The Romance of Crime was the fourth serial of Season 32 of Doctor Who. It was written by Gareth Roberts, directed by Alan Wareing and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor, Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield & Robert Bathurst as Chris Hector.
Synopsis[]
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Bernice and Chris 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?
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Chris Hector - Robert Bathurst
- Pyerpoint - Richard Pearce
- Margo - Suzanne Burden
- Xais - Julie Dawn Cole
- Shom - Robbie Coltrane
- Hogan - Ian Hart
- Ogron 6 - Jeremy Barrett
- Frank Spiggot - Richard Bremmer
- Stokes - David Battley
- Zy - Harry Taylor
- Ogron 5 - Jimmy Hibbert
- Barman - Leslie Phillips
- Charlie Nisbett - Terence Bayler
- Eddie Nisbett - Simon Fisher-Becker
- Ogrons - Steve Devereaux, Robert Inch, Jeremy Peters
- Blakemore - Fiona Shaw
- Bailiff - Geraldine Sommerville
- Librarian - Jean Southern
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
Foods and beverages[]
- Ogrons drink Rigellian Ale.
Systems[]
- Uva Beta Uva is located near the centre of Mutter's Spiral.
- Its stars are toroidal-elliptical.
- It is orbited by fourteen planets.
- It was first colonised in the year 2230.
Notes[]
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Continuity[]
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Home video releases[]
VHS[]
- This story was first released on VHS.
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 32 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Second Season in 2007.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 32 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 32 in the UK.