Doctor Who: Winner Takes All
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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?
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54 primary books#3 in Doctor Who: New Series Adventures
Doctor Who: New Series Adventures is a 54-book series with 54 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Justin Richards, Stephen Cole, and Jacqueline Rayner.
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Quick, fun, entertaining.
I love 9 and Rose, and it was great to see Mickey again too.
The story was very engaging and it was great to both see Rose help and be helpless and see the Doctor have a hard time.
Only negative was that in the end you don't get to know the why of the war. And I was kinda hoping in the end the Quevvils would finally enter the center of the Mantodean stronghold and find a huge salt sculpture to steal and go home licking it all the way
Now here is one I strongly remember having fun with! Great concept, a lot of fun, Jackie Tyler if I recall correctly, too!
‘Winner Takes All' is one of my favourite Doctor Who novels that I've read to date. The aliens were definitely on the more ridiculous side in this one, but the writing made up for that. I could just hear the Doctor, Rose and Mickey's voices in my head when they spoke. It was great. Jacqueline Rayner is definitely my favourite author of the Doctor Who books.
