The Romance of Crime was the sixth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Gareth Roberts. It featured the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II.
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 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?
Plot
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Characters
- Fourth Doctor
- Romana II
- K9 Mark II
- Xais
- Frank Spiggot
- Pyerpoint
- Margo
- Shom
- Menlove Stokes
- Zy
- The Hatred of Norms
- Nisbett
- Charlie
- Eddie
- Sentinel
- Ogron Thug 1
- Ogron Thug 2
References
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Notes
Big Finish are to release an audio adaptation of the novel in January 2015 as a four-part story starring Tom Baker and Lalla Ward as announced in Doctor Who Magazine issue 467. This will be released along with an audio adaption of another Gareth Roberts novel The English Way of Death.
Continuity
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External links
- The Romance of Crime at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Romance of Crime at The Whoniverse
