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Doctor Who: The Taking Of Chelsea 426 (Hardcover)

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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books (3 Sep 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846077583
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846077586
  • Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 11.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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The Chelsea Flower Show - hardly the most exciting or dangerous event in the calendar, or so 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, 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...

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4.0 out of 5 stars Slow to start with but fast paced at the end, 11 Oct 2009
This book was a very enjoyable book. This is the fourth novel to be realeased in 209. The Doctor gets three new one of companions young than 18. Much like the Sarah Jane Adventures. The Book also has Sontarans in it they first appeared in 1973 doctor who episode the Time Warrior. Which is also referenced. The rutans though dont make a full appeaernece but do have a virus which the sontarans want to get rid of. The Only Problem with this book is that is very slow paced at thge beginning. But on the other hand it gets very fast at the end.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment., 18 Oct 2009
By Dave Lynch (Ireland) - See all my reviews
I'm a long standing fan of Doctor Who. No,more than a fan. I love,love, love, love, LOVE Doctor Who,and I have done since the days of Tom Baker - which gives you an idea how many wobbly sets, Fairy Liquid bottle spaceships, rubber monster suits and visible threads I've seen and accepted and overlooked in my time.
However I am taking the time out to review this book - the first time I have reviewed a Doctor Who book here - because I think it would waste many fans' time to read it.
The book is paced well but that's part of the problem. Personally, having reached page 202 with a mere 39 pages left to read I considered the option of not bothering to finish it. It contains no 'cliffhangers'; nothing to create suspense. In fact I found more suspense and mystery in the recent Famous Five book I've been reading with my daughter! The Doctor is well written,however there is no point in the book where there's ever even a glimmer of chance that he seems under pressure or in danger. The Sontarans are badly characterised here, for example one Sontaran leaping over the head of the other during combat. They have always been an unwieldy race who succeed by brute force in any previous engagement. The Rutans.. their involvement would have been an interesting idea had it come as some kind of surprise rather than spoonfed to us right from the start.
The book is a page turner, in that the author's style is easily read, there are a couple of amusing observations on the part of the Doctor; however it reads like a children's story - no intrigue at all, just a description of what the characters do, say and think from start to finish.
Massive potential missed on this one.
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3.0 out of 5 stars sonta .ha, 17 Oct 2009
i was looking forward to this book waited months found it in wh smith and snaped it up streaght away . started reading it right away, and to be fair it is a good book lots of nice moments and imagery and i love the idea of what done they done with the rutans ( not saying anything ) altrough i would have loved to read with them actully in it

the above poster is right it,s very slow in fact it takes 70s pages to get going in the meantime we got to contend with two very anoying ( but not in extreme cases say like forever autumn ) teenagers. and their parents a major who rambles and a captain and a mayor so much padding but that said the doctor is well wrriten and he dose bring some fun to the teenagers they would have been bland without him

the sontarans themselfs ok lets get it out of the way first i love them they can be a brutal force and take the daleks on and win but the sontarans here dont act like sontarans sure they got the code and everything but on more than once ocasion they let the doctor go they would rather die than let an enemy live they seem prity clueless to be honest and they are intelegence ( as the doctor pointed out ) they do lash out at some plants trough and thats a wonderfull image but i,d prefer it if they did some human killing saying that the cliffhangner befor one of the chapters where they butcher a whole army then march towards to the doctor is wonderfull stuff and this is as brutal as they get

the ending is one of the best in the new doctor who range and a nice twist too

it,s a nice idea perfect idea but a whole lot mor could be done with it with that all said i enjoyed reading it and would recomend it but dont expect too much

sonta ha


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