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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">The Romance of Crime <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Romance+of+Crime&rft.author=%5B%5BGareth+Roberts+%28writer%29%7CGareth+Roberts%5D%5D&rft.date=January+1995&rft.pub=%5B%5BVirgin+Books%5D%5D&rft.pages=246&rft.series=%27%27%5B%5BDoctor+Who%5D%5D%27%27+book%3A%3Cbr+%2F%3E%5B%5BVirgin+Missing+Adventures%5D%5D"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Romance_of_Crime.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/Romance_of_Crime.jpg/220px-Romance_of_Crime.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="370" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Romance_of_Crime.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="243" data-file-height="409" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cover Art</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Roberts_(writer)" title="Gareth Roberts (writer)">Gareth Roberts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> book:<br /><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Missing_Adventures" title="Virgin Missing Adventures">Virgin Missing Adventures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Release number</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data">Featuring:<br /><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Doctor" title="Fourth Doctor">Fourth Doctor</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Romana_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Romana II">Romana II</a> and <a href="/wiki/K-9_(Doctor_Who)" class="mw-redirect" title="K-9 (Doctor Who)">K-9</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Set in</th><td class="infobox-data">Period between<br /><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creature_from_the_Pit" title="The Creature from the Pit">The Creature from the Pit</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Way_of_Death" title="The English Way of Death">The English Way of Death</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Books" title="Virgin Books">Virgin Books</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; 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It takes place directly before the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Missing_Adventures" title="Virgin Missing Adventures">Missing Adventure</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Way_of_Death" title="The English Way of Death">The English Way of Death</a></i>, also by Roberts. </p><p>The title is a quotation from the <a href="/wiki/Morrissey" title="Morrissey">Morrissey</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Sister_I%27m_a_Poet" title="Sister I'm a Poet">Sister I'm a Poet</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Romance_of_Crime&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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? </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Audio_adaptation">Audio adaptation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Romance_of_Crime&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Audio adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Big_Finish_Productions" title="Big Finish Productions">Big Finish Productions</a>, an audio production company based in the UK, released an audio adaptation in January 2015, starring <a href="/wiki/Tom_Baker" title="Tom Baker">Tom Baker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lalla_Ward" title="Lalla Ward">Lalla Ward</a> with <a href="/wiki/John_Leeson" title="John Leeson">John Leeson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Romance_of_Crime&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Sister_I%27m_a_Poet" title="Sister I'm a Poet">Sister I'm a Poet</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-romance-of-crime-standard-edition-1002">"3. 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Art</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Damaged_Goods_(Davies_novel)" title="Damaged Goods (Davies novel)">Damaged Goods</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/So_Vile_a_Sin" title="So Vile a Sin">So Vile a Sin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Therapy" title="Bad Therapy">Bad Therapy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eternity_Weeps" title="Eternity Weeps">Eternity Weeps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Room_with_No_Doors" title="The Room with No Doors">The Room with No Doors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lungbarrow" title="Lungbarrow">Lungbarrow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dying_Days" title="The Dying Days">The Dying Days</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bernice_Summerfield" title="Bernice Summerfield">Bernice<br />Summerfield</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Missing_Adventures289" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Missing_Adventures" title="Virgin Missing Adventures">Missing Adventures</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Goth_Opera" title="Goth Opera">Goth Opera</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Venusian_Lullaby" title="Venusian Lullaby">Venusian Lullaby</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crystal_Bucephalus" title="The Crystal Bucephalus">The Crystal Bucephalus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Change" title="State of Change">State of Change</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Romance of Crime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_of_Your_Life_(novel)" title="Time of Your Life (novel)">Time of Your Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_the_Code" title="Dancing the Code">Dancing the Code</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Menagerie_(novel)" title="The Menagerie (novel)">The Menagerie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/System_Shock_(novel)" title="System Shock (novel)">System Shock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice_(Bulis_novel)" title="The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Bulis novel)">The Sorcerer's