of the Cybermen is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 19 April to 10 May 1975.-Synopsis:...
" it is shown in its original use as Nerva Beacon.
Starship UK
In "The Beast BelowThe Beast Below
"The Beast Below" is the second episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was written by showrunner Steven Moffat and broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 10 April 2010....
", the colony spaceship containing the remaining population of the United Kingdom is Starship UK
Bessie
The Third Doctor's main mode of transport, during his exile on Earth, was a canary-yellow roadster. This vehicle, bearing the registration number "WHO 1", made its debut in the Third Doctor story Doctor Who and the SiluriansDoctor Who and the Silurians
Doctor Who and the Silurians is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from January 31 to March 14, 1970. The story is the first appearance of a recurring family of Earth-dwelling reptiles...
and it made its final regular appearance in the Fourth Doctor story Robot
Robot (Doctor Who)
Robot is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 December 1974 to 18 January 1975...
. Upon the Fourth Doctor's departure from Earth, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, generally referred to simply as the Brigadier, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Nicholas Courtney...
had it "put into mothballs
Reserve fleet
A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed, and thus partially or fully decommissioned. A reserve fleet is informally said to be "in mothballs" or "mothballed"; an equivalent expression in unofficial modern U.S....
". It has reappeared in the Fifth Doctor story The Five Doctors
The Five Doctors
The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW and various other PBS member stations...
- driven by the Third Doctor as he was 'collected' by the story's villain-, the Seventh Doctor serial Battlefield
Battlefield (Doctor Who)
Battlefield is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 6 to September 27, 1989. It was the last appearance of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who....
(wearing the registration number "WHO 7" for this story only) and the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time
Dimensions in Time
Dimensions in Time is a charity special crossover between the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and the soap opera EastEnders that ran in two parts on 26 and 27 November 1993. It was filmed on the EastEnders Albert Square set, and features several of the stars of that programme...
. Bessie was actually one of about 100 cars made by an inventor based in England that used Ford 103E Populars as a base, with a fibre-glass body. These kit cars were sold as 'Siva Edwardian' cars, available as both two and four seaters.http://sivaedwardian.co.uk/bessie_2.html The current chairman of the Ford Sidevalve Owners Club has a four seater Siva based on an early 8 hp Ford Model Y.
The Doctor made several modifications to Bessie during his time at UNIT. These were an anti-theft force field (The Ambassadors of Death
The Ambassadors of Death
The Ambassadors of Death is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from March 21 to May 2, 1970.-Plot:...
), a remote control
Remote control
A remote control is a component of an electronics device, most commonly a television set, used for operating the television device wirelessly from a short line-of-sight distance.The remote control is usually contracted to remote...
(The Dæmons
The Dæmons
The Dæmons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from May 22 to June 19, 1971.-Plot:...
) and a minimum inertia hyperdrive (Allowing it to go along roads at extremely high speeds without risking the passenger being thrown from their seats if sudden stops are required). (The Time Monster
The Time Monster
The Time Monster is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 20 May to 24 June 1972.- Synopsis :...
).
- Appears in: various Third DoctorThird DoctorThe Third Doctor is the third incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee....
stories, Robot, The Five Doctors, Battlefield, Dimensions in Time
Whomobile
A hovercraft-type vehicle that was also capable of flight, used by the Third Doctor in the serials Invasion of the DinosaursInvasion of the Dinosaurs
Invasion of the Dinosaurs is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 12 January to 16 February 1974.-Synopsis:...
and Planet of the Spiders
Planet of the Spiders
Planet of the Spiders is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from May 4 to June 8, 1974. It was Jon Pertwee's last serial as the Doctor and marks the first, uncredited appearance of Tom Baker in the role. It also marks...
. The vehicle was also known as Alien, but was only ever referred to as "my car" by the Doctor in the television series. However, it is popularly referred to as the Whomobile. The vehicle was specially commissioned by and was the property of Jon Pertwee
Jon Pertwee
John Devon Roland Pertwee , was an English actor. Pertwee is best known for his role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which he played the third incarnation of the Doctor from 1970 to 1974, and as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge...
