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{{Infobox Story | |image = Ma-6.jpg | ||
|image = Ma-6.jpg | |adapted into = The Romance of Crime (audio story) | ||
|adapted into = The Romance of Crime (audio story) | |series = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | ||
|series = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | |range = Virgin Missing Adventures | ||
|number = 6 | |number in range = 6 | ||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |number = 6 | ||
|companions = [[ | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|enemy = [[Xais]], [[Pyerpoint]], [[Charlie Nisbett]], [[Eddie Nisbett]] | |companions = [[K9 Mark II]], [[Romana II]] | ||
|setting = [[Rock of Judgement]] | |enemy = [[Xais]], [[Pyerpoint]], [[Charlie Nisbett]], [[Eddie Nisbett]] | ||
|writer = [[ | |setting = [[Rock of Judgement]], [[Planet Eleven]] | ||
|publisher = Virgin Books | |writer = Gareth Roberts | ||
|release date = | |cover = [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
|format = Paperback Book; 15 Chapters, 246 Pages | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20435-2 | |release date = 19 January 1995 | ||
|prev = State of Change (novel) | |format = Paperback Book;<br/>15 Chapters, 246 Pages | ||
|next = The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation) | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20435-2 | ||
}} | |prev = State of Change (novel) | ||
|next = The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation) | |||
'''''The Romance of Crime''''' was the sixth novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Gareth Roberts]] | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''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]]. | |||
== 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 [[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? | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Menlove Stokes]] | * [[Menlove Stokes]] | ||
* [[Zy]] | * [[Zy]] | ||
* [[Charlie Nisbett | * [[Charlie Nisbett]] | ||
* [[Eddie Nisbett | * [[Eddie Nisbett]] | ||
* [[Pyerpoint|Sentinel]] | * [[Pyerpoint|Sentinel]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Gjork]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Flarkk]] | ||
* [[Bnorg]] | |||
* [[Jarrigan Voltt]] | |||
* [[Naomi Blakemore]] | |||
* [[Hogan (The Romance of Crime)|Hogan]] | |||
* [[Davis (The Romance of Crime)|Davis]] | |||
* [[Wilkin (The Romance of Crime)|Wilkin]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== Games === | |||
* The Doctor, [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] play [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]. | |||
=== The Doctor === | |||
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] is six foot four inches tall. | |||
* [[The Doctor's scarf]] is twenty-six feet long. | |||
=== Foods and beverages === | |||
* Ogrons drink Rigellian [[Ale]]. | |||
== | == Notes == | ||
'' | * This story is set between ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'' and ''[[Nightmare of Eden (TV story)|Nightmare of Eden]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor refers to activating the TARDIS' [[randomiser]] in order to evade the [[Black Guardian]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'') | * The Doctor refers to activating [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s [[randomiser]] in order to evade the [[Black Guardian]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_ma06.htm|The Romance of Crime}} | |||
* {{whoniverse| | * {{whoniverse|ma06|The Romance of Crime}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/romance.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Romance of Crime'''] | |||
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