Apprentice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Millennial_Rites" title="Millennial Rites">Millennial Rites</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_of_Glass" title="The Empire of Glass">The Empire of Glass</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Velvet_Mask" title="The Man in the Velvet Mask">The Man in the Velvet Mask</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Way_of_Death" title="The English Way of Death">The English Way of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_Giant" title="The Eye of the Giant">The Eye of the Giant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sands_of_Time_(Richards_novel)" title="The Sands of Time (Richards novel)">The Sands of Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Killing_Ground_(novel)" title="Killing Ground (novel)">Killing Ground</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scales_of_Injustice" title="The Scales of Injustice">The Scales of Injustice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Weng-Chiang" title="The Shadow of Weng-Chiang">The Shadow of Weng-Chiang</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twilight_of_the_Gods_(Bulis_novel)" title="Twilight of the Gods (Bulis novel)">Twilight of the Gods</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Plotters" title="The Plotters">The Plotters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Fusion_(novel)" title="Cold Fusion (novel)">Cold Fusion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Path_(McIntee_novel)" title="The Dark Path (McIntee novel)">The Dark Path</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Well-Mannered_War" title="The Well-Mannered War">The Well-Mannered War</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Eighth_Doctor_Adventures289" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Doctor_Adventures" title="Eighth Doctor Adventures">Eighth Doctor Adventures</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eight_Doctors" title="The Eight Doctors">The Eight Doctors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vampire_Science" title="Vampire Science">Vampire Science</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bodysnatchers_(novel)" title="The Bodysnatchers (novel)">The Bodysnatchers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genocide_(novel)" title="Genocide (novel)">Genocide</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Daleks" title="War of the Daleks">War of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kursaal_(novel)" title="Kursaal (novel)">Kursaal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Option_Lock" title="Option Lock">Option Lock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Longest_Day_(novel)" title="Longest Day (novel)">Longest Day</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Daleks" title="Legacy of the Daleks">Legacy of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dreamstone_Moon" title="Dreamstone Moon">Dreamstone Moon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seeing_I" title="Seeing I">Seeing I</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vanderdeken%27s_Children" title="Vanderdeken's Children">Vanderdeken's Children</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scarlet_Empress_(novel)" title="The Scarlet Empress (novel)">The Scarlet Empress</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Face-Eater" title="The Face-Eater">The Face-Eater</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Taint_(novel)" title="The Taint (novel)">The Taint</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Demontage" title="Demontage">Demontage</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Revolution_Man" title="Revolution Man">Revolution Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dominion_(Walters_novel)" title="Dominion (Walters novel)">Dominion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unnatural_History_(novel)" title="Unnatural History (novel)">Unnatural History</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Autumn_Mist" title="Autumn Mist">Autumn Mist</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coldheart_(novel)" title="Coldheart (novel)">Coldheart</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Space_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="The Space Age">The Space Age</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Banquo_Legacy" title="The Banquo Legacy">The Banquo Legacy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ancestor_Cell" title="The Ancestor Cell">The Ancestor Cell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burning_(novel)" title="The Burning (novel)">The Burning</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Turing_Test_(novel)" title="The Turing Test (novel)">The Turing Test</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Endgame_(novel)" title="Endgame (novel)">Endgame</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Year_of_Intelligent_Tigers" title="The Year of Intelligent Tigers">The Year of Intelligent Tigers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Slow_Empire" title="The Slow Empire">The Slow Empire</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_City_of_the_Dead_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The City of the Dead (novel)">The City of the Dead</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grimm_Reality" title="Grimm Reality">Grimm Reality</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventuress_of_Henrietta_Street" title="The Adventuress of Henrietta Street">The Adventuress of Henrietta Street</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hope_(Clapham_novel)" title="Hope (Clapham novel)">Hope</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anachrophobia" title="Anachrophobia">Anachrophobia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trading_Futures" title="Trading Futures">Trading Futures</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Still" title="The Book of the Still">The Book of the Still</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crooked_World" title="The Crooked World">The Crooked