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:"How do you kill someone?" asked the Doctor. "Eviscerate them, crush them, reverse their particles. But do the dead always stay dead?"
:"How do you kill someone?" asked the Doctor. "Eviscerate them, crush them, reverse their particles. But do the dead always stay dead?"


[[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] brings [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[K9]] to the [[Rock of Judgement]]: a court, [[prison]] and place of execution built into a rocket-powered [[asteroid]]. There they become embroiled in an investigation by the system's finest lawman.
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] brings [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] to the [[Rock of Judgement]]: a [[court]], [[prison]] and place of [[execution]] built into a rocket-powered [[asteroid]]. There they become embroiled in an investigation by the system's finest lawman.


What connects the macabre gallery of artist [[Menlove Stokes]] with the slaughter of a survey team on a distant [[planet]]? Why is [[Margo]], chief of security, behaving so strangely? And which [[Ogron|old enemies]] of the Doctor are aboard the unmarked spaceship making its way towards the Rock?
What connects the macabre gallery of artist [[Menlove Stokes]] with the slaughter of a survey team on a distant [[planet]]? Why is [[Margo]], chief of security, behaving so strangely? And which [[Ogron|old enemies]] of the Doctor are aboard the unmarked spaceship making its way towards the Rock?
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== References ==
== References ==
=== Games ===
=== Games ===
* The Doctor, [[Romana II]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] play [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]].
* The Doctor, [[Romana II]] and [[K9 Mark II]] play [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/romance.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Romance of Crime''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/romance.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Romance of Crime''']
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The Romance of Crime was the sixth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Gareth Roberts and featured the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II.

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"How do you kill someone?" asked the Doctor. "Eviscerate them, crush them, reverse their particles. But do the dead always stay dead?"

The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Romana and K9 to the Rock of Judgement: a court, prison and place of execution built into a rocket-powered asteroid. There they become embroiled in an investigation by the system's finest lawman.

What connects the macabre gallery of artist Menlove Stokes with the slaughter of a survey team on a distant planet? Why is Margo, chief of security, behaving so strangely? And which old enemies of the Doctor are aboard the unmarked spaceship making its way towards the Rock?

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