Speed of Flight

In 1996, Speed of Flight was released by Virgin Books.

Cover blurb
An original novel featuring the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Mike Yates.

'' 'Those who are intelligent, strong and virtuous are promoted. The stupid, the weak and the unworthy will die. How else is it possible for the world to make progress?' ''

The TARDIS lands on Nooma, a world in the middle of an industrial revolution. But the Doctor, Jo and Mike Yates quickly discover that there is no limit to the upheaval. The sky is alive, and at war with the ground. The continents are on the move, competing for a place under the sun. And somewhere, there is a starship...

Mike finds himself commited to a fight where his only option is to kill or be killed. Jo is caught in a workers' revolt. And the Doctor must find out what is really happening to Nooma before the struggle for survival kills the world and everyone on it.

This adventure takes place between the stories Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death.

''Paul Leonard is the author of the Missing Adventures Venusian Lullaby and Dancing the Code, and the New Adventure Toy Soldiers. He lives in Bristol with three pot plants and a pile of books he might one day get time to read.''