Stories Book Virgin Books The Romance of Crime 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, January 19, 1995 Written by Gareth Roberts Publisher Virgin Books Pages 246 Location (Potential Spoilers!) Rock of Judgement Synopsis "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? Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fourth Doctor Charlie Nisbett First Appearance Eddie Nisbett First Appearance Pyerpoint First Appearance Xais First Appearance K9 Mark II Romana II Show All Characters (7) How to read The Romance of Crime: Books The Romance of Crime Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 1 March 2025 · 50 words Review by joeymapes21 1 I thoroughly enjoyed this, the book manages to capture the essence of the Doctor and Romana perfectly, and encapsulates the era and the characters wonderfully. The plot is woven together really well, I love the layers of deceit that are added, and all the layers that appear generally throughout. joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating250 members 3.80 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating250 votes 3.80 / 5 Member Statistics Read 30 Favourited 4 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 0 Owned 4 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Novel Adaptations Volume 1 The Romance of Crime Rating: 3.30 Story Skipped Audio Drama Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Novel Adaptations Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
