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|image = The Taking of Chelsea 426.jpg | |image = The Taking of Chelsea 426.jpg | ||
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]] | |series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]] | ||
|number = 34 | |number = 34 | ||
|doctor = Tenth Doctor | |doctor = Tenth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Jake Carstairs|Jake]], [[Vienna Carstairs|Vienna]], [[Wallace Fitch|Wallace]] | |companions = [[Jake Carstairs|Jake]], [[Vienna Carstairs|Vienna]], [[Wallace Fitch|Wallace]] | ||
|enemy = {{il|[[Sontaran]]s,|[[Rutan Host|Rutans]]}} | |enemy = {{il|[[Sontaran]]s,|[[Rutan Host|Rutans]]}} | ||
|setting = [[Chelsea 426]] | |setting = [[Chelsea 426]] and [[Saturn]], [[26th century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = David Llewellyn | ||
|read by=[[Christopher Ryan]] | |read by = [[Christopher Ryan]] | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 3 September 2009 | ||
|format = Hardcover, 241 Pages | |format = Hardcover, 241 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-758-6 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-758-6 | ||
|prev = Prisoner of the Daleks (novel) | |prev = Prisoner of the Daleks (novel) | ||
|next = Autonomy (novel) | |next = Autonomy (novel) | ||
|clip = Doctor Who The Taking of Chelsea 426 | |clip = Doctor Who The Taking of Chelsea 426 | ||
|cover = [[Lee Binding]] | |||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''The Taking of Chelsea 426''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[David Llewellyn]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]]. | '''''The Taking of Chelsea 426''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was [[Writer|written]] by [[David Llewellyn]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The [[Chelsea Flower Show]] - hardly the most exciting or | The [[Chelsea Flower Show]] - hardly the most [[Excitement|exciting]] or [[danger]]ous event in the [[calendar]]r, or so [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] thinks. But this is [[Chelsea 426]], a [[city]]-sized future [[colony]] floating on the [[cloud]]s of [[Saturn]], and the [[flower]]s are much more than they seem. | ||
As [[ | As the Doctor [[Investigation|investigates]], he becomes more and more worried. Who is shopkeeper [[Pemberton (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Mr Pemberton]] acting so strangely? And what is [[Professor]] [[Wilberforce (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Wilberforce's]] [[Rutan|terrible secret]]? | ||
They are close to finding the answers when a familiar foe arrives, and the stakes suddenly get much higher. The [[Sontaran]]s have plans of their own, 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 [[Sontaran]]s have plans of their own, and [[Rutan-Sontaran War|they're not here to arrange flowers]].. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Alice Wendell]] | |||
* [[Professor]] [[Wilberforce (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Wilberforce]] | |||
* [[Jake Carstairs]] | |||
* [[Vienna Carstairs]] | |||
* [[Tenth Doctor]] | * [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Brian Carstairs]] | ||
* [[Bess Carstairs]] | * [[Bess Carstairs]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mynah bird]] | ||
* [[Pemberton (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Mr Pemberton]] | * [[Pemberton (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Mr Pemberton]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Wallace Fitch]] | ||
* [[Smalls|Mr Smalls]] | * [[Smalls|Mr Smalls]] | ||
* [[Sedgefield|Mr Sedgefield]] | * [[Sedgefield|Mr Sedgefield]] | ||
* [[Zeke (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Zeke]] | |||
* [[Assistant (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Assistant]] | |||
* [[Bruno (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Bruno]] | |||
* [[Major|Field Marshal]] [[Henry Whittington Smythe]] | |||
* [[Usher (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Usher]] | |||
* [[Bashford (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Sergeant Bashford]] | |||
* [[Sarg (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Colonel Sarg]] | |||
* [[Kade|General Kade]] | * [[Kade|General Kade]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Thomas (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Captain Thomas]] | ||
* [[Zack]] | |||
* [[Jenny (The Taking of Chelsea 426)|Jenny]] | |||
* [[Strom|Commander Strom]] | * [[Strom|Commander Strom]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The [[Rutan]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s are present. | * The [[Rutan]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s are present. | ||
* According to the Doctor, it is about due for the [[Third Renaissance]] | * According to the Doctor, it is about due for the [[Third Renaissance]]. | ||
