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 takes place directly before the Missing Adventure The English Way of Death, also by Roberts.

[1] 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?

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.