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1965 Land-Rover 109'' Series IIa BBC

1965 Land-Rover 109'' Series IIa in Doctor Who, TV Series, 1963-1989 Ep. 8.22

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1965 Land-Rover 109'' Series IIa BBC

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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SM99 ◊ 2026-01-26 19:08	8.21
dsl ◊ 2026-01-26 19:22	DJJ 804C LAND ROVER Fuel: Petrol Colour: GREEN Date of first registration: February 1965 Seems to have died in 1987. If it's got the "tropical" double-skin roof, very likely to be 109".
SM99 ◊ 2026-01-26 19:39	dsl wrote DJJ 804C LAND ROVER Fuel: Petrol Colour: GREEN Date of first registration: February 1965 Seems to have died in 1987. If it's got the "tropical" double-skin roof, very likely to be 109". Could this be a BBC vehicle? There's a BBC sticker on the window but it could be fake even if this is a BBC show -- Last edit: 2026-01-26 20:35:36
dsl ◊ 2026-01-26 20:27	I can believe it. DJJ was a London plate series. We used to have a couple of experts on BBC vehicles, including Collator who commented on this S2a 109" BBC Collator wrote This Land Rover looks as if it is another BBC vehicle. The colours, dark green with a grey stripe, are right. ... Land Rover Series 2 109" Hard Top, of which there were quite a large number owned by the BBC. Plus on another Dr Who Landie 109" page buried in the comments there's DJJ 808C with double-skin roof and explained as used for a camera platform. There are lists of BBC vehicles and plates out there, but beyond the reach of mere mortals like us.
SM99 ◊ 2026-01-26 20:37	dsl wrote I can believe it. DJJ was a London plate series. We used to have a couple of experts on BBC vehicles, including Collator who commented on this S2a 109" BBC Plus on another Dr Who Landie 109" page buried in the comments there's DJJ 808C with double-skin roof and explained as used for a camera platform. There are lists of BBC vehicles and plates out there, but beyond the reach of mere mortals like us. Also looking at this thumb /vehicle_482468-Land-Rover-109---Series-IIa-1962.html The roof is not on properly exposing three straight lines
SM99 ◊ 2026-01-27 18:35	dsl wrote I can believe it. DJJ was a London plate series. We used to have a couple of experts on BBC vehicles, including Collator who commented on this S2a 109" BBC Plus on another Dr Who Landie 109" page buried in the comments there's DJJ 808C with double-skin roof and explained as used for a camera platform. There are lists of BBC vehicles and plates out there, but beyond the reach of mere mortals like us. @DSL BrianM wrote The restoration site for this vehicle is: http://projectvivat.co.uk/Vivat/Home.html My friends Mark & Tony owned this vehicle for many years & I was the mechanic, driver, location manager/rigger for many shows we recorded using Bournemouth Film school students. It was bought from Brian Summers who had one of the sister MCR's (he had bought it for spares). If it were not for my wife & I having stripped the original paint off back to the alloy & having it sprayed in the grey paint, (reason the log book says Grey) plus keeping it drivable, I doubt it would be around for further restoration today! The vehicle returned to Brian Summers & was used as a play school room for some years. The vehicle also featured in an episode of Doctor Who with other defuncked BBC ob vehicles playing the role as army control vehicles. It is a Marshal Bodied Commer chassis,6 cylinder petrol engine, built in 1963, MCR23 (mobile control room). There is a photo here of one of the sister vans http://www.na3t.org/road/photo/VS01645 Quote from /vehicle.php?id=602731#Comment3845144 seems to back this up maybe

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