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Train-Flight

Key crew

Publisher:

Marvel Comics

Editor:

John Freeman

Writers:

Andrew Donkin
Graham S. Brand

Artist:

John Ridgway

Release details

Printed in:

Doctor Who Magazine 159-161

Release date:

8 March - 10 May 1990

Format:

Comic - 3 parts

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Train-Flight was a Seventh Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary

The Doctor arranges a jazz session at the Royal Albert Hall with his best friend Sarah Jane Smith, but their train is sidetracked by an insect-like race called the Kalik which are eager to feast on the hapless passengers.

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

The Doctor says that Oscar Peterson is playing at the Hall.

Notes

This was the first strip in the magazine to be edited by John Freeman, although John had edited the rest of the content of the magazine since Issue 137. The strip had previously been edited by Richard Starkings.
The story has minor links with following stories building to the Mandragora storyline.
Elisabeth Sladen was paid the sum of £40 as an "appearance fee".
The story was printed in full colour in the graphic novel The Mark of Mandragora. An additional colour version was produced by IDW for the series Doctor Who Classics.

Continuity

The Doctor claims that Ace is "back in the Cretaceous period treading on butterflies or something." The Doctor would later pick her up in Living in the Past.
Sarah refers to K9. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend)
The Doctor and Sarah share a hug as the Doctor apologises for the way he abandoned her on Earth. (TV: The Hand of Fear) School Reunion contradicts this, implying that Sarah and the Doctor had not met since The Five Doctors, as Sarah remarks on the Doctor's regeneration, prompting him to claim that he has undergone six since they last met.

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+'''''Train-Flight''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
 == Summary ==
-[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] arranges a [[jazz]] session at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] with his best friend [[Sarah Jane Smith]], but their train is sidetracked by an insect-like race eager to feast on the contents.
+[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] arranges a [[jazz]] session at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] with his best friend [[Sarah Jane Smith]], but their [[train]] is sidetracked by an insect-like race called the [[Kalik (race)|Kalik]] which are eager to feast on the hapless passengers.
+== Plot ==
+''to be added''
 == Characters ==
-* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
+* [[Seventh Doctor]]
 * [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
 == References ==
+* The Doctor says that [[Oscar Peterson]] is playing at the Hall.
-''to be added''
 == Notes ==
-* This was the first strip in the Magazine to be edited by [[John Freeman]], although John had edited the rest of the content of the Magazine since Issue 137. The strip had previously been edited by [[Richard Starkings]].
+* This was the first strip in the magazine to be edited by [[John Freeman]], although John had edited the rest of the content of the magazine since Issue 137. The strip had previously been edited by [[Richard Starkings]].
-* ''Train-Flight'' has minor links with following stories building to the Mandragora storyline.
+* The story has minor links with following stories building to the Mandragora storyline.
-* Elisabeth Sladen was paid the princely sum of £40 as an 'appearance fee'.
+* [[Elisabeth Sladen]] was paid the sum of £40 as an "appearance fee".
+* The story was printed in full colour in the graphic novel ''[[The Mark of Mandragora (graphic novel)|The Mark of Mandragora]]''. An additional colour version was produced by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] for the series ''[[Doctor Who Classics Volume 7|Doctor Who Classics]]''.
 == Continuity ==
+* The Doctor claims that [[Ace]] is "back in the [[Cretaceous]] period treading on butterflies or something." The Doctor would later pick her up in ''[[Living in the Past (short story)|Living in the Past]]''.
-*The Seventh Doctor provides an explanation to why Ace is absent, revealing he has left her in the Cretaceous Period. The reason for this is not explained in this story
+* Sarah refers to [[K9]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
-*The Doctor and Sarah Jane share a hug in this story as The Doctor apologises for the way he abandoned her on Earth, though Sarah Jane would continue to hold this against him in ''[[School Reunion]].'' However, ''School Reunion'' also appears to contradict this story, as it is implied in onscreen dialogue that Sarah and The Doctor had not met since ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' (Sarah remarks on The Doctor's regeneration, and he confirms that there had been six regenerations between when they had last met and now).
+* The Doctor and Sarah share a hug as the Doctor apologises for the way he abandoned her on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'' contradicts this, implying that Sarah and the Doctor had not met since ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', as Sarah remarks on the Doctor's regeneration, prompting him to claim that he has undergone six since they last met.
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