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|image = The Taking of Chelsea 426.jpg
|image       = The Taking of Chelsea 426.jpg
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number = 34
|number       = 34
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
|companions = [[Jake Carstairs|Jake]], [[Vienna Carstairs|Vienna]], [[Wallace Fitch|Wallace]]
|companions   = [[Jake Carstairs|Jake]], [[Vienna Carstairs|Vienna]], [[Wallace Fitch|Wallace]]
|enemy = {{il|[[Sontaran]]s,|[[Rutan Host|Rutans]]}}
|enemy       = {{il|[[Sontaran]]s,|[[Rutan Host|Rutans]]}}
|setting = [[Chelsea 426]] and [[Saturn]], [[26th century]]
|setting     = [[Chelsea 426]] and [[Saturn]], [[26th century]]
|writer = [[David Llewellyn]]
|writer       = David Llewellyn
|read by=[[Christopher Ryan]]
|read by     = [[Christopher Ryan]]
|publisher = BBC Books
|publisher   = BBC Books
|release date = [[3 September (releases)|3 September]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|release date = 3 September 2009
|format = Hardcover, 241 Pages
|format       = Hardcover, 241 Pages
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-758-6
|isbn         = ISBN 978-1-84607-758-6
|prev = Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)
|prev         = Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)
|next = Autonomy (novel)
|next         = Autonomy (novel)
|clip = Doctor Who The Taking of Chelsea 426
|clip         = Doctor Who The Taking of Chelsea 426
|cover        = [[Lee Binding]]
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'''''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 Taking of Chelsea 426''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was [[Writer|written]] by [[David Llewellyn]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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.
The [[Chelsea Flower Show]] - hardly the most [[Excitement|exciting]] or [[danger]]ous event in the [[calendar]]r, or so [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] thinks. But this is [[Chelsea 426]], a [[city]]-sized future [[colony]] floating on the [[cloud]]s of [[Saturn]], and the [[flower]]s 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?
As the Doctor [[Investigation|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 (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Wilberforce's]] [[Rutan|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, and they're not here to arrange flowers..
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, and [[Rutan-Sontaran War|they're not here to arrange flowers]]..


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Alice Wendell]]
* [[Professor]] [[Wilberforce (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Wilberforce]]
* [[Jake Carstairs]]
* [[Vienna Carstairs]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Vienna Carstairs]]
* [[Brian Carstairs]]
* [[Jake Carstairs]]
* [[Wallace Fitch]]
* [[Bess Carstairs]]
* [[Bess Carstairs]]
* [[Brian Carstairs]]
* [[Mynah bird]]
* [[Pemberton (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Mr Pemberton]]
* [[Pemberton (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Mr Pemberton]]
* [[Wilberforce|Professor Wilberforce]]
* [[Wallace Fitch]]
* [[Alice Wendell]]
* [[Zack]]
* [[Jenny (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Jenny]]
* [[Henry Whittington Smythe|Field Marshal Henry Whittington Smythe]]
* [[Smalls|Mr Smalls]]
* [[Smalls|Mr Smalls]]
* [[Sedgefield|Mr Sedgefield]]
* [[Sedgefield|Mr Sedgefield]]
* [[Zeke (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Zeke]]
* [[Assistant (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Assistant]]
* [[Bruno (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Bruno]]
* [[Major|Field Marshal]] [[Henry Whittington Smythe]]
* [[Usher (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Usher]]
* [[Bashford (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Sergeant Bashford]]
* [[Sarg (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Colonel Sarg]]
* [[Kade|General Kade]]
* [[Kade|General Kade]]
* [[Sarg (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Colonel Sarg]]
* [[Thomas (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Captain Thomas]]
* [[Zack]]
* [[Jenny (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Jenny]]
* [[Strom|Commander Strom]]
* [[Strom|Commander Strom]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Rutan]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s are present.
* The [[Rutan]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s are present.
* According to the Doctor, it is about due for the [[Third Renaissance]].
* According to the Doctor, it is about due for the [[Third Renaissance]].
* The Doctor cannot stand [[pear]]s.
 
=== Food and Beverages ===
* The Doctor cannot stand [[pear]]s. He drinks [[orange juice]] in the Grand Hotel.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* 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.
* This book continues the theme set by the [[BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]] line for [[2009 (releases)|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 ''[[Trace Memory]]'', and would later go on to write extensively for [[Big Finish]].
* [[David Llewellyn]] also wrote the [[BBC Torchwood Novels|Torchwood]] novel {{cs|Trace Memory (novel)}}, and would later go on to write extensively for [[Big Finish]].
* 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 ''[[Children of Earth]]''.
* 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 ''[[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]].
* The Doctor asks Vienna, "The city or the song?" The song may be a reference to the song by [[Ultravox]], the song by Billy Joel or the Owl City song "Dear Vienna".
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* Several elements introduced in this story would later be reused in Llewellyn's novel {{cs|Night of the Humans (novel)}} including the [[Hexion]]s, [[Mercutio 14]] and the ''[[Herald of Nanking]]''.
* The Doctor's dislike or pears references the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s distaste for them in the novel {{cs|Human Nature (novel)}} from the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]''. The same reference to pears was originally filmed for the [[Human Nature (TV story)|televised adaptation of the story]] in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]], but this scene was deleted. ''The Taking of Chelsea 426'', therefore, essentially preserved this characteristic into the revived era. It was eventually [[List of references to other DWU media in live-action BBC stories|directly referenced on television]] in [[Series 9]]'s {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}, and again in [[Series 10]]'s [[Christmas Special]], {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}}. Incidentally, the latter was [[Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)|novelised]] by [[Paul Cornell]], who also wrote [[Human Nature|both versions of ''Human Nature'']].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* 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 Sontarans last appeared on screen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)}} / {{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|Enemy of the Bane (TV story)}}. They last appeared in print in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Games (novel)}}.
* The Rutans last appeared on screen in [[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]''. To date, this is their only on-screen appearance.
* The Rutans last appeared on screen in [[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]''. To date, this is their only on-screen appearance.
* The events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' are mentioned.
* The events of [[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}} are mentioned.
* Chelsea 426 was founded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'')
* Chelsea 426 was founded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Colony in Space (TV story)}})
* The Doctor mentions a [[Krynoid]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'')
* The Doctor mentions a [[Krynoid]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Seeds of Doom (TV story)}})
* 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.
* While in the TARDIS, Jake plays with the crate of items beginning with C, last seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}. Its contents include an [[Agatha Christie]] [[Death in the Clouds|novel]], the [[Carrionite]] globe and a [[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 declares a dislike of [[pear]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature}})
* 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]]'')
* 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]]: {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime}})
* The Doctor mentions the [[Battle of Olympus Mons]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'')
* The Doctor says "For one thing I've had my fair share of angry mothers lately" ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)}}, {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}})
* The Doctor mentions the [[Battle of Olympus Mons]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Transit (novel)}})


== Audiobook ==
== Audiobook ==

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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.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Chelsea Flower Show - hardly the most exciting or dangerous event in the calendarr, 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 the Doctor investigates, he becomes more and more worried. Who is shopkeeper 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 Sontarans have plans of their own, and they're not here to arrange flowers..

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

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