World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/History_101_(novel)" title="History 101 (novel)">History 101</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Camera_Obscura_(novel)" title="Camera Obscura (novel)">Camera Obscura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_Zero" title="Time Zero">Time Zero</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Infinity_Race" title="The Infinity Race">The Infinity Race</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Domino_Effect_(novel)" title="The Domino Effect (novel)">The Domino Effect</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reckless_Engineering" title="Reckless Engineering">Reckless Engineering</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Resort_(novel)" title="The Last Resort (novel)">The Last Resort</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Timeless_(Cole_novel)" title="Timeless (Cole novel)">Timeless</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emotional_Chemistry" title="Emotional Chemistry">Emotional Chemistry</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sometime_Never..." title="Sometime Never...">Sometime Never...</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tomorrow_Windows" title="The Tomorrow Windows">The Tomorrow Windows</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_(Day_novel)" title="The Sleep of Reason (Day novel)">The Sleep of Reason</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_the_Slaughter" title="To the Slaughter">To the Slaughter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gallifrey_Chronicles_(Parkin_novel)" title="The Gallifrey Chronicles (Parkin novel)">The Gallifrey Chronicles</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Past_Doctor_Adventures289" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i><a href="/wiki/Past_Doctor_Adventures" title="Past Doctor Adventures">Past Doctor Adventures</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Goblins_from_Neptune" title="The Devil Goblins from Neptune">The Devil Goblins from Neptune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Roundheads" title="The Roundheads">The Roundheads</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Infinity_Doctors" title="The Infinity Doctors">The Infinity Doctors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salvation_(novel)" title="Salvation (novel)">Salvation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wages_of_Sin_(novel)" title="The Wages of Sin (novel)">The Wages of Sin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Players_(Dicks_novel)" title="Players (Dicks novel)">Players</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Final_Sanction_(novel)" title="The Final Sanction (novel)">The Final Sanction</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Corpse_Marker" title="Corpse Marker">Corpse Marker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Gaderene" title="Last of the Gaderene">Last of the Gaderene</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Verdigris_(novel)" title="Verdigris (novel)">Verdigris</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grave_Matter" title="Grave Matter">Grave Matter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Festival_of_Death" title="Festival of Death">Festival of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_King_of_Terror" title="The King of Terror">The King of Terror</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Quantum_Archangel" title="The Quantum Archangel">The Quantum Archangel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bunker_Soldiers" title="Bunker Soldiers">Bunker Soldiers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_in_the_Glass" title="The Shadow in the Glass">The Shadow in the Glass</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superior_Beings" title="Superior Beings">Superior Beings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Instruments_of_Darkness" title="Instruments of Darkness">Instruments of Darkness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warmonger_(novel)" title="Warmonger (novel)">Warmonger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Little_Aliens" title="Ten Little Aliens">Ten Little Aliens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Combat_Rock_(novel)" title="Combat Rock (novel)">Combat Rock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Suns_of_Caresh" title="The Suns of Caresh">The Suns of Caresh</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fear_of_the_Dark_(novel)" title="Fear of the Dark (novel)">Fear of the Dark</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Box_(novel)" title="Blue Box (novel)">Blue Box</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colony_of_Lies" title="The Colony of Lies">The Colony of Lies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wolfsbane_(novel)" title="Wolfsbane (novel)">Wolfsbane</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eleventh_Tiger" title="The Eleventh Tiger">The Eleventh Tiger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Synthespians%E2%84%A2" title="Synthespians™">Synthespians™</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Algebra_of_Ice" title="The Algebra of Ice">The Algebra of Ice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Indestructible_Man_(novel)" title="The Indestructible Man (novel)">The Indestructible Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spiral_Scratch_(novel)" title="Spiral Scratch (novel)">Spiral Scratch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World_Game_(novel)" title="World Game (novel)">World Game</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Travellers" title="The Time Travellers">The Time Travellers</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Novellas289" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Telos_Doctor_Who_novellas" title="Telos Doctor Who novellas">Novellas</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_and_Relative" title="Time and Relative">Time and Relative</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Devils_(novella)" title="Foreign Devils (novella)">Foreign