Mummy on the Orient Express

249 – "Mummy on the Orient Express"
249 – "Mummy on the Orient Express"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
	Doctor Peter Capaldi – Twelfth Doctor;
	Companion Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald;
	Others Samuel Anderson – Danny Pink; Frank Skinner – Perkins; David Bamber – Captain Quell; John Sessions – Gus (voice); Daisy Beaumont – Maisie; Janet Henfrey – Mrs Pitt; Christopher Villiers – Professor Moorhouse; Foxes – Singer; Jamie Hill – Foretold; Scott Stevenson - Chef;
Production
Directed by	Paul Wilmshurst
Written by	Jamie Mathieson
Script editor	David P Davis
Produced by	Peter Bennett
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat; Brian Minchin
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 8
Running time	47 minutes
First broadcast	11 October 2014
Chronology
← Preceded by; "Kill the Moon"	Followed by →; "Flatline"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"Mummy on the Orient Express" is the eighth episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 11 October 2014. The episode was written by Jamie Mathieson, and directed by Paul Wilmshurst.

In the episode, the alien time traveller the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) investigates the deaths of passengers on board a space-bound train, who claim to have seen a mummy that is not visible to others prior to their deaths.

The episode was watched by 7.11 million viewers and received positive reviews from television critics.