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|name = Winner Takes All
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|number = 3
|number                 = 3
|doctor = Ninth Doctor
|doctor                 = Ninth Doctor
|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|companions             = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|featuring = [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]], [[Jackie Tyler|Jackie]]
|featuring             = Mickey Smith
|enemy = [[Quevvil|Quevvils]]
|featuring2            = Jackie Tyler
|setting=[[London]] and [[Toop]], [[2006]]
|enemy                 = [[Quevvil]]s
|writer = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|setting               = [[London]] and [[Toop]], [[2006]]
|publisher = BBC Books
|writer                 = Jacqueline Rayner
|read by = [[David Thorpe]] (RNIB)
|publisher             = BBC Books
[[Camille Coduri]] (AudioGo)
|release date          = 19 May 2005
|release date = [[19 May (releases)|19 May]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|audiobook image        = The Winner Takes All Audio.jpg
[[November (releases)|November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] (RNIB)
|audiobook publisher    = RNIB
[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] (AudioGo)
|audiobook publisher2  = AudioGO
|format = Hardcover, 245 pages
|audiobook release date = {{il|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] (RNIB)|[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] (AudioGO)}}
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-48627-9
|read by                = {{il|[[David Thorpe]] (RNIB)|[[Camille Coduri]] (AudioGO)}}
|prev = The Monsters Inside (novel)
|format                 = Hardcover, 245 pages
|next = The Deviant Strain (novel)
|isbn                   = ISBN 0-563-48627-9
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|next                   = The Deviant Strain (novel)
'''''Winner Takes All''''' was the third [[BBC New Series Adventures|Ninth Doctor novel]] released.
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'''''Winner Takes All''''' was the third novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Jade (Winner Takes All)|Jade]]
* [[Jade (Winner Takes All)|Jade]]
* [[Maureen (Winner Takes All)|Maureen]]
* [[Darren Pye]]
* [[Darren Pye]]
* Mrs [[Desai]]
* Mrs [[Desai (Winner Takes All)|Desai]]
* [[Frinel]]
* [[Frinel]]
* Mrs [[Hall]]
* Mrs [[Hall]]
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* [[Robert Watson]]
* [[Robert Watson]]
* [[Gerdix]]
* [[Gerdix]]
* [[Jason (Winner Takes All)|Jason]]
* [[Jason Jones]]
* [[Anil]]
* [[Anil Rawat]]
* [[Kevin (Winner Takes All)|Kevin]]
* [[Kevin (Winner Takes All)|Kevin]]
* [[Daisy Watson]]
* [[Daisy Watson]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Mickey talks about [[Playstation]]s and [[Xbox|X-boxes]]. He also has copies of games such as ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' and ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. One of the games is titled ''[[Bad Wolf (video game)|Bad Wolf]]''.
* Mickey talks about [[Playstation]]s and [[Xbox]]es. He also has copies of games such as ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' and ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. One of the games is titled ''[[Bad Wolf (game)|Bad Wolf]]''.
* Rose mentions ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
* Rose mentions ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
* [[Rose Tyler]] said to herself "Forget ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'', this was Rose the Giant-[[Insect]] Slayer."  
* [[Rose Tyler]] says to herself "Forget ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'', this was ''Rose the Giant-[[Insect]] Slayer''."
* Rose tells the Doctor "Thunderbirds Are Go!"  
* Rose tells the Doctor "[[Thunderbirds]] Are Go!"
* The Doctor tells Rose the [[Cookie Monster]] is in fact a alien
* The Doctor jokingly tells Rose the [[Cookie Monster]] is in fact an alien.
* Mickey has a copy of ''[[TimeSplitters 2]]''.
 
=== Food and Beverages ===
* The Doctor drinks two cups of [[tea]] and eats three [[sandwich]]es and two [[cake]]s at Jackie's.
*


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* Later reprints of this book removed the image of Billie Piper from the cover, presumably due to use-of-likeness issues after she had left the programme.
* Later reprints of this book removed the image of [[Billie Piper]] from the cover.
* 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.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Encounters with the [[Slitheen]] are recalled. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Monsters Inside]]'')
* Encounters with the [[Slitheen]] are recalled. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Monsters Inside (novel)|The Monsters Inside]]'')
* Rose recalls her encounter with the Autons. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] recalls her encounter with the [[Auton]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
== Audio release ==
* Rose remembers how the [[Ninth Doctor|Doctor]] previously reversed a [[Teleportation|teleport]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
* An audiobook of the story was released as an audiobook read by David Thorpe in 2007 for the RNIB. It was only available to the registered blind. In 2011, [[Camille Coduri]] read the story for [[AudioGo]], and was available from their website before the company went into administration.


== Gallery ==
== Editions published outside Britain ==
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* Published in Hungary by Gabo in 2006 as a hardback edition.
Winnertakesall_cover.jpg|Original cover
 
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Winner_Takes_All_Hungary.jpg|Hungarian edition
Winner_Takes_All_Hungary.jpg|Hungarian edition
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== Audiobook ==
* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] by the RNIB and read by [[David Thorpe]].
* This novel was released again as an audiobook in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Camille Coduri]]. The audiobook was exclusive to the [[AudioGo]] website before the company went into administration.
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
The Winner Takes All Audio.jpg|Audiobook cover
The Winner Takes All Audio.jpg|Audiobook cover
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobb903.htm|Winner Takes All}}
* {{penguin|1071582/doctor-who--winner-takes-all/}}
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* {{whoniverse|ns03|Winner Takes All}}
* {{whoniverse|ns03|Winner Takes All}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/winner.htm The Cloister Library: '''Winner Takes All''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/winner.htm The Cloister Library: '''Winner Takes All''']
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Latest revision as of 20:30, 3 November 2024

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Winner Takes All was the third novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner and featured the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

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

Rose and the Doctor return to present-day Earth, and become intrigued by the latest craze — the video game Death to Mantodeans. Is it as harmless as it seems? And why are so many local people going on holiday and never returning?

Meanwhile, on another world, an alien war is raging. The Quevvils need to find a new means of attacking the ruthless Mantodeans. Searching the galaxy for cunning, warlike but gullible allies, they find the ideal soldiers — on Earth.

Will Rose be able to save her family and friends from the alien threat? And can the Doctor play the game to the end — and win?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Later reprints of this book removed the image of Billie Piper from the cover.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Published in Hungary by Gabo in 2006 as a hardback edition.

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]