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|image = [[file:Chelsea_426.jpg|250px]]
|image = [[File:Chelsea_426.jpg|250px]]
|novel name = The Taking of Chelsea 426
|novel name = The Taking of Chelsea 426
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number = 34
|number = 34
|doctor = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|doctor = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|companions = [[Jake Carstairs]] (guest)<br>[[Vienna Carstairs]] (guest)<br>[[Wallace Fitch]] (guest)
|companions = [[Jake Carstairs]] (guest)<br />[[Vienna Carstairs]] (guest)<br />[[Wallace Fitch]] (guest)
|enemy = [[Sontaran|Sontarans]]<br>[[Rutan Host|Rutans]]
|enemy = [[Sontaran]]s<br />[[Rutan Host|Rutans]]
|year = [[26th century]]
|year = [[26th century]]
|writer = [[David Llewellyn]]
|writer = [[David Llewellyn]]
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|release date = [[3 September]], [[2009]]
|release date = [[3 September]], [[2009]]
|format = Hardcover, 241 Pages
|format = Hardcover, 241 Pages
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-846-07758-6
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-758-6
|previous story = [[Prisoner of the Daleks]]
|previous story = [[Prisoner of the Daleks]]
|next story = [[Autonomy]]
|next story = [[Autonomy]]
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
*[[Vienna Carstairs]]
* [[Vienna Carstairs]]
*[[Jake Carstairs]]
* [[Jake Carstairs]]
*[[Wallace Fitch]]
* [[Wallace Fitch]]
*[[Bess Carstairs]]
* [[Bess Carstairs]]
*[[Brian Carstairs]]
* [[Brian Carstairs]]
*[[Pemberton|Mr Pemberton]]
* [[Pemberton|Mr Pemberton]]
*[[Wilberforce|Professor Wilberforce]]
* [[Wilberforce|Professor Wilberforce]]
*[[Alice Wendell]]
* [[Alice Wendell]]
*[[Zack]]
* [[Zack]]
*[[Jenny (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Jenny]]
* [[Jenny (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Jenny]]
*[[Henry Whittington Smythe|Field Marshal Henry Whittington Smythe]]
* [[Henry Whittington Smythe|Field Marshal Henry Whittington Smythe]]
*[[Smalls|Mr Smalls]]
* [[Smalls|Mr Smalls]]
*[[Sedgefield|Mr Sedgefield]]
* [[Sedgefield|Mr Sedgefield]]
*[[Kade|General Kade]]
* [[Kade|General Kade]]
*[[Sarg (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Colonel Sarg]]
* [[Sarg (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Colonel Sarg]]
*[[Strom|Commander Strom]]
* [[Strom|Commander Strom]]


==References==
== References ==
*The [[Rutan]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s are present. The Doctor says that they have been at war for around fifty thousand years.
* 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 (on page 54) it is early in the 26th Century ("...about due for the Third Renaissance...").
* According to The Doctor (on page 54) it is early in the 26th Century ("...about due for the Third Renaissance...").
*The Doctor cannot stand pears ''(Page 21)'', which was also revealed in a deleted scene in [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''.
* The Doctor cannot stand pears ''(Page 21)'', which was also revealed in a deleted scene in [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''.


==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, 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]].
* [[David Llewellyn]] also wrote the [[BBC Torchwood Novels|Torchwood]] novel [[Trace Memory]].
*The title is a reference to the novel and film ''[[wikipedia: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 [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]''.
* The title is a reference to the novel and film ''[[wikipedia: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 [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]''.
*The Doctor asks Vienna "The city or the song". The song may be a referrence to the Owl City song Dear Vienna, or the 80's song by Ultravox.
* The Doctor asks Vienna "The city or the song". The song may be a referrence to the Owl City song Dear Vienna, or the 80's song by Ultravox.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
*The Sontarans last appeared on screen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky]]'' and [[SJA]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]''. They last appeared in print in [[QR]]: ''[[The Sontaran Games]]''.
* The Sontarans last appeared on screen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky]]'' and [[SJA]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]''. They last appeared in print in [[QR]]: ''[[The Sontaran Games]]''.
*The events of [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' are mentioned.
* The events of [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' are mentioned.
*Chelsea 426 was founded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]] (''[[DW]]:[[Colony in Space]].)''
* Chelsea 426 was founded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]] (''[[DW]]:[[Colony in Space]].)''
*The Doctor mentions a [[Krynoid]] (p. 84)
* The Doctor mentions a [[Krynoid]] (p. 84)
*While in the TARDIS Jake plays with the crate of items beginning with C, last seen in ''[[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 ''[[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 ([[DW]]: [[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 ([[DW]]: [[Partners in Crime]])


==[[Tenth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== [[Tenth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==
*''The Taking of Chelsea 426'' occurs after: [[DWS]]: ''[[The Haldenmor Fugue]]''
* ''The Taking of Chelsea 426'' occurs after: [[DWS]]: ''[[The Haldenmor Fugue]]''
*''The Taking of Chelsea 426'' occurs before: [[NSA]]: ''[[Autonomy]]''
* ''The Taking of Chelsea 426'' occurs before: [[NSA]]: ''[[Autonomy]]''


==Audio release==
== Audio release ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{Dwrefguide|whobb934.htm|The Taking of Chelsea 426}}
* {{Dwrefguide|whobb934.htm|The Taking of Chelsea 426}}


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Published in September 2009, The Taking of Chelsea 426 was one of the last set of three original novels published featuring the Tenth Doctor in the standard BBC New Series Adventures line.

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.

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, they're not here to arrange flowers..

Characters

References

  • The Rutans and the Sontarans are present. The Doctor says that they have been at war for around fifty thousand years.
  • According to The Doctor (on page 54) it is early in the 26th Century ("...about due for the Third Renaissance...").
  • The Doctor cannot stand pears (Page 21), which was also revealed in a deleted scene in DW: Human Nature.

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.
  • David Llewellyn also wrote the Torchwood novel Trace Memory.
  • The title is a reference to the novel and 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 TW: Children of Earth.
  • The Doctor asks Vienna "The city or the song". The song may be a referrence to the Owl City song Dear Vienna, or the 80's song by Ultravox.

Continuity

Timeline

Audio release

to be added

External links