Devils</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wonderland_(novella)" title="Wonderland (novella)">Wonderland</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shell_Shock_(novella)" title="Shell Shock (novella)">Shell Shock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Light" title="The Cabinet of Light">The Cabinet of Light</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_and_Hope" title="Blood and Hope">Blood and Hope</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dalek_Factor" title="The Dalek Factor">The Dalek Factor</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="New_Series_Adventures289" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i><a href="/wiki/New_Series_Adventures" title="New Series Adventures">New Series Adventures</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Drowned" title="The Feast of the Drowned">The Feast of the Drowned</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Resurrection_Casket" title="The Resurrection Casket">The Resurrection Casket</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Art_of_Destruction" title="The Art of Destruction">The Art of Destruction</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sting_of_the_Zygons" title="Sting of the Zygons">Sting of the Zygons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Dodo" title="The Last Dodo">The Last Dodo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wooden_Heart_(novel)" title="Wooden Heart (novel)">Wooden Heart</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sick_Building" title="Sick Building">Sick Building</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wetworld" title="Wetworld">Wetworld</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pirate_Loop" title="The Pirate Loop">The Pirate Loop</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Snowglobe_7" title="Snowglobe 7">Snowglobe 7</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Many_Hands" title="The Many Hands">The Many Hands</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Doctor_Trap" title="The Doctor Trap">The Doctor Trap</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shining_Darkness" title="Shining Darkness">Shining Darkness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Martha" title="The Story of Martha">The Story of Martha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Chaos_(Russell_novel)" title="Beautiful Chaos (Russell novel)">Beautiful Chaos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eyeless" title="The Eyeless">The Eyeless</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Slitheen_Excursion" title="The Slitheen Excursion">The Slitheen Excursion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_the_Daleks" title="Prisoner of the Daleks">Prisoner of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Krillitane_Storm" title="The Krillitane Storm">The Krillitane Storm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Humans" title="Night of the Humans">Night of the Humans</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Forgotten_Army" title="The Forgotten Army">The Forgotten Army</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Time" title="Nuclear Time">Nuclear Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Glamour_Chase" title="The Glamour Chase">The Glamour Chase</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Coming_of_the_Terraphiles" title="The Coming of the Terraphiles">The Coming of the Terraphiles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_Through_the_Woods_(McCormack_novel)" title="The Way Through the Woods (McCormack novel)">The Way Through The Woods</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hunter%27s_Moon_(Finch_novel)" title="Hunter's Moon (Finch novel)">Hunter's Moon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradox_Lost" class="mw-redirect" title="Paradox Lost">Paradox Lost</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Silent_Stars_Go_By_(Abnett_novel)" title="The Silent Stars Go By (Abnett novel)">The Silent Stars Go By</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Engines_of_War" title="Engines of War">Engines of War</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blood_Cell" title="The Blood Cell">The Blood Cell</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novellas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/I_am_a_Dalek" title="I am a Dalek">I am a Dalek</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Made_of_Steel_(novella)" title="Made of Steel (novella)">Made of Steel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sontaran_Games" title="The Sontaran Games">The Sontaran Games</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_Krillitanes" title="Code of the Krillitanes">Code of the Krillitanes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_audiobooks#Original_audiobooks" title="List of Doctor Who audiobooks">Audiobooks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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title="Shada (Doctor Who)">Shada</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Attack_of_the_Graske" title="Attack of the Graske">Attack of the Graske</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_of_Sarah_Jane_Smith" title="The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith">The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Doctor_Who:_Fourth_Doctor_stories76" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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Who)">Robot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_in_Space" title="The Ark in Space">The Ark in Space</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sontaran_Experiment" title="The Sontaran Experiment">The Sontaran Experiment</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_of_the_Daleks" title="Genesis of the Daleks">Genesis of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Cybermen" title="Revenge of the Cybermen">Revenge of the Cybermen</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_13" title="Doctor Who season 13">Season 13</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_the_Zygons" title="Terror of the Zygons">Terror