TEXT: [ BREATHY GROWL ] The Doctor (O.C.): Start the clock. [SCENE_BREAK] [ Dining car ] [ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ] Mrs. Pitt: Is there some sort of fancy dress thing on this evening? Maisie: I don't think so. Why do you ask? Mrs. Pitt: Well, that fellow over there, dressed as a mummy monster thing. Maisie: Who do you mean? I can't see him. Mrs. Pitt: You! You! Throw that man out of my dining car. It's disgusting. Waiter: I'm sorry, Madam. Which man? Mrs. Pitt: Which man?! I'll have your job. That man, right there, dressed as a monster. Maisie: Mama, there isn't anyone there. Are you feeling OK? Mrs. Pitt: Don't you dare lie to me, girl. I won't be made a fool of. Stop it. Stop it. Stop him at once. Right now. Maisie: Mama, there's no one there. You're worrying me. Do you want one of your pills? Mrs. Pitt: Oh, no! Get it off! Get it off! Maisie: Oh! Is there a doctor? Sorry, I need a doctor. Sorry, I don't know. She just, she just stopped. [ WHISTLE BLOWS ] [SCENE_BREAK] [ Luggage van ] [ METALLIC THRUMMING ] The Doctor: Your train awaits, my lady. Clara: Wonderful. The Doctor: The baggage car. But thanks for lying. The real wonderful is through here. [ TRAIN BELL RINGS ] The Doctor: There were many trains to take the name Orient Express, but only one in space. [SCENE_BREAK] [ Lounge ] ( BAND PLAY LOUNGE VERSION OF: Don't Stop Me Now by Queen ) Clara: Of course it is. Foxes ( singing ): So don't stop me now. The Doctor: Completely faithful recreation of the original Orient Express. Except slightly bigger. And in space. Oh, and the rail
SUMMARY:
Clara rejoins the Doctor for one last outing before she leaves the TARDIS and the Doctor. They arrive on a train which travels through space, which is modelled after Orient Express . The Doctor soon discovers that an elderly woman called Mrs Pitt has recently been murdered by a mummy only she could see. When other occupants die in the same way, the Doctor realises that the mummy, identified as a legendary entity called the Foretold, is invisible to all but the one about to die. Once it is seen, it kills its victim in exactly sixty-six seconds. The train's computer program, Gus, reveals to the Doctor that he has tasked him to capture the Foretold. The Doctor discovers that it is a dead soldier powered by phase-shifting technology with unfinished business. The Doctor discharges the soldier by surrendering, and the train's occupants are saved. The Doctor uses the phase-shifting technology to teleport the train's occupants to safety. After a conversation with the Doctor about whether or not he is really cold-hearted, Clara decides she is not ready to leave him yet, and they set off on further adventures together.