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novel name= The Men Who Sold the World|
|series=[[BBC Torchwood novels]]
image=[[file:The Men Who Sold the World.jpg|250px]] |
|number= 18  
series=[[BBC Torchwood novels]]|
|main character= [[Rex Matheson]]
number= 18 |
|featuring= Esther Drummond
main character= [[Rex Matheson]]|
|featuring2= Jack Harkness
featuring= |
|featuring3= Gwen Cooper
enemy= |
|enemy = Gleason, Wynter
year= [[Earth]] |
|setting= [[Earth]], [[2011]]
writer= [[Guy Adams]] |
|writer= Guy Adams
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|read by = [[John Telfer]]
release date= [[18th August]], [[2011]] |
|publisher= BBC Books  
format= Softcover Book|
|release date= 18 August 2011
isbn= ISBN 1849902852|
|format= Softcover Book, 256 pages
previous story= [[Long Time Dead]]|
|isbn= ISBN 1-84990-285-2
next story=  
|prev= Long Time Dead (novel)
|next= Exodus Code (novel)
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'''The Men Who Sold the World''' was the eighteenth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series and served as a prequel to ''[[The New World]]''.
'''''The Men Who Sold the World''''' was the eighteenth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series and served as a prequel to [[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]''.


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
When Oscar Lupe appears 20,000 feet up in the air, his body is frozen solid and free-falling to earth. It shatters on impact. Soon after, a CIA Special Activities Division squad goes rogue with a cargo marked ‘Torchwood’ that they’ve been escorting from somewhere called Cardiff.
When [[Oscar Lupé]] appears 20,000 feet up in the air, his body is frozen solid and free-falling to earth. It shatters on impact. Soon after, a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] Special Activities Division squad goes rogue with a cargo marked '[[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]]' that they've been escorting from somewhere called [[Cardiff]].


The Agency puts Rex Matheson on the case. As the strange deaths pile up, Rex realises there must be experimental tech out there, but someone is obstructing him at every turn. Rex is the CIA’s golden boy – but has he met his match in the evasive Mr Wynter…?
The Agency puts [[Rex Matheson]] on the case. As the strange deaths pile up, Rex realises there must be experimental tech out there, but someone is obstructing him at every turn. Rex is the CIA's golden boy — but has he met his match in the evasive Mr. Wynter...?


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Rex Matheson]]
''to be added''
*[[Esther Drummond]]
 
*[[Jack Harkness]]
== Characters ==
*[[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Jack Harkness]]
*[[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Rex Matheson]]
* [[Esther Drummond]]
* [[Broderick|Mr Broderick]]
* [[Ted Loomis]]
* Colonel [[Cotter Gleason]]
* Lieutenant Colonel [[Patrick Mulroney]]
* [[Oscar Lupé]]
* Corporal [[Owen Mills]]
* [[Glen Shaeffer]]
* Sergeant [[Joe Leonard]]
* Sergeant [[David Ellroy]]
* [[Wynter (The Men Who Sold the World)|Mr Wynter]]
* [[The Employer]]
* [[The Older Man]]
* [[The Woman (The Men Who Sold the World)|The Woman]]
* [[The Young Irish Man]]
* [[The Representative]]
* [[Black (Long Time Dead)|Mr Black]]
* [[Wilson (The Men Who Sold the World)|Wilson]]
* Commander [[Harris (The Men Who Sold the World)|Harris]]
* [[Angelo (The Men Who Sold the World)|Angelo]]
* [[Penelope Lupé]]
* Major [[John Rider]]
* The [[ArchDuke]]
* [[Dubert Willocks]]
* Sergeant [[Dolores Cortez]]
* [[Larry Gulliver]]
* [[Mikey Gulliver]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Part of the Torchwood shipment is a [[Judoon]] [[Judoon blaster|firearm]]. It also contains the hand weapon of an [[Sea Devil|aquatic]] [[Earth Reptile]].
* Angelo's grandmother's favourite actor is [[Wesley Snipes]]. She also watches the adventures of [[Vin Diesel]].
* The [[Ytraxorian]]s are from the planet [[Ytraxor]].
* Rex tells Esther not to compare the real world to ''[[The X-Files]]''.
* To get out of [[Cuba]], Rex flies to [[Nassau]], and then to [[Miami]].
* [[Garden of the Gods]] is a [[national park]] in [[Colorado]].
 
== Notes ==
* The title is a reference to the song {{wi|The Man Who Sold the World (song)|The Man Who Sold the World}} by [[David Bowie]], as was the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' comic strip ''[[The Woman Who Sold the World]]''.
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This book has six Chapter Nineteens at the end.
 
[[File:The Men Who Sold The World Audiobook.jpg|thumb|right|The Audiobook cover.]]


==References==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The [[Ytraxorian]] is encountered by [[Torchwood 3]] before the death of [[Ianto Jones]] and the destruction of The Hub.
* A [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] [[Web-gun]] is part of the shipment of salvaged artefacts given to the CIA. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') A Yeti [[control sphere]] was previously noted to be in Torchwood's possession. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trace Memory (novel)|Trace Memory]]'')
* [[Rick Yates]] is the [[British]] [[Foreign Secretary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'')


==Notes==
== Audio release ==
*The title is a reference to the song ''[[Wikipedia:The Man Who Sold the World (song)|The Man Who Sold the World]]'' by [[David Bowie]], as was the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' comic strip ''[[The Woman Who Sold the World]]''.
* The story was released as an audiobook on download only from the [[AudioGo]] website read by [[John Telfer]].


==Continuity==
== External links ==
''to be added''
* {{Penguin|1087654/torchwood-the-men-who-sold-the-world/}}


==Timeline==
{{TorchwoodNovelsandShortStories}}
*''The Men Who Sold the World'' occurs after: [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five]]''
{{TitleSort}}
*''The Men Who Sold the World ''occurs before: [[TW]]: ''[[The New World]]''
*The [[Ytraxorian]] is encountered by [[Torchwood 3]] before the death of [[Ianto Jones]] and the destruction of The Hub.


==External links==
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[[Category:2011 novels]]
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[[Category:E-books]]
[[Category:Stories set in Washington DC]]
[[Category:BBC Books novels with audiobook readings]]

Latest revision as of 20:37, 19 March 2024

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The Men Who Sold the World was the eighteenth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series and served as a prequel to TV: The New World.

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

When Oscar Lupé appears 20,000 feet up in the air, his body is frozen solid and free-falling to earth. It shatters on impact. Soon after, a CIA Special Activities Division squad goes rogue with a cargo marked 'Torchwood' that they've been escorting from somewhere called Cardiff.

The Agency puts Rex Matheson on the case. As the strange deaths pile up, Rex realises there must be experimental tech out there, but someone is obstructing him at every turn. Rex is the CIA's golden boy — but has he met his match in the evasive Mr. Wynter...?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Audiobook cover.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio release[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story was released as an audiobook on download only from the AudioGo website read by John Telfer.

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

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