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Subject: Re: "The Angles take Manhattan" - ground transport?

In article , 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.

He has been driven in cars by UNIT staff and driven a car in the Agatha
Christie episode, although they aren't "public transport". I seem to
vaguely recall at least one taxi ride (plus a rickshaw?). He has also been
on the Titanic liner (spaceship version) and the Orient Express.

The main problem with Matt Smith's Doctor is that he has a massive ADHD /
ADD problem ... he simply can't stay still for two minutes (as shown in
the recent cube invasion episode, among others), so a long train journey
would be absolutely horrific.

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