, and was not seen in the programme again after he left it. It bore the license plate WV0 2M, and was registered as an invalid tricycle
Invalid carriage
An invalid carriage was a low cost, low maintenance vehicle, designed specifically for people with physical disabilities. The last ones were withdrawn from the road in 2003, 27 years after the end of production, though some are still in existence...
.
Motorway cars
In the episode "GridlockGridlock (Doctor Who)
"Gridlock" is the third episode from the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who which aired on 14 April 2007. The Doctor returns to a much grittier New Earth with Martha Jones and meets the Face of Boe one final time. But as New New York becomes a deadly...
", New Earth's underground motorways are filled with large, box-shaped, flying cars, similar to camper-vans complete with beds, communication devices, as well as recreation, kitchen and toilet facilities. People like Brannigan (a humanoid cat, like the Sisters of Plenitude in "New Earth
New Earth
"New Earth" is the first episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on 15 April 2006. It is a sequel to the first series episode "The End of the World", and brings back its villain who was thought to be destroyed, Lady Cassandra, as...
") and his wife Valerie had been traveling for years on the motorway in never ending gridlock, sometimes only travelling between a few yards to a few miles per year, trying to get off and even ended up having children while they waited. The cars are built for such trips, completely recycling waste into water and food, as well as having air filtration systems. Strangely enough, most of the passengers had become resigned to their fate and had become somewhat comfortable living their lives in a perpetual holding pattern, as well as having given up trying to communicate with the outside world to find out what the problem was. When they needed to communicate with other cars, they would use a high-tech version of a "CB Radio
Citizens' band radio
Citizens' Band radio is, in many countries, a system of short-distance radio communications between individuals on a selection of 40 channels within the 27-MHz band. Citizens' Band is distinct from the FRS, GMRS, MURS and amateur radio...
"
- Appear in: "New Earth" and "Gridlock"
Valiant
The Valiant was a UNITUNIT
UNIT is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures...
controlled airborne aircraft carrier
Airborne aircraft carrier
Airborne aircraft carriers are aircraft which can launch other aircraft. These typically are large aircraft that launch fighter-interceptor planes.-Dirigible aircraft carriers:...
similar to Cloudbase
Cloudbase
Cloudbase is the fictional skyborne headquarters of international security organisation Spectrum, from Gerry Anderson's science fiction television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons .-Appearance in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons:...
in Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill...
series. As the craft operates in international airspace under the control of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, it is neutral territory
Neutral territory
A neutral territory is a territory that is not an integral part of any state , and yet is not terra nullius, but is the object of an agreement under international law between at least two parties...
. It was designed in part by the Master
Master (Doctor Who)
The Master is a recurring character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a renegade Time Lord and the archenemy of the Doctor....
in the guise of Harold Saxon then the British Minister of Defence. Elements of the design make reference to Time Lord architecture, such as roundels and an insignia based on a Gallifreyan design. It is also equipped with a scaled down version of the Torchwood weapon that destroyed the Sycorax ship in "The Christmas Invasion
The Christmas Invasion
"The Christmas Invasion" is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is Christmas, but there is little cause for celebration as planet Earth is invaded by aliens known as the Sycorax...
"; however, since it is mounted on the ship's underbelly, it can only fire at surface targets, as opposed to the surface-to-air
Anti-aircraft warfare
NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. It may be to protect naval, ground and air forces...
or surface-to-space
Asteroid deflection strategies
Asteroid mitigation strategies are "planetary defense" methods by which near-Earth objects could be diverted, preventing potentially catastrophic impact events. A sufficiently large impact would cause massive tsunamis or an impact winter, or both...
aim of the ground-based Torchwood version.
It was first featured in "The Sound of Drums
The Sound of Drums
"The Sound of Drums" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 23 June 2007, and is the twelfth episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series...
