Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)
Mummy on the Orient Express was the eighth episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.
Writer Jamie Mathieson was approached to write the story while crafting another script for Steven Moffat. He was given the the title, chosen by Moffatt, which immediately led Mathieson to images of "Agatha Christie, Victoriana, lots of luxury". Frank Skinner's character was based on a friend of his, Perkins, a "train buff" from whom he acquired information about the Orient Express.
The original idea for the script had far more content, with the Express visiting the "Seven Wonders of the Universe", but, in recognition of the time constraints, this was removed.
Brian Minchin expressed early on to Mathieson that the Mummy might force the episode to be broadcast at a later time as the BBC judged it to be too scary. Minchin had repeatedly tried to have it shown in the series trailer, but the corporation would not allow it. (DWM 478)
Synopsis
As the Doctor takes Clara for a final trip aboard the Orient Express, they find it has a supernatural passenger...
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Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
- Clara - Jenna Coleman
- Danny Pink - Samuel Anderson
- Perkins - Frank Skinner
- Captain Quell - David Bamber
- Gus - John Sessions
- Maisie - Daisy Beaumont
- Prof Moorhouse - Christopher Villiers
- Singer - Foxes
- Foretold - Jamie Hill
Crew
| Executive Producers Brian Minchin and Steven Moffat |
| Production Designer Michael Pickwoad | ||||||||||
| Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG
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Music Murray Gold
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Original theme music by Ron Grainer • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales | ||||||||||
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| Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources. |
References
- The Doctor keeps jelly babies in a case about his person.
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Continuity
- Following the wedding of Amy Pond and Rory Williams, the Eleventh Doctor received a call informing him that an Egyptian goddess which was loose on the Orient Express in space, he proceeded to set a course for the Express with the newlywed couple aboard the TARDIS. (TV: The Big Bang)
- The Doctor quips "are you my mummy?" in remembrance of The Empty Child's Jamie, an allusion he previously drew in The Poison Sky.
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