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comic name= Train-Flight|
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|number in range = 57
series= [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who]] -<BR> [[Seventh Doctor comic strip stories]]|
|image= Time-er... train flight..jpg
doctor= [[Seventh Doctor]]|
|series=[[DWM comic stories|''DWM'' comic stories]]
companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith]]|
|series2= [[Seventh Doctor comic stories]]
enemy= [[Kalik (race)|Kalik]]|
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
year= [[London]], c. [[1990]]|
|companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
writer= [[Andrew Donkin]] / [[Graham S. Brand]]|
|enemy= [[Kalik (race)|Kalik]]
artist= [[John Ridgway]]|
|setting= [[London]], [[1990]]
editor= [[John Freeman]]|
|writer= Andrew Donkin, Graham S. Brand
colourist=|
|artist= [[John Ridgway]]
lettering=|
|editor= [[John Freeman]]
publication title= [[Doctor Who Magazine]] [[DWM Issue 159|159]]-[[DWM Issue 161|161]]|
|letterer=
publication dates= April - June [[1990]]|
|publication= [[DWM 159]]-[[DWM 161|161]]
publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]|
|release date= 8 March - 10 May 1990
format= Comic - 3 parts|
|publisher= Marvel Comics
previous story= [[Stairway to Heaven]]|
|format= Comic
next story= [[Doctor Conkeror]]|
|epcount = 3
}}
|prev= Stairway to Heaven (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.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]]
 
==References==
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==Notes==
== Characters ==
* 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]].
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* ''Train-Flight'' has minor links with following stories building to the Mandragora storyline.
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]]
* Elizabeth Sladen was paid the princely sum of £40 as an 'appearance fee'.
 
==Continuity==
The Seventh Doctor provides an explanation to why Ace is absent, revealing he has left her in the cretacious period. The reason for this however is not explained in this story
 
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]]'' (as Sarah remarks on The Doctor's regeneration, and him confirming that there had been six regenerations between when they had last met and now).


==[[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Worldbuilding ==
*This story takes place after [[DWM]]: ''[[Doctor Conkeror]]''
* The Doctor says that [[Oscar Peterson]] is playing at the Hall.
*This story takes place before [[DWM]]: ''[[Living in the Past]]''


== 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]].
* [[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]]''.


==External links==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Sarah alludes to the time she saw the Doctor [[regenerate]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* 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]]