The Taking of Chelsea 426 (novel)

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.

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. Who 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..

Plot
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Characters

 * Alice Wendell
 * Professor Wilberforce
 * Jake Carstairs
 * Vienna Carstairs
 * Tenth Doctor
 * Brian Carstairs
 * Bess Carstairs
 * Mynah bird
 * Mr Pemberton
 * Wallace Fitch
 * Mr Smalls
 * Mr Sedgefield
 * Zeke
 * Assistant
 * Bruno
 * Field Marshal Henry Whittington Smythe
 * Usher
 * Sergeant Bashford
 * Colonel Sarg
 * General Kade
 * Captain Thomas
 * Zack
 * Jenny
 * Commander Strom

Worldbuilding

 * The Rutans and the Sontarans are present.
 * According to the Doctor, it is about due for the Third Renaissance.

Food and Beverages

 * The Doctor cannot stand pears. He drinks orange juice in the Grand Hotel.

Continuity

 * The Sontarans last appeared on screen in TV: The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky and TV: Enemy of the Bane. They last appeared in print in PROSE: The Sontaran Games.
 * The Rutans last appeared on screen in TV: Horror of Fang Rock. To date, this is their only on-screen appearance.
 * The events of TV: The Two Doctors and The Time Warrior are mentioned.
 * Chelsea 426 was founded by the Interplanetary Mining Corporation. (TV: Colony in Space)
 * The Doctor mentions a Krynoid. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)
 * While in the TARDIS, Jake plays with the crate of items beginning with C, last seen in TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp. Its contents include an Agatha Christie 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: Partners in Crime)
 * The Doctor says "For one thing I've had my fair share of angry mothers lately" (TV: Aliens of London, The Lazarus Experiment, Partners in Crime)
 * The Doctor mentions the Battle of Olympus Mons. (PROSE: Transit)

Audiobook

 * This novel was released as an audiobook in September 2010 by BBC Audio and read by Christopher Ryan.