of the Zygons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planet_of_Evil" title="Planet of Evil">Planet of Evil</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pyramids_of_Mars" title="Pyramids of Mars">Pyramids of Mars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Android_Invasion" title="The Android Invasion">The Android Invasion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brain_of_Morbius" title="The Brain of Morbius">The Brain of Morbius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seeds_of_Doom" title="The Seeds of Doom">The Seeds of Doom</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_14" title="Doctor Who season 14">Season 14</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Masque_of_Mandragora" title="The Masque of Mandragora">The Masque of Mandragora</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hand_of_Fear" title="The Hand of Fear">The Hand of Fear</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deadly_Assassin" title="The Deadly Assassin">The Deadly Assassin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Face_of_Evil" title="The Face of Evil">The Face of Evil</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Robots_of_Death" title="The Robots of Death">The Robots of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Talons_of_Weng-Chiang" title="The Talons of Weng-Chiang">The Talons of Weng-Chiang</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_15" title="Doctor Who season 15">Season 15</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Horror_of_Fang_Rock" title="Horror of Fang Rock">Horror of Fang Rock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Invisible_Enemy_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Invisible Enemy (Doctor Who)">The Invisible Enemy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Image_of_the_Fendahl" title="Image of the Fendahl">Image of the Fendahl</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_Makers" title="The Sun Makers">The Sun Makers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Underworld_(Doctor_Who)" title="Underworld (Doctor Who)">Underworld</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_of_Time" title="The Invasion of Time">The Invasion of Time</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_16" title="Doctor Who season 16">Season 16</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ribos_Operation" title="The Ribos Operation">The Ribos Operation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pirate_Planet" title="The Pirate Planet">The Pirate Planet</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stones_of_Blood" title="The Stones of Blood">The Stones of Blood</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Androids_of_Tara" title="The Androids of Tara">The Androids of Tara</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Kroll" title="The Power of Kroll">The Power of Kroll</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Armageddon_Factor" title="The Armageddon Factor">The Armageddon Factor</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_17" title="Doctor Who season 17">Season 17</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_of_the_Daleks" title="Destiny of the Daleks">Destiny of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Death" title="City of Death">City of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creature_from_the_Pit" title="The Creature from the Pit">The Creature from the Pit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nightmare_of_Eden" title="Nightmare of Eden">Nightmare of Eden</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Horns_of_Nimon" title="The Horns of Nimon">The Horns of Nimon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shada_(Doctor_Who)" title="Shada (Doctor Who)">Shada</a></i> (unaired)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_18" title="Doctor Who season 18">Season 18</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Leisure_Hive" title="The Leisure Hive">The Leisure Hive</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meglos" title="Meglos">Meglos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Full_Circle_(Doctor_Who)" title="Full Circle (Doctor Who)">Full Circle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Decay_(Doctor_Who)" title="State of Decay (Doctor Who)">State of Decay</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warriors%27_Gate" title="Warriors' Gate">Warriors' Gate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Keeper_of_Traken" title="The Keeper of Traken">The Keeper of Traken</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Logopolis" title="Logopolis">Logopolis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor appearances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Planet_of_the_Spiders" title="Planet of the Spiders">Planet of the Spiders</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Doctor" title="The Name of the Doctor">The Name of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Doctor" title="The Day of the Doctor">The Day of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Witch%27s_Familiar" title="The Witch's Familiar">The Witch's Familiar</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Five_Doctors" title="The Five Doctors">The Five Doctors</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dimensions_in_Time" title="Dimensions in Time">Dimensions in Time</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Audio76" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Audio</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>The Nest Cottage Chronicles</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hornets%27_Nest_(audio_drama)" title="Hornets' Nest (audio drama)">Hornets' Nest</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Demon_Quest" title="Demon Quest">Demon Quest</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Serpent_Crest" title="Serpent Crest">Serpent Crest</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Fourth_Doctor_Adventures" title="Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures">The Fourth Doctor Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Season 