Train Schedule

A folded train timetable with time-specific columns, used by Sarah Jane Smith as a prop to stage her departure from the Spiritual Retreat and evade Lupton's suspicion.

2 appearances

Purpose

To provide a pretext for immediate departure by referencing fixed train departure times

Significance

Serves as a tactical device in the staged car accident ruse, allowing the investigators to abruptly end their stay at the retreat without raising further suspicion

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S11E21 · Planet of the Spiders Part 1

Sarah presses Lupton on hidden dangers

The train timetable is used by Mike as a fabricated excuse to justify Sarah’s rapid departure, playing into Lupton’s insistence on their staying while manipulating Sarah into agreeing to leave.

Before: Sarah is holding a train timetable as part of her cover story.

After: Mike uses the timetable to forcefully argue that they must leave immediately, causing Sarah to momentarily doubt her earlier dismissal of its importance.

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S11E21 · Planet of the Spiders Part 1

Lupton formally claims retreat leadership

Sarah clutches this item during the exchange, using it as a prop to justify a hasty departure after Mike’s failed cover story, her grip betraying her urgency despite Lupton’s mounting suspicion.

Before: Presumably in her possession before the event.

After: Still in her possession as she attempts to leave with Mike.

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