Jon Pertwee wearing a flowing crimson-lined cape, over a black-velvet 1850's lounge jacket

The 3rd Doctor was a suave, dapper, technologically orientated and authoritative man of action who practiced Venusian Aikido. A keen scientist, he maintained a laboratory at UNIT where he enjoyed working on gadgets in his TARDIS. In his spare time, he was fond of motoring, handling all manner of vehicles. His favorite car was a canary-yellow vintage roadster that he nicknamed "Bessie", a machine which featured such modifications as a remote control, dramatically increased speed capabilities and inertial dampers. He also maintained a hovercraft-like vessel that fans nicknamed the Whomobile. The 1st Doctor, upon meeting the 3rd described him indignantly as a "dandy", while the 2nd Doctor, with whom the 3rd had something of an antagonistic relationship on the occasions they encountered each other, referred to him as "Fancy Pants".