The Taking of Chelsea 426 (novel): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image = The Taking of Chelsea 426.jpg

|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]

|number = 34

|doctor = Tenth Doctor

|companions = [[Jake Carstairs|Jake]], [[Vienna Carstairs|Vienna]], [[Wallace Fitch|Wallace]]

|enemy = {{il|[[Sontaran]]s,|[[Rutan Host|Rutans]]}}

|setting = [[Chelsea 426]], [[Saturn]], [[26th century]]

|writer = [[David Llewellyn]]

|read by=[[Christopher Ryan]]

|publisher = BBC Books

|release date = [[3 September (releases)|3 September]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]

|format = Hardcover, 241 Pages

|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-758-6

|prev = Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)

|next = Autonomy (novel)

|clip = Doctor Who The Taking of Chelsea 426

'''''The Taking of Chelsea 426''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[David Llewellyn]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]].

The [[Chelsea Flower Show]] - hardly the most exciting or dangerous event in the calendar, or so the Doctor thinks. But this is [[Chelsea 426]], a city-sized future colony floating on the clouds of [[Saturn]], and the flowers are much more than they seem.

As [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] investigates, he becomes more and more worried. Who is shopkeeper [[Pemberton (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Mr Pemberton]] acting so strangely? And what is Professor Wilberforce's terrible secret?

They are close to finding the answers when a familiar foe arrives, and the stakes suddenly get much higher. The [[Sontaran]]s have plans of their own, they're not here to arrange flowers..

* [[Vienna Carstairs]]

* [[Wallace Fitch]]

* [[Brian Carstairs]]

* [[Wilberforce|Professor Wilberforce]]

* [[Henry Whittington Smythe|Field Marshal Henry Whittington Smythe]]

* [[Sarg (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Colonel Sarg]]

== References ==

* The [[Rutan]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s are present. The Doctor says that they have been at war for around fifty thousand years.

* According to the Doctor, it is early in the 26th Century ("...about due for the Third Renaissance...").

* The Doctor cannot stand pears, which was also revealed in a deleted scene in [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''.

* This book continues the theme set by the [[BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]] line for 2009, featuring returning monsters from the TV series. It also continues a series of novels in which the Doctor travels without a companion.

* [[David Llewellyn]] also wrote the [[BBC Torchwood Novels|Torchwood]] novel [[PROSE]]: ''[[Trace Memory]]''.

* The title is a reference to the novel and film {{wi|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three}}. The number is also reminiscent of [[the 456]], an alien race introduced a few months prior to the book's release in [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]''.

* The Doctor asks Vienna, "The city or the song?" The song may be a reference to the Owl City song "Dear Vienna", or the song by [[Ultravox]].

[[File:Bbcnewaudio38.jpg|thumb|right|The Audiobook cover.]]

* The Sontarans last appeared on screen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]''. They last appeared in print in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sontaran Games]]''.

* The events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' are mentioned.

* Chelsea 426 was founded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'')

* The Doctor mentions a [[Krynoid]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'')

* While in the TARDIS, Jake plays with the crate of items beginning with C, last seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]''. Its contents include an [[Agatha Christie]] [[Death in the Clouds|novel]], the [[Carrionite]] globe and a [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman's]] chest plate.

* At the end of the novel, the Doctor looks around the empty TARDIS. He also did this before his second meeting with Donna Noble. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'')

* The Doctor says "For one thing I've had my fair share of angry mothers lately" ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'', ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')

* The Doctor mentions the [[Battle of Olympus Mons]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'')

== Audio release ==

* The story was released as an audiobook on 4x CD read by [[Christopher Ryan]].

* {{penguin|1082697/doctor-who-the-taking-of-chelsea-426/}}