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Renaissance_Man" title="The Renaissance Man">The Renaissance Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrath_of_the_Iceni" title="The Wrath of the Iceni">The Wrath of the Iceni</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Energy_of_the_Daleks" title="Energy of the Daleks">Energy of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trail_of_the_White_Worm" title="Trail of the White Worm">Trail of the White Worm</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oseidon_Adventure" title="The Oseidon Adventure">The Oseidon Adventure</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Season 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Auntie_Matter" title="The Auntie Matter">The Auntie Matter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sands_of_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sands of Life">The Sands of Life</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novel adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Audio_adaptation">The Romance of Crime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Way_of_Death#Audio_adaptation" title="The English Way of Death">The English Way of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Well-Mannered_War#Audio_adaptation" title="The Well-Mannered War">The Well-Mannered War</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Exploration_Earth:_The_Time_Machine" class="mw-redirect" title="Exploration Earth: The Time Machine">Exploration Earth: The Time Machine</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Pescatons" title="Doctor Who and the Pescatons">Doctor Who and the Pescatons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Companion_Chronicles" title="Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles">The Companion Chronicles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Stormcrow" title="Night of the Stormcrow">Night of the Stormcrow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_Destiny_of_the_Doctor" title="Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor">Babblesphere</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_Classic_Doctors,_New_Monsters" title="Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters">Classic Doctors, New Monsters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Diary_of_River_Song#Series_4_(2018)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Diary of River Song">Someone I Once Knew</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Tenth_Doctor_Adventures#Out_of_Time_(2020–2022)" title="Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures">Out of Time</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kingmaker_(audio_drama)" title="The Kingmaker (audio drama)">The Kingmaker</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Books76" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Books</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Missing_Adventures" title="Virgin Missing Adventures">Missing Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Evolution_(Peel_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolution (Peel novel)">Evolution</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Romance of Crime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/System_Shock_(novel)" title="System Shock (novel)">System Shock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Managra" class="mw-redirect" title="Managra">Managra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Way_of_Death" title="The English Way of Death">The English Way of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Weng-Chiang" title="The Shadow of Weng-Chiang">The Shadow of Weng-Chiang</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Well-Mannered_War" title="The Well-Mannered War">The Well-Mannered War</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Past_Doctor_Adventures" title="Past Doctor Adventures">Past Doctor Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Shock" class="mw-redirect" title="Millennium Shock">Millennium Shock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Corpse_Marker" title="Corpse Marker">Corpse Marker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Valdemar" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomb of Valdemar">Tomb of Valdemar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Festival_of_Death_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Festival of Death (novel)">Festival of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Asylum_(Darvill-Evans_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asylum (Darvill-Evans novel)">Asylum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Psi-ence_Fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Psi-ence Fiction">Psi-ence Fiction</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wolfsbane_(novel)" title="Wolfsbane (novel)">Wolfsbane</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Match_of_the_Day_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Match of the Day (novel)">Match of the Day</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Telos_Doctor_Who_novellas" title="Telos Doctor Who novellas">Novellas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Ship_(novella)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghost Ship (novella)">Ghost Ship</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Video_games76" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Video games</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>: <a href="/wiki/K9_(Doctor_Who)" title="K9 (Doctor Who)">K9</a> stories</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Television81" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Television</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Invisible_Enemy_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Invisible Enemy (Doctor Who)">The Invisible Enemy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Image_of_the_Fendahl" title="Image of the Fendahl">Image of the Fendahl</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_Makers" title="The Sun Makers">The Sun