* The Doctor cannot stand [[pear]]s. | |||
=== Food and Beverages === | |||
* The Doctor cannot stand [[pear]]s. He drinks [[orange juice]] in the Grand Hotel. | |||
== 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 (releases)|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 | * [[David Llewellyn]] also wrote the [[BBC Torchwood Novels|Torchwood]] novel {{cs|Trace Memory (novel)}}, and would later go on to write extensively for [[Big Finish]]. | ||
* The title is a reference to the novel and film {{wi|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 ''[[Children of Earth]]''. | * The title is a reference to the novel and film {{wi|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 ''[[Children of Earth]]''. | ||
* The Doctor asks Vienna, "The city or the song?" The song may be a reference to the Owl City song "Dear Vienna" | * The Doctor asks Vienna, "The city or the song?" The song may be a reference to the song by [[Ultravox]], the song by Billy Joel or the Owl City song "Dear Vienna". | ||
* 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. | ||
* Several elements introduced in this story would later be reused in Llewellyn's novel {{cs|Night of the Humans (novel)}} including the [[Hexion]]s, [[Mercutio 14]] and the ''[[Herald of Nanking]]''. | |||
* The story was | * The Doctor's dislike or pears references the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s distaste for them in the novel {{cs|Human Nature (novel)}} from the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]''. The same reference to pears was originally filmed for the [[Human Nature (TV story)|televised adaptation of the story]] in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]], but this scene was deleted. ''The Taking of Chelsea 426'', therefore, essentially preserved this characteristic into the revived era. It was eventually [[List of references to other DWU media in live-action BBC stories|directly referenced on television]] in [[Series 9]]'s {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}, and again in [[Series 10]]'s [[Christmas Special]], {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}}. Incidentally, the latter was [[Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)|novelised]] by [[Paul Cornell]], who also wrote [[Human Nature|both versions of ''Human Nature'']]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Sontarans last appeared on screen in [[TV]]: | * The Sontarans last appeared on screen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)}} / {{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|Enemy of the Bane (TV story)}}. They last appeared in print in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Games (novel)}}. | ||
* The Rutans last appeared on screen in [[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]''. To date, this is their only on-screen appearance. | * The Rutans last appeared on screen in [[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]''. To date, this is their only on-screen appearance. | ||
* The events of [[TV]]: | * The events of [[TV]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}} are mentioned. | ||
* Chelsea 426 was founded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]]. ([[TV]]: | * Chelsea 426 was founded by the [[Interplanetary Mining Corporation]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Colony in Space (TV story)}}) | ||
* The Doctor mentions a [[Krynoid]]. ([[TV]]: | * The Doctor mentions a [[Krynoid]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Seeds of Doom (TV story)}}) | ||
* While in the TARDIS, Jake plays with the crate of items beginning with C, last seen in [[TV]]: | * While in the TARDIS, Jake plays with the crate of items beginning with C, last seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}. Its contents include an [[Agatha Christie]] [[Death in the Clouds|novel]], the [[Carrionite]] globe and a [[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. ([[TV]]: | * The Doctor declares a dislike of [[pear]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature}}) | ||
* The Doctor says "For one thing I've had my fair share of angry mothers lately" ([[TV]]: | * At the end of the novel, the Doctor looks around the empty TARDIS. He also did this before his second meeting with [[Donna Noble]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime}}) | ||
* The Doctor mentions the [[Battle of Olympus Mons]]. ([[PROSE]]: | * The Doctor says "For one thing I've had my fair share of angry mothers lately" ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)}}, {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}}) | ||
* The Doctor mentions the [[Battle of Olympus Mons]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Transit (novel)}}) | |||
== Audiobook == | |||
* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Christopher Ryan]]. | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
