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The Romance of Crime

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The Romance of Crime
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AuthorGareth Roberts
SeriesDoctor Who book:
Virgin Missing Adventures
Release number
6
SubjectFeaturing:
Fourth Doctor
Romana II and K-9
Set inPeriod between
The Creature from the Pit and The English Way of Death
PublisherVirgin Books
Publication date
January 1995
Pages246
ISBN0-426-20435-2
Preceded byState of Change 
Followed byThe Ghosts of N-Space 

The Romance of Crime is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K-9. It takes place directly before the Missing Adventure The English Way of Death, also by Roberts.

The title is a quotation from the Morrissey song "Sister I'm a Poet".[1]

Plot

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The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Romana and K-9 to the Rock of Judgement: a supreme prison built into a rocket-powered asteroid. What is the link between the gallery of artist Menlove Stokes, and the massacre of a survey team on a far off planet? And why is Margo, Chief Of Security, behaving in such an odd manner?

Audio adaptation

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Big Finish Productions, an audio production company based in the UK, released an audio adaptation in January 2015, starring Tom Baker and Lalla Ward with John Leeson.[2]

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