Winner Takes All (novel)
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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
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
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Characters
- Ninth Doctor
- Rose Tyler
- Jackie Tyler
- Mickey Smith
- Jade
- Maureen
- Darren Pye
- Mrs Desai
- Frinel
- Mrs Hall
- Revik
- Dilys
- Robert Watson
- Gerdix
- Jason Jones
- Anil Rawat
- Kevin
- Daisy Watson
Worldbuilding
- Mickey talks about Playstations and Xboxes. 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.
- Rose mentions Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- Rose Tyler says to herself "Forget 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 sandwiches and two cakes at Jackie's.
Story notes
- 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
- Encounters with the Slitheen are recalled. (TV: Aliens of London/World War Three, PROSE: The Monsters Inside)
- Rose recalls her encounter with the Autons. (TV: Rose)
- Rose remembers how the Doctor previously reversed a teleport. (TV: The End of the World)
Editions published outside Britain
- Published in Hungary by Gabo in 2006 as a hardback edition.
Hungarian edition
Audiobook
- This novel was released as an audiobook in November 2007 by the RNIB and read by David Thorpe.
- This novel was released again as an audiobook in November 2012 by BBC Audio and read by Camille Coduri. The audiobook was exclusive to the AudioGo website before the company went into administration.
Audiobook cover
External links
- Official Winner Takes All page at Penguin Books
- Winner Takes All at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Winner Takes All at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Winner Takes All
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