Doctor Who (Virgin Trains Super Voyager)
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Doctor Who was the name formerly[1][2] given to unit 221122[3] of Virgin Trains' British Rail Class 221 Super Voyagers[4] — as all of Virgin's Class 221s were named after both real and fictitious voyagers[5][additional sources needed] — a class of modern DEMU-type passenger train. The train was manufactued by Bombardier Transportation between 2001 and 2002.[4]
However, prior to 3 March 2009, the fleet's identifying nameplates were removed from the locomotives and sold at a charity auction, with the Doctor Who nameplate selling for £2000.[2]
In 2008, model railway manufacturer Bachmann Branchline produced a OO scale (or 1:76 scale) model of the Doctor Who Super Voyager, complete as a five-car unit with lighting, however is it been out of production circa early 2010s.[1][3] Bachmann has also produced a police box in the same scale,[6] which resembles the real world Mark 2 Metropolitan Police Box design upon which the First Doctor's TARDIS exterior was based.
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bachmann Virgin Trains “Doctor Who” Voyager on merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Going, going, gone… Michael Palin, Charles Darwin and Doctor Who on railnews.co.uk
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bachmann 32-627 British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager '221122' modelraildatabase.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Virgin Voyager & Super Voyager on sremg.org.uk
- ↑ ....because they never go all the way on andrewrilstone.com
- ↑ Bachmann Branchline 44-0502 Police Box on hattons.co.uk
