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Towards the end of the novel MOONRAKER, Bond and the villain engage in a breakneck car chase on the A20 from London to Kingsdown, with 007 driving his 4.5-litre convertible coupé Bentley in pursuit of Sir Hugo Drax in his Mercedes 300S. The only way Drax can stop Bond from catching him is to have his henchman Willy Krebs cut loose 14 tons of rolled newsprint on Charing Hill (just outside Ashford), which is being carried by lorry to Faversham, and which comes crashing down on Bond’s Bentley. The finale of the novel has Bond altering the gyroscopic setting of the rocket, which is aimed at central London, in order it lands safely in the English Channel. |
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