"/"Last of the Time Lords
Last of the Time Lords
"Last of the Time Lords" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 30 June 2007, and is the thirteenth and final episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series...
". As the United Nations requires that the British Government move first contact
First contact (science fiction)
First contact is a common science fiction theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient race's first encounter with another one....
operations from British soil to neutral territory, the US Government forces Harold Saxon to make contact with the Toclafane on board. It is then used by the Master as a mobile headquarters during his rule of Earth. In "The Poison Sky
The Poison Sky
"The Poison Sky" is the fifth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 3 May 2008. The episode features both former companion Martha Jones and the alien Sontarans...
", the Valiant aids UNIT in their counterattack on the Sontaran
Sontaran
The Sontarans are a fictional extraterrestrial race of humanoids from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and also seen in spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures. They were created by writer Robert Holmes.-Culture:...
forces occupying the ATMOS factory. By hovering over the factory, the carrier is able to clear the poisonous gas surrounding the area with the powerful downdraft of the vehicle's engines. It also fires upon the factory to commence the attack on the Sontaran forces, using the Jathaa sunglider technology recovered by the Torchwood Institute
Torchwood Institute
The Torchwood Institute is a fictional secret organization from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood. It was established in 1879 by Queen Victoria after the events of "Tooth and Claw". Its prime directive, is to defend the earth against...
.
It appeared again in "The Stolen Earth
The Stolen Earth
"The Stolen Earth" is the twelfth episode of the fourth series and the 750th overall episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was written by show runner and head writer Russell T Davies and is the first of a two-part crossover story; the concluding episode is...
", in which it was shown being attacked by Dalek forces. The last transmission from the carrier was the order for its crew to abandon ship. It is then stated in the next scene that it had been lost.
BBC production artwork
Miscellaneous vehicles
| Vehicle | Serial / Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Ark | The Ark The Ark (Doctor Who) The Ark is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 March to 26 March 1966... |
A generational ship inhabited by humans and Monoids. |
| Ice Warrior Ice Warrior The Ice Warriors are a fictional extraterrestrial race of reptilian-like humanoids in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The race originated on Mars, and first appeared in the 1967 serial The Ice Warriors where they encountered the Second Doctor and his... ship |
The Ice Warriors The Ice Warriors The Ice Warriors is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from November 11 to December 16, 1967... |
An ancient Martian Martian As an adjective, the term martian is used to describe anything pertaining to the planet Mars.However, a Martian is more usually a hypothetical or fictional native inhabitant of the planet Mars. Historically, life on Mars has often been hypothesized, although there is currently no solid evidence of... spaceship buried in a glacier Glacier A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight... on Earth. |
| The Wheel | The Wheel in Space The Wheel in Space The Wheel in Space is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 27 April to 1 June 1968... |
A space station Space station A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space for an extended period of time, and to which other spacecraft can dock. A space station is distinguished from other spacecraft used for human spaceflight by its lack of major propulsion or landing... conducting scientific research. |
| Silver Carrier | The Wheel in Space | A supply vessel eighty million miles off course overrun by Cybermen. |
| Empress | Nightmare of Eden Nightmare of Eden Nightmare of Eden is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 24 November to 15 December 1979.-Synopsis:... |
An interstellar cruise ship Cruise ship A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way... caught in a dimensional instability after colliding with the Hecate after emerging from hyperspace Hyperspace (science fiction) Hyperspace is a plot device sometimes used in science fiction. It is typically described as an alternative region of space co-existing with our own universe which may be entered using an energy field or other device... at the same co-ordinates. |
| Hecate | Nightmare of Eden | A trade ship caught in a dimensional instability after colliding with the Empress after emerging from hyperspace at the same co-ordinates. |
| Hydrax | State of Decay State of Decay State of Decay is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 22 November to 13 December 1980. The serial was the second of three loosely connected serials known as the E-Space trilogy... |
A cargo vessel disguised as the Tower ruled by the Great Vampires. |
