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|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
|companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
|enemy= The [[Kalik (race)|Kalik]]
|enemy= [[Kalik (race)|Kalik]]
|setting= [[London]], [[1990]]
|setting= [[London]], [[1990]]
|writer= [[Andrew Donkin]]<br />[[Graham S. Brand]]
|writer= [[Andrew Donkin]]<br />[[Graham S. Brand]]
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== Summary ==
== 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 called the [[Kalik (race)|Kalik]] which are eager to feast on the hapless passengers.
The [[Seventh 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 ==
== Plot ==
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== Notes ==
== 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]].
* 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".
* [[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]]''.
* 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]]''.


== Continuity ==
== 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]]''.
* Sarah alludes to the time she saw the Doctor [[regenerate]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* Sarah refers to [[K9]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
* The Doctor claims that [[Ace]] is "back in the [[Cretaceous]] period treading on butterflies or something." ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Living in the Past (short story)|Living in the Past]]'')
* 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.
* Sarah is reluctant to enter the TARDIS. She initially planed to stop traveling with the Doctor when staying on the TARDIS was proved too unpredictable and lacking in everyday pleasures. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')
* The Doctor recalls the time his [[first incarnation]] was shrunk to the size of an [[ant]] by the TARDIS' [[Relative Dimensional Stabiliser]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'')
* Sarah thanks the Doctor was gifting her with [[K9 Mark III]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
* The Doctor apologises for the way he and Sarah parted ways. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')
* The Doctor recalls how he changed the laws on [[Gallifrey]] to be more inclusive of outsiders when he became [[President of the High Council]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
 
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Train-Flight was a Seventh Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine.

Summary

The Seventh 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

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Characters

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Notes

Continuity