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Re: Q-Rail Tilt Train ad
- Subject: Re: Q-Rail Tilt Train ad
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 04:06:19 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.tv, aus.rail
- References: <36384e81.50499139@news.satcom.net.au> <719poa$ouf$1@the-fly.zip.com.au> <363870ce.24755576@news.one.net.au>
- Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au
- Xref: news.mel.aone.net.au aus.tv:68913 aus.rail:34713
Roy Wilke wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:14:19 +1100, "Wollongong Quokka"
> <quokka@zip.net.au> wrote:
>
> >zaphy wrote in message <36384e81.50499139@news.satcom.net.au>...
> >>Anyone notice that the Queensland Rail tilt-train ad has the sound of
> >>the TARDIS in the background? Weird...
>
> >Not really when you think about it... perhaps it's meant to conjure up
> >images of inner roominess? Not to mention overall speed.
>
> Any of our resident Dr Who experts (I'm afraid my memory's a bit rusty
> as I haven't seen the show since the ABC stopped screening it at 6:30
> on weeknights) out there? I seem to remember that one quirky trait of
> the good Doctor's TARDIS was that it's guidance system wasn't all that
> reliable and so it was pot luck as to where and when it
> rematerialised.
>
> Hopefully, the tilt train won't share that particular trait.
Instead of arriving in Rockhampton, it arrives in Gracemere.
--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/