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|name = Winner Takes All
|number in range        = 3
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series                 = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number = 3
|number                 = 3
|doctor = Ninth Doctor
|doctor                 = Ninth Doctor
|companions = [[Rose Tyler]]
|companions             = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]
|enemy = [[Quevvil]]s  
|featuring              = Mickey Smith
[[Darren Pye]]
|featuring2            = Jackie Tyler
|setting=[[London]], [[2006]]
|enemy                 = [[Quevvil]]s
|writer = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|setting                = [[London]] and [[Toop]], [[2006]]
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|writer                 = Jacqueline Rayner
|release date = [[19 May (releases)|19 May]] [[2005]]
|publisher             = BBC Books
|format = Hardcover book, 245 pages
|release date          = 19 May 2005
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-48627-9
|audiobook image        = The Winner Takes All Audio.jpg
|prev = The Monsters Inside (novel)
|audiobook publisher    = RNIB
|next = The Deviant Strain (novel)
|audiobook publisher2  = AudioGO
}}
|audiobook release date = {{il|[[November (releases)|November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] (RNIB)|[[5 December (releases)|5 December]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] (AudioGO)}}
{{You may|Winner Takes All (documentary)}}
|read by                = {{il|[[David Thorpe]] (RNIB)|[[Camille Coduri]] (AudioGO)}}
'''''Winner Takes All''''' was the third [[BBC New Series Adventures|Ninth Doctor novel]] released.
|format                 = Hardcover, 245 pages
|isbn                   = ISBN 0-563-48627-9
|prev                   = The Monsters Inside (novel)
|next                   = The Deviant Strain (novel)
|cover = [[Henry Steadman]]
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{{you may|Winner Takes All (documentary)|n1=the documentary}}
'''''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 ==
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?
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 [[Quevvil]]s need to find a new means of attacking the ruthless [[Mantodean]]s. Searching the galaxy for cunning, warlike but gullible allies, they find the ideal soldiers -- on Earth.
Meanwhile, on another world, an alien war is raging. The [[Quevvil]]s need to find a new means of attacking the ruthless [[Mantodean]]s. Searching the [[galaxy]] for cunning, warlike but gullible allies, they find the ideal [[soldier]]s — 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?
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 ==
== Plot ==
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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]]
* [[Revik]]
* [[Revik]]
* [[Dilys]]
* [[Dilys (Winner Takes All)|Dilys]]
* [[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 ==
* Jackie gets mugged.
* 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]]''.
* 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]].
* Rose mentions ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
* The [[Slitheen]] are mentioned.
* [[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!"
* 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 ==
* The plot is similar to [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]''.
* Later reprints of this book removed the image of [[Billie Piper]] from the cover.
* Large sections of the story about [[Robert]] are an obvious reference to [[Harry Potter]].
* 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.
* 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 ==
* Much of the story takes place on the [[Powell Estate]].
* 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]]'')
* Encounters with the [[Slitheen]] are recalled. [[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] enountered the Slitheen previously in [[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Monsters Inside]]''.
* [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] recalls her encounter with the [[Auton]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* Rose recalls her encounter with the Autons ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'').
* 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]]'')
* [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] has some games, and one of them is called ''[[Bad Wolf (video game)|Bad Wolf]]''. This could mean that the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf entity]] was involved.
 
== Audio release ==
== Editions published outside Britain ==
* The story was released as an audiobook read by [[David Thorpe]].
* Published in Hungary by Gabo in 2006 as a hardback edition.
* The audiobook only available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website.


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Winnertakesall_cover.jpg|Original cover
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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.
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The Winner Takes All Audio.jpg|Audiobook cover
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/winner.htm The Cloister Library: '''Winner Takes All''']
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Latest revision as of 20:41, 9 November 2023

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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]]

to be added

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.
  • Hungarian edition

    Hungarian edition

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

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

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