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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', often shortened to just '''P&O''', were a global transport company active in at least 1887. They arranged at least passenger service on some of the world's longest routes, such at the multi-week journey between [[Tilbury]] and [[Bombay]] which [[Bernice Summerfield]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[John Watson]] and [[Sherlock Holmes]] once endured. This voyage, and its return, were undertaken on the [[SS Matilda Briggs|SS ''Matilda Briggs'']], and involved passage by [[Port Said]] through the [[Suez Canal]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', often shortened to just '''P&O''', were a global transport company active in at least 1887. They arranged at least passenger service on some of the world's longest routes, such at the multi-week journey between [[Tilbury]] and [[Bombay]] which [[Bernice Summerfield]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[John Watson]] and [[Sherlock Holmes]] once endured. This voyage, and its return, were undertaken on the [[SS Matilda Briggs|SS ''Matilda Briggs'']], and involved passage by [[Port Said]] through the [[Suez Canal]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') | ||
{{wikipediainfo}} | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The real life name of the company is slightly different, but there's no real doubt that writer [[Andy Lane]] means to evoke the ''Peninsular'' and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. | |||
{{wikipediainfo|Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company}} | |||
[[Category:Businesses from the real world]] | [[Category:Businesses from the real world]] | ||
