From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: daibhidchenedelh@aol.com
Subject: Re: "The Angles take Manhattan" - ground transport?

On 07 Oct 2012, James Kuyper  wrote:

> On 10/07/2012 10:56 AM, John Hall wrote:
>> In article ,
>>  James Kuyper  writes:
>> 
>>> However, wouldn't it be simpler to take the TARDIS to say, Chicago in
>>> 1938, and then hop on a train to New York?
>> 
>> I don't think it would even occur to the Doctor to take a train (or a
>> bus).
> 
> That makes a certain amount of sense. Consider how much trouble he has
> with the passage of ordinary time ("The Slow Invasion").
> 
> On the other hand, he took the equivalent of a tour bus in "Midnight" -
> though I have to admit, that didn't turn out very well for him.

I think that still works; taking a tour bus to see a crystal waterfall is 
an "event" in and of itself, rather than a means of getting from A to B.

What does bug me is why it doesn't occur to the Pond-Williamses to take a 
bus or train to somewhere the TARDIS can get to, and stop being "trapped" 
in New York.

-- 
Dave
The problems in this world are not caused by those who love.
They're caused by those who hate.
--Arthur, King of Time and Space.

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