The Crime of the Century picks up the mantle from the previous adventure Thin Ice, as we once again meet Markus Creevy, a good deal older than he was in the 1960′s, ruefully wounded by the economic collapse of 1989. The Doctor explains that it’s just economics, but Markus is convinced that it was an inside job, ‘the crime of the century’ he calls it. Raine and her father have a strained relationship but are forced to work together in order to save the human race and pull off the most impressive snatch and grab job ever....
