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The '''unnamed figures''', which strongly resembled [[ghost]]s (also referred to as "'''though soldiers'''" by the [[Second Doctor]] and "'''wraiths'''" by [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie)]] appeared around a [[train station]] and [[signalbox]] in [[Kent]] in the [[1920s]] were the [[train]] carrying the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier|the Unknown Soldier]] passed.  

 

They resembled the apparitions of [[dead]] [[soldier]]s to the people that saw them, with a vague [[ghost]]ly shape to them. They were unbound by [[physics]], able to walk through walls. They had faces "as white as flour" according to Jamie, with [[eye]]s "like holes", completely blank. Their physical appearance changed depending on who looked at them. [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] thought they looked like the drowned [[sailor]]s of [[ship]]s in [[World War II]] that his uncle used to talk about, like that of the crew of the ''[[Invincible]]''. Jamie saw them as the dead members of his clan from the [[Battle of Culloden]], who were dismembered by the effects of [[grapeshot]]. Whereas the [[Signalman (The Mouthless Dead|signalman]], [[Michael Thomas]] and [[Frances (The Mouthless Dead)|Frances]] saw them as the soldiers of [[World War I]].

 

The Doctor theorised that [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' [[telepathic circuits]] were magnetising the [[thought]]-waves of the [[Great Britain|British]] nation at the time, grieving in the aftermath of [[World War I]], and being enhanced due to the laying of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which had enormous emotional significance to Britain at the time. The Doctor theorised that the TARDIS' telepathic circuits, which were damaged slightly after being hit by a train when landing, were projecting this grief into physical form, with the train carrying the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier becoming a magnet for the ghosts, drawing them to it. The Doctor was worried that if went on the train containing the Tomb of the Unknown Solider to London they would spread and grow even more, potentiality killing many people and causing chaos. They eventually dissipated due to the reuniting of Francis and Michael, with the TARDIS' telepathic circuits throwing the magnifying of grief into reverse, now magnifying hope and joy, effectively killing the soldiers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mouthless Dead (audio story)|The Mouthless Dead]]'')