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| − | The two city names most intimately associated with the Orient Express were [[Paris]] and [[Istanbul]], the original endpoints of the service. In [[1887]], [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[John Watson|Dr |
+ | The two city names most intimately associated with the Orient Express were [[Paris]] and [[Istanbul]], the original endpoints of the service. In [[1887]], [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[John Watson|Dr Watson]] were riding on the Express through [[Austria]] when they were stopped by the train of [[Pope]] [[Leo XIII]], who commissioned Holmes to investigate the disappearance of books from the [[Library of St John the Beheaded]] in [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') |
| + | [[Orient Express (spacecraft)|A space-faring]] version of the train was built that attempted to mimic the original in fine detail. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'') |
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| − | The train was perhaps most famous for being the setting of a detective novel, ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'', written in [[1934]] by [[Agatha Christie]] and inadvertently inspired by [[Donna Noble]] when she met the writer in [[1926]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') |
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| + | There was an Orient Express in [[India]], and [[Clara Oswald]] wanted tickets for [[Christmas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'') |
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| − | At an unknown time, an Orient Express would be in space, having trouble with an "Egyptian Goddess" who had escaped from the Seventh Obelisk. A king or queen called the [[Eleventh Doctor]] to come and help. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'') |
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| + | The [[Eighth Doctor]] wasn't certain whether the cabins on board the ''[[R101]]'' reminded him of the Orient Express or of the ''[[Hyperion III|Hyperion]]'', or "maybe" ''[[Storm Mine 4]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') |
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| + | [[Donna Noble]] inadvertently gave [[Agatha Christie]] the idea of a [[murder]] taking place onboard the Orient Express. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') |
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Revision as of 04:24, 20 April 2017
- You may be looking for the space train.
The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger train originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits on Earth. One Orient Express was built that travelled in space.
History
The two city names most intimately associated with the Orient Express were Paris and Istanbul, the original endpoints of the service. In 1887, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were riding on the Express through Austria when they were stopped by the train of Pope Leo XIII, who commissioned Holmes to investigate the disappearance of books from the Library of St John the Beheaded in London. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)
A space-faring version of the train was built that attempted to mimic the original in fine detail. (TV: Mummy on the Orient Express)
There was an Orient Express in India, and Clara Oswald wanted tickets for Christmas. (TV: Last Christmas)
References
The Eighth Doctor wasn't certain whether the cabins on board the R101 reminded him of the Orient Express or of the Hyperion, or "maybe" Storm Mine 4. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
Donna Noble inadvertently gave Agatha Christie the idea of a murder taking place onboard the Orient Express. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp)