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{{Infobox Novel|
{{Infobox Novel
novel name= The Romance of Crime |
|image = [[Image:Ma-6.jpg|250px]]
image= [[Image:Ma-6.jpg|250px]] |
|novel name = The Romance of Crime
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |
|series = [[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
number= 6 |
|number = 6
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] |
|doctor = [[Fourth Doctor]]
companions= [[Romana II]], [[K-9]] |
|companions = [[Romana II]], [[K-9]]
enemy= [[Xais]] |
|enemy = [[Xais]] [[The Nisbetts]]
year=The [[Rock of Judgement]], [[Uva Beta Uva System]], circa [[2380]]|
[[Zy]]
writer= [[Gareth Roberts]] |
|year = The [[Rock of Judgement]], [[Uva Beta Uva System]], circa [[2380]], [[Planet Eleven]]
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|writer = [[Gareth Roberts]]
release date= [[January]], [[1995]] |
|publisher = [[Virgin Books]]
format= Paperback Book, 246 Pages |
|release date = [[January]], [[1995]]
isbn= ISBN 0426204352|
|format = Paperback Book, 246 Pages
previous story=[[State of Change]]|
|isbn = ISBN 0426204352
next story= [[The Ghosts of N-Space (novel)|The Ghosts of N-Space]] }}
|previous story = [[State of Change]]
|next story = [[The Ghosts of N-Space (novel)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]
}}


==Publisher's summary==
==Publisher's summary==
'''‘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 the [[fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[K-9]] 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 the [[fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[K-9]] 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?
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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[[Category:1995 novels|Romance of Crime]]
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Revision as of 15:15, 21 July 2010


Publisher's summary

‘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 fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9 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?

Characters

  • The Doctor
  • Romana
  • K-9
  • Xais
  • Frank Spiggot
  • Pyerpoint
  • Margo
  • Menlove Stokes
  • Zy
  • The Hatred Of Norms
  • Nisbett
  • Charlie
  • Eddie
  • Sentinel
  • Ogron Thug 1
  • Ogron Thug 2

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Notes

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Continuity

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Timeline

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