Makers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Underworld_(Doctor_Who)" title="Underworld (Doctor Who)">Underworld</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_of_Time" title="The Invasion of Time">The Invasion of Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_of_the_Daleks" title="Destiny of the Daleks">Destiny of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Creature_from_the_Pit" title="The Creature from the Pit">The Creature from the Pit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nightmare_of_Eden" title="Nightmare of Eden">Nightmare of Eden</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Horns_of_Nimon" title="The Horns of Nimon">The Horns of Nimon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shada_(Doctor_Who)" title="Shada (Doctor Who)">Shada</a></i> (unaired)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Leisure_Hive" title="The Leisure Hive">The Leisure Hive</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meglos" title="Meglos">Meglos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Full_Circle_(Doctor_Who)" title="Full Circle (Doctor Who)">Full Circle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Decay_(Doctor_Who)" title="State of Decay (Doctor Who)">State of Decay</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warriors%27_Gate" title="Warriors' Gate">Warriors' Gate</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tenth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/School_Reunion_(Doctor_Who)" title="School Reunion (Doctor Who)">School Reunion</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures" title="The Sarah Jane Adventures">The Sarah Jane Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mad_Woman_in_the_Attic" title="The Mad Woman in the Attic">The Mad Woman in the Attic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_of_Sarah_Jane_Smith" title="The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith">The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gift_(The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures)" title="The Gift (The Sarah Jane Adventures)">The Gift</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nightmare_Man_(The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures)" title="The Nightmare Man (The Sarah Jane Adventures)">The Nightmare Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goodbye,_Sarah_Jane_Smith" title="Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith">Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other appearances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/K-9_and_Company" title="K-9 and Company">K-9 and Company</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/K9_(TV_series)" title="K9 (TV series)">K9</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Five_Doctors" title="The Five Doctors">The Five Doctors</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Bane" title="Invasion of the Bane">Invasion of the Bane</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Boy_(The_Sarah_Jane_Adventures)" title="The Lost Boy (The Sarah Jane Adventures)">The Lost Boy</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey%27s_End_(Doctor_Who)" title="Journey's End (Doctor Who)">Journey's End</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mona_Lisa%27s_Revenge" title="Mona Lisa's Revenge">Mona Lisa's Revenge</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dimensions_in_Time" title="Dimensions in Time">Dimensions in Time</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/From_Raxacoricofallapatorius_with_Love" title="From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love">From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Audio81" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Audio</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Monthly_Adventures" title="Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures">The Monthly Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Zagreus_(audio_drama)" title="Zagreus (audio drama)">Zagreus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shada_(Doctor_Who)#Big_Finish_audio_play_and_web_animation_(2003)" title="Shada (Doctor Who)">Shada</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novel adaptions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Audio_adaptation">The Romance of Crime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Way_of_Death#Audio_adaptation" title="The English Way of Death">The English Way of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Well-Mannered_War#Audio_adaptation" title="The Well-Mannered War">The Well-Mannered War</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Companion_Chronicles" title="Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles">The Companion Chronicles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sands_of_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sands of Life">The Sands of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Diary_of_River_Song#Series_8_(2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Diary of River Song">A Forever Home</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Tenth_Doctor_Adventures#Tenth_Doctor,_Classic_Companions_(2022)" title="Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures">Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Books81" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Books</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Missing_Adventures" title="Virgin Missing Adventures">Missing Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Romance of Crime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Way_of_Death" title="The English Way of Death">The English Way of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Weng-Chiang" title="The Shadow of Weng-Chiang">The Shadow of Weng-Chiang</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Well-Mannered_War" title="The Well-Mannered War">The Well-Mannered War</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Virgin_New_Adventures" title="Virgin New Adventures">New Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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