Winner Takes All

by Jaqueline Rayner and Jacqueline Rayner

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849907153
• ISBN13: 9781849907156
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: BBC Books
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

exciting

If you like the Ninth Doctor, you will enjoy this book. I especially recommend it if you like science fiction and video games which makes it a very interesting combination. It is exciting and funny. It is never boring and makes you want to keep on reading.

The Best Doctor Who Book!

I haven't read all of the new Doctor Who novels, yet, but so far "Winner Takes All" stands out as the best! The characterizations are perfect, it has fantastic banter between the Doctor and Rose and Mickey. The story is interesting--a bit insane, but believable. It's so well written that it's like reading an episode. Best of all, it makes full use of the fact that it's a novel and not a TV episode, so you really get the characters' point of view--you get to see their thoughts, how they reason things out, their motivations, and what they feel. The author even sneaks in a couple of subtle references to the romance between Rose and the Doctor: just a hint here and there that there is a bit more depth to their relationship, same as they do on the show. It also seemed a bit more "grown up" than some of the other books. A few of them seem obviously written with kids in mind, using overly simple plots and nothing too scary. But "Winner Takes All" has enough intrigue going on that adults should really enjoy it. It's got a unique mystery to be solved, some new aliens that look funny but are quite threatening, great interaction between Rose and Mickey and the Doctor, and even some hints at Time Lord abilities. Rose gets to be on her own for a while, and she doesn't sit around not knowing what to do . . . she gets clever, rescues the Doctor and Mickey, and holds her own against the aliens. Overall, it's a great story and fits right into the first series/season. I'll definitely read it again, and I hope that the author writes many more Doctor Who books.

A lot of fun!

THIS was more like it! After the bad characterization in Clockwise Man, I wasn't sure about the Doctor Who books anymore. This one was a lot of fun though! The Doctor and Rose were much more "in character", and I really enjoyed all the pop culture references, the joking around, and the bad puns! Plus, it was good to "see" Mickey again. While there were a few "huh?" things about the plot (porcupine aliens kidnap humans in order to mind-control them through an enemy aliens' stronghold) I still really enjoyed the character interactions, including those of the younger boy who was caught up in the mess and kidnapped by the aliens. In his mind, he kept building himself a story where he was the hero, but in the end he DID get to help the Doctor save everyone. It was a lot of fun, and really truly only "fluff" reading, but I enjoyed it a lot because I still really miss the Ninth Doctor and Rose.

"Winner Takes All" a great book!!

So far I've been pleased with most of the new Doctor Who books but not particularly amazed or anything, except by this book and "Stealer of Dreams." This book was awesome, what every fan should be looking for. It has real emotions, cool fight scenes, wicked technology and the fighting against wrong. I especially liked the part with the Doctor being mad at having to use Rose, something we don't get to see in the series very often but something we can all relate too. This is a very good book, I do not understand the mixed or even bad reviews at all. If you Like The Doctor and Rose this is a absolute must read.

A book even gamers will appreciate

This was an excellent book in the series. I especially liked the portrayal of Mickey ('cause you can just see this guy being a gamer!) and the Ninth Doctor ('cause you can just see the Doctor pwning Mickey in whatever video game he picks up >=D ). Rose was lovely and helpful as always. I'd have to say that, of the Ninth Doctor books out there, this one is my favourite, right up there with Jacqueline Rayner's other Who novel, The Stone Rose, another brilliant must buy.