The Men Who Sold the World
Main character(s):	Rex Matheson
Featuring:	Esther Drummond Captain Jack Harkness Gwen Cooper
Main setting:	Earth, 2011
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Books
Writer:	Guy Adams
Release details
Release number:	18
Release date:	18 August 2011
Format:	Softcover Book
ISBN 1-84990-285-2
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The Men Who Sold the World was the eighteenth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series and served as a prequel to TV: The New World.

Publisher's summary Edit

When Oscar Lupe appears 20,000 feet up in the air, his body is frozen solid and free-falling to earth. It shatters on impact. Soon after, a CIA Special Activities Division squad goes rogue with a cargo marked 'Torchwood' that they've been escorting from somewhere called Cardiff.

The Agency puts Rex Matheson on the case. As the strange deaths pile up, Rex realises there must be experimental tech out there, but someone is obstructing him at every turn. Rex is the CIA's golden boy – but has he met his match in the evasive Mr. Wynter…?

Characters Edit

• Jack Harkness
• Gwen Cooper
• Ianto Jones
• Rex Matheson
• Esther Drummond
• Mr. Broderick
• Ted Loomis
• Colonel Cotter Gleason
• Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Mulroney
• Oscar Lupé
• Corporal Owen Mills
• Glen Shaeffer
• Sergeant Joe Leonard
• Sergeant David Ellroy
• Mr. Wynter
• The Employer
• The Older Man
• The Woman
• The Young Irish Man
• The Representative
• Rick Yates MP
• Mr. Black
• Wilson
• Commander Harris

References Edit

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Notes Edit

• The title is a reference to the song The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie, as was the Doctor Who comic strip The Woman Who Sold the World.
• This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity Edit

to be added

• The Ytraxorian is encountered by Torchwood 3 before the death of Ianto Jones and the destruction of The Hub.

Audio release Edit

• The story was released as an audiobook on download only from the AudioGo website read by John Telfer.