| Privateer | Warriors' Gate Warriors' Gate Warriors' Gate is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was written by the English author Stephen Gallagher and first broadcast in four weekly parts from 3 January to 24 January 1981... |
An interstellar slave ship Slave ship Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves, especially newly purchased African slaves to Americas.... whose hull was constructed of dwarf star Dwarf star The term dwarf star refers to a variety of distinct classes of stars.* Dwarf star alone generally refers to any main sequence star, a star of luminosity class V.** Red dwarfs are low-mass main sequence stars.... alloy in order to be capable of imprisoning members of the time-sensitive species Tharil |
| Cargo freighter | Earthshock Earthshock Earthshock is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 8 March to 16 March 1982... |
A spaceship overrun by Cybermen and set on a collision course with prehistoric Earth. The crash killed Adric Adric Adric is a fictional character played by Matthew Waterhouse in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He was a young native of the planet Alzarius, which exists in the parallel universe of E-Space. A companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, he was a regular in the... and caused the K-T extinction event. |
| Hyperion III | Terror of the Vervoids Terror of the Vervoids Terror of the Vervoids is the title commonly used for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 1 November to 22 November 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, emcompassing the... |
A space liner infested by Vervoids. |
| King Arthur King Arthur King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and... 's organic transdimensional spaceship |
Battlefield Battlefield (Doctor Who) Battlefield is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 6 to September 27, 1989. It was the last appearance of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who.... |
A booby trap Booby trap A booby trap is a device designed to harm or surprise a person, unknowingly triggered by the presence or actions of the victim. As the word trap implies, they often have some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it. However, in other cases the device is placed on busy roads or is... ped ship submerged in Lake Vortigen housing the body of King Arthur King Arthur King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and... and the Excalibur Excalibur Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain. Sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone are said to be the same weapon, but in most versions they are considered separate. The sword was... sword Sword A sword is a bladed weapon used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration... . |
| Jathaa Sun Glider | Army of Ghosts Army of Ghosts "Army of Ghosts" is the twelfth and penultimate episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who which was first broadcast on 1 July 2006... / Doomsday Doomsday (Doctor Who) "Doomsday" is the thirteenth and final episode in the second series of the revival of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 8 July 2006 and is the conclusion of a two-part story; the first part, "Army of Ghosts", was broadcast on 1 July 2006... |
A downed spaceship housed in Torchwood One. |
| Sanctuary Base 6 Rocket | The Satan Pit The Satan Pit "The Satan Pit" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is the second part of a two-part story, following "The Impossible Planet". With the TARDIS seemingly lost, Rose and the remaining humans are trapped on the base with the possessed Ood, while the planet... |
The rocket that the people of Sanctuary Base 6 used to escape Krop Tor. |
| S.S. Pentallian | 42 42 (Doctor Who) "42" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 19 May 2007, and is the seventh episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series.... |
A 42nd century ship that would have crashed into a nearby sun if the Doctor hadn't intervened. |
| Utopia Rocket | Utopia Utopia (Doctor Who) "Utopia" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 16 June 2007 and is the eleventh episode of series three of the revived Doctor Who series... |
The gigantic rocket used to transport the last survivors of the human race to the fabled Utopia. |
| Crusader 50 | Midnight Midnight (Doctor Who) "Midnight" is the tenth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 14 June 2008. The episode placed much more emphasis on the role of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor than in the rest of the fourth series, with the... |
The vehicle used to take the Doctor and passengers to the Sapphire Waterfall, on the planet Midnight. |
| The Titanic | Voyage of the Damned Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who) "Voyage of the Damned" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. First broadcast on 25 December 2007, it is 72 minutes long and the third Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005... |
The cruise liner that crashes into the TARDIS after he had finished repairing it after The Last of the Time Lords and Time Crash that is destined for Buckingham Palace unless the Doctor can save it. |