Agatha Christie's sixteenth crime novelwas her most successful book to date - it
remains Hercule Poirot's most renowned
(and adapted) case. The book was serial-
ised in America as Murder in the Calais
Coach, then issued as Murder on the
Train in 1934.
The Queen of Crime's inspiration for the
story's setting was personal (in 1931,
her own journey on the train was delayed
by flooding), whilst the background behind
her titular crime was based on the actual
Lindbergh kidnapping case of 1932.
story's setting was personal (in 1931,
her own journey on the train was delayed
by flooding), whilst the background behind
her titular crime was based on the actual
Lindbergh kidnapping case of 1932.
The acclaimed Oscar-winning adaptation
of the mystery was released in 1974, with
Poirot played by Albert Finney, then
Kenneth Branagh depicted the sleuth for
Fox's recent version.
of the mystery was released in 1974, with
Poirot played by Albert Finney, then
Kenneth Branagh depicted the sleuth for
Fox's recent version.
Another repeat run of the twelfth and
penultimate season of ITV Studios' Poirot continued on ITV3 last night
with Murder on the Orient Express. Originally shown on Christmas Day
2010, the feature-length serial featured David Suchet, and seven
Doctor Who cast and connections:
penultimate season of ITV Studios' Poirot continued on ITV3 last night
with Murder on the Orient Express. Originally shown on Christmas Day
2010, the feature-length serial featured David Suchet, and seven
Doctor Who cast and connections:
- Toby Jones (Ratchett here; Mayhew in The Witness for the Prosecution; Gabriel for The Rose and the Yew Tree) was the Dream Lord in Amy's Choice, and voiced Kotris for Big Finish's Dark Eyes (2012)
- David Morrissey (Arbuthnot) was Jackson Lake in The Next Doctor
- Hugh Bonneville (Masterman here; DI Hewitt in The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side; Strange in Towards Zero; Ralston in The Mouse- trap) was Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot (then briefly in A Good Man Goes to War and The Wedding of River Song), and voiced Tsar Nicholas I and Sir Sidney Herbert for The Angel of Scutari (2009)
- Samuel West (Dr. Constantine) was Cyrian in Dimensions in Time, and voiced the titular renegade for The Vengeance of Morbius (2008), Albert Tiermann for AudioGo's Demon Quest: A Shard of Ice (2010), Aristophanes for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Mr. Song for The Diary of River Song (2016), and the Mazzini Family for Serpent in the Silver Mask (2018)
- Stewart Scudamore (Concierge) voiced Danvers for Hounded (2016)
- Crispin Layfield was also the stunt co-ordinator on sixty-eight stories (from Smith and Jones to Ascension of the Cybermen)
- stuntman Curtis Rivers doubled for John Barrowman in Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Torchwood
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