The Romance of Crime was the third story in Big Finish Productions' Novel Adaptations range. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by John Dorney and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Lalla Ward as Romana II and John Leeson as K9.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Rock of Judgement. Court, prison and place of execution for the Uva Beta Uva system, hewn into the skin of a rocket powered asteroid. Not a good place to be. Particularly not for two Time Lords and their dog.
Upon arrival on the Rock, the Doctor, Romana and K9 find themselves embroiled in the plans of a maverick law-man, but that is just the beginning of their troubles. A highly-strung artist's gallery holds a deadly secret... and soon everyone's lives will be in danger.
They struggle to know who's good and who's bad, a terrible scheme is being unleashed. With enemies old and new attacking from both sides, can they possibly escape alive?
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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Romana - Lalla Ward
- K9 - John Leeson
- Pyerpoint - Graham Seed
- Margo/Xais - Miranda Raison
- Shom/ Hogan/ Ogron 6 - Phil Mulryne
- Frank Spiggot - Marcus Garvey
- Stokes - Michael Troughton
- Zy/ Ogron 5/ Barman - James Joyce
- Charlie Nisbett - Joshua Silver
- Eddie Nisbett/Ogrons - John Dorney
- Blakemore, Bailiff, Librarian - Jane Slavin
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- Cover Art - Tom Webster
- Director - Nicholas Briggs
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music and Sound Design - Howard Carter
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - Jonathan Morris
- Writer - Gareth Roberts, adapted by John Dorney
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Systems[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Uva Beta Uva is located near the centre of Mutter's Spiral.
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- This audio drama was recorded on 30 and 31 October and 1 November 2014 at Audio Sorcery.
- This story, along with The English Way of Death, was released in the box set Novel Adaptations: Volume 1.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Deviations from the original novel[[edit] | [edit source]]
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External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Romance of Crime page at bigfinish.com