Winter 1925. In the waiting room of a Fal-Vale station in Cornwall, six passengers have missed their connection. Now they are stranded until the following morning, on tonight of all nights. The station Master, (Henry McGee) tells them a tale of twenty years earlier when a railway accident resulted in death, madness and haunting.

     Impressively, when the curtains open, the stage had been filled with dry ice that then billowed out and up over the audience. Into this one room the characters have been brought by the foolish actions of Teddie Deakin (played by Ian Lavender as a cross between Lord Charles and Toad of Toad Hall). Perhaps though, the only foolishness is that he has brought a collection of innocents into this perilous situation. Before long Julia Price, (Jane Shakespear - Queen Ch'tizz in birthright), arrives exhibiting all the signs of having lost a few sanity points along the way. She is persued by her uncle and her doctor, (Christopher Strauli - once Bunny opposite Anthony Valentine's Raffles).

     As the plot thickens the blood thins.

     Other cast members worth mentioning include David Callister who looks the spit of some half remembered 'thirties actor who always appears in those CH 4 films; and Sarah Mowat whose previous performances include, (this is for all those Whoovers out there), Dalek Empire and also Dr. Who: The Sirens of Time.

     As a comedy Arnold Ridley (Godfrey in Dad's Army - and a bit-part int Kim Newman's Bloody Red Baron, apparently) gave us something to chortle at. As a thriller he gave us something to make us jump. The play is only two hours long, so doesn't drag, and although dated, it retains a period charm like an Agatha Christie on TV. It should also inspire more than a few Call of Cthulhu referees looking to fill an evening.

T. Kelly Lee.