Seventh, the extremely complicated background with "the Marquis", Demetrius and Zia Papopolous is removed (a wise decision). Sixth, Mirelle is Rufus Van Aldin's lover and not Derek Kettering's. Similarly, an entire back story is added to Ruth's mother, who is revealed to be in a convent / convalescent home in France, where she has become a nun. Fifth, there's an entire new back story to Katherine (her father killed himself after Van Aldin Oil bought his company and fired all his employees). Fourth, Ruth asks Katherine to change compartments on the train, suggesting that Katherine might have been the intended victim.
Third, there is an elaborate birthday party for Ruth in London before the train journey, attended by everyone involved, and a party at Lady Tamplin's once they arrive in France. In fact, he becomes Katherine's "avuncular" (with a particularly charming introductory scene at the hotel). Second, Poirot appears much earlier than in the novel, and he is well acquainted both with Katherine and Ruth before the train journey. MOTOE), including the count, Lady Tamplin, Corky ("Chubby" in the novel), Lennox, Mirelle Milesi (just Mirelle in the novel) - as well as the ones from the novel (Ruth, Katherine, the maid etc.). It's almost impossible to sum up all the changes, but I'll try to outline the most important ones.įirst, he makes everyone travel on the same train to Nice (cf. Therefore, it was no surprise that Guy Andrews felt the need to radically rewrite the story (although, like with his other adaptations, he adds some equally ludicrous points himself.).
It's basically just an expansion of the short story, 'The Plymouth Express', and it consists of a wide range of incredible plot points. The novel was adapted for television by Guy Andrews (who also adapted Taken at the Flood and Appointment with Death) and directed by Hettie Macdonald.Īgatha Christie always considered this one of her lesser efforts. This episode was based on the novel T he Mystery of the Blue Train, first published in 1928, which in turn was based on the short story 'The Plymouth Express', adapted for Series Three.
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