Paperback novel - Bessie with Superdrive??

[suedehead]

Hi all,
I've just joined and wonder if anyone can help me? I'm trying to find the novel (or story in any event) that features The Doctor outrunning some enemy across a sort of desert in Bessie and engaging the Superdrive, (As I recall, the text went along the lines that the pursuing enemy was "left behind in a cloud of dust". I thought it may be "The Time Monster" but I think that novel was published in the '80's and I'm thinking I had this book in the '70's. I'd appreciate any help you can give me, so I can get a copy again, as my original seems to have been lost when I left home. Anyway, cheers and I look forward to joining in with discussions in the future.
Cheers
Chris

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suedehead said:

Hi all,
I've just joined and wonder if anyone can help me? I'm trying to find the novel (or story in any event) that features The Doctor outrunning some enemy across a sort of desert in Bessie and engaging the Superdrive, (As I recall, the text went along the lines that the pursuing enemy was "left behind in a cloud of dust". I thought it may be "The Time Monster" but I think that novel was published in the '80's and I'm thinking I had this book in the '70's. I'd appreciate any help you can give me, so I can get a copy again, as my original seems to have been lost when I left home. Anyway, cheers and I look forward to joining in with discussions in the future.
Cheers
Chris

If it's the novelisation of a TV story, it might be "The Three Doctors" which include the following passages:

"Thanks to the Doctor's many improvements, which included a 'Superdrive', Bessie was not only a fast little car, but a supremely nippy one. She could spin round in her own length and hills didn't bother her at all. The Doctor always said that he could drive her up the side of a house, and in the next few minutes the Brigadier came very close to proving just that. Flicking the 'Superdrive' switch, stamping down hard on the accelerator and spinning the wheel, the Brigadier whizzed the little car up the side of the dune, weaving to and fro to dodge the blob-men... ...With a final triumphant roar, Bessie shot clean over the top of a sand dune and disappeared from sight, leaving her attackers milling around in hopeless confusion."

[suedehead]

BRILLIANT!! Thanks very much mate!! I'll get searching on Ebay right away.
Cheers again,
Chris