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|name= Train-Flight
|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
|number in range = 57
|image= Time-er... train flight..jpg  
|image= Time-er... train flight..jpg  
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
|series2= [[Seventh Doctor comic stories]]
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
|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, Graham S. Brand
|artist= [[John Ridgway]]
|artist= [[John Ridgway]]
|editor= [[John Freeman]]
|editor= [[John Freeman]]
|colourist=
|letterer=
|letterer=
|publication= ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 159|159]]-[[DWM 161|161]]
|publication= [[DWM 159]]-[[DWM 161|161]]
|release date= April - June [[1990]]
|release date= 8 March - 10 May 1990
|publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|format= Comic - 3 parts
|format= Comic
|epcount = 3
|prev= Stairway to Heaven (comic story)
|prev= Stairway to Heaven (comic story)
|next= Doctor Conkerer (comic story)
|next= Doctor Conkerer! (comic story)
}}
|prev2= Nineveh! (comic story)
|next2= Doctor Conkerer! (comic story)
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'''''Train-Flight''''' was a [[Seventh Doctor]] comic published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.


== 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 eager to feast on the contents.
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 ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor says that [[Oscar Peterson]] is playing at the Hall.


== 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]].
* ''Train-Flight'' 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 princely 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]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
*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 alludes to the time she saw the Doctor [[regenerate]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
*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 claims that [[Ace]] is "back in the [[Cretaceous]] period treading on butterflies or something." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Living in the Past (short story)|Living in the Past]]'')
* 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]