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As the Doctor investigates, he becomes more and more worried. Why is shopkeeper [[Pemberton|Mr Pemberton]] acting so strangely? And what is Professor Wilberforce’s terrible secret?
As the Doctor investigates, he becomes more and more worried. Why is shopkeeper [[Pemberton|Mr Pemberton]] acting so strangely? And what is Professor Wilberforce’s terrible secret?


== The Plot ==
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...
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..
 
On the colony of Chelsea 426. An eager women by the name of Alice Wendall asks the professor Wilberforce about the discovery of ammonia in the atmosphere, which the professor knows about, and he responds by attacking her with a flower of the colony. She is later seen with him and asks him about the Newcomers, in which, the professor states will number in the ''thousands''.
 
 
 
Two children, named [[Jake Carstairs]] and [[Vienna Carstairs]] are watching all the Newcomers landing on the colony, as they watch in the hotel room, they figure their father, Mr. [[Brian Carstairs|Carstairs]] will be angry because they were up there. As they start to leave, their father states he's not had a good rest for a fairly long time, and when they come down, he discovers they went up the elevator, so he scolds his children, stating he hopes there isn't a mess remotely anywhere. As he's talking a man in a blue suit called the[[Tenth Doctor| Doctor]] walks in, asking if they have any rooms, which they do. They ask for his name, and he replies "The Doctor" only to be asked for his full name, where he uses his fake name "John Smith". The family is distrustful of the Doctor, and as they give him the room, Mr. Carstairs wants some cleaning supplies, so he gives his kids a ten dollar bill, and after this, the Doctor asks if he can join. Even though distrustful, they allow it.
 
 
 
The[[Tenth Doctor| Doctor]] is walking with the kids and asks them about the town, and they respond with the colony rules stating many strict, harsh rules, that the Doctor mocks with some jokes, and the kids are amused by that. As they enter the shop, Mr Pemberton is telling his employee [[Wallace Fitch]] to get some supplies, while muttering about mice. The man is calm with the children, but the Doctor proves to be a strange fellow to him, and he reluctantly asks about him, and the Doctor tells him he's the Doctor. The man is still very strange man to Mr. Pemberton, who tells the kids it will cost them twelve dollars, but they only have ten, so they promise to pay him back, which he agrees to. When the Doctor and the kids leave, he says things that suggest he knows who he is.
 
 
 
The kids are leaving when the Doctor spots a television with a man familiar to him, which the kids state to have been in cryogenics for five hundred years, and that's when the Doctor realizes it was a man named Mr. Smalls, who has shown dislike to. He is ranting about the Newcomers and what they will do to the colony, and he even insults the mayor for lack of support agains them. Meanwhile, Mr. Pemberton tells professor Wilberforce about the Doctor, and he shows awareness of the Doctor, clapping in joy. The Doctor is sitting next to some Major who is telling stories about his past, and Mr. Carstairs asks the Doctor if the Major is bothering him, as he and others are bored of his speeches, but the Doctor is fine with him.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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*[[Bess Carstairs]]
*[[Bess Carstairs]]
*[[Brian Carstairs]]
*[[Brian Carstairs]]
*[[Pemberton|Mr Pemberton]]
*[[Pemberton|Mr Pemberton]]  
*[[Wilberforce|Professor Wilberforce]]
*[[Wilberforce|Professor Wilberforce]]
*[[Alice Wendell]]
*[[Alice Wendell]]
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== 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 [[NSA]]: ''[[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 [[NSA]]: ''[[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]].)''

Revision as of 07:51, 19 April 2010

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. Why 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...

Characters

References

  • The Rutans and the Sontarans are present. The Doctor says that they have been at war for around 50,000 years.

Story Notes

Continuity

Timeline

  • The Taking of Chelsea 426 occurs after: DW: Dreamland
  • The Taking of Chelsea 426 occurs before: NSA: The Krillitane Storm
  • According to The Doctor (on page 54) it is early in the 26th Century ("...about due for the Third Renaissance...").

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