The Fourth Doctor by Gareth Roberts, Volume 1

Doctor Who Novel Adaptations #3-4

by Gareth Roberts, John Dorney (Adapted By)

The Romance of Crime

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. When involved in an investigation by the system's finest lawman, they begin to seek answers to some disturbing questions.


The English Way of Death

The Doctor, Romana and K9 arrive in 1930s London to return some overdue library books. They plan to take a rest after their recent adventures, but Romana detects a distress signal from the future and the Doctor is attacked by a suffocating green mist.



This is a five-disc limited Special Edition in deluxe premium packaging, which includes a behind the scenes interview disc, a cover exclusive to this release, and a stunning array of professional photos of the cast.

Genres: Doctor Who, Audiobook, Fiction

Audio CD

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Gareth Roberts has written TV scripts for various soap operas (including Brookeside, Springhill, and Emmerdale), Randall & Hopkirk (deceased), the revival of Doctor Who, the Sarah Jane Adventures, and Wizards vs Aliens.

Also for the Doctor Who universe, he has written the interactive adventure Attack of the Graske, the mobile phone TARDISODEs accompanying the 2006 series, several Big Finish audios, and multiple novels, as well as contributed to Doctor Who Magazine.

Reviews

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first story, the Romance of Crime, I would give 4 stars too, fun, fast and you could visualise it all. Second story, The English Way of Death, 2 stars, confusing, over populated, and just not for me.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed both stories. Tom Baker is great in these.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the second story to be a little more enjoyable than the first. Not bad, but these didn’t thrill me as much as other stories.

[Jurgen · Rating 4 out of 5]

'The Romance of Crime' by Gareth Roberts, adapted by John Dorney: 4*
'The English Way of Death' by Gareth Roberts, adapted by John Dorney: 5*

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was just the Romance of Crime story. It was a delight, as expected, to be in the company of Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor. More surprising was how pleasing it was to have Romana and K9 along for the ride. The telling effectively conveyed the oppressive atmosphere and in theory the plot was interesting. However, I was ultimately not engaged by it. Spigott the investigator with his repeated references to "Angie and the kids" was amusing in itself but somehow felt like a good idea shoehorned in where it didn't really fit.

[Debra Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

The romance of crime- The Doctor and Romana land on a justice planet that has no crime. But when a ghost of an old criminal be gins recking havoc can the Doctor stop her.
The English way of Death- The Doctor